Shows - December 10 onwards

Apr 12 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

SHOWS

BICKERTON: May 19 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts presents Blaize Theatre’s production of Sward! The Story of a Haymeadow at the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Ring 01829 782392.

CHESTER: April 14 - Dan Nightingale introduces Wez Zarahuk and Daliso Chaponda at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CHESTER: April 15-16 - Jonathan Mayor introduces Gary Delaney, Andy Watson and Alun Cochrane at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CHESTER: April 16 - Alexander’s Comedy Club presents Bill Woolland, John Newton and Maureen Younger at Alexander’s in Rufus Court. Doors 8pm, first set 9.45pm. Tickets £12. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: April 20-21 - West Cheshire College present Blood Wedding by Frederico Garcia Lorca at the Forum Studio Theatre in Hamilton Place at 7.30pm with 1pm Thursday matinee. Tickets £5, concessions £3.50. Ring 01244 341296.

CHESTER: April 21 - Danny McLoughlin introduces Duncan Oakley and Silky at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CHESTER: April 23 - Alexander’s Comedy Club presents James Mullinger, Carl Hutchinson and Mr Kenyon at Alexander’s in Rufus Court. Doors 8pm, first set 9.45pm. Tickets £12. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: May 25-28 - The Stageworks presents Elsie & Norm’s Macbeth by John Christopher Wood - tired of playing Trivial Pursuit, Elsie and Norm decide to stage a production of Macbeth in their own living room, at the Forum Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place. Tickets £10. Ring 01244 341296 or visit www.chestertheatre.co.uk.

CHESTER: May 31, June 1-2 - Ladders Theatre Company presents Spin The Bottle return to the good old days of the 80s during a high school reunion at the Forum Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 01244 341296 or visit www.chestertheatre.co.uk.

CREWE: April 20 - Roller Mania - an evening with Les McKeown and the Legendary Bay City Rollers at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £18.50. Ring 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

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 13-16 - Network Theatre presents Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey, set in the tenements of north Dublin at the height of the Irish Civil War, at the Lantern Theatre in Blundell Street at 7.30pm. Admission £7, concessions £5. Call 0151 703 0000 or visit www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk.

LIVERPOOL: April 18 - WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour at the Echo Arena. Tickets £50-£25. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 19 - Drumchasers - featuring the voice of Stephen Fry as the narrator, this is the new percussion spectacular from the creator of international success Noise Ensemble at the Empire Theatre ion Lime Street at 7.30pm. Call 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

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

LIVERPOOL: April 27-28 - Phoenix dance Theatre presents Reflected featuring two new dance works - Richard Wherlock’s sensual and vibrant Switch and Melt by Phoenix artistic director Sharon Watson at the Playhouse Theatre in Williamson Square at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£10. Ring 0151 709 4776 or visit www.everymanplayhouse.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 28 - PDC presents Premier League Darts at the Echo Arena. Tickets £30-£20. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 30 - Harlem Globetrotters 85th Anniversary Tour comes to the Echo Arena. Tickets £40-£12.50. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

LIVERPOOL: May 11 - Comedian Tim Minchin at the Echo Arena. Tickets £35. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

MACCLESFIELD: April 20 - Heritage Opera presents Cosi Fan Tutte at Capesthorne Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £20, concessions £18. Ring 01625 861221.

MANCHESTER: April 14 - The Big Ballet - an ensemble of sixteen Corps de Ballet dancers, each weighing no less than 16-stone - comes to the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: April 14-16 - Beat Productions present A Good Day – Love, Death and Virginia Woolf - a dramatic love story which gives a mesmerising and compelling view of Woolf’s final hours at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm with 2.30pm Saturday matinee. Tickets £10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

MANCHESTER: April 15 - The Chuckle Brothers in Barry Potty and His Full Blood Brother Paul and The Ghostly Shadows 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 21 - Comedian Ed Byrne with special guest Karl Spain at the Apollo Theatre, Ardwick Green. Doors 7pm. Tickets £20. Ring 08444 777 677.

MANCHESTER: May 26-28 - Royal Exchange Young People's Theatre Workshop presents Pact - Inspired by the story of Doctor Faustus, the 70 members of our Young People's Theatre Workshop set about asking themselves this question: What do you really want and how far would you go to get it?, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, at 7.30pm. 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: May 31 - Daniel Kitson's The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, at 8pm. Tickets £12, £10. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.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 11 - Kings of Swing - great swing singers and the world famous Kings of Swing Orchestra combine to take you on a magical journey back to an era when we fell in love to the music of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Doris Day & more at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 13 - Jonathan Ansell & Friends - the former X Factor and G4 star performs live at 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 18 - Midnight At Puss Creek - Oliver Samuels, Jamaica's King of Comedy, stars in Patrick Brown's new and hilariously scary comedy who-dun-it, direct from Jamaica, at 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: April 26 - The Absurd - An Evening of Spoken Word featuring American slam poet Sophia, Gerry Potter and Jay Griffiths in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NANTWICH: April 21-25 - Nantwich Jazz and Blues Festival at various venues throughout the town. Visit www.nantwichjazz.com for details.

RUNCORN: April 16 - Minimum Wage Theatre Company present Woyzech - Soldier Franz Woyzeck is poor and exploited, undergoing medical experiments to provide for his wife and child. Soon voices in his head tell Franz that his wife has been unfaithful and he must stab the she wolf dead. Buchner's 1837 masterpiece is seen as the first modern play and can be seen at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 20 - Comedian Richard Herring brings his Christ on a Bike tour to The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 21 - A Comedy Night out featuring Frank Carson, Duncan Norvelle and Ian ‘Sludge’ Lees at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

SALFORD: May 5 - Comedian Micky Flanagan brings his Out Out tour to The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 19 - Comedian Richard Herring brings his Christ On A Bike tour to The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 14-16 - Les Enfants Terribles present The Vaudevillians - expect murder, mystery and mayhem as you are invited to The Empire Music Hall for a burlesque night to remember at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £21-£12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 15-16 - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - The Trocks return with a fantastic programme and a lorry load of costume changes at The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £33.50-£18.50. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 17 - Comedian Lenny Henry brings his Cradle to Rave show to The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £23.50. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 17-18 - Comedian Simon Evans at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 18-23 - Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace of BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing present Midnight Tango at The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £32.50-£20.50. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 18 - Screening of the new BBC film United, starring David Tennant and Dougray Scott at The Lowry at 8pm followed by a Q&A with members of the cast and crew. Tickets £14. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 19-24 - Shaun the Sheep in Shaun’s Big Show at The Lowry. Tickets £15.50. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com for show times and booking details.

SALFORD: April 19 - Comedian Sarah Millican at The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

WARRINGTON: April 20 - Comedian Dan Clark at the Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £15. Call 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WIRRAL: April 12-16 - Leverhulme Open Drama Festival at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £6. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: April 19-25 - Moscow State Circus at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton. Tickets £25-£10. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: April 22 - An evening with Des O’Connor at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £22. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: May 12-14 - Port Sunlight Players present Outside Edge by Richard Harris at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: May 19-21 - The Enthusiastic Theatre Company present Abigail’s Party by Mike Leigh at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight at 7.30pm. Tickets £9, £7. Ring 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WREXHAM: April 14 - An evening with Gervase Phinn at the William Aston Hall at Glyndwr University at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50 adults, £15 concessions, £12 children. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.

WREXHAM: April 15 - Vienna Festival Ballet presents Cinderella at the William Aston Hall at Glyndwr University at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.