Daily Post’s Arts Editor Pick of the Day: Thursday, April 9, 2009

ART: In an international exchange between National Museum Stockholm and the Lady Lever, 13 treasured works from a selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist sculptures and paintings, above, are on display at the Port Sunlight gallery in the French Impressionists exhibition.Lady Lever Gallery, until May 31, 0151 478 4136.

THEATRE: After being omitted from the first authorised biography of old school pal Jim Bradley – current superstar and every woman’s fantasy for a quarter of a century – Tom decides it is time to become extraordinary. Weird Music looks at the current climate of celebrity worship.Unity Theatre tonight.Tickets £7 (£5 conc), 0151 709 4988.

JAZZ: Israeli musician Gilad Atzmon performs his homage to Charlie Parker, adapting tunes including Everything Happens to Me, April in Paris, If I Should Lose You and I Didn’t Know What Time it Was. His be-bop virtuosity marries well with the easy swing of his band’s rhythm section.The Bluecoat, tickets £12/£10, 0151 702 5324.

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