Date

Event and Venue

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Book at least 2 WEEKS IN ADVANCE or 2 months for West End shows to avoid disappointment.

ADVANCE NOTICE: CRUISE
Either Adriatic on P & O late Sept/October, or late December to Madeira and round the Canaries – Fred Olsen.
 

Info from Margery Comer 01254 702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk

Sunday 22nd January

5.30pm for meal

CONCERT: The Swing Commanders
Thwaites Empire, Blackburn
This wonderful Swing Group of multi-talented musicians and vocals will delight once again. For all those who enjoyed this concert last year, come and see and hear their latest performance.
 

Meal and ticket price tba Book with Margery Comer 01254 702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk

Tuesday 24th January

7pm for 8.30

FILM: REEL DEAL
Cornerhouse Manchester
£13.50 buys a pizza, wine or beer and cinema ticket. Film to be announced about a week before. The cinema is directly outside Manchester Oxford Rd station and has its own cafe and bars.

Cancelled

Thursday 26th January

Eat at the Olympus fish restaurant 6pm for 7.30.

PLAY: Bill Naughton’s “Alfie”
Bolton Octagon
Alfie Elkins: the working class Don Juan of the East End - the man about town with the world at his feet and a new bird every Saturday night. It’s the height of the Swinging Sixties, and no one is embracing the spirit of free love more than Alfie. But all good things must come to an end ... Meet the director and cast after the show.  £17.50.

Book with Gordon Benson 01772 510186 or
07960 0014951 gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Saturday 28th January

Eat at the Limes

BALLET: Beauty and the Beast

Lowry, Salford Quays

A towering gothic fairytale from the creator of Birmingham Royal Ballet's smash-hit Cinderella.
A cruel Prince, cursed to spend the rest of his life living in a fantastical castle with the animals he callously hunted, finds salvation in the heart of a beautiful girl.

Meal and ticket price tba Book with Margery Comer 01254 702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk

Friday 3rd February

CONCERT: Alfie Boe
Preston Guildhall
The popular tenor sings hits from his hugely successful album. Tickets £35. Meal tba.

 

Book with Gordon Benson 01772 510186 or
07960 0014951 gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Sold out

Tuesday 7th February

CONCERT: The Film Music of John Williams
Preston Guildhall
The Liverpool Phil play music from Star Wars, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, Superman, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark ... Meal tba. Ticket £20

 

Book with Gordon Benson 01772 510186 or
07960 0014951 gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

Saturday 25th February

PLAY: The Daughter in Law
Library Theatre at the Lowry, Salford Quays
Miner Luther Gascoigne and socially ambitious Minnie are newly wed. Luther’s mother disapproves; in her view Minnie’s pretensions make her an unsuitable match. A shocking revelation from Luther’s past provokes a rich drama of sexual tension and class conflict all set during the bitter 1912 miners’ strike. With its wonderfully authentic dialogue and deep understanding of relationships, The Daughter-in-Law affirms DH Lawrence, famous for his novels and poetry, as a playwright of the front rank. £20.50. Meal tba.

Book with Adrian 01695 727555 or aptayler@btconnect.com

Thursday 1st March

Eat at the Olympus fish restaurant 6pm for 7.30.

PLAY: Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”
Bolton Octagon
Macbeth is obsessed by power, but does he have the ruthlessness to kill a King to achieve it? Lady Macbeth thinks not and, empowered by demonic forces, she convinces her husband to seize the opportunity for ultimate authority. Meet the director and cast after the show.  £17.50.
 

Book with Gordon Benson 01772 510186 or
07960 0014951 gordonjbenson@googlemail.com

 

Saturday 14th April

Meal tba

MUSICAL: Wonderful Town

Lowry, Salford Quays

The Royal Exchange Theatre, The Hallé Orchestra and The Lowry will combine their artistic forces and present this remarkable fully staged, brilliantly choreographed production of the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein’s musical comedy, Wonderful Town.  Connie Fisher plays aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood who arrives in New York with her beautiful younger sister Eileen.

Meal and ticket price tba Book with Margery Comer 01254 702647 margery-earnsdale@tiscali.co.uk