What's On in Chester, Flintshire and Cheshire from February 26 onwards

EVENTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

BURTON: Talk entitled Naughty but Nice, about undergarments through the ages, by June Cormer, at Gladstone Village Hall. Glass of wine and nibbles. Tickets £5. Call 01244 881482. In aid of St Michael’s Church, Shotwick.

CHESTER: Chester Family History Group meeting with talk on Discovering The Royal Agricultural Show of June 1893 in Hoole by Monty Mercer at the County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane at 7.30pm.

MOLD: Screening of the Nepalese film Manakamana (U) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

MOLD: Screening of the film adaptation of Testament of Youth (12A) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 5pm and 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

WAVERTON: Waverton Pre-School is hosting a fundraising ladies pamper evening and shopping event at 6pm at Waverton Village Hall. Tickets are £5 and include a light refreshment and goody bag.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

CHESTER: Antiques fair at the Northgate Arena from 9am-3.30pm featuring up to 150 stalls.

CHESTER: Screen on the Lane presents a screening of the acclaimed 2014 British film Pride in the Uniting Church in Garden Lane at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Mustique at 83 Garden Lane or on the door on the night.

MOLD: Screening of the film adaptation of Testament of Youth (12A) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 2

CHESTER: Zest Poetry Night - with guest poet Sheila Templeton, at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £3. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

MOLD: Screening of the film adaptation of Testament of Youth (12A) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

MOLD: Screening of the Russian drama Leviathan (15) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 5pm and 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

TARPORLEY: Antiques and gold valuation day at The Swan Hotel from noon-4pm. Readers are invited to bring as many items of antiques, silver, coins, medals, jewellery, clocks, watches, gold, etc, as they wish for free valuations and appraisals. Call 0800 389 7080. Donations are to the Alzheimer’s Society or Macmillan Cancer Support.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

BOUGHTON: The last in the series of winter talks organised by Chester Canal Heritage Trust will take place at 8pm in the Clubhouse at Chester Boughton Hall Cricket Club, Boughton Hall Avenue. The subject will be The Daniel Adamson and its Restoration and the talk will be given by Tony Hirst, former director of the Boat Museum. Members free, non-members £2.50. For more information phone Gwynneth Buss, CCHT secretary, on 01244 665855.

MOLD: Screening of the film adaptation of Testament of Youth (12A) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 2pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: RSC Live presents Love’s Labour’s Won or Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7pm. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLLINGTON: Backford, Mollington and District Local History Society meeting with talk by Mark Bevan entitled White Mischief and the Vale of Royal Legacy - Lord Delamere and a notorious murder in Kenya, at the village hall at 7.30pm. Visitors welcome. Admission £3.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

CHESTER: Deva Miniatures Club meets at 7.30pm at The Cheshire County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane. Dolls’ house enthusiasts welcome, from beginner to expert, to join in making miniature garden planters. Details on samjardim@hardrockers.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

MOLD: Screening of the Oscar winning film Birdman (15) starring Michael Keaton in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

CHESTER: Chester RSPB Group coach trip to Leighton Moss at 9am. One of the premier RSPB reserves in the north west. See a wide range of waders and wildfowl. Spot a bittern if you can. Contact 01244 400433 for tickets at £14. Stout footwear and water are advisable. For more details, phone trip leaders or see www.rspb.org.uk/groups/chester.

CHESTER: Author Ian Jackson taking part in a book signing event at Waterstone's on Eastgate Row at 2pm, signing copies of his debut novel Dead Charming.

MOLD: Screening of the Oscar winning film Birdman (15) starring Michael Keaton in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 2pm and 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 9

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

CHESTER: Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School at Telford’s Warehouse in Tower Wharf. The world’s premier alt drawing movement. Artists draw glamorous underground performers in an atmosphere of boozy conviviality. Founded in 2005 in a dive bar in Brooklyn, Dr Sketchy’s has now spread to over 100 cities around the world. Tickets £9. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

MOLD: Silent film programme with Paul Shallcross presenting a specially commissioned score for Maya Deren’s 1943 dreamscape, Meshes of the Afternoon followed by the 1929 avant-garde portrait of a day in the life of a Russian city, Man with a Movie Camera, in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

CHESTER: Simply Movies Chester film club presents a screening of the 2004 Britush comedy Shaun of the Dead (15) at 7.30pm in the United Services Club in Crook Street. Tickets £5. Visit www.simplymovieschester.co.uk.

