21 Nov 2008
TOP COMEDY PLAY
A FRUSTRATED novelist, his streetwise daughter and his slightly loopy father provide the humour in comedy play Nobody's Perfect by Simon Williams. The Wheatsheaf Players offering follows the fortunes of the family when author Leonard decides to pose as a woman to get his work published. What could possibly go wrong? Nobody's Perfect opens at the Co-operative Theatre, Watersmeet Road, Wyken, Coventry, on Monday for a week-long run.
Box office 024 76 456179.
TOP COMEDY NIGHT
JONATHAN Ross's house band Four Poofs And A Piano (left) offer music and humour tonight as they bring their More Hairdressers Than Barber Shop tour to the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington. They are inviting audiences to sit back, relax and enjoy four men prancing around and having, in their words, "more fun than is appropriate for men of their age."
Box office 01926 334418.
TOP EVENT
THERE is a whole host of celebrities at this year's Memorabilia event including The Bionic Woman Lindsay Wagner and, on Sunday only, TV icon Henry "The Fonz" Winkler.
The two day weekend event at the NEC also celebrates the 45th anniversary of Doctor Who and includes a host of celebrities from the worlds of TV, film and sport and lots of merchandise goodies. Box office 0844 338 8000.
TOP STAND-UP
BEAT the winter blues with a visit to the Barnstormers Comedy Night at the Royal Spa Centre in Leamington. The Tuesday laughter special features stand-up and songs from Lynn Chambers And Sally Nettleton, the whimsical George Egg, who has been described as "a Tommy Cooper for the twenty first century," and the amiable Liam Mullone. Box office 01926 334418.
TOP CONCERT
MODFATHER Paul Weller will be playing highlights from his new album, 22 Dreams, along with a sprinkling of classics from his hefty back catalogue when he appears in concert at the NEC's LG Arena tonight. The album incorporates rock, funk, soul, free jazz, classical, spoken word, electronica and all stops in between. Box office 0844 338 8000.
TOP MUSIC
THE legendary Leonard Cohen (above) heads to the Midlands tomorrow as part of a world tour. His songs have been famously covered by the great and the good from Judy Collins' Suzanne to Jeff Buckley's seminal rendition of Hallelujah. U2, REM, Sting, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright and the late Johnny Cash are among other famous devotees of the American performer and songwriter. He will be appearing in concert at the NEC's LG Arena. Box office 0844 3388000.
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