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Sefton’s Theatre in the Rough festival is looking for Merseyside playwrights

SEFTON-based festival Theatre in the Rough is looking for Merseyside playwrights aged 13 to 25 to create work for next year’s event.Read

Eastenders star Todd Carty talks about his role in Spamalot coming to the Liverpool Empire

TODD Carty has every reason to look on the bright side of life.Read

Competition launched for artwork to go around Southport Cultural Centre

SEFTON Arts has launched a borough-wide competition to design the artwork that is to be displayed on the building hoardings outside Southport Cultural Centre until 2012.Read

Author Pamela Russell on why she needs the stories of Liverpool men and women who grew up in the 1950s

“EVERYONE’S got a story,” says Pamela Russell with a smile. “The trick is to find it and get them to tell you all about it.”Read

Aintree racecourse’s executive chef Richard Busfield gives his recipe for a Danish pastry selection

Dishes of the day from Richard Busfield of Aintree RacecourseRead

Keeping jazz alive at The Shrimper, Southport

A UNIQUE 30 year record of weekly traditional jazz sessions in Southport is being maintained by promoter Joan Lester at The Shrimper in Marshside.Read

Win family ticket to Southport Country Fair

COUNTRY pursuit lovers are in for a treat when this year’s Southport Plant, Food and Country Fair omes to town.Read

Diversity and Mini Viva to appear at Liverpool Empire

BRITAIN’S Got Talent winners Diversity will be joined on their two-month tour by pop sensations Mini Viva.Read

Southport Music Festival venue announced

THIS year’s Southport Music Festival will take place at Scarisbrick New Road Baptist Church.Read

Liverpool Write Now Festival launches

EIGHT new plays will be showcased at a new theatre festival in Liverpool starting this week.Read

Grand day out on St George’s Hall’s Minton tiles

THE CITY’S St George’s Hall will celebrate 1,000 days since its royal re-opening by unveiling its masterpiece Minton tiles.Read

Casting Write Now for new one-act play festival for Liverpool

THE organisers of a new one-act play festival for Liverpool are calling for actors and crew to help make it a success.Read

Gypsy the Opera Singer takes centre stage at Southport Theatre

SOUTHPORT Theatre will host the first UK concert by up-and-coming local talent Gypsy the Opera Singer.Read

Introducing Tom, Dick and Harry, Southport Dramatic Club’s latest production at the Little Theatre

SOUTHPORT Dramatic Club returns to the Little Theatre this month with the side-splitting comedy, ‘Tom Dick and Harry’.Read

X Factor stars head to Southport for Pop Factory Live

X FACTOR fans are in for a treat, as two of this year’s finalists are set to perform in Southport.Read

Ormskirk Theatre Company launch this year’s panto, ‘I’m Sleeping Beauty – Get Me Out of Here!’

ORMSKIRK Theatre Company is back with a brand new panto for 2009: ‘I’m Sleeping Beauty – Get Me Out of Here!’Read

What’s on – 25.11.09

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Former Brookie actor Phil Olivier reveals all about his new show Never Forget

WHEN Phil Olivier was growing up in Liverpool he had dreams of being an architect or a lawyer. That was until the acting bug bit the teenager who won his first major role, as Tinhead in Brookside, at 16 – and dreams of designing buildings or representing defendants went out of the window.Read

NICE09 Icelandic festival launches this week

THERE’S a chance to discover hidden cultural gems from the Nordic countries this week.Read

What’s on – 18.11.09