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June 2008 - October 2008   For details of North Wales holiday + Bryn Terfel festival see bottom of page

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  • Ticket prices are approximate.  We will pass on any group discounts we get.

  • The meal is always extra unless indicated otherwise

 

 

Date

 

Event and Venue

Booking before ...

Wednesday 4th June

6pm for 7.30 eat at the Everyman café

conductor

Concert: Carmina Burana

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Concert opens with Spanish pieces by Falla, Sarasate and Ravel; concludes with Orff’s choral spectacular

 

Sunday 22nd June

Meet 2pm at Lady Lever Gallery

 

art gallery

Guided walk: Port Sunlight & the Lady Lever Gallery

Tour Lord Leverhulme's "ideal village", museum and his wife's art gallery with a qualified  guide.

 

Tea in the gallery; meal after.

 

Free car park at gallery. Nearest station Bebington on Merseyrail Wirral line.

 Gordon 01772 510186

£5, meal etc extra

Fully booked

26th - 30th June

6pm for 7.30 eat at the Ribchester Arms

 

concert

Ribchester Festival

Ribchester

Thursday - ESO play Mozart and Bach

Friday - The Cries of London; Janet Suzman and The Clerks

Saturday - Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

Booking closed 

 

Book by May 30th with Marjorie B. 01772 672846

Friday 27th June

6pm for 7.30

eat at ???

 

preston playhouse

Salad Days

Preston Playhouse

Musical comedy presented by Preston Drama Club

 

Book by June 18th with Gordon 01772 510186 or online

£8

Sunday 29th June

5.45pm for 7.30

eat at Pizza Express, Winckley Street off Fishergate

Extra event - not in the Link programme

 

lancashire sinfonietta

Concert: Summer Serenade

Lancashire Sinfonietta, Preston Minster

Shostakovitch Chamber Symphony, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, Mendelssohn Symphony No4 (Italian).  Always an excellent performance for a very reasonable ticket price

Book by June 20th with Marjorie B. 01772 672846

£9.50 / £6.00

 

full price

concession

 

Wednesday 9th July

7.30pm

 

planning meal

Meal at the Hoghton Arms (just by M65 jcn3) 7.30pm (before the chat night) pub grub. 

Planning extra events for the next few weeks. Please bring your suggestions.

 

Book with Marjorie B 01772 672846 or marjorie.barnes@blueyonder.co.uk

Saturday 12th July

6pm for 7.30

eat at

Mamma's, Topping Street

 

joseph Play: “Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat” at the Blackpool Grand – the Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. £26.50 (meal extra). 

Book with Marjorie B 01772 672846 or marjorie.barnes@blueyonder.co.uk or online by June 20th

 

Saturday 12th July

6pm for 7.30

eat at Pizza Express

 

giselle birmingham royal ballet

"Giselle"- Birmingham Royal Ballet

Lowry, Manchester

'Encompassing innocent love, the madness of betrayal, and ethereal selfless calm, Giselle is an unforgettably noble and heartbreaking ballet.'  A romantic work by the poet Théophile Gautier and composer Adolphe Adam.  BRB's Swan Lake at the Lowry was outstanding, so we have high hopes of this production.

Booking now closed - sold out

 

Wednesday 30th July

6 for 7.30pm

eat at Bistro Pierre,

Button St

EXTRA EVENT

 

once upon a time at the adelphi

Musical Play: “Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi” at the Liverpool Playhouse.

Lively musical revisiting the glory days of the city's great hotel, once patronised by Hollywood stars fresh off the Atlantic liners.  This has been such a success that the run has been extended by two weeks.  Very good crits in The Guardian and elsewhere

Book before 15 July with Adrian 01695 727555 or aptayler@btconnect.com, pay on the night

£16 ticket, meal approx £10

Wednesday 6th August

6.30pm

planning meal

Meal at Café Instanbul, 79 Bridge Street, Manchester (off Deansgate) 6.30pm prompt for the early bird menu.  Delicious Turkish food, 2 courses + coffee £11.90

Planning extra events for the next few weeks. Please bring your suggestions.

 

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 or aptayler@btconnect.com, pay on the night

Monday 4th August

6 for 7.30pm

meal tba

 

play royal exchange theatre manchester Play: Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever” at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.  When each member of a theatrical family invite a guest to stay, without telling the others, a mad weekend ensues.  £17.50 (meal extra) 

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 or online by July 15th

 

Weds 6th September

7 for 7.30pm

planning meal

Meal at the Hoghton Arms (just by M65 jcn3) 7.30pm (before the chat night) pub grub. 

Planning extra events for the next few weeks. Please bring your suggestions.

Book with Margery C 01254 702647 or margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk

Sunday 21st September

6 for 7.30

meal tba

conductor

Concert – English classical favourites, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Vaughan Williams Thomas Tallis fantasia, Barber violin concerto, Butterworth Shropshire Lad, Elgar Enigma Variations.  £19 (meal extra) 

Book with Margery C 01254 702647 or margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk  or online by Sept 1st

Weds 1st October

7 for 7.30

planning meal

Meal – pub grub at the Blundell Arms, Chorley Old Road, Horwich

Planning extra events for the next few weeks. Please bring your suggestions.

Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Weds 29th October

6 for 7.30pm

meal tba

ladyboys of bangkok

The Lady Boys of Bangkok - colourful, outrageous cabaret at the Charter Theatre, Preston. 6 for 7.30pm.  Price tba. 

 

Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or gordonjbenson@googlemail.com or online by 10th October

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Saturday 23 – Monday 25 August

CANCELLED

menai bridge bangor

Culture Vultures Holiday Weekend in North Wales