A brolly good night out

A spectacular show, packed full of the charm, romance, comedy and glamour of one the world’s best loved movies, it features all the songs from the glorious MGM score including Good Morning, Make ‘em Laugh, Moses Supposes and the classic Singin’ in the Rain.

Screen star Maxwell Caulfield plays studio boss R F Simpson and Corrie favourite Vicky Binns is the ‘uniquely voiced’ starlet Lina Lamont in this classic musical, full of high energy choreography and sumptuous set design (including 12,000 litres of water). Singin’ in the Rain showers you with all you could wish for in a hit musical! Tickets from £10 to £45 at 0844 871 3017.

BLACKPOOL OPERATIC PLAYERS present ever popular Gershwin musical CRAZY FOR YOU at the GRAND THEATRE BLACKPOOL from Wed April 23 to Sat April 26 at 7.30pm.with matinees at 2pm on Thursday and Saturday.

Crazy For You tells the story of 1930s playboy Bobby Child, who dreams of being a dancer against the wishes of his mother and his fiancée, who would prefer he work in a bank. But Bobby joins a touring follies show and makes his wish come true.

With songs like I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From Me and Someone To Watch Over Me, plus exciting dance routines and glamorous costumes, not to mention a talented cast, this is a musical not to miss.

Tickets £11.50 to £17.50 with concs. Tel: 01253 290190.

The ORMSKIRK DERBY PLAYERS take over UPSTAIRS AT DISRAELI’S in CHURCH STREET at 7.30pm on Fri and Sat April 25 and 26 to present US comedy of manners ‘THE DINING ROOM’.

Set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the play is a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful – creating an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP.

Actors skilfully change roles, personalities and ages to portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids.

Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother’s infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn’t recognize her own sons at Christmas dinner.

Tickets £10 (£8 concs) available from 0151 531 8488, the bar at Disraeli’s or online at www.ormskirktheatrecompany.ticketsource.co.uk/events.

LYTHAM AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY’S Easter 2014 show at the LOWTHER PAVILION, LYTHAM, from Wed April 23 to Sat April 26, is classic musical, GUYS AND DOLLS by Frank Loesser and Jo Swerlin, jointly produced by West End Actors Sarah Ginley and Karen Holmes.

Set in New York and featuring gamblers, the gangsters, showgirls, corrupt police officers and the Salvation Army, it featuries popular numbers like Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat and Luck be a Lady.

Tickets £12. Wed-Sat 7.30pm with Sat matinee at 2.30pm Tel. 01253 794221

A brand new music experience, HEART VARIATIONS FOR STRING QUARTET, plays PRESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATRE on April 25 at 7.30pm.

Featuring conceptual artist, Egle Mei, it showcases ground-breaking new compositions, created by recording sounds of people’s hearts and connecting them to melodies to be performed by the acclaimed LIVERPOOL STRING QUARTET.

Talented winners of the Young Composers Competition will share their first classical music compositions for string quartet and the audience can vote for their favourite on the night. The evening will include refreshments and after-party with the participants. so join in for a rich, entertaining, interactive evening of innovative new music! Tickets: www.quaytickets.com or 0843 208 1842.