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341. REVIEW: The Wedding Singer, Palace Theatre, until 1 March
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008FROM dodgy mullets to dreaded MC Hammer-style parachute pants, new musical The Wedding Singer certainly brought home the fashion horrors of the eighties.
342. Anita says hello to matchmaking
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008KATHERINE Vine chats to TV favourite Anita Dobson about taking on a classic stage role…
343. Picnic time for toddlers
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008ENJOY an arty picnic at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery on Tuesday. All you need to bring is your family and some food. The venue will provide an artist who will lead some fun creative activities.
344. MUSIC: X-Factor Live!, MEN Arena, Friday 1 and Saturday 2
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008EACH series of X-Factor brings two certainties. Firstly: that the eventual winner will bag the Christmas number one, no matter how awful it is (and Leon’s When You Believe was a shocking thing indeed).
345. Ancoats' Italian connection
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008ANCOATS, now a scene of inner city regeneration, was once known as Manchester’s ‘Little Italy’ after it was inhabited by the largest number of Italian immigrants ever to hit the city.
346. Comedy queens bow out
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008ONE of comedy’s most memorable pairings will come to a close when Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders perform live this month.
347. MUSIC: Kate Nash, Apollo, Tuesday 4
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 27 February 2008FROM Lily Allen to Amy Winehouse, 2007 was the year when British female pop performers shrugged off their previously cartoonish personas and emerged as feisty, vibrant three-dimensional women.
348. MUSIC: Alicia Keys, MEN Arena, Tuesday 26th
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 20 February 2008A FEW years ago, the American music press tried desperately to engineer a rivalry between Alicia Keys and Beyonce Knowles, dubbing it ‘the battle of the soul divas’.
349. COMEDY: Stewart Lee, Lowry, Friday 22nd
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 20 February 2008BELOVED of students of the nineties everywhere thanks to his cult double act Fist of Fun (alongside Richard Herring), comedian Stewart Lee has a CV as diverse as they come.
350. MUSICALS: The Wedding Singer, Palace Theatre, from Friday 22nd
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 20 February 2008ONE of 1998’s most unlikely cinema hits was the Eighties-set romantic comedy The Wedding Singer.