Shows - November 17 onwards

Nov 12 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

SHOWS

BICKERTON: December 9 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present the Theatre in the Quarter production of Star of Wonder, a play set on Christmas Eve 1899 in a Chester music hall where a packed house watches the impossible happen, at Bickerton Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01829 782392 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

CHESTER: November 10-19 - Tip Top Productions present Showtune, a musical revue celebrating the works of Jerry Herman, at the Forum Studio Theatre in Hamilton Place at 7.30pm with 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets £10-£7. Call 01244 341296.

CHESTER: November 17-19 - Theatre in the Quarter present Star of Wonder at St Thomas of Canterbury Church in Parkgate Road. Tickets £10 adults, concessions £8, children £5. Call 01244 374984.

CHESTER: November 19 - Chester Comedy Club with Tony Burgess and Maureen Younger at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £12, £10 members. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: November 26 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present The Harmonettes Go Into Orbit - a new 50s musical comedy packed with hits from the period at Capenhurst and Ledsham Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 0151 339 3327 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

CHESTER: February 1 - Comedian Russell Kane at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CREWE: November 20 - Irene Edwards presents a centenary celebration show featuring comedian Stu Francis and the Masquerade School of Performing Arts at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7pm. Tickets £11-£9. Call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

CREWE: November 22 - North West Film Night at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £5. Call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

CREWE: November 23 - One Night in Vegas returns with its Christmas party starring Martyn Lucasat the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£6.50. Call 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

FALLIBROOME: November 17 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Action Transport Theatre’s production of 12 Miles From Nowhere- a play set on an isolated, rural farm in the north of England, at the Fallibroome Academy at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01625 627258 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

GOOSTREY: November 25 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Action Transport Theatre’s production of 12 Miles From Nowhere- a play set on an isolated, rural farm in the north of England, at Goostrey Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01477 534160 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

LIVERPOOL: November 17-19 - LIPA Dance presents The Classics - third year dancers take part in a diverse new show of original dance pieces created by professional choreographers in the Paul McCartney Auditorium at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts at 7.30pm. Adults £8, concessions £4. Visit www.lipa.ac.uk or call 0844 873 2888.

LIVERPOOL: November 18 - Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Taciturn - a professional dance company of four female dancers create and perform vibrant and diverse works in The Cornerstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £8. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

LIVERPOOL: November 19 - Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Nirmanika dance group exploring various aspects of Indian temple architecture through the medium of Bharatanatyam dance at Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £8. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

LIVERPOOL: November 23 - Cornerstone Arts Festival presents Graduates Dance Night featuring graduate dance students from Liverpool Hope and John Moores University in the Capstone Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, Shaw Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £4. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonefestival.

LIVERPOOL: November 23 - C, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £36-£13. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: January 29 - King and Queen of the ballroom, Anton du Beke and Erin Boag, announce their return with a sensational new show, Let’s Do It, which comes to the Philharmonic Hall at 3pm. Tickets £29.50-£42.50. Call 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: March 20 - Psychic Sally On The Road with Sally Morgan at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 7.30pm. Call 08448 47 25 25Šor visitŠ www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

LLANDUDNO: November 18 - Comedian Mike Doyle at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £14, £12. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: November 19 - New Century Theatre Company presents The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £9 concessions. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: November 23 - The Sensational 60s Experience featuring The Tremeloes, Herman’s Hermits, The Union Gap and The Dreamers at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £21, £19. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 15-19 - Big Bag of Boom - New Art Club Tom Roden and Pete Shenton, the world's funniest dance duo, are back with their latest piece of genre-defining, dance-up comedy, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 17 - Comedian Gabriel Iglesias presents Forever Fourth Stand-up Revolution, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £22.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 17 - Halfway to Paradise - The Billy Fury Story - Now in its 15th year and still furiously rockin', his own band, Furys' Tornados, re-play live his timeless 29 hit records - Last Night Was Made For Love, I Will, Jealousy, Halfway To Paradise and many more at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 17-19 - Christmas With The Rat Pack - Take a trip back in time to the glamorous, glitzy nights of Las Vegas in the late 1950s and early 60s and be in the company of three of the world’s most popular entertainers, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr & Dean Martin, at the Palace Theatre, Oxford Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 18 - Magician Jerry Sadowitz at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 19 - 80s Mania - Step back in time and join Europe's premier 1980s experience with more than 35 chart topping smash hits, at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: November 20 - Comedian Milton Jones presents The Lion Whisperer at the Apollo Theatre, Ardwick Green. Doors 7pm. Tickets £17.50. Ring 08444 777 677.

