http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/ Top stories for Magazine http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069800_bowled_over_by_cult_show AS far as iconic musical images go, Liza Minnelli in Cabaret is up there with the best of them. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069800_bowled_over_by_cult_show Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069796_music_level_42_opera_house_saturday At 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. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069796_music_level_42_opera_house_saturday Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069797_music_james_blunt_men_arena_wednesday With 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. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069797_music_james_blunt_men_arena_wednesday Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069806_a_taste_of_things_to_come RAISE a glass to the return of that fabulous annual celebration Manchester Food and Drink Festival! http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069806_a_taste_of_things_to_come Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069791_music_the_magic_of_motown_opera_house_friday GET into the groove with the Magic of Motown, a show that celebrates the world-famous Tamla Motown record label. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069791_music_the_magic_of_motown_opera_house_friday Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069793_dance_hofesh_shechter_the_lowry_thurs_and_fri THE 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. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069793_dance_hofesh_shechter_the_lowry_thurs_and_fri Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069798_theatre_have_box_will_travel_contact_theatre_thursday DYNAMIC poet, musician and DJ Charlie Dark brings his autobiographical one-man show to Contact Theatre on Thursday. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069798_theatre_have_box_will_travel_contact_theatre_thursday Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069792_comedy_blue_cat__comedy_night__blue_cat_cafe_heaton_moor_sunday EXPECT fireworks – and in unusual places – when comedian Chris Lynam appears at the Blue Cat Comedy Night at Heaton Moor on Sunday. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1069792_comedy_blue_cat__comedy_night__blue_cat_cafe_heaton_moor_sunday Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068501_theatre_othello_lowry_30_sep_to_3_oct OTHELLO becomes a bouncer in a working-class Northern town in an electrifying adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068501_theatre_othello_lowry_30_sep_to_3_oct Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068493_musical_west_side_story_lowry_30_sep_to_11_oct ENJOY the fabulous musical spectacle of West Side Story with the 50th anniversary production next week. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068493_musical_west_side_story_lowry_30_sep_to_11_oct Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068508_old_skool_new_look BACK 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. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068508_old_skool_new_look Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068504_a_fusion_of_pop_art_styles A FUSION of work by an iconic American painter and former punk musician and an internationally known Japanese pop artist has proved a success. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068504_a_fusion_of_pop_art_styles Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068506_i_wanted_to_be_myself PEOPLE still remember Sarah Whatmore as the girl in the see-through trouser suit on the very first Pop Idol that Simon Cowell proposed to. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068506_i_wanted_to_be_myself Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068500_music_brett_anderson_royal_northern_college_of_music_26_sep SINGER Brett Anderson is clearly a firm believer in acting your age. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068500_music_brett_anderson_royal_northern_college_of_music_26_sep Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068503_blooming_great_fun_for_families TAKE the family and put down roots in the grounds of one of the north-west’s most attractive stately homes this weekend. http://www.stockportexpress.co.uk/entertainment/magazine/s/1068503_blooming_great_fun_for_families Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000