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DECEMBER/JANUARY 2022
Until Dec 4: White Christmas. Palace, Manchester. The toe-tappin’ musical. Until Jan 9: Peter Pan. Bolton Octagon. Fly to Neverland and join Peter Pan, Wendy and the Lost Boys in this warm retelling of J.M Barrie’s classic tale. Until Jan 9: Stick Man. The Lowry. Awardwinning production featuring a trio of top actors and packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. Relaxed, Thur 9 Dec, 1.30pm; audio described, Sat 18 Dec, 2pm; signed, 19 Dec, 2pm. (Tel. 0161 876 2183) Until Jan 15: Robin Hood. Everyman, Liverpool. The rock ‘n’ roll panto. Audio described. Tue Jan 4, 1.30pm, 7pm; Captioned, Sat Jan 8, 1.30pm. Until Jan 15: The Scouse Sleeping Beauty. Royal Court, Liverpool. Packed with stupid jokes, loads of live music and utterly inappropriate content.
Nov 30-Dec 1: WNO: Madam Butterfly. Venue Cymru. Dec 1: Glyndenbourne: Stravinksy’s The Rake Progress. Liverpool Empire. Dec 1: The Bon Jovi Experience. Theatre Royal, St Helens. Tribute show. Dec 1-4: The Birthday Party. Theatr Clwyd. Harold Pinter’s masterpiece. Two apparently casual visitors check in at a seaside boarding house and turn Stanley Webber’s humdrum life into a nightmare. This is the birthday party from hell. Dec 2: Glyndenbourne: Handel’s Messiah. Liverpool Empire. Dec 2: WNO: The Barber of Seville. Venue Cymru. Dec 3: Christmas Party Night – Take on Take That. Floral Pavilion. Dec 3: Glyndenbourne: Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Liverpool Empire. Dec 3: The Chicago Blues Brothers – A Night at the Movies. Opera House, Manchester. Dig out those trilbys, shades and polish your dancing shoes for this two-hour spectacular of non–stop music and laughter. Dec 4: Let Me Entertain You. Opera House, Manchester. Celebrating the music of Robbie Williams. Dec 4: Christmas Party Night – ABBA Forever. Floral Pavilion. Dec 4-Jan 2: Beauty & The Beast. Floral Pavilon. Melanie Walters (Gwen in Gavin & Stacey) and Sean Jones, well-known for his award-winning role as Mickey in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers, all set to give you a welcome lift! Dec 6: Eric & Ern. The Lowry. Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens as Eric and Ern at Christmas Dec 7: ABBA Mania. Opera House, Manchester. Tribute show. Dec 8-31: Cinderella. Rhyl Pavilion. Hayley Tamaddon (Emmerdale/Coronation Street) stars as the Fairy Godmother. Dec 8-Jan 1: The Book of Mormon. Palace Theatre Manchester. Outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park, Avenue Q and
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Time travelling
FANCY a spot of time travelling? Well, book your seats for a very interesting trip that’s launching at The Lowry. The year is 2065 so prepare for a futuristic sensory extravaganza that’s especially suited for adventurers with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The show follows a group of rebels who live outside an oppressive regime made up of all-powerful corporations – and who believe things can change for the better. How can they remind people of a time when things were different? Can they bring music back to a city where it is needed more than ever? n Frozen Light: The Lowry, Jan 18-22:
TAKE YOUR SEAT Frozen, follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries. Dec 8-Jan 9: Cinderella. The Brindley, Runcorn. X Factor’s Sam Callahan (Dandini) joins the Brindley Panto favourites Rebecca Lake, Andrew Curphey, and Charlie Griffiths as the Baroness. Signed Weds Dec 29, 5pm. Relaxed, Thurs Dec 30, 2.30pm. Dec 8-Jan 2: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World. Playhouse, Liverpool. The Playhouse stage bursts into life with this brand new kickass-pirational adaptation of suffragette descendent Kate Pankhurst’s award-winning picture book Dec 8-Jan 15: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Lowry. Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and embark on the most magical of adventures in a frozen, faraway land. Audio described, Sat 11 Dec, 2pm - touch tour, 1pm; Sat 23 Dec, 7pm; captioned, Thur 16 Dec, 7pm; signed, Sat 18 Dec, 2pm. (Tel. 0161 876 2183) Dec 9: Bootleg Blondie. Floral Pavilion.
Dec 9-24: Outside The Igloo. Unity, Liverpool. Interactive icy adventure for all the family. Pixel, Crash and Click are not your normal penguins. Safe in their igloo, they play their way through life until one day, the power goes off! Signed performances. Dec 10-11: Alternative Radio. Floral Pavilion. Dec 10-Jan 9: Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Theatre Royal, St Helens. Join Goldilocks, who, with the help of the Three Bears tries to save her Big Top from a rival circus owner! Get ready for a whole lot of family fun - it promises to be panto gold! Dec 10-Jan 2: Sleeping Beauty. Crewe Lyceum. Bobby Davro, X Factor finalist Amelia Lily and Cheshire’s best-loved panto dame Malcolm Lord team up for this magical Christmas panto. Dec 10-Jan 2: Cinderella. Regent, Stoke. Join Cinders as she goes from rags to riches, outwits her very ugly sisters and meets her dashing Prince Charming. Dec 11-Jan 2: Aladdin. Venue Cymru. The Venue Cymru panto is back and bigger than ever before. Audio described, Sat 11 Dec.
Relaxed, Sat 18 Dec, 10am and Tues 21 Dec, 1pm. Captioned, Wed 22 Dec, 10am Dec 11-Jan 2: Aladdin. Manchester Opera House. Alexandra Burke and Ben Nickless hoping to make your wishes come true. Follow Aladdin on a spectacular adventure he’ll never forget, with flying carpets, a wishgranting genie, an evil sorcerer and plenty of festive magic. Dec 12: Pauline Daniels and Friends. The Brindley, Runcorn. Dec 14-Jan 9: Six. The Lowry. The international hit musical is back. Audio described, Fri Dec 17, 8pm; signed, Sat Dec 18. Dec 14-Jan 1: Dreamgirls. Liverpool Empire. Direct from the West End with an extraordinary story and unforgettable, spinetingling vocals. Dec 16: More Ghost Stories for Christmas. The Brindley, Runcorn. Alfred St John Merrimoon with more Christmas time horrors. Dec 17: Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder. Everyman, Liverpool. The ultimate murder mystery-themed night. It’s Christmas,
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