MOLD: Screening of the Oscar winning film Birdman (15) starring Michael Keaton in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 2pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: Screening of the Turkish drama Winter Sleep (15), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

MOLD: National Theatre Live presents Behind The Beautiful Forevers by David Hare, in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7pm. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MONDAY, MARCH 16

CHESTER: The Chester branch of the RNLI is holding its AGM at the CSCC, the boathouse of the Chester Sailing and Canoe Club in Sandy Lane, at 7pm.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17

MOLD: Screening of the film adaptation of Testament of Youth (12A) in the Film Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 11am. Tickets £6, concessions £5.50. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

CHESTER: Chester Film Society presents a screening of the 2014 British thriller Locke, starring Tom Hardy, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.45pm. Call 01244 371750, 398707 or 07766 309209 or email bookings@chesterfilmfans.co.uk.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

BROUGHTON: 12-hour snooker marathon at Broughton Wings Sports & Social Club by Jack Bradford to raise cash towards his entry to Q School, an amateur snooker tournament which offers professional tour cards. Event starts at 11am. £1 to play a frame with Jack and £2 for half an hour of coaching.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25

CHESTER: Simply Movies Chester film club presents a screening of the classic 1961 musical West Side Story (PG) at 7.30pm in the United Services Club in Crook Street. Tickets £5. Visit www.simplymovieschester.co.uk.

THURSDAY, MARCH 26

CHESTER: Chester Photographic Society presents talk by renowned rock musician photographer Gered Mankowitz, who has shot images of a host of legendary names – The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Annie Lennox, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Duran Duran, Slade, Kate Bush, and many more - at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Tickets can be obtained on 01244 316750 priced £10.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

CHESTER: Chester Archaeological Society meeting with Newstead Memorial Lecture on Supernatural Power Dressing in Britain and Ireland 2500-1500 BC by Dr Alison Sheridan of National Museums Scotland, at the Grosvenor Museum at 2.30pm. Call 01244 310563 or visit www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk.

CHESTER: Screen on the Lane presents a screening of the Oscar-winning 2014 American film Boyhood in the Uniting Church in Garden Lane at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Mustique at 83 Garden Lane or on the door on the night.

MONDAY, MARCH 30

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen meeting at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm with talk on Dee Bridge Disaster 1847 by Dr Peter Lewis, a senior lecturer in the Department of Materials Engineering at The Open University. In this lecture the roots of a less well known railway disaster are identified. A new railway bridge over the Dee in Chester opened in September 1846. However, on May 24, 1847, a local train fell through the bridge. There were five deaths and nine serious injuries. Peter Lewis gives his forensic analysis of what happened and why. Visitors £6. Call 0151 346 1017.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

NORTHWICH: Spring plant fair at Arley Hall and Gardens from 10am-4pm. Enjoy a day out browsing the specialist plant nurseries selling unusual plants, shrubs, trees and spring flowering bulbs and gather great ideas for your garden for the coming seasons. The Arley gardners will be at the fair and will be only to pleased to give advice, guidance and answer any questions you may have about the best type of plants for your garden. Adult entry £1.50 which is redeemable against entry to Arley Gardens. Children and parking are free. Dogs welcome on a lead.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

CHESTER: Chester Archaeological Society AGM followed by lecture on Chester City Walls: Past and Present by jane Hebblewhite from the Historic Environment Team at Cheshire West and Chester Council, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm. Call 01244 310563 or visit www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk.

MUSIC & GIGS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

CHESTER: Leipzig organist Stefan Kiessling plays music by Bach, Karg-Elert and Durufle in his lunchtime organ recital at 1.10pm in Chester Cathedral. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50. Accompanied children under 16 free

CHESTER: Nearly Dan in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Dead Wolf Club in concert at The Compass, City Road, from 8pm. Admission £4. Visit thecompasschester.com.

