DANCE: There are more than 50,000 taps per performance of Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance along with plenty of glitzy costumes and smouldering looks. It has played to more than seven million people in nearly 50 countries, and surely seven million people can’t be wrong.Empire Theatre until Oct 4, tickets £27.50-£35.
THEATRE: In the era of romantic comedies with happy endings and perfect heroes, Chotto Ooki present a bitter take on the saccarine nature of love. One man and his wizened, chain-smoking heart drag themselves out of the mundane into a sugar-coated world. Sound bizarre? Then see for yourself.The Unity, tickets £6.50, 0151 709 4988.
THEATRE: Using puppets, Full Beam Visual Theatre chart the erratic course of a daughter’s love for her father through thick and thin. It snatches unexpected warmth and humour from the jaws of a desperate and complex situation.Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, tickets £8.50 (£6.50 concs), 01695 584480.
