THEATRES

OPERA house, Manchester. Aid and Tosca. Runs until to Saturday November 25. Tickets £8 to £39.50. Performanches 7.15pm. Also, Banana In Pyjamas starring the characters from Cuddles Avenue. Sunday, November 26. Starts 2.30pm. The Blues Brothers. Runs from Monday, November 27 to Saturday, December 2. Performances Monday to Friday, 7.30pm, and Saturday 5.30pm and 8.30pm. Tickets Monday to Thursday evening and Saturday 5.30pm, £9.99, Friday, 7.30pm, and Saturday, 8.30pm, £14.99. Ken Dodd, The Happiness Show. Sunday. Starts 7.30pm. Tel 0161 242 2524.

LIBRARY THEATRE, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 7110.

FORUM THEATRE, Wythenshawe. Ring 0161 445 3599.

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, St Ann's Square, Manchester. Ring 0161 833 9833.

OLDHAM COLISEUM. Cinderella. Tickets £4.75 to £10.50. Runs from Saturday November 25 to January 20 2001. Ring 0161 624 2829.

BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE, Hanover Street, Bolton. The Wind in the Willows. Runs from November 25 to December 2. Ring 524469.

CAPITOL THEATRE, Oxford Road, Manchester. Ring 0161 232 7179.

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE, Water Street, Buxton. Carousel. Darren Day, Sam Kane perform Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical masterpiece. Runs until tomorrow. Performances 7.30pm and Thursday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Atomic performed by the Motionhouse Dance Theatre. An evening of eye-catching dance and energy. Sunday. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £7.50. The Magic Flute Thursday November 30 and Saturday December 2. The Rake's Progress by the English Touring Opera. Friday, December 1. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £15, £18.50 and £22. Ring 01298 721190.

THE MET ARTS CENTRE, Market Street, Bury. An Eagle looked up at the Sun. A one-man show about Beethoven told through his words and music. Tuesday, November 28. Starts 7.30pm. Tikcets £5 and £3.50 concessions. Ring 0161 761 2216.

THE ALBERT HALLS, Victoria Square, Bolton. Ring 334400.

LIBRARY THEATRE, St Peter's Square, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 7110.

BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE, Hanover Street, Bolton.

DARWEN LIBRARY THEATRE, Knott Street, Darwen. Ring 01254 706006.

LIBRARY THEATRE, St Peter's Square, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 7110.

FARNWORTH LITTLE THEATRE, Cross Street, Farnworth. Ring Bolton 527092.

CONTACT THEATRE, Oxford Road, Manchester. Unsuitable Girls. A comedy about a young Asian woman looking for love and searching for Mr Right. Runs until December 2. Hanky Panky. Thursday, November 30. Starts 10pm. Tickets £5 and £4 concessions. Tough Love. A story about boys having car trouble and girls having tough love. Runs until tomorrow. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £5 and £3.50. Ring 0161 274 0600.

THE LOWRY, Salford Quays. The Diary Of Anne Frank. Runs until tomorrow. Performances 7.30pm, Wednesday and Thursday matinee, 2pm and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Tickets £6 to £16. Ring 0161 876 2000.

LANCASTER CASTLE, Lancaster. Ring 01524 64998.

CONTACT THEATRE, Oxford Rd, Manchester. Ring 0161 274 0600.

PALACE THEATRE, Oxford Street, Manchester. Oh What A Night with Kid Creole. Runs until December 30. Ring 0161 242 2503.

LIBRARY THEATRE, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester. Closer, runs until November 25. Ring 0161 236 7110.

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, St Ann's Square, Manchester. Snake in Fridge by Brad Fraser. Runs until December 9. Performances Monday to Friday, 7.30pm and Saturday 4pm and 8pm, Wednesdays, 2.30pm. Tickets £7 to £24. Ring 0161 833 9833.

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE, Water Street, Buxton. Ring 01298 72190.

GREEN ROOM, Whitworth Street, Manchester. African, Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian dance. Runs until December. Dust by Idenfinite Articles. A story of Odysseius fighting Greek mythology gods in a bid to return to his family. Tonight. Starts 8pm. Tickets £7 and £4. A dramatisation of A Conversation With My Father, The Immigrant Story and Goodbye and Good Luck by Margo Lee Sherman. Wednesday, November 29 and Thursday, November 30. Starts 8pm. Tickets £7 and £4 concessions. Ring 0161 833 9333.

LYRIC THEATRE, The Lowry, Salford. Ring 0161 876 2000.

OSWALDTWISTLE CIVIC THEATRE. Wind in the Willows by the Dorothy Bruce School of Dance. Runs from November 23 to November 25. Performances 7.15pm and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Ring 01254 382323. Ring 01254 887876.

MANCHESTER LIBRARY THEATRE COMPANY, Central Library, St Peter's Square, Manchester. Closer. A love story for the new millennium looking and the lives and loves of four people. Runs until tomorrow. Performances Monday to Thursday, 7.30pm, Friday and Saturday, 8pm. Ring 0161 236 7110.

KING GEORGES HALL, Blackburn. The Shaolin Monks from China relate the story of Kung Fu. Monday, November 27. Starts 8pm. Ring 01254 582582.

ARDEN THEATRE, Sale Road, Northenden, Manchester. Hamlet by Alan Pattison. Thursday November 30 to Saturday December 2. Starts 7.30pm. Ring 0161 957 1715.