Hilary Burrage

16th-19th May 2007 (Weds - Sat) @ 7.30pm

Una Voce Opera Company is performing
Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment
Southport Arts Centre, Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DB.

A Comic Opera in Two Acts, sung in English.

We have a super Cast, including Nick Hardy, Samantha Chambers, Sioned Ellis and Radio Legend Johnny Kennedy as ‘Hortensius’.

The Opera is set in the Tyrol in 1805 as Napoleon’s Army crosses Europe and depicts a love story, with a happy ending, is suitable for all ages and tastes and embraces the history of the time.

Tickets: £15.00 (£12.50 cons.); £10.00 (£8.00 cons.) + Group rates.

Tickets available from:
UVOC 0151 924 8972 or Theatre Box Office 01704 540 011

In support of Jospice International, Thornton.

Friday 18 May 2007 from 9.00 am - 11.30 am

How ‘Intelligent’ is your Business?

- morning events taking place in Merseyside:

Thursday 10 May 2007 from 9.30 am – 12.00 pm at TATE Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB. (creative sectors)

Friday 18 May 2007 from 9.00 am - 11.30 am at Village Hotel, Pool Lane, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 4UE. (relevant to all businesses)

Using a combination of presentation, video, animation, live interviews and audience interaction, each event introduces some of the latest tools which businesses are using in an open, impartial and jargon-free way.

Each event is packed full of real examples from businesses, which demonstrate how:

Scriptwriter and film director Fiona Maher significantly increased her profile with MySpace and YouTube
By supplying its workforce with handheld computers, Wallasey-based drainage company, Auger Solutions, has dramatically improved its customer service and increased productivity
An upholstery designer reduced phone charges by over £1000 a month by making phone calls and holding video conferences with overseas clients and manufacturers over the internet
A microbrewery has increased sales by selling over the internet offering an efficient, 24 hour service to their customers and reaching into a wider customer base
A wholesale greengrocer saved £70k in operational costs with an online order placement system for customers
The presentation is backed up with an exhibition of suppliers and advisors, so you can find out exactly how to exploit the opportunities you think are right for your business. Breakfast will be served at each event.

Nine events have already been held in the North West, and this is some of the feedback from the delegates…

“It has opened my eyes to new and future technology”

“Very relevant and brought to life superbly with video case studies”

“Excellent formula, content and networking”

So, get inspired at the How ‘Intelligent’ is your Business? event and make sure you keep up to date with the latest ‘intelligent’ solutions.

For further details and to book online, visit www.intelligentbusiness.org now!

Tuesday 15th - Saturday 19th May @7.30pm

Dublin by Lamplight.

Amidst the filth & fury of Dublin 1904, the theatrical event of the century is about to explode.

Winner at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Michael
West's script brilliantly mixes fact & fiction, POETRY & politics." ****The Guardian.

Venue: The Liverpool Playhouse.
Box Office 0151 709 4776

FRIDAY 18th May @ 5.15pm

Poet Aileen La Tourette will read from her first collection of short stories Oral History (Headland Press).

Revolution Bar, St Peter's Square, Fleet Street, Liverpool 1.

Free entry. (Aileen gave a wonderful reading for The DGPS Poetry Reading Group in February)

April 22nd to May 20th 2007

EXHIBITION - 'From Scandinavia to Liverpool'

An exhibition exploring the theme of the history of immigration, culture and community, linking Liverpool with the Scandinavian countries.

COST - FREE

DATES - from April 22nd to May 20th 2007

VENUE - The Scandinavian Seamen's Church
138 Park Lane
Liverpool L1 8HG

TIMES - Tuesday/Thursday 18.00-21.00
Wednesday/Friday 12.00-15.00
Saturday/Sunday 12.00-17.00

ALL WELCOME