What’s on in Wirral: 28/1/09

Jan 28 2009 by Lorna Hughes, Birkenhead News

WIRRAL

RATTLEBUS play at the Swinging Arm, Birkenhead, on Thursday (January 29). The gig starts at 8.30pm.

INSPIRE Music Promotions present six Wirral bands at Jack Rabbit Slims in Hoylake this Thursday (January 29). The bands are Hudson Fall, Taken By Storm, Instant Replay, What the Funk, The Frontier City and The Rackets. Doors open at 7pm and entrance is £3.

The Seacombe Players are performing the pantomime “Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf” at Seacombe United Reformed Church Hall on Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31. Performances start at 7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on the Saturday. Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children, available from Jean on 630 7006. Proceeds will go to church funds.

THE Carlton Players present the Brian Clemens thriller “Strictly Murder” at the Little Theatre, Grange Road West, Birkenhead, until January 31. Performances are at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6 and can be purchased on the door, from 647 6593 or at Grange West Lighting.

WIRRAL rock/indie/punk band Foot of the Rock play at the Zanzibar in Liverpool on February 12. They will also be at the Cavern on February 20. For more about the band visit www.myspace.com/footoftherock

JOHN O’Connell, formerly of the legendary Liverpool band Groundpig, is in concert at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight, on Thursday, February 5. Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions), available from the box office on 643 8757.

LIMEHOUSE Lizzy present the best of Thin Lizzy at Pacific Roads Arts Centre, Birkenhead, on Friday (January 30). Tickets for the all-standing gig are £13 (£11 concessions), available from the box office on 666 0000.