Date

Event and Venue

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Sunday 12th September
midday
note date change

Heritage Open Day – Manchester
Visit a number of historic buildings specially opened for this free national event. Followed by a meal. Locations to include Freemasons Hall, Manchester Law Library, Manchester Cathedral

Meet at the Law Library 11am.

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 aptayler@btconnect.com

(limited to 10 people)

Tuesday 21st September

6 for 7pm

Literary Evening: Preston

Chris Ryan (ex SAS)

Chris talks about his new book "The Kill Zone" at County Hall.  Ticket refunded if you buy a copy.

Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or m.barnes@btinternet.com
£5

Thursday 23rd September
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Olympus fish restaurant
 

Play: A Streetcar named Desire

Bolton Octagon
Tennessee Williams’ classic Pullitzer Prize winning drama set in New Orleans with fading southern belle, Blanche DuBois. £17.50 / £15.
 

Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Sunday 26th September
Departs Salford Quays 10.00am
 

Manchester Ship Canal Cruise
Sail 35 miles along the canal aboard a Mersey Ferry, arriving at Birkenhead to tour the U-Boat Story, then return bus provided to Salford. Refreshments and licenced bar available on board. £41 (or £37 without U-Boat). Concessions available.
 

 Book with Adrian 01695 727555 aptayler@btconnect.com

Monday 4th October

6 for 7pm

Literary Evening: Kirkham

Sir Michael Caine

Listen to the national treasure at Kirkham Grammar School.  The ticket includes a signed copy of his latest book, "The Elephant to Hollywood"

Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or m.barnes@btinternet.com
£20

Thursday 14th October
6 for 7.30pm; eat at Gio’s
 

Concert: Hallé play English

Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Elgar violin concerto and Vaughan Williams London Symphony. Cost tba.
 

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 aptayler@btconnect.com

Thursday 14th October
6 for 7.30pm; eat at Mamma's Italian restaurant, Topping St.

Concert: Maximum Rythm & Blues

Blackpool Grand
The Manfreds, including Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo, along with Alan Price and Cliff Bennett

Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or m.barnes@btinternet.com
£24

Thursday 21st October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Olympus fish restaurant
 

Play: Love on the Dole

Bolton Octagon
The Hardcastle family face the Great Depression in Hanky Park, Lancashire. Voted one of the 100 best plays of the 20th century. £17.50 / £15.
 

Book with Gordon 01772 510186 or gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Thursday 21st October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Gio’s
 

Concert: Hallé play Russian

Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Rachmaninov piano concerto no.1, Shostakovitch symphony no.5. Cost tba.
 

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

Tuesday 2nd November

6pm meal tba, show starts 8pm

Opera: The Merry Widow

Opera North at the Lowry, Manchester

Sung in English.  Set in 1905, this new production infuses Parisian sensuality with Viennese sophistication as the young, beautiful and stupendously wealthy widow, Hanna Glawari, seeks a new husband.

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

£18/£16

Tuesday 26th October
6 for 7.30pm
Eat at Bistro Pierre
 

Play: Antony & Cleopatra

Liverpool Playhouse
Kim Cattrall and Jeffery Kissoon star in Shakespeare’s tragedy of passion and empire, directed by Janet Suzman. £10 French bistro meal before. £17.50.
 

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 aptayler@btconnect.com

Booking closed. Revised date due to sell out.

Wednesday 27th October

6 for 7pm

Literary Evening: Kirkham

Sir Michael Parkinson

Listen to Parky reminisce at Kirkham Grammar School.  The ticket includes a signed copy of his latest book, "Parky's People"

Book with Marjorie Barnes
01772 672846 or m.barnes@btinternet.com
£20

Saturday 6th November

Meal tba

Play: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Lowry Manchester

Filter in assoc with Royal Shakespeare Company

Two worlds collide as Olivia’s melancholic, puritanical household clashes head on with Sir Toby Belch’s insatiable appetite for drunken debauchery.

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

£20

Saturday 27th November

Meal tba

Ballet: Cinderella

Lowry Manchester

Set in London during the Second World War, Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Prokofiev's haunting score has, at its heart, a true wartime romance. A chance meeting results in a magical night for Cinderella and her dashing young RAF pilot, together just long enough to fall in love before being parted by the horrors of the Blitz

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

£20

Friday 31st December

Meal tba

New Year's Eve Prom

Guild Hall Preston

Flag waving, indoor fireworks and orchestral pops lasting through the midnight hour

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

£34.50

or £5 discount if booked by 4th September