What’s on in Wirral – from Thursday, August 11

Aug 10 2011 by Lorna Hughes, Birkenhead News

ALTERNATIVE RADIO

play at the Dee View Inn, Heswall this and every Wednesday, starting at 8.30pm.

CRISSY ROCK AND

Wirral’s own Charlie Landsborough will star in Ricky Tomlinson’s Country and Laughter Show at the Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton on Thursday (August 11) at 7.30pm. The show also features Gemma, the Buzz Brothers, Dolphin Dancers and Danny Roman. Tickets are £20/£17.50 from 666 0000 or www.floralpavilion.com

GARY MURPHY AND

his band will play tribute to Thin Lizzy ace Gary Moore and Mark Knopfler at Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead on Saturday, August 13 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £15 from 666 0000 or www.pacificroad.co.uk

ADRIAN GRIFFITHS

will give an organ recital at Our Lady & St John Catholic Church, Heswall on Saturday, August 13 at 7.45pm. Admission is £5 – pay on the door.

THE ALAN JEFFS

Combo will play a selection of jazz standards at this week’s Sunday Serenade concert on August 14. Alan is one of the North West’s leading jazz guitar players. The event starts at 3pm at Birkenhead Priory. Admission is free but donations would be welcomed.

SINGER ROB POSTON

is giving a free concert in the Plaza Lounge of the Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton on Wednesday, August 17 at 12.30pm. He will perform a selection of songs from musicals as well as music by Keane, Barry Manilow and Snow Patrol.

RAGS TO RICHES

musical Her Benny will be performed at the Floral Pavilion Theatre from Wednesday, August 17 to Saturday, August 20. Based on Silas Hocking’s classic tale, the show follows Benny and his little sister Nell as they struggle to survive in Victorian Liverpool. Performances start at 7.30pm, with matinee shows on Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets are £16 (concessions £14, children £12) from 666 0000.

THE PARKGATE JAZZ

Club and hosts the Parade Jazz Band will present an evening of “The Magic Music of Duke Ellington” on Tuesday, August 23. The event starts at 8.30pm at the Boathouse on Parkgate Parade.

ON SALE NOW

WIRRAL YOUTHFEST

– the borough’s first teenagers only music festival, takes place on Saturday, August 20 at Vale Park in New Brighton. Solitary Confinement will open the festival, followed by The Heist, Notion, Static Vibe, Casino Heist, The Blackhand, We Were Beautiful and Hippys on the Hill. Tickets are £3 from Wirral’s Youth Hubs. Tickets are also be available from youth outreach teams – call 637 6370.

TICKETS FOR THE

new season at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight, are on sale now. Shows from August to December include the Stan Boardman Show, The 39 Steps and Sweeney Todd: The Musical. Call 643 8757 or buy at www. gladstonetheatre.org.uk. Tickets for January shows Scrooge – The Pantomime, Elvis on Tour and the Pauline Daniels Late Late Christmas Show will go on sale in September.