Shows - March 3 onwards

Feb 27 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

SHOWS

CREWE: March 3 - Psychic Sally on The Roadfeaturing celebrity psychic Sally Morgan at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £21.50. Ring 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

CREWE: March 3 - Probe present May - new and daring dance work from this award-winning company, at Axis Art College in Crewe Green Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, concessions £4.50. Ring 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

CREWE: March 10 - Lone Twin Theatre present The Festival - a chain of events discreetly alters a private worldto devastating effect when two lives cross at a festival of music and song at Axis Art College in Crewe Green Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, concessions £4.50. Ring 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: March 4 - The Chippendales bring their Most Wanted 2011 tour to the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: March 4 - Comedian Sarah Millican brings her Chatterbox tour to the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 8pm. Tickets £20, £15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: March 10-12 - Elegies: A Song Cycle by award-winning composer William Finn is a celebration of life told through song and is performed by third year acting students at the Sennheiser Studio Theatre, LIPA, at 7.30pm with 2.30pm matinee on March 12. Tickets £7, concessions £3.50. Not suitable for young children. Ring 0844 873 2888 or visit www.lipa.ac.uk.

LIVERPOOL: March 25-26 - Tall Stories Theatre Company presents The Gruffalo’s Child by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler at the Playhouse Theatre in Williamson Square at 1.30pm and 4.30pm on March 25 and 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm on March 26. Tickets £14-£8. Ring 0151 709 4776 or visit www.everymanplayhouse.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 4-16 - 3rd Degree Music Festival - third year music students take to the stage to showcase their work at the Paul McCartney Auditorium, LIPA. Ring 0844 873 2888 or visit www.lipa.ac.uk for more details.

LIVERPOOL: April 21-25 - Comedian Peter Kay at the Echo Arena. Tickets £35. Ring 0844 8000 400.

LLANDUDNO: March 4 - Venue Cymru Comedy Club at Venue Cymru. Tickets £12. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: March 6-8 - The Chinese State Circus at Venue Cymru. Tickets £23-£12.50. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: March 11 - Sing-a-long-a Hairspray at Venue Cymru at 7pm. Tickets £10 adults, £7 children. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 1-5 - The Blues Brothers at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 2-5 - Manchester Universities and Gilbert and Sullivan Society present The Yeoman of the Guard at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm with 2.30pm Satrurday matinee. Tickets £8.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 3 and 5 - Faro Productions present Tilley by Aby Hynes - a new play with live, original music and dance. Dressed as a boy, Tilley takes to the variety stage and, dressed in uniform, persuades a generation of young men to go to war - at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 7 - The Chippendales bring their live stage show to the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 9 - The Solid Gold Sixties Show featuring Dave Berry, Chris Farlowe, Wayne Fontana, Terry Sylvester (formerly of The Hollies), Vanity Fare and The Merseybeats at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 10-12 - Claire Sweeney stars in Tell Me On A Sunday by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: April 26 - Jan Ravens in Changing Faces - the star of Dead Ringers and Spitting Image chats about impersonating royalty, celebrities and public figures at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, at 8pm. Tickets £10, £7. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: May 30-31 - The Wiggles bring their live stage show to the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 3 - Comedian Danny Bhoy bring his unique brand of personal storytelling and razor sharp wit to the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 16-17 - Comedian Dylan Moran delivers searing observations and sumptuous imagery, painted across a large fraying canvas with cruel, curmudgeonly “Moranesque” brush strokes, bringing his unique brand of personal storytelling and razor sharp wit to the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 21 - An Evening of Mediumship with James Van Praagh and Tony Stockwell at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 23 - The Magic of Motown - the UK’s number one live Motown concert show returns bigger than ever before with its all-new 2011 spectacular with solid-gold hits from The Supremes, Temptations, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, Lionel Richie and more at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MOLD: March 3 - Kill For A Seat Comedy Club presents The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue and Tiffany Stevenson-Oake, with resident compere Silky, in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit ww.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 8-10 - Theatr na n’Og present Aesop’s Fables, adapted by Keiron Self, ashow for young children and their families in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 1pm and 4.30pm on March 8, 10.30am on March 9 and 10.30am, 1pm and 4.30pm on March 10. Tickets £5. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit ww.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NESTON: March 4 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Dodgy Clutch’s production of Xolisile’s Song - performers from South Africa and the North East of England come together to create a rich visual story-telling show to delight young and old, with two stories linked by a common theme of hope, at Neston Civic Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Ring 0151 353 8638 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

