WE'VE identified a rich variety of activities to occupy families - from going to the local theatre and movies, to going to watch a touring jazz band from New Orleans. Check these out.
Jazz on a Sunday
Sunday February 24, Newtown National Club, Nixon Street, off Manchester Road, Castleton, Rochdale, OL11 3JN, 7.45pm, £8
THE gloriously-named Frog and Henry band – currently on a European tour – entertain at this club for lovers of live jazz. The band formed in New Orleans will make its first visit to Jazz on a Sunday, featuring a foot-controlled tuba, double bass, reed players (sax and clarinet), and a violinist. Entry is £8 and doors open at 7.45pm.
Illuminate Festival
Friday, February 22, 6pm to 9pm
Oldham Light Night is an evening of illuminated performances, installations and a community parade across various sites in the town centre.
See Oldham in a new light as three of the town centre’s iconic venues play host to the borough’s late-night arts festival, “Illuminate”.
With a range of illuminative-themed performances, attractions and workshops lined up at Oldham’s Parish Church, Parliament Square and Gallery Oldham, there’s something for all of the family to enjoy.
Book your free place via: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/illuminate-festival-lantern-making-workshop-tickets-55908817779?aff=ebapi
Oldham Coliseum, A Skull in Connemara
Friday, February 22 (runs until Saturday, March 9). 7.30pm
BAFTA and Academy Award-winning Martin McDonagh’s black comedy A Skull In Connemara draws you into the unfolding mysteries of an Irish village.
Mick is a gravedigger whose wife died under mysterious circumstances some seven years ago. Rumour has it, it was murder. When the time comes to exhume bodies from the Connemara graveyard he finds her bones are missing.
Martin McDonagh is best known for feature films: In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (winner of three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards).
A Skull in Connemara is the second of his Leenane Trilogy of plays following on from The Beauty Queen of Leenane, which had a hit run here at the Coliseum in 2009 with London Classic Theatre.
The Odeon Cinema, Oldham, Lego Movie 2
Saturday, February 23, showing 1pm and 3.30pm
'The LEGO Movie 2' reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
The battle to defeat them and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical. It will test their courage, creativity and Master Building skills, and reveal just how special they really are.
Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester. Open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm
The mseumsits in the heart of Manchester, the world's first industrial city. It houses the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station and the world's first railway warehouse from 1830, which are located at the end of the museum site. On a visit to the museum, you will see amazing objects and learn about the men and women whose ideas changed the world forever. Daily demonstrations bring the museum's world class collection of textile and industrial machinery to life. There are interactive exhibits to explore and a regular programme of changing exhibitions to enjoy.
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