YOUR seven-day guide to what's happening in Wirral. To have your event mentioned, call Craig Manning on 906-3050 or e-mail cmanning@wirral-globe.co.uk

THURSDAY June 1: Until Saturday: St Alban's Players present Frank Nance's production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, St Mary's College Theatre, Wallasey Village, 7.30pm. David Knopfler, Pacific Road Arts Centre, Woodside, Birkenhead, 8pm (see Gig of the Week). Tickets: 647-0752. Bangkok and Helsinki, Hotel California, New Chester Road, Tranmere, 9pm.

Parkgate Folk Club, The Boathouse, Boathouse Lane, Parkgate, 8.15pm. Magazine Folk Club, Magazine Lane, New Brighton, 8.30pm. The Tuxedo Jazz Band, Old Wallaseyans Club, Grove Road, Wallasey, 8.30pm. Rawhide Comedy Club presents Reginald Hunter, Mark Jackson, Mick Ferry and guests, Royal Court, Roe Street, Liverpool, 8pm.

Until Saturday: Rogers & Hammerstein's Seven Brides For Seven Brothers starring Dave Willetts, Shona Lindsay, Liverpool Empire (performances 7.30pm/2.30pm Saturday matinee). Tickets: 0870 6063536.

FRIDAY June 2: Plus Support . . . An Unsigned Band Night, Pacific Road Arts Centre, Woodside, Birkenhead, 8pm. Moses, Hotel California, Tranmere, 9pm. Wallasey Arts Council presents piano recital by Anthony Hughes, Grosvenor Assembly Rooms, Grosvenor Street, Liscard, 7.30pm. Tickets: £6 at the door.

Until Saturday: Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse presents Hubert Henry Davies' The Lady of Leisure, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm. Tickets: 709-4776. Rawhide Comedy Club presents Reginald D. Hunter, Alex Horne, Roger Monkhouse and Mick Ferry, Royal Court, Liverpool, 8pm.

SATURDAY June 3: Insanity Beach, Hotel California, Tranmere, 9pm.

SUNDAY June 4: Two's Company guitar and violin recital with Rob Chalmers and Amy Lammin, Williamson Art Gallery, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, 3pm. Free admission.

Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival presents Joe Topping & Joe Wright, The Miv Cameron Band and Fiddlestone, Arrowe Park, 2pm-5pm. Free admission. Details: 647-6780. Sing-a-round with Roger Parker at Folk at the Old Manor Club, Wallasey, 8.30pm. Details: 678-1962.

MONDAY June 5: Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival presents Jam and Butties' open-music session with Alison Parker and The Third Man, Farmer's Arms, Hillbark Road, Frankby, 8pm. Details: 648-4444. The Savoy Jazzmen, The Ship Inn, Market Street, Hoylake. Until Saturday, June 10: Jerry Springer The Opera, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm. Tickets: 0870 606 3536.

TUESDAY June 6: Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival presents Uiscedwr and Reckless Elbow, West Cheshire Sailing Club, New Brighton, 8pm. Tickets £5. Details: 630-7273.

Duplicate Bridge Club, St Michael's Church Hall, Frankby Road, Newton, 7.30pm. Details: 678-8083. Duplicate Bridge at The Grange, Grove Road, Wallasey, 7pm. Details: 678-6653. Birkenhead Hard of Hearing Club, Merseyside Centre for the Deaf, Grange Road West, Birkenhead, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Details: 342-3850.

The Parade Jazz Band, The Boathouse, Parkgate, 8.30pm. The Peninsula Jazzmen, Royal British Legion, Pensby Road, Heswall. Marc Kenny, Playa's Lounge, New Brighton.

Wallasey Amateur Photographic Society, The Old Manor Club, Withens Lane, Wallasey. Bebington Photographic Society, Lower Bebington Methodist Church, Bromborough Road, Bebington, 7.30pm. Details: 645-1075.

WEDNESDAY June 7: Wirral Folk on the Coast Festival presents Cream of the Barley, The John Dowling Bluegrass Band, John O'Connell, Sally Williamson and Phil Chisnall, The Bridge Inn, Port Sunlight, 7.45pm. Tickets: £3.50. Details: John Coleman on 334-0759.

Rubber Bridge Sessions, Hilbre Bridge Club, Wallasey Village, 1.30pm. Details: 638-2294/639-2631. The Freddie Smith Band, Bebington Royal British Legion, 8.30pm. Scouse House' DJs event, The Door, Argyle Street, Birkenhead, 10pm-2am.

Bromborough Folk Club, The Bridge Inn, Port Sunlight, 8.30pm. The Panama Jazz Band, Upton Tennis Club, Upton.