WORDS, WIT AND THE WONDERBRA BY PAM AYRES. The nation's favourite living poet shares Noel Coward's metrical discipline, delivering the gag or poignant twist with the perfect unforced rhyme. Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton. Tuesday February 26. Starts 7.30pm. Ring 520661.

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