THEATRE & COMEDY

Cabaret

Bolton Catholic MCS present a spectacular production of the musical drama set in 1930s Berlin where liberation and promiscuity were bywords and lewd cabaret clubs flourished.

Runs to Saturday, 7.15pm, £7 and £6 conc. (£8 on Saturday)

Pop Goes the 70s

Bolton Premier Productions return with their rollercoaster ride through the 70s.

Monday to Wednesday, 7.30pm, £7.50

BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE, Hanover Street, Bolton

Corpse!

A murder mystery comedy thriller about the lives of two brothers.

Runs Saturday

CONTACT THEATRE, Oxford Road, Manchester

Inside Out

Affy and Di are two teenage schoolgirls who yearn to escape their violent family for a better life. But when Affy gets the chance to join a new family she leaves Di behind to deal with the consequences on her own, causing a devastating effect which can only be repaired when the sisters meet up again years later.

Runs to Saturday, 8pm, £8 and £5 conc.

LIBRARY THEATRE, Manchester

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Come along to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games but the stage becomes a night of drunken recriminations and revelations when they are joined by Nick and Honey.

Runs until Saturday, November 23, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Mat 2.30pm, £9.50 to £12

OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton

Joking Apart

Richard and Anthea are an ideal couple with a charming and successful life, but such beautiful people can be dangerous as their friends soon discover...

Runs until Saturday, November 2, various performance times, £6.75 to £14.75

Snake in the Grass

For Annabel and her sister Miriam their sunlit garden is filled with deeply buried childhood memories which come back to haunt them when night begins to fall.

Runs until Saturday, November2, various performance times, £6.75 to £14.75

Score

It's Dingbat's 15th birthday and in the car park of a motorway service station, four boys fuelled with bravado swap their tales of sex, girls and scoring.

Runs until Saturday, 7.30pm, £7 and £4.50 conc.

PALACE THEATRE, Manchester

Beauty and the Beast

One of the most popular and enchantingly romantic stories ever told is brought to life in Disney's award-winning musical.

Runs until 8 February 2003, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Mat 2.30pm, £13 to £33.50

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, Market Street, West, Preston

The Exorcism

Rachel and Edmund have just moved into a small 17th century country cottage and receive a somewhat primitive and violent African carving fertility symbol as a Christmas present from friends, but soon afterwards a sinister feeling descends on the cottage.

Runs to Saturday, 7.30pm, £5

RADCLIFFE CIVIC SUITE, Radcliffe

Whitefield AODS present the musical Chess.

Runs until Saturday, 7.30pm, Sat Mat 2.30pm

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, Manchester

Othello

The unlikely union between Othello, a powerful military general and the young and beautiful Desdemona.

Runs until Saturday, November 2, 7.30pm and Sat 8pm, Wed Mat 2.30pm and Sat Mat 4pm, £7 to £24.75

Mandela's Land

A season of plays celebrating the vibrancy of theatre writing in the new South Africa today starting with The Dead Wait and On My Birthday. The Dead Wait follows the life of a young white South African athlete who finds himself fighting in the army and On My Birthday shows the chaos of the townships in the new South Africa.

Runs until Saturday, various performance times, £8 and £5.50 conc.

COMEDY

ACADEMY, Oxford Road, Manchester

Jerry Sadowitz

Contraversial wisecracks from the unkempt comedian

Friday, 7.30pm, £12.50

THE COMEDY STORE, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street, Manchester

The Best in Stand Up

Ian Stone, Stephen K Amos, Johnnie Candon, Jo Caulfield and Terry Anderton

Friday, 8pm, £13 and £6 conc.

The Best in Stand Up

Ian Stone, Stephen K Amos, Johnnie Candon, Jo Caulfield and Terry Anderton

Saturday, 8pm, £14 and £6

Comedy Festival Show

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - contact venue for times and prices

Men At Work

Wednesday, 8pm, £7 and £6 conc.

The Comedy Store Players

Jim Sweeney, Andy Smart, Richard Vranch, Steve Steen and Stephen Frost

Thursday, 8pm, £12 and £6

THE FROG & BUCKET, Oldham Street, Manchester

Red Hot Raw + Curry and Quips

Stu Who performs, joined by six hopefuls, with balti supper available.

Thursday, £5, with balti £7, NUS £2, with balti £4

Barrel Of Laughs

A minimum of three top comedians and compere.

Friday, £10 and £6 NUS, Saturday, £12 and £6 NUS