CHESTER: T’Pau in concert at The Live Rooms, Homer House, Station Road at 7pm. Tickets £18.50. Visit www.theliverooms.com/www.seetickets.com.

CHESTER: LFM and Seeds present The Flipside at Telford’s Warehouse. Free entry. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

CHESTER: Sold As Soul Club at Alexander’s in Rufus Court from 9pm-2am featuring Mark Howell, Josh Evison, Andrew Killick and Darren Sykes. Tickets £5 advance, £6 at the door. Visit www.theboxoffice.eu/friday.html or call 01244 340005.

CHESTER: Taxloss Lovers - Mansun tribute in concert at The Live Rooms, Homer House, Station Road at 7pm. Tickets £8. Visit www.theliverooms.com/www.seetickets.com.

CHESTER: The Black Butterfly in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

GREAT BOUGHTON: Parents’ Association at Bishops’ High School is hosting an evening of entertainment featuring all-female choir A Handbag of Harmonies at the Vaughans Lane school at 7pm. Tickets are £7 per adult, £5 for children, and £20 per family of two adults and two children. Refreshments will be on sale, and doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Enquiries can be made on 01244 313806 or 01244 630685.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

BUCKLEY: Goldblade in concert at The Tivoli, Brunswick Road. Tickets £10. Call 01244 546201 or visit www.tivolivenue.com.

CHESTER: Cathedrals Group Choirs Festival at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm. The University of Chester is proud to host the next annual Cathedrals Group conference, culminating in the Choirs Festival to be held in Chester Cathedral. The festival brings together approximately 12 different choirs from Cathedrals Group institutions, resulting in a massed choir of around 300 voices, conducted by Vicki Bulgin, Music Director at the University of Chester. The evening performance will feature selected pieces from individual choirs, with all voices coming together to perform Handel’s rousing ‘Zadok the Priest’ and Haydn’s Maria Theresa Mass in B for choir, soloists and orchestra. Call 01244 500969 or visit www.chestercathedral.com .

CHESTER: Indio's Dream in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

HOOLE: February Folk Day at Hoole Community Centre in Westminster Road featuring Mick Ryan, Paul Downes, Janet Russell, The Hut People, dave Russell, Maplewood Ceilidh Band and Fiddlestone. Visit www.chesterfolk.org.uk/folkday.html for details.

SUNDAY, MARCH 1

CHESTER: Steve Oakes and Ed Kainyek in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court from 2-5pm. Free entry. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Open mic session with Andy Hickie at Telford’s Warehouse. Free entry. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

CHESTER: Unplugged night at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Doors 7.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Jon Gomm with Jim Bazley in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Tickets £10. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

CHESTER: Funkarama in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £4. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

CHESTER: In his lunchtime organ recital at 1.10pm in Chester Cathedral, Benjamin Chewter plays music by Alain and Vierne. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50. Accompanied children under 16 free.

CHESTER: The Tom Seals Band in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £5. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Mark Morriss of The Bluetones in concert at The Compass, City Road, from 7.30pm. Admission £8. Visit thecompasschester.com.

CHESTER: Dave Sharp of The Alarm in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Free entry. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

CHESTER: Tiro Lark in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £5. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Flight Brigade in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

CHESTER: Tankus The Henge in concert at Telford’s Warehouse. Free before 9pm, £4 thereafter. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

HOOLE: Folkus team of expert tutors will be at All Saints Church Centre in Vicarage Road. Guitarist Ben Broughton will be teaching guitar techniques, Clare Smith will be the fiddle tutor and Fred Rose will be on the bodhran while multi-instrumentalist Rusty Wright will demonstrates the wonders of the ukelele. Registration takes place at 10am. All day fee £20. Visit folkus.co.uk for details.

