THEATRES

DARWEN LIBRARY THEATRE, Knott Street. A Soldier's Song reflecting on the Falklands conflict with Argentina. Saturday November 18. Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £6.50 and £4.50 concessions. Ring 01254 706006.

OPERA HOUSE, Manchester. Aid and Tosca. Runs from Tuesday November 21 to Saturday November 25. Tickets £8 to £39.50. Performanches 7.15pm. 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. My Mother Said I Never Should. Following the lives of four women living in Oldham and their stories of love, jealousy and the price of freedom. Runs until November 18. Tickets £4 to £12.50. Performances Monday to Thursday, 7.30pm, Friday, 8pm and Saturday 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Ring 0161 624 2829.

PRESTON GUILD HALL AND CHARTER THEATRE, Lancaster Road, Preston. Search for A Star. Saturday November 18. Starts 7.30pm. Also, The Wizard of Oz by the Preston Musical Comedy Society. Starts 7.15pm with Saturday matinee performance at 2.15pm. Tikcets £10.50. For enquiries ring 01772 258858.

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

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE, Water Street, Buxton. Jimmy Cricket's Madcap music Hall. Tonight . Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £7, £8.50 and £10. Also, Carousel. Darren Day, Sam Kane perform Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical masterpiece. Runs from Monday November 20 to Saturday November 25. Performances 7.30pm and Thursday and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Ring 01298 721190.

THE MET ARTS CENTRE, Market Street, Bury. The Final Fling by the Metro-boulot-dodo Theatre Company. A contemporary theatre piece based onm The man who shot himself into space from his apartment by Ilya Kabakov. Tonight . Starts 7.30pm. Tickets £6 and £4 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, Mcr. 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. Also, Flip The Script. Starts 8pm. Tickets £5 and £3.50 concessions. Ring 0161 274 0600.

THE LOWRY, Salford Quays. The Diary Of Anne Frank. Runs from Tuesday November 21 to Saturday November 25. 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. 42nd Street, starring Ruth Madoc and James Smillie, to Saturday November 18. Oh What A Night with Kid Creole. Runs from Wednesday November 22 to 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. An abundance of African, Caribbean, Chinese and South Asian dance. Runs until December 2000. Performance Bop! Sunday November 19. Starts 2pm. Tickets £7 and £4. Also, Dust by Idenfinite Articles. A story of Odysseius fighting Greek mythology gods in a bid to return to his family. Thursday Novembe 23 and Friday November 24. Starts 8pm. Tickets £7 and £4. Ring 0161 833 9333.

LYRIC THEATRE, The Lowry, Salford. STOMP perform a combination of theatre, dance, comedy and percussion. Runs until Saturday November 18. Performances Tuesday to Thursday, 8pm, Friday 6pm and 9pm and Saturday 3pm and 8pm. Tickets £8 to £19.50. Ring 0161 876 2000.

OSWALDTWISTLE CIVIC THEATRE. Accrington Theatre Group present The King & I. To Saturday November 18. Starts 7.30pm. Also, 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 November 25. Performances Monday to Thursday, 7.30pm, Friday and Saturday, 8pm. Ring 0161 236 7110.