Shows - December 10 onwards

Nov 19 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 24-26 - The Blackbox Theatre Company at The Hammond presents Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, adapted by Nicola Andrew, in The Hammond Theatre in Mannings Lane at 1pm and 7pm. Call 01244 305362 or visit www.thehammondschool.co.uk.

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: November 26 - Chester Comedy Club with Rob Heaney, Chris Brooker and Paul Jennings at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £12, £10 members. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: December 1 - The Carny Cabaret Show presents its Freakishly Festive Spectacular at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: December 4-8 and January 7-15 - NW Theatre Arts Company and Big Red Events present Dick Whittington and His Cat in the Pavilion Suite at Chester Racecourse. Visit www.visitchester.com/panto or call 0845 241 7868.

CHESTER: February 1 - Comedian Russell Kane at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.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 25 - Comedian Lee Nelson’s Well New Tour at the Philharmonic Hall at 8pm. Tickets £27.50-£22.50. 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 25 - Comedy Club in the Orme Suite at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £13. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: November 24-26 - Next Stage Theatre Company presents Flint Street Nativity by Tim Firth at Venue Cymru. Tickets £8, concessions £5. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: November 29 - The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler starring Mel Giedroyc, Wendi Peters and Zaraah Abrahams at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £19.50. Call 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

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.

MOLD: November 29 - The Absurd - An Evening of Spoken Word featuring Segun Lee French, Zoe Skoulding and Stuart Silver in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.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.

RHYL: November 26 - Cosmos Christmas dance show performed by multi-talented Inferno Dance at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £2 off, family ticket £30. Call 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.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.

RUNCORN: November 25 - Centre 8 presents An Actor’s Life For Me - this play highlights the lives of many characters including a pantomime dame, Television soap star and RSC actor, their hopes, egos and rejections, at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 for details or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: November 26 - Footloose Theatre School presents a triple bill at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: November 28 - Comedian Tony Hawkes at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

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.

SALFORD: November 28 - Comedian Ed Byrne brings his Crowd Pleaser tour to The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £20. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: November 28 - Ad Hoc Dance present Denote - This new work was inspired by a series of drawings by musician David Birchall. David created a sound score for an Ad Hoc Dance work back in 2009 and two years on his scored drawings have been re-interpreted by Ad Hoc Dance participants in creative exercises led by choreographer Ruth Tyson-Jones, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £5. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: December 11 - Comedian Greg Davies at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £15. Call 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: November 25 - Comedian Bill Bailey brings his Dandelion Mind tour to The Victoria Hall at 8pm. Tickets £30.50. 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.

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 1 - The Ken Dodd Happiness Show, at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7pm. Tickets £18.50. 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.