THEATRE

Dardanus Controlled, The Black-E, until July 30, www.theblack-e.co.uk; As You Like It, Grosvenor Park, Chester, 0845 241 7868, until August 21; Merlin and the Woods of Time, Grosvenor Park, Chester, 0845 241 7868, until August 19; Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Royal Court, until July 30, 0870 787 1866.

EXHIBITIONS

Honky Tonk, above, The Bluecoat, until September 18; René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle, Tate Liverpool, until Oct 16; Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911, Walker Art Gallery, until September 25; Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House, until May 7, 2012; Albert Lipczinski, Williamson Art Gallery, until October; Semiconductor: Worlds in the Making?, FACT, until September 11; Desert Impressions: Journeys of a Victorian Lady, Victoria Gallery & Museum, until September 3; Like You’ve Never Been Away, Walker Art Gallery, until September 25; Robert Therrien: Smoke Signals, Tate Liverpool, until October 23; Dia Batal, Bluecoat Display Centre, until September 3; Wael Shawky, Walker Art Gallery, until August 29; The Exploring Eye: The Photography of Eric de Maré, The Equator, Mann Island, until September 4; Don McPhee, You Have What I Saw, Cornerstone Gallery, until September 2; Drawings and Paintings by Peter Macaulay, View 2, until September 3; Aspects of Merseyside by John Kneen, Dot Art, until August 12; Colour, World Museum Liverpool, until September 18; The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories, 1830-1940, Lady Lever, until December 11.