THE COMEDY STORE, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street, Manchester

The Best in Stand Up

Dave Johns, Adam Bloom, Ian Coppinger, David Haddingham and Mike Gunn

Friday, 8pm, £13 and £6 conc.

The Best in Stand Up

Dave Johns, Adam Bloom, Ian Coppinger, David Haddingham and Mike Gunn

Saturday, 8pm, £14 and £6

Comedy Festival Show Closing Night

Sunday

Men At Work

Roger Monkhouse, Archie Kelly, Mick Ferry, Justin Moorhouse and Dave Williams

Wednesday, 8pm, £7 and £6 conc.

The Comedy Store Players

Jim Sweeney, Lee Simpson, Niall Ashdown and Ben Keaton

Thursday, 8pm, £12 and £6

THE FROG & BUCKET, Oldham Street, Manchester

Red Hot Raw + Curry and Quips

Stu Who performs, joined by six hopefuls, with balti supper available.

Thursday, £5, with balti £7, NUS £2, with balti £4

Barrel Of Laughs

A minimum of three top comedians and compere.

Friday, £10 and £6 NUS, Saturday, £12 and £6 NUS

THEATRE

LIBRARY THEATRE, Manchester

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Come along to George and Martha's for an evening of fun and games but the stage becomes a night of drunken recriminations and revelations when they are joined by Nick and Honey.

Runs until Saturday, November 23, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Mat 2.30pm, £9.50 to £12

OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton

Joking Apart

Richard and Anthea are an ideal couple with a charming and successful life, but such beautiful people can be dangerous as their friends soon discover...

Runs until Saturday, various performance times, £6.75 to £14.75

Snake in the Grass

For Annabel and her sister Miriam their sunlit garden is filled with deeply buried childhood memories which come back to haunt them when night begins to fall.

Runs until Saturday, various performance times, £6.75 to £14.75

PALACE THEATRE, Manchester

Beauty and the Beast

One of the most popular and enchantingly romantic stories ever told is brought to life in Disney's award-winning musical.

Runs until February 8, 2003, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat Mat 2.30pm, £13 to £33.50

ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE, Manchester

Othello

The unlikely union between Othello, a powerful military general and the young and beautiful Desdemona.

Runs until Saturday, 7.30pm and Sat 8pm, Wed Mat 2.30pm and Sat Mat 4pm, £7 to £24.75

GIGS

ACADEMY 1, 2 & 3, Oxford Road, Manchester

The Darkness + Sweatmaster

Friday, 7.30pm, £6.50

LA Doors

Saturday, 7.30pm, £9.50

Boo Hewerdine

Sunday, 7.30pm, £10

Strung Out

Monday, 7.30pm, £9

Roddy Frame

Wednesday, 7.30pm, £12

King Adora

Thursday, 7.30pm, £8.50

APOLLO, Manchester

Gary Moore

Saturday, 7.30pm, £20

Papa Roach

Sunday, 7.30pm, £17.50

LIFE CAFE, Manchester

Hugh Cornwell Band

Old classics and new solo creations from the ex-Stranglers frontman

Thursday, 8pm, £10

MOSES GATE, Farnworth

Four More Heroes

Punk tribute to the Stranglers

Saturday, 8.30pm, £4

PoliceForce

Tribute to Sting and the boys

Sunday, 8.30pm, £4

music Quiz 50's to 90's

Test your musical knowledge - with prizes to be won

Showcase Night

Two promising local bands perform

Thursday, 8.30pm

THE MET, Bury

Mountain

The legendary power rockers return to promote new album Mountain High

Wednesday, 8pm, £12.50

THE WITCHWOOD, Old Street, Ashton Under Lyne

Friday Jukebox + My Deaf Audio

Friday, 9pm, £2

The Sabbath + Carbon

Saturday, 9pm, £5

Amor

Groove Blues

Sunday, 8pm, £5

Soul City Exile, Hyperion, Undone

Wednesday, 8pm, £3

Sick on the Bus

Punk

Thursday, 8pm, £4

TOP DRAW: Catch Papa Roach at Manchester Apollo