NESTON: March 5-6 - Little Actors Youth Theatre presents Gargantua by Carl Grose at 7.30pm on March 5 and 4.30pm and 7.30pm on March 6 at Neston Civic Hall, Hinderton Road.ŠTickets £5 or £2.50 concessions from 0151 335 4302.

RHYL: March 9 - The Chippendales bring their Most Wanted 2011 tour to the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £25, £22.50, £20. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RHYL: March 10 - Neil Morrissey presents Celebrities Stripped Bare at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £14.50, concessions £1 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RUNCORN: March 4 - Roger Llewellyn stars in Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: March 9-12 - CODYS present Disney’s High School Musicalat The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: March 11 - Rosie Wilby presents Further Science of Sexat The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

SALFORD: March 5 - The Return of Boothby Graffoe at The Lowry in Salford Quays at 8pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: March 6 - The Carpenters Story featuring the stunning voice of Claire Furley and a full live band at The Lowry in Salford Quays at 7.30pm. Tickets £23.50. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: March 6-8 - Comedian Tom Stade at The Lowry in Salford Quays at 8pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: March 3 - Comedian Sarah Millican at the Victoria Hall at 8pm. Tickets £16. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: March 8 - Busting Out - the babes with the bangers are back to star in their own liberating show which is part musical and all laughter at 7.30pm at the Regent Theatre. Tickets £19.50. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: March 17-19 - The Russian State Ballet of Siberia present Romeo and Juliet at 7.30pm on March 17; Sleeping Beauty at 7.30pm on March 18; and Swan Lake at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on March 19 at the Regent Theatre. Tickets £30.50-£15.50. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

TATTENHALL: March 3 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Pentabus Theatre’s production of Tales of The Country - the story of a family that moves from a terraced house in North London to a rambling grange in rural Hertfordshire, at The Barbour Institute at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Ring 01829 771442 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

WARRINGTON: March 4 - Three Bonzos and a Piano featuring Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band members Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater and Sam Spoons along with pianist Dave Glasson at the Pyramid, Palmyra Square at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, £14. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WARRINGTON: March 5 - Comedy star Sarah Millican brings her Chatterbox show to the Parr Hall, Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £15. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WARRINGTON: March 9 - TV star Neil Morrissey bring his Celebrity Stripped show to the Parr Hall, Palmyra Square at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WINSFORD: March 4-5 - Chinese State Circus at the Winsford Lifestyle Centre. Ring 01606 288666.

WINSFORD: March 10 - Memory Lane nostalgia show featuring music ranging from the 40s-70s at the Winsford Lifestyle Centre at 2pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Ring 01606 288666.

WIRRAL: March 1-5 - Parrabbola present community opera - The Wedding, a modern musical about a Scouse wedding, where all the audience are invited as guests and every ticket includes a free meal and your first drink. Strongly rooted in the working communities of the Wirral, The Wedding is based on the real-life stories of workers from Price’s Candles Factory, Bromborough, and can be seen at Hulme Hall in Port Sunlight, at 7.30pm with a matinee performance on Saturday at 2pm. Tickets cost £15 per person with group discounts available. Ring 0151 639 9231 during office hours between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

WIRRAL: March 2-5 - Bebington Dramatic Society presents That’s Love by Ron Aldridge at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: March 10-12 - The Woolgatherers of Heswall present Up ‘n’ Under by John Godber at Heswall Hall in Telegraph Road at 8pm. Tickets £7. Ring 0151 348 1084.

WIRRAL: March 14-19 - Port Sunlight Players present The Bugle Boy by Don Stevenson - the Glenn Miller story told with full orchestra, at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: March 23-26 - Riverside Players present Mill on the Floss by Helen Edmundson, adapted from the novel by George Eliot, at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.