HOOLE: Hoole Methodist Church invite you to their next concert in the Music at Hamilton Street series, this time featuring the highly acclaimed Rhos Orpheus Male Voice Choir with guest soloist John Evans (organ) at Hoole Methodist Church, Hamilton Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (reserved in advance) or £10 at the door. Further details 07939 645688 or email: angiejohnevans@uwclub.net.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

CHESTER: The Deportees in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court from 2-5pm. Free entry. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: Open mic session with Mark Henderson at Telford’s Warehouse. Free entry. Call 01244 390090 or visit www.telfordswarehouse.com for details.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

CHESTER: The lunchtime concert at 12.45pm in the Wesley Church Centre, St John Street, features guitarist Martin Bickerton. Retiring collection.

CHESTER: Unplugged night at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Doors 7.30pm. Free before 8.30pm. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

CHESTER: Chester Music Society’s Celebrity Concert series presents Amy Green (saxophone) and Christine Zerafa (piano) performing works by Pierre Max Dubois, Benedetto Marcello, Eugene Bozza, Claude Debussy and more at St Mary’s Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £14. Call 07831 710558 or 01244 321570.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

CHESTER: In his lunchtime organ recital at 1.10pm in Chester Cathedral, Philip Rushforth plays music by Buxtehude, Frescobaldi, White, Stanley, Bridge and Rheinberger. Admission £5.45, concessions £4.50. Accompanied children under 16 free.

CHESTER: Eleanor McEvoy in concert at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Admission £15. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13

CHESTER: GaGa - Queen Tribute at the Forum Studio Theatre in Hamilton Place. Tickets £11. Call 01244 341296 or visit www.chestertheatre.co.uk.

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

CHESTER: Sold As Soul Club at Alexander’s in Rufus Court from 9pm-2am featuring Mark Howell, Andrew Killick, Harry Morgan and Darren Sykes . Tickets £5 advance, £6 at the door. Visit www.theboxoffice.eu/friday.html or call 01244 340005.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

CHESTER: Chester Bach Singers perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor at Chester Cathedral at 7.30pm with an outstanding solo line-up and members of the 18th Century Sinfonia, under their conductor Martin Bussey. The Great Mass is considered by many to be not only one of Bach’s finest creations, but one of the most inspiring sacred works ever written. Tickets £18, £12 and £6 (children and students £5). Call 01244 500959 or visit www.chestercathedral.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

BUCKLEY: Blood Brothers in concert at The Tivoli, Brunswick Road. Tickets £18. Call 01244 546201 or visit www.tivolivenue.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

BUCKLEY: The Fall in concert at The Tivoli, Brunswick Road. Tickets £22. Call 01244 546201 or visit www.tivolivenue.com.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

BUCKLEY: From The Jam in concert at The Tivoli, Brunswick Road. Tickets £20. Call 01244 546201 or visit www.tivolivenue.com.

SHOWS & THEATRES

BICKERTON: March 14 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present The Foundry Men in Those Magnificent Men at the village hall. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm. Award-winning company The Foundry Group and BBC4 sketch group The Ornate Johnsons join forces for this new staging of the hit play about British pioneering aviators Captain John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown’s daredevil dash across the Atlantic in the tiny open cockpit of a converted Vickers biplane. Adults £10, under 18s £6. Licensed bar, teas and coffees and ice creams. Book tickets on 01829 782392 or at www.ticketsource.co.uk.

CHESTER: February 19-28 - Tip Top Productions present Les Miserables - Schools Edition at the Forum Studio Theatre. This legendary musical has been specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers up to the age of 19.

CHESTER: February 28 - Comedy Live! featuring Sunna Jarman at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: March 5 - TV presenter and wildlife expert Bill Oddie presents Bill Oddie Unplucked at The Pavilion, Chester Racecourse, at 7.30pm, an event hosted by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Tickets are £16.50 (all inclusive), available from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust website or by calling 01948 820728. Proceeds will go to the Wildlife Trust’s work across Cheshire.

CHESTER: March 6 - Stand-up for Chester presents British fynny man Joe Lycett with host Danny McLoughlin at the Town Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm, show starts 8.15pm. Tickets cost £10 if purchased in advance through Eventbrite.co.uk. NUS tickets cost £5.

