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WILLOWS MEMORIES SHOWCASE FEATURES SALFORD REDS AND VARIETY CLUB Star date: 23rd July 2017 110 YEARS AT THE WILLOWS CELEBRATED WITH LIVE SHOW AND FILM Willows Memories Showcase Sunday 30th July 7:30pm The Lowry £20/£5 After Salford Red Devils take on Wigan in the Challenge Cup semi-final next Sunday, the past glories of Salford Reds and its adjoining Willows Variety Club are celebrated at The Lowry. There's a screening of a film full of memories of The Willows, plus a fab 70s-style live Variety Club show starring The Matchstalk Men, comedian Austin Knight and Drifters tribute band, Under The Boardwalk. Full details here...

TALK RADIO’S IAIN LEE AND KATHERINE BOYLE IN THE RABBIT HOLE SALFORD Star date: 22nd July 2017 BROADCASTING FROM THE KINGS ARMS... The Rabbit Hole Saturday 29th July 1pm The Kings Arms £10 Talk Radio presenters Iain Lee and Katherine Boyle invite you to participate in their live phone-in podcast, The Rabbit Hole, happening at The Kings Arms next Saturday as part of the GM Fringe. Anything can happen, as Ian Leslie discovers. Full details here...

CLOWN FEST HITS MANCHESTER FOR WACKY WEEKEND Star date: 22nd July 2017 FROM WAGGLEDANCING BEES TO CYRIL THE SQUIRREL TO THE BESTEST CABARET Clown Fest Friday 28th and Saturday 29th July The Omnitorium, Exchange Square, Mcr Clown Fest arrives in Manchester this week, complete with mad, surreal performances, a pop up 100 seat 'Omnitorium' and family shows that cost whatever you can afford. And there's virtually no scary faced traditional clowns, just clowning at its finest. Full details here...

SCHIZOPHRENIC TEENAGE GIRL TRIBULATIONS AT KINGS ARMS SALFORD Star date: 22nd July 2017 FRANK, FUNNY AND MOVING... The Little Creepers Tuesday 25th - Wednesday 26th July The Kings Arms £8/£5 Manic Arts Theatre Company brings a play about a teenage schizophrenic who worries about sex and boys...and the beast inside...to The Kings Arms this week, as part of the GM Fringe. It's frank, funny and moving, as Ian Leslie discovers. Full details here...

SHIRLEY BAKER EXHIBITION HUGE SUCCESS AT MANCHESTER AT GALLERY Star date: 21st July 2017 PEOPLE INVITED TO SHARE EXPERIENCES OF BAKER'S PHOTOS THIS WEEKEND The Shirley Baker Exhibition, currently running at Manchester Art Gallery, has already been a huge success, with over seven thousand people alone 'engaging' with the audio guide, never mind actually just looking at the brilliant photos of Salford and Manchester. This weekend, 22nd and 23rd July, between 10:30am and 4:30pm, visitors are being asked select an image and make a three minute audio recording, sharing whatever the photo triggers, which could end up in the official audio guide to the exhibition. Full details here...