Heidi Travis

IT'S attracting celebrities like Ewan McGregor, Joanna Lumley and Kylie Minogue and the stars are now on stage at the Lowry.

The Play What I Wrote is a tribute to comedy duo Morecambe and Wise and follows the lives of Hamish and Sean - friends who are desperately in search of a guest star for their play A Tight Squeeze.

But who will they get? Will it be Dawn French, Glenn Close or Kevin Kline?

For tickets to the show, which is on at Salford Quays until Saturday, December 13 contact the box office on 0870 111 2000.

A NO-HOLDS barred battle of the sexes is entertaining audiences at The Exchange Theatre in Manchester over the festive period.

It is the start of a new term at Hillary Hall College for Boys after the Second World War and staff and pupils are looking forward to getting back to normality, when a clerical error has chaotic results.

The Happiest Days of Your Life is on until January 17 and ticket information can be obtained by ringing 0161 833 9833.

A TRIO of operas is being staged at the Liverpool Empire this week featuring the work of Mozart, Verdi and Wagner.

The Marriage of Figaro is on tonight, Thursday, Il trovatore is on tomorrow, Friday, and Parsifal will be on this Saturday.

Tickets are available by ringing 0870 606 3536.

VISITORS to Chester Gateway will be transported through time this Christmas to the days of mystery and legend with Merlin and Arthur.

Merlin and Arthur is on until January 17 and the box office is on 01244 340392.

KID Creole and Hazel Payne are starring in Oh! What A Night at the Opera House in Manchester - and there are just five more performances to enjoy.

Featuring songs like Celebration, We Are Family and Play That Funky Music, the musical is a high-energy feel good show that was born in 1997 and has sold out in theatres across the country.

You can catch the tunes in Manchester until Saturday and tickets are available by ringing the box office on 0870 401 6000.

PHIL Fryer and his band are paying tribute to the legend that is Frank Sinatra at Pacific Road Arts Centre in Birkenhead tonight, Thursday.

After entertaining audiences two years ago, the group are back by popular demand. The box office can be contacted on 0151 647 0752.

WITH just 24 hours to save the universe Mother Goose has a challenge on her hands and she's looking for help from youngsters at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool.

To catch the fun, ring the box office on 0151 709 4776, and the show is on until January 24.

FELINES are still having fun at the Regent Theatre in Stoke on Trent with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats.

Ticket information is available by ringing the box office on 01782 213800.