FORMER full-time snooker player Sean Meo is now an established stand-up comedian, winning a Time Out award and appearing in TV ads for the Vauxhall Vectra. Among those joining him on this bill are Manchester-based “lugubrious surrealist” Mick Ferry and former City life Comedian of the Year Tony Burgess. Doors open 6pm, show at 8pm, Prohibition Bar & Grill, Bold Street. Tickets £12 (£22 incl meal, diners must be seated by 7pm). 0870 787 1866.
THE final public event of the big British Dance Edition 2008 gathering finds three different contemporary dance companies performing, all big names in the British dance world – the Shobana Jeyasingh, Hofesh Shechter and Richard Alston dance companies. 7.30pm, Liverpool Empire. Tickets range £10-£15. 0844 847 2552.
PAUL POTTS was the winner of the new television talent show Britain’s Got Talent, and remarkably he sang opera. Nessun Dorma was one of his big arias, repeated recently at the Royal Variety Show in Liverpool. He now returns to the city as part of his first solo tour. 7.30pm, Liverpool Empire. Tickets £23.50. 0870 607 7575.
BARBARA DICKSON first came to prominence in the Willy Russell musical John, Paul, George, Ringo . . . and Bert at the Liverpool Everyman. Now an international star, the singer returns to the city with a new show and a new album. 8pm, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Tickets £20 and £25. 0151 709 3789.
WILLY RUSSELL has reworked his late 1970s comedy Stags and Hens for this new production, making it faster and funnier. The tale of a stag and hen party from the same wedding meeting up in a club, it is directed by former Liverpool Everyman artistic director Bob Eaton. 8pm, Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. Tickets £15. Until March 1. 0870 787 1866.
VIN GARBUTT is a much in-demand performer on the folk scene, a singer/ songwriter who plays guitar and whistle, as well as delivering his witty songs in fine voice. His amusing repartee is as much a part of the act as the music. 8pm, Rose Theatre, Edge Hill College, Ormskirk. Tickets £12 (concessions £10). 01695 584480.
THE Liverpool two-person dance/ theatre company, Momentum, is premiering its new Liverpool Culture Company commission Anima all this week from Tuesday. An amazing early version was staged at this venue, but this is the final, completed performance full of bravura movement and imaginative ideas. 8pm, Unity Theatre. Tickets £8.50 (concession £6.50). Until Saturday. 0151 709 4988.
