Shows - April 7 onwards

Apr 5 2011 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

SHOWS

CHESTER: April 7 - Danny Mcloughlin introduces Mike Wilkinson and Steve Shanyaski at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CHESTER: April 8-9 - Danny Mcloughlin introduces Andrew Lawrence, Nathan Caton and Jarred Christmas at The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

CHESTER: April 9 - Alexander’s Comedy Club presents Miles Crawford, Jay Ryan and Gareth Berliner at Alexander’s in Rufus Court. Doors 8pm, first set 9.45pm. Tickets £12. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

CHESTER: April 11 - Comedian Richard Herring brings his Christ on a Bike tour to The Laugh Inn, Station Road. Ring 01244 401626 or visit www.thelaughinnchester.co.uk.

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 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: 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.

CREWE: April 7 - Science Museum Live On Tour at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre.net.

CREWE: April 9 - The Big Ballet - an ensemble of sixteen Corps de Ballet dancers, each weighing no less than 16-stone - at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £22, £20. 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 7 - Comedian Micky Flanagan at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: April 9 - European Opera Centre present The Wedding of Camacho by Mendelssohn featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, with singers from the European Opera Centre, directed by Ignacio Garcia, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£11. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 9 - Comedian Dan Clark at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 8pm. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: April 10 - Music With Laughter - Merseyside’s finest musicians and comedians come together for one night only featuring China Crisis, Pauline Daniels, Alternative Radio, Gary Murphy Band, Sean Styles, Phil Jones, Billy Butler, Mickey Finn, Jade Gallagher, Billy Myers, Dalya Bernstein, and hosted by Billy Butler with special guest Ricky Tomlinson, at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

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

LLANDUDNO: April 8-9 - Llandudno Musical Productions presentCopacabana by Barry Manilow at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm with 2.30pm matinee on April 9. Tickets £14, children under 14 £10. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: April 10 - Comedy Works monthly comedy club at Venue Cymru. Tickets £12. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: April 6-9 - RNCM Youth Perform present Little Shop of Horrors at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm with 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets £10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk for details.

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 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 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 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 7-9 - National Dance Company Wales present a double bill of works by American choreographer Stephen Petronio with By Singing Light and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s Don Quixote in the Anthony Hopkins Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, £13. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: April 7 - Kill For A Seat Comedy Club presents Phil Kay and Brian Gittins with resident compere Silky in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: April 9 - We Three present Ooh La La! - hosted by the Rotary Club of Mold, the talented revue company present an evening of entertainment with a decidedly Gallic accent in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

RHYL: April 7 - Icarus Theatre Collective and Harrogate Theatre present Hamlet by William Shakespeare at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £14.50, concessions £1.50 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RUNCORN: April 5-9 - Zodiac Amateur Operatic Society present Copacabanaby Barry Manilow at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 8 - Comedian Patrick Monahan at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 10 - Footloose Dance Company present Feel The Rhythm at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 11-13 - Timeless Theatre Company present Memory Lane 2011 - musical journey from Music Hall through the 40s, 50s, 60s and 1970s at The Brindley in High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

SALFORD: April 6-7 - CRIS Unleashing Creativity present Pack Up Your Troubles by Stephanie Pearce - join the Appleton family in a nostalgic return to wartime Salford in this warm, engaging and entertaining piece of musical theatre at The Lowry at 7pm with 2pm matinee on April 7. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 7 - Comedian Andy Parsons brings his new stand-up show to The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £16. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 8 and 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 8 - Bombay Bellywood - The Bellydance Superstars have gained an unrivalled reputation for bringing excellence to the art form of Bellydance while pushing the boundaries of the art to greater and greater heights, at The Lowry at 7.45pm. Tickets £16. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 9 - Comedian Andi Osho brings her new stand-up show to The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 9 - Frisky and Mannish - The College Years - the dynamite duo are throwing down the intellectual gauntlet and providing a thesis in pop dialectics focusing on collision theory at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £14. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 10 - M6 Theatre present One Little Word - a beautiful and gentle story of friendship, power struggles and the rich world of creative play containing only one spoken word, at The Lowry at noon and 2pm. Tickets £8.50. Suitable for ages 3+. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 10 - Comedian Dave Spikey brings his Words Don’t Come Easy tour to The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £18. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 10 - Des Bishop presents My Dad was Nearly James Bond - Bishop champions the real heroics of fatherhood by challenging common regrets and the ridiculous ideals of manhood that real, un-slick men try to live up to, at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 11 - Ad Hoc Dance - choreography developed from the work created in Ad Hoc Dance’s Spring Course in contemporary dance technique and creative movement at The Lowry at 8pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 12 - Richard Alston Dance Company at The Lowry at 7.30pm. Tickets £19-£11. Ring 0843 208 6000 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: April 12 and 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 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.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: April 8-9 - The Chippendales bring their Most Wanted Tour 2011 to the Regent Theatre at 8pm. Tickets £26-£20. Visit www.ambassadortickets.com or ring 0844 871 7649.

TATTENHALL: April 8 - Cheshire Rural Touring Arts present Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club - TV and radio comedy star Robin Ince combines his twin passions of science and bad literature at The Barbour Institute at 7.30pm. Tickets £10-£6. Ring 01829 771442.

WARRINGTON: April 9 - Comedian Scot Capurro at the Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £12, £10. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com.

WIRRAL: April 5-9 - Leverhulme Youth 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 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: 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 7 - Comedian Dave Spikey brings his Words Don’t Come Easy tour to the William Aston Hall at Glyndwr University at 8pm. Tickets £16, concessions £14. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.

WREXHAM: April 13 - Comedian Simon Evans at the Catrin Finch Centre at Glyndwr University at 8pm. Tickets £12, concessions £9. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.

WREXHAM: April 14 - An evening with Gervase Phinn at the William Aston Hall at Glyndwr University at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50. Call 01978 293293 or visit www.glyndwr.ac.uk/events.