RECOMMENDED

●●ACTIVE Living Social (October 20

Join Your Trust for fun-filled afternoons of music and dance taking you through the decades. Learn the dance moves you see on TV.

Have a drink and a chat in a warm space, meet new people and friends. Bring your own hot drinks cup to help save the environment.

Numbers limited, booking required. Booking is available in person at the centre you wish to attend, or by using the contact details below: Contact: Elaine Stott on 07583 042136 or 01706 926205 or by email: elaine.stott@yourtrust rochdale.co.uk Cost: £3. Time: 2pm - 4pm. Address: Middleton Arena, Lcpl Joel

Halliwell Vc Way, Middleton M24 1AG.

●●HEYKIDS AODS Presents Disney’s High School Musical (Until October 21)

Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life on your stage. Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities.

It’s the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations, and look forward to the new year.

Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. They cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical that is being led by Ms Darbus. Although many students resent the threat posed to the “status quo,” Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well.

Cost: Tickets from £14. Dates: Wednesday, October 18, 7.30pm; Thursday, October 19,

7.30pm; Friday, October 20, 7.30pm; Saturday, October 21, 2.15pm; Saturday, October 21,

7.30pm. Phone: Middleton Arena Box Office 0300 303 8633 Address: Middleton Arena, Lcpl Joel Halliwell VC Way, Middleton M24 1AG.

●●VISIT Fireground Museum (October 19 to October 21)

Join us at Fireground this week to discover Greater Manchester’s firefighting story. Fire museum attractions are on show inside the museum including our collection of historic firefighting artefacts from the 18th century to present day, plus home-made refreshments in the new Fireground Cafe, and souvenirs from our fantastic new gift shop! We have a wide choice ranging from toddler to collector.

Cost: Under 4s are free, Children (aged 4-15) and Concessions £5, Adults £7 and Family (4 people)

£20. Phone: Fireground 01706 341219. Time:

Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10am - 4pm. Address: Fireground, Maclure Road, Rochdale OL11 1DN.

●●LITTLEBOROUGH Art Society - Mixed Media (October 22)

Most items on display are available to purchase.

Cost: Free. Phone: Littleborough Coach House 01706 378481. Address: Littleborough

Coach House, Lodge Street, Littleborough OL15 9AE.

●●POP-UP Performance Shop (October 21 - 22)

Tangled Feet and RDA present Pop-up Performance Shop.

Saturday, October 21,

9.30am - 5pm Sunday, October 22, 10.30am 4pm.

There’s going to be a touch of the funny, strange and beautiful in Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre as Tangled Feet’s pop-up performance shop opens its shutters.

Tangled Feet theatre company and RDA have commissioned a menu of short performances to fill an empty shop with artistic offerings that you don’t have to pay for.

Taking a range of multimedia and interactive forms, you can expect something for every palate.

Expect a musical take on social media filters, interactive video, an exploration of identity through interview and dance, clowns taking over the kitchen, video games coming to life, a local poet throwing down the gauntlet and a celebration of owning the room.

Six brand new performances, all between five and 15 minutes, will repeat during the day.

Lee Nelson: Move No Stones Holding Space Collective: Who Are

You .... Really? Reimagined John Hinton: The Algorithm Is Taking Over The Asylum (WIP Title) Shanez Pattni and Al Orange: A Brief History of Pride Ankit Giri: New Reality (NR) Lydia Harper: Cooking Up A Storm Cost: Free. Address: Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre, Newgate, Rochdale OL16 1YL. ●●DREAMCOAT Stars (October 22)

Featuring stars from the hit production

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Experience the powerful star vocals of four phenomenal singers from the hit show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, coming together for a magical evening of West End and Broadway musical classics.

This colourful production is packed with vibrant and energetic songs from the nation’s most loved musicals including Joseph, Jesus Christ Superstar, SIX, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Moulin Rouge and more.

Draw back the curtains, sing along and relive all your favourite productions in one epic show.

Dreamcoat Stars celebrates the life and work of legendary composers in this brand-new mega mix production, with exciting vocal arrangements, incredible four-part harmonies, slick choreography and memorable anecdotes from the star’s time in the role of Joseph.

Grab your coat of many colours and join us on an emotional journey where Any Dream Will Do.

With some of the biggest musical songs of a generation, this is a show that will raise your spirits and a night of theatre you’ll never forget.

Cost: Tickets from £27. Time: 7.30pm. Phone: Middleton Arena 0300

303 8633. Address: Middleton Arena,

Lcpl Joel Halliwell VC Way, Middleton M24

1AG.