Take 5 Things You Must Do Next Week

Grumpy Old Women To The Rescue! At Sputhport Theatre on Thursday, May 10

Fun Dog Show, Penny Farm, Preston New Road Blackpool, Monday, May 7

Joining the horses at Penny Farm World Horse Welfare next week, there are six fun classes for the doggies to enter. There’s rosettes, prizes and treats to be won plus an agility course to try. The coffee shop will be open and there’s free parking and entry. Call 01253 766983 for info.

Whistle Down the Wind, Blackburn Empire Theatre, Monday 7-Saturday 12 May

Whistle Down the Wind is set in a small, deeply religious town in Louisiana of the 1950s. A poor farming family are struggling with grief. Can a stranger help restore their faith in the family unit? Tickets are £14 online at www.thwaitesempiretheatre.co.uk or on 01254 685 500.

Pasha, Lowther Pavilion, Lytham, Tuesday, May 8

Lights. Camera. Ballroom! BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev returns with his brand new show ‘The Magic of Hollywood’ alongside fellow Strictly pro Anya Garnis. This amazing new show will be jam packed with sequins, glitz and glamour as Pasha takes to the stage with his sensational dancers. To book tickets, head to www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk or call 01253 794221.

Imbalance Redressed, Harris Museum, Preston, Wednesday, May 9

This talk, programmed by Rebecca Chesney, offers the chance to hear about the under representation of women in national and public art collections and explores how we can redress the imbalance. To book your place and for more information see www.harrismuseum.org.uk.

Grumpy Old Women, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, Thursday, May 10

Fed up with flogging their guts out and always having to be in charge, the Grumpy Old Women have put their knobbly old feet up in glorious retirement, free at last to practise their extreme colouring-in, ukelele orchestra and novelty fudge-making. Join them for 90 mins of brand new ‘full-fat’ comedy from the mistresses of grump. See www.atgtickets.com to book.