CHESTER: March 7 - Comedy Live! featuring TJ McDonald at Alexander’s, Rufus Court. Call 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: March 10-13 Pupils at The King’s School in Chester present The Producers at 7.30pm. Based on Mel Brooks’ much loved Academy Award-winning film, the show has a cast of 27 from Year 9 to the sixth form and a band of nine. Directed by head of drama Julia Williams, the story focuses on two theatrical producers, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, who scheme their way into getting rich by overselling interests in a Broadway flop. Tickets £10 (concessions £38) from boxoffice@kingschester.co.uk.

CHESTER: March 14-21 - Chester Theatre Club presents Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.30pm. It tells the story of clergy wife Grace, who has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Following the death of her husband she has new found freedom to do and say whatever she pleases but the return of her eccentric sister Ruth, together with some disturbing revelations, forces Grace to confront the truth of her marriage. Call 0333 666 3366 or visit www.chestertheatreclub.co.uk.

CHESTER: March 20 - The Harmonettes present Dorothy’s War at Chester Music Theatre in Tarvin Road at 7.30pm. A new musical play based on the life of Dorothy Lawrence and featuring songs from the First World War. Call 01244 351010 for details.

CHESTER: March 20-22 - Chester Operatic Society present All at Sea at 7.30pm at St Mary’s Centre, St Mary’s Hill. All aboard the ‘saucy ship’ HMS Pinafore as Chester Operatic Society perform Gilbert and Sullivan’s sparkling operetta of the same name, along with some rather nautical numbers from that other maritime masterpiece, The Pirates of Penzance. Tickets cost £12 and are available by calling 01244 375662 or going online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/69103.

CREWE: March 3 - Sleepwalk Collective present Karaoke at the Axis Arts Centre, MMU Cheshire, Crewe Green Road, at 7.30pm. Catatonically deadpan, gratuitously vapid and gleefully strung out, Karaoke is a performance about love and rockets for two performers and an autocue. Playing out as an actual karaoke, the text and action read off a screen which is projected up for the audience to see. Tickets £8, concessions £5. Call 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

CREWE: March 5 - Katie Duck present Traces of Casualty/Recital at the Axis Arts Centre, MMU Cheshire, Crewe Green Road, at 7.30pm. Traces of Casualty is a solo based on a film Katie Duck participated in which follows the limbs of a body in homelessness. Recital investigates the tension felt under the scrutiny of being judged for your abilities rather than for who you are. Tickets £8, concessions £5. Call 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

CREWE: March 10 - Ridiculusmus present The World Mouse Plague at the Axis Arts Centre, MMU Cheshire, Crewe Green Road, at 7.30pm. This show centres on an immersive durational headphone verbatim allegory of stage four genocide. Staged in a former contemporary ghetto, the production requires audience and evicted residents to wear mouse costumes. Tickets £8, concessions £5. Call 0161 247 5302 or visit www.axisartscentre.org.uk.

ELLESMERE PORT: March 28 - West Cheshire Trades Union Council presents United We Stand by Neil Gore at the Chatfield Theatre at the University Church of England Academy in Whitby Road at 7pm. The story of the Shrewsbury Flying Pickets during the 1972 Building Workers Strike, particularly the late Des Warren of Chester and actor Ricky Tomlinson. Tickets £10, concessions £5. Visit www.eventbrite.co.uk or call 0151 339 2907.

FLINT: March 12-13 - Suitcase Theatre presents Elegy For A Lady by Arthur Miller and The Zoo Story by Edward Albee in the Studio Theatre at Flint High School at 7.30pm. Admission £5. Call 01978 845912 for details.

