Going North

* Theater, Et Cetera--Mango Productions will present “Woven and Tight Pants” at Center Stage Theater in Santa Barbara. The show combines live theater by Woven with live music by Tight Pants. Show dates: today through Sunday. The evening begins at 6:30 with a pre-party, followed by the performance. The theater is at Paseo Nuevo shopping center. General, $17; students, $13. 963-0408.

* Solo Opera--The acclaimed one-person opera “Ravenshead,” performed by librettist Rinde Eckert, will be staged tonight at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall. The show is based on the true story of round-the-world solo sailor Donald Crowhurst and includes the Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band performing a wide range of ethnic music. Show time: 8 p.m. $12-$22. 893-3535.

* Light Opera--Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera will open Friday with the Broadway hit “Man of La Mancha” at Granada Theatre, 1216 State St., Santa Barbara. George McDaniel will perform the dual role of Don Quixote and his creator, the 17th century Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes. Show times: Wednesday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. Through Feb. 27. $10-$39.50. (805) 966-2324 or (800) 366-6064.

* Theater--Ensemble Theatre will open Friday with Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned To Drive” at Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara. The Pulitzer Prize-winning tale travels back and forth between 1965 and 1979 in its portrayal of the complex, unconventional relationship between a girl and her uncle. Show times: Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m. Through March 5. $20-$28. 962-8606. Internet: https://www.ensembletheatre.com.

* Theater--Seaside Theatre Company of Carpinteria will open Friday with “The Moons of Alnyron” at Theatre Molly Barbey. An ailing psychiatrist becomes engrossed in the science fiction fantasies of her patient, a young government scientist. Show times: Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Through Feb. 27. The theater is at 5315 Foothill Road. General, $9; students, $6. 684-6380.

* Dance--Quebec’s Montreal Danse will stage an evening of contemporary works titled “love, death and other details” at 8 p.m. Tuesday at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall. $12-$22. 893-3535.