THEATRE: Presented in association with the Liverpool Irish Festival, Martin McDonagh’s award winning play The Beauty Queen of Leenane, above, is a darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a lonely woman in her 40s and her manipulative, ageing mother.Southport Arts Centre, tonight and tomorrow, tickets from £14 (£12 concs, £7 schools), 01704 540011.
CLASSICAL: Ensemble 10/10’s opening concert presents music from both sides of the Atlantic with Chamber Symphony by John Adams, one of America’s leading composers. Liverpool-born Louis Johnson’s Manifestations is also on the programme, along with music by James Wishart, head of composition at the University of Liverpool.The Cornerstone, tickets £8, 0151 709 3789.
TALK: World expert Edmundo Murray is giving a presentation on The Irish in Latin American – a Cultural History as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival. His talk will be illustrated with music and song.El Rincon Latino, Roscoe Street, Liverpool, tickets £6, 0151 709 3789.
