Cabaret comes to the Liverpool Empire

Sep 22 2008 by Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post

THEATRE: Kander and Ebb classic Cabaret comes to the Liverpool Empire tonight for a week-long run, starring Wayne Sleep and I’d Do Anything finalist Sam- antha Barks, above. To- night until September 27 with Wednesday and Saturday matinee, tickets £12.50 - £29.50. 0844 847 2525.

COMEDY: The Comedy Bus rolls into St Helens as part of the town’s comedy festival, with two comedians and a compere aboard. Round and round St Helens it goes, where it stops, nobody knows. Except the driver, of course; it would be foolish for him to be kept in the dark. Meet at the Counting House, Hardshaw Street, 7pm. Tickets £5. 01744 755 150.

BIENNIAL: Liverpool/ Germany-based artist Thomas Jacobi presents an exhibition of his recent ink rubbings and pigment works. View Two Gallery, Mathew Street, until October 18. Free. Open Thursday (12pm-4pm), Friday (12pm to 4pm) and live event today, Saturday (some time between 12pm and 5pm), or by appoint-ment. 0151 236 9444.

EXHBITION: The acclaim- ed 100 Heads Thinking As One, featuring portraits of 100 living local people painted by Tony Brown against the background of their achievements in the city, has moved again – to Lewis’s, on Ranelagh Street, as well as various locations inside.