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11. MUSIC: Level 42, Opera House, Saturday
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008At the height of Level 42’s popularity, back in the Eighties, it was reported that their bass player Mark King had signed an unprecedented insurance policy – he’d insured his thumb for an incredible one million pounds.
12. MUSIC: James Blunt, MEN Arena, Wednesday
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008With his posh upbringing and background in the armed forces, songwriter James Blunt should be expected to have a thick skin and strong coat of resistance. That’s probably just as well, given how much he’s slated by his critics.
13. A taste of things to come?
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008RAISE a glass to the return of that fabulous annual celebration Manchester Food and Drink Festival!
14. MUSIC: The Magic of Motown, Opera House, Friday
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008GET into the groove with the Magic of Motown, a show that celebrates the world-famous Tamla Motown record label.
15. DANCE: Hofesh Shechter, The Lowry, Thurs and Fri
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008THE current hottest exponent of contemporary dance comes to The Lowry next Thursday and Friday, October 9 and 10 when Hofesh Shechter visits the north west.
16. THEATRE: Have Box Will Travel, Contact Theatre, Thursday
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008DYNAMIC poet, musician and DJ Charlie Dark brings his autobiographical one-man show to Contact Theatre on Thursday.
17. COMEDY: Blue Cat Comedy Night, Blue Cat Cafe, Heaton Moor, Sunday
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 1 October 2008EXPECT fireworks – and in unusual places – when comedian Chris Lynam appears at the Blue Cat Comedy Night at Heaton Moor on Sunday.
18. THEATRE: Othello, Lowry, 30 Sep to 3 Oct
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 24 September 2008OTHELLO becomes a bouncer in a working-class Northern town in an electrifying adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play.
19. MUSICAL: West Side Story, Lowry, 30 Sep to 11 Oct
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 24 September 2008ENJOY the fabulous musical spectacle of West Side Story with the 50th anniversary production next week.
20. Old skool, new look
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 24 September 2008BACK in the late Eighties, the original warehouse parties used to be illicit, often clandestine affairs – secretly arranged happenings in abandoned warehouses where masses of young people would gather and bask in a new clubbing revolution of Acid House culture.