JOIN four-time Brit Classical Award winner Russell Watson for a very special evening, accompanied by his pianist.

Having sold more than seven million albums worldwide, Russell is firmly established as the UKs best-selling classical crossover artist of all time. To date, his illustrious career has included performances for Her Majesty The Queen, The Pope and two US Presidents. Captivating to watch and enchanting to listen to, Russell continues to wow audiences with his enigmatic and entertaining live performances. On stage at The Grand, Lancaster, on Wednesday (March 6, 7.30pm).

Box office 01524-64695

Tickets: Full £45

CHAOS Collective presents William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, tomorrow (Friday, 7.30pm). The world has been thrown into discord. The king has been foully murdered and in his place stands his brother, ruling the land with incestuous fury. A cultural emblem for angst-ridden teenagers and depraved philosophers alike, Hamlet brims with coveted roles and skull-in-hand flourishes that the theatre company bring to life. Playing at the Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness.

Box office 015394-40872

Tickets: Adults £10; under 16s £6

LARGE in size, and keen in nature Zog is so eager to win a golden star at Madam Dragon's school, where dragons learn all the things that dragons needs to know. He tries so very hard, perhaps too hard, and he bumps, burns and roars his way through years one, two and three. Luckily. the plucky Princess Pearl patches him up ready to face his biggest challenge yet - a duel with Gadabout the Great! Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's much-love character comes to life in Mike Shepherd's magical adaptation. With original folk score featuring live musicians, the production plays tomorrow and Saturday (March 1 & 2) at 11am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm & 4.30pm, at the Sands Centre, Carlisle.

Box office 01228-633766.

Tickets £14.50 plus booking fee.

COMEDIAN Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70, UK national average life expectancy is 84. If Mark makes it to 84 the NHS will be 100, what will they both look like? Based on a series of interviews with leading experts in and on the NHS and residencies in hospitals and surgeries, Thomas working with director Nicolas Kent uses his own demise to explore the state we’re in. What’s going right, what’s going wrong and how does it get better? Performances takes place on Wednesday (March 13, 8pm), at the Brewery, Kendal.

Box office 01539-725133

Tickets £16.50; NHS staff £12.50

BEETHAM’S Heron Corn Mill’s first tour and demonstration of the year takes place tomorrow (Friday), at 11.30am-1pm. A team of volunteers will take you on a tour to explore the historic water mill’s history, then you can watch as the traditional millstones are used to grind grain into flour. The medieval miller will also be on hand to offer historical accounts of the mill during the middle ages.

The mill tours and milling demonstrations take place on the first Friday of every month.

www.heronmill.org

Tickets: Adults £5; under 16s free

INSPIRED by the touching children’s story The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, Bristol’s two leading family theatre experts are combining forces to explore an unusual friendship, and how even the grumpiest giant’s heart can melt when spring finally arrives.

Grinter is a giant. She lives happily alone in her huge cold house, surrounded by her huge snowy gardens, enclosed by her high, frost-covered walls. Outside the walls, the world has been changing and there is very little green left. One day, the children – tired of playing on hard roads and grey rooftops, find a chink in the giant’s wall and climb through, changing the course of the children’s and Grinter’s lives forever.

Powerful storytelling, captivating puppetry, beautiful design, enchanting music and a sprinkling of magic sums up this very special show.

Playing on Sunday (March 3, 2pm-3.30pm) at Carlisle’s Old Fire Station.

www.oldfirestation.com

Tickets £7; concessions £5