Theatres - Still Showing - September 2 onwards

Aug 29 2010 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

STILL SHOWING

HAIRSPRAY (Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool, August 17-September 4)

COMEDIAN Phill Jupitus turns up in drag to play Edna Turnblad while Liverpool favourite Les Dennis is Wilbur Turnblad in this hit show with a memorable soundtrack. This is the story of Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart as she sets out to follow her extraordinary dreams, inspire her mum and win the boy she loves. The ultimate feelgood show has played to sold-out houses in London, on Broadway and theatres around the globe. Visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk or ring 0844 847 2525.

MURDERED TO DEATH (Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, August 31-September 4)

NORMAN Pace of Hale and Pace fame, stage veteran Victor Spinetti, Sandra Dickinson from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and former Coronation Street star Chloe Newsome star in Peter Gordon’s comedy thriller set in a country manor house in the 1930s. This whodunit twists and turns with side-splitting antics and lots of spoofs of Agatha Christie characters and plot devices. Visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk or ring 0845 330 3565.