CLASSICAL: The silent movie actor is the star of the RLPO concert Chaplin’s City Lights, above, which features a programme of music by George Gershwin, Girl Crazy and Rhapsody in Blue, followed by a screening of the movie, City Lights.Philharmonic Hall, tickets £10-£32, 0151 709 3789.
THEATRE: Roger McGough’s version of Moliere’s The Hypochondriac has now opened at the Playhouse. Tartuffe was a massive highlight of Capital of Culture year and this year’s show is just as great. If you miss this, you will regret it.Playhouse Theatre until Saturday July 18, tickets £9.50-£20, 0151 709 4776.
THEATRE: Pauline Daniels and Emma Lisi star in Talking Heads, three of Alan Bennett’s bittersweet monologues at the cosy Actors Studio, on Seel Street. It’s worth a visit just for the experience of watching a show in such an intimate space. Catch Lisi in her penultimate production before she heads off to Bristol’s Old Vic.Actors Studio until July 5, tickets £10-12, 0151 709 9034.
