5 things to do next week (19-25 Feb 2024)
Assistant editor Iain Lynn with his entertainments guide to five things to do next week in and around Lancashire
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00:06 Hello, we're back with another edition of 5 Things to Do, and with the kids back at school,
00:10 there must be something we can enjoy that doesn't involve soft play and sugar.
00:13 Well, there is, starting with comedy, and Jeff Norcott is at the Duke's Theatre in Lancaster on Friday 23rd February.
00:20 Now, if Jeff looks familiar, that's because he's been on everything from Have I Got News To You,
00:24 League Of Their Own, Last Leg, Would I Lie To You, Live At The Apollo, etc. etc.
00:28 Taking up his bloke's eye view, fuelled by a diet of football, sheds, superhero films,
00:33 sporting autobiographies, and wearing socks at all times,
00:37 basic bloke unlocks some of the more complicated behaviour of your husbands, your dads, and your brothers.
00:42 Tickets for that one are £18 each.
00:45 Good heavens, look at this, it's Brian Cox, looking all wistful and trying to explain the nature of space to people like me.
00:51 He's wasting his time, but if you fancy finding out what it means to live a small, finite life in a vast, eternal universe,
00:57 then this show might be for you.
01:00 Horizons has taken over 250,000 people across three continents on a dazzling journey,
01:06 a story of how we became and what we can become.
01:09 Using state-of-the-art screen technology, venues across the world, from New Zealand and the Arctic Circle,
01:15 have been filled with images of faraway galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes,
01:20 and the latest theories of the origin of the universe.
01:23 Nothing heavy then.
01:25 He's on at the King George's Hall in Blackburn on Friday night, 23rd February, and tickets are £42 each.
01:33 Music and Burnley next, and we catch up with the Johnny Cash Roadshow on its Sin and Redemption tour.
01:39 Set on a Folsom prison-style stage, award-winning Clive John pays homage to Cash and his warming, unique way,
01:46 alongside his iconic wife June Carter, played by Megan Thomas,
01:50 who are some of the best musicians in the world, playing double bass, Fender Telecasters, acoustic guitars,
01:55 drums, pianos, trumpets and four-part vocal harmonies.
01:58 With standing ovations every night, Johnny Cash Roadshow is the longest-running,
02:02 most recognised and still the biggest and best celebration of Johnny Cash in the world today.
02:07 It's on at the Burnley Mechanics Theatre on Thursday, 22nd February.
02:11 Tickets will cost you £27 for that one.
02:15 More music from yesteryear now as Gareth Gates rolls into the Atkinson Theatre in Southport
02:20 with his Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons musical.
02:23 This is billed as a spectacular, high-pitched celebration of timeless music
02:28 from one of the biggest-selling groups of all time.
02:31 This nostalgic musical journey pays tribute to the life and career of those four boys from Jersey
02:35 who started singing underneath a streetlamp, but soon went on to become one of the most recognised groups in history.
02:42 Gareth Gates joins cast members from the smash-hit Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys
02:47 and other West End shows.
02:49 That one's on the 22nd February, and tickets are £33.50.
02:54 Finally, a riot of colour awaits you at the Blackpool Winter Gardens and Opera House
02:58 as the residents of New York's Central Park Zoo plan a jailbreak.
03:02 That's right, it's Madagascar the Musical.
03:05 Join Alex, Marty, Melman, Gloria and those hilarious plotting penguins
03:09 as they bound onto stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime.
03:12 Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and an upbeat score,
03:16 it's a season that starts on Wednesday 21st February and then daily until Saturday 24th.
03:22 There are matinees too on Thursday and Saturday, and tickets start at £20.75.
03:29 That's it for me this week. Join me next week for another 5 Things To Do,
03:32 but in the meantime, have a fabulous week, take care and I'll see you next time.
03:36 (upbeat music)