Planning ahead – or not  

Coming up in the distant future at Tate Liverpool is Alice In Wonderland, which features paraphernalia about the Lewis Carroll classic, including the original manuscript, photographic portraits of the Liddell family, Victorian children’s games, paintings and moving images. The exhibition starts on November 4. Now that’s forward planning…

For those of a more ‘let’s just do it’ disposition, get booking for next month’s Betty Blue Eyes, the new offering from Cameron Mackintosh that brings to the stage the wonderful film A Private Function. This is the story of Betty, a pig, who is being illegally reared to ensure the local dignitaries can celebrate the Royal Wedding with a lavish banquet while the locals make do with Spam. Sarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith head the cast at the Novello Theatre. Book by telephone at 0844 482 5170 or go online at www.bettyblueeyesthemusical.com/tickets/