MANCHESTER: January 20 - One Night With Elvis - features Lee ‘Memphis’ King, the UK’s most successful Elvis impersonator, finalist in The World’s Greatest Elvis and in the special edition of The Weakest Link, at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Call 0844 847 2484 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: January 21 - Comedian Omid Djalili at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Call 0844 847 2484 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: January 30 - Carol Ann Duffy & Friends - returning for a third season, Carol Ann Duffy introduces new writers from Manchester Metropolitian University and a vareity of established poets offering a medley of jazz, poetry and conversation, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: February 15 - Sing-a-long-a Abba at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: February 18 - The Real McCoy - The major comedy show featured on the BBC in the 90s which launched the careers of the likes of Felix Dexter, Curtis Walker, Richard Blackwood and Meera Syal is back for a reunion tour at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: February 23-25 - Respect La Divas - New show from the creator of the West End hit show Thriller Live, this is a powerful, entertaining and uplifting musical revue paying tribute to some of the greatest female singers of all-time at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 4 - Comedian Dave Spikey at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 6 - Celebrity psychic Sally Morgan at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 8 - Hormonal Housewives - join the Hormonal Housewives as they battle against weight, mood swings, wine, PMS, men, going to the gym, waxing, stretch marks, chocolate, upper-lip hair and all the other joys of being a 21st century girl, at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: March 9 - The Ukraine National Opera present Madame Butterfly by Puccini, at the Opera House in Quay Street. Ring 0844 372 7272 or visit www.manchesterpalace.org.uk.

MOTTRAM ST ANDREW: November 23 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present the Theatre in the Quarter production of Star of Wonder, a play set on Christmas Eve 1899 in a Chester music hall where a packed house watches the impossible happen, at Mottram St Andrew Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01625 583930 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

OAKMERE: December 3 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present the Theatre in the Quarter production of Star of Wonder, a play set on Christmas Eve 1899 in a Chester music hall where a packed house watches the impossible happen, at Neston Civic Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 0151 353 8638 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

OAKMERE: November 23 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present the Theatre in the Quarter production of Star of Wonder, a play set on Christmas Eve 1899 in a Chester music hall where a packed house watches the impossible happen, at Oakmere Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01625 525168 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

PLUMLEY: November 19 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Action Transport Theatre’s production of 12 Miles From Nowhere- a play set on an isolated, rural farm in the north of England, at Plumley Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01565 722259 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

RUNCORN: November 15-19 - Centenary Theatre Company presents Fiddler On The Roof, at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 for details or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: November 24 - Little Red - fun filled family pantomime based on the legend of Little Red Riding Hood, at The Brindley in High Street at 7pm. Ring 0151 907 8360 for details or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

SALFORD: November 16-17 - Company Chameleon in association with The Lowry present Gameshow - The Lowry’s company in residence debut their latest work, a story of desire, seduction and manipulation, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £13. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: November 18 - Mark Thomas presents The Manifesto Work in Progress, where the audience get to make the policies of the future, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £10. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: November 21 - Alex Horne presents Seven Years in he Bathroom - in this ambitious and unprecedented show, Alex Horne is aiming to recreate your entire life in one hour, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £13. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: November 22 - Musical satirist Mitch Benn and The Distractions, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £13. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: November 27 - Comedian Lee Nelson at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £22.50. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: November 18 - Comedian Dave Spikey brings his Words Don’t Come Easy tour to The Victoria Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £19.50. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

TARVIN: December 10 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present the Theatre in the Quarter production of Star of Wonder, a play set on Christmas Eve 1899 in a Chester music hall where a packed house watches the impossible happen, at Tarvin Community Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01829 740109 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

TATTENHALL: December 2 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Action Transport Theatre’s production of 12 Miles From Nowhere- a play set on an isolated, rural farm in the north of England, at The Barbour Institute at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01829 782895 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

WARRINGTON: November 19 - Comedian Jimmy Carr brings his Laughter Therapy show to the Parr Hall at 7pm and 10pm. Tickets £25. Call 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WARRINGTON: November 19 - Comedian Alun Cochrane at the Pyramid at 8pm. Tickets £12. Call 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WHITLEY: November 19 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present The Harmonettes Go Into Orbit - a new 50s musical comedy packed with hits from the period at Whitley Village Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 01925 732728 or visit www.cheshireruraltouringarts.co.uk.

WIRRAL: November 16-19 - Bebington Dramatic Society presents The 39 Steps at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £7. Call 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: November 19 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Moby Duck’s production of Bong Soon - A Windy Tale - a thunderously naughty tale for children aged four and over at Gladstone Village Hall in Burton at 3pm. Tickets £10-£6. Call 0151 336 5613.

WIRRAL: November 23-26 - Wallasey Operatic Society presents Sweeney Todd The Musical by Hugh Wheeler at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, concessions £13. Call 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.

WIRRAL: November 27 - F Rated Comedy Club with Silky, David Larkins, Chris Turner and Andy White, compered by Dominic Woodward, at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 8pm. Tickets £10 or £20 with two course meal. Call 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: December 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 - Port Sunlight Players present Sleeping Beauty at the Gladstone Theatre at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets £8, concessions £7, family ticket £25. Call 0151 643 8757 or visit www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk.