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Actors Philip Bretherton and Samantha Giles at the Liverpool Playhouse

Corrie cad Ian's Christmas cracker

PHILIP Bretherton definitely has street cred - of a very particular type. Read

St Francis Xavier Choir performing at the Anglican Cathedral

Preview - Lord Mayor's Carol Concerts, St George's Hall

THE ECHO gives city centre shoppers something to sing about next week. Read

We're the best in Liverpool

THE starry bits - Ian McKellen in a new Mark Ravenhill play, Liverpool's Gillian Kearney as Hedda Gabler and five home-produced shows, including a world premiere by a young Merseyside writer - are just part of running theatres nowaday. Read

Ian stars in Beeb tribute to J. S. Bach

LIVERPOOL Cathedral organist Ian Tracey has a deadline with a difference. Read

Julian Clary, Sam Hudson and Laura Evans in costume for Cinderella at the Liverpool Empire Theatre

Glass slip-up

DON'T theatre managers speak to each other any more? How else, you may ask, does Liverpool end up with TWO versions of Cinderella - in a year of fewer Christmas choices? Read

Opera diva Lesley Garrett in The Merry Widow at the Liverpool Empire Theatre

I can let my hair down in Liverpool

LESLEY Garrett, just past 50, but still an atomic kitten in operatic terms, is singing full voice in Liverpool next week. Read

Conrad Shawcross, Walker Gallery

IT may be the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and in Liverpool's run up to Capital of Culture, the designated year Of The Sea. Read

Composer riding high on success

NAMES are important to composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. Read

Turner the sea, Tate Liverpool

WE shall never know if the painter Joseph Turner (1775-1851) would have been a fan of Judy Garland. Read

Nun who's fighting for killers on death row

JOE Riley talks to America's most famous anti-death penalty campaigner who is about to give a lecture in Liverpool Read

Ex-organist Noel a worldwidewinner

ANONYMITY has paid off for one of Merseyside's most distinguished musicians. Read

Tune up for our carol contest

ONCE again, the ECHO is asking the region's young people to put the song into Christmas. Read

Self-portrait of British shock artist Sarah Lucas

Who's NOT a pretty girl, then?

NOT a pretty sight. Nor is it meant to be. Read

Outlawed culture

CABARET, banned by Hitler as part of the Third Reich crackdown on Jewish, black and homosexual culture features in Liverpool's second Homotopia Festival. Read

City's top writers in Exchange and smart takeover

A PLAY about Irish travellers in Liverpool is among choices for next season at Liverpool Everyman. Read

John Lill, Philharmonic

BRITAIN'S premier keyboard player John Lill - he should, of course, be Sir John Lill by now - is an ideal candidate to join Simon Rattle and Vladimir Ashkenazy as an artist laureate for the Phil's 2007/8 Capital of Culture calendar. Read

Musical date for TV star

DYNASTY'S Christopher Cazenove treads the boards in a revival of an evergreen musical at Liverpool Empire in the spring. Read

Football drama shows the darker side of life

LIVERPOOL is fielding one of its favourite actors in a play about football. Read

Comic's creation cut above

KEITH Carter has earned a legendary following for his comic character Nige, the scally Park Road shell-suited philosopher. Read

Arts World's guitar stars head to Wirral

THIRTY-ONE concerts, a family fun day and four workshops crammed into 21 days in November. Yes, it's time for the 17th Wirral International Guitar Festival of Great Britain. Read

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