MOLD: February 5-March 7 - Hamlet by William Shakespeare in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. A psychological thriller, murder mystery and philosophical drama. Shakespeare’s most famous play is a fitting production indeed for artistic director Terry Hands to take on as he prepares to retire from his role at the Mold theatre. The production will subsequently tour to Cardiff and Swansea. Tickets £22-£10. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 1 - Welsh Gold presents Made in Wales in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Welsh Gold’s first collection is a reverent, nostalgic, bawdy and biting celebration of Wales and Welshness in poetry, music and drama from the sixth century to the present day. Performed in Welsh and English. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 5-28 - The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. In an atmosphere of intense religious puritanism of the early 17th century, Susanna Hall is publicly accused of adultery with her neighbour and family friend Rafe Smith. Her husband, Dr John Hall, urges her to sue for slander in the court of Worcester Cathedral to save the family’s reputation and his practice as a distinguished physician. But how can she explain why Smith was seen leaving the herbal garden late one night when the doctor was away from home? The events of that fateful night are held up to the most searching scrutiny in this gripping thriller. Based on an actual court case of 1613 involving William Shakespeare’s eldest daughter, the play was nominated for an Olivier Award and won Playwright of the Year for its author. Tickets £22-£10. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 5 - Kill For A Seat Comedy Club presents Tanya-Lee Davies and Markus Birdman with resident compere Silky, in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 11-14 - Rambert 2015 in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.30pm. Rambert returns to amaze audiences in Rooster, Christopher Bruce’s iconic celebration of the swinging sixties to music by the Rolling Stones. The science of the cosmos inspires explosive movement in Rambert Artistic Director Mark Baldwin’s latest creation, The Strange Charm of Mother Nature. Completing the programme is Terra Incognita, choreographed by groundbreaking dancemaker Shobana Jeyasingh. Tickets £22-£16. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

WREXHAM: March 12 - An Evening of Burlesque at the William Aston Hall, Glyndwr University. Doors 7.30pm. Call 01978 293293 or visit glyndwr.ticketsolve.com.

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: January 24-April 19 - Louise Rayner: Victorian Watercolours at the Grosvenor Museum. The much-loved watercolours of the celebrated artist present a uniquely charming vision of Victorian Chester. Call 01244 972197.

CHESTER: January 6-March 27 - Voluntary Action on The Home Front in Chester: History and Legacy at Chester History and Heritage, St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row. Centenary exhibition shining a light on the significant contribution made by local charities to support families whose main breadwinner was away in the services, wounded or killed, and those affected by unemployment. Free entry. Call 01244 972210.

CHESTER: January 6-March 27 - Oh You Pretty Things! at Chester History and Heritage, St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row. Exhibition looking at people and places in Chester during the 70s which, for many, meant glam and glitz as much as trouble and strife. Free entry. Call 01244 972210.

CHESTER: January 6-March 27 - Band of Gold at Chester History and Heritage, St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row. Foyer display looking at Chester weddings - some high church, some not - and all of them joyful days full of promise and new beginnings. Free entry. Call 01244 972210.

MOLD: March 14-April 25 - Hindsight by Sara Jane Harper in the Oriel Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Large solo exhibition by long-established artist from North East Wales. Harper uses her own vocabulary of marks, signs and symbols which have been developed over many years. This show includes past and current paintings and drawings. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theratr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 11-April 6 - Flintshire Schools art exhibition featuring work from Ewloe Green Primary, Hawarden Village Church in Wales Primary and Penarlag Primary schools at the Education Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: March 2-21 - Judith Samuel presents her project on oil and watercolour to paint littler terns in Denbighshire and Senegal, where the birds go over winter, at the Community Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: February 11-March 9 - A selection of 2D and 3D work from Kay Stage 3 students at Alun School based on the work of Al Wei Wei and David Hockney at the Education Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: February 9-28 - Halkyn Mountain Artists present a wide range of media in two dimensions at the Community Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: January 24-March 7 - Time and Remains by James Morris at the Oriel Gallery, Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Photographer James Morris brings together two distinct bodies of work that explore differing stories observed within the landscape of Israel/Palestine. Together they are witness to both a cause and a consequence of this unresolved conflict. In this time when the Palestinian issue appears shrouded by the wider Arab Spring and the peace process seems utterly abandoned, its significance remains undiminished. Call 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

PORT SUNLIGHT: February 8-April 19 - Fresh Perspectives: Art from Wirral Schools at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. The exhibition features a diverse selection of works including paintings, photography and textiles. The pieces have been created by GCSE and A-level students from Prenton High School, South Wirral High School, St John Plessington Catholic College and Weatherhead High School. Visit www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk.