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The Juilliard Orchestra and Opera beat the Met to the punch this week, featuring French conductor Emmanuel Villaume in a superb concert of Ravel and Debussy, including a lovely performance of Ravel's short opera, L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES, with its clever libretto by the French novelist, Colette. It took place just the night before he was announced to be taking on the premiere of the Met's new TOSCA--left empty when the opera company suspended its former music director James Levine after he was charged with sexual improprieties with minors.

The frank, funny and unapologetically filthy comedian Sarah Millican has announced two dates at Warrington's Parr Hall next year.

Donald Trump hadn't even won his first Republican primary when Henri Becque's comedy of sexual liberation, LA PARISIENNE, created such an uproar at its 1895 Paris premiere. But while the current president never makes an appearance in Beau Willimon's new version of the story, THE PARISIAN WOMAN, the current White House resident is certainly on the tips of everyone's tongues.

Internationally renowned Warrington-born musician Peter Price has announced a home town performance this December.

Theatre Royal will tomorrow celebrate its 150th birthday, an extraordinary milestone that will be honoured over the next few months with a range of events.

THE LOST TAPES: PATTY HEARST tells the inside story, without interviews or narration, utilizing Hearst's own voice recordings, footage of her first interview following her release and first-hand audio tapes of the kidnappers.

Two River Theatre continues their successful 2017/2018 Season with Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' now through December 3. directed by Michael Cumpsty, the play features the ideal cast to portray Wilde's farcical classic.

Hubbard Hall Center For The Arts And Education presents a new version of Rupert Holmes' Tony-winning The Mystery of Edwin Drood, relocated from a London music hall to an opera house in upstate New York, beginning performances tonight, November 17, with opening night today, November 18, to be attended by Holmes.

The timeless soundtrack that is The Magic of Motown is returning to Warrington next month for a spectacular show.

Trinity Repertory Company announces the workshop of A Seat at the Table: The Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer, the new play about the civil rights activist who risked her life to register black voters in the segregated South. The work is penned by nationally-celebrated, multiple award-winning playwright and actress Regina Taylor. The workshop is part of a new partnership between the Brown/Trinity MFA program and Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University, part of the Department of Africana Studies, which develops innovative theatrical forms rooted in Africana cultural traditions and expressions.

Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, continues its 2017/18 Season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Michael Cumpsty. Performances play Two River's Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Avenue, through Sunday, December 3. The opening night performance is tonight, November 17 at 7pm.

There has never been anything quite like Red Hot Chilli Pipers: the original bagpipe band are celebrating 15 years with a gig at Parr Hall.

Irish country star Nathan Carter's extra Warrington date, announced after huge demand, is fast approaching. The charismatic performer has just confirmed 16 extra dates due to phenomenal demand, including a show at Parr Hall.

The Orchestra Now (TON) will open the third season of its popular Sight & Sound series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday, December 3 at 2 PM.

On February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patricia 'Patty' Hearst was kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment. Because she was the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, Patty's kidnapping left authorities confounded and the American public glued to its television screens watching the saga of an abducted American heiress unfold. THE LOST TAPES: PATTY HEARST tells the inside story, without interviews or narration, utilizing Hearst's own voice recordings, footage of her first interview following her release and first-hand audio tapes of the kidnappers. In addition, rediscovered news footage allows viewers to experience all of the confusion, fear and absurdity that held a nation in thrall for 19 months. THE LOST TAPES: PATTY HEARST premieres Sunday, November 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.

The University of Notre Dame presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

The music legend that is Alexander O'Neal is to grace the stage of Warrington's Parr Hall next month.

A celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston is on route to Warrington.

Country music fans are in for a treat this November when Parr Hall hosts A Country Night in Nashville.

The timeless soundtrack that is The Magic of Motown is returning to Warrington next month for a spectacular show.

The University of Notre Dame presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

TomoeArts presents the world premiere of a provocative and heartrending new work, Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited, a noh chamber opera, October 26 - 28, 2017 at The Cultch.

Irish country star Nathan Carter's extra Warrington date, announced after huge demand, is fast approaching. The charismatic performer has just confirmed 16 extra dates due to phenomenal demand, including a show at Parr Hall.

Artistic Director of Print Room at the Coronet Anda Winters has curated a month-long festival representing the theatre's diverse, multi-artform programme and made up almost entirely of UK premieres. Coronet International Festival runs over 35 days and spans theatre, art, circus, dance, poetry and installations from around the globe. Featuring artists from 12 countries, the festival presents a fusion of international art works, crossing borders and genres and defying expectations.

THE LOST TAPES: PATTY HEARST tells the inside story, without interviews or narration, utilizing Hearst's own voice recordings, footage of her first interview following her release and first-hand audio tapes of the kidnappers.