HALLOWE'EN'S coming, Hallowe'en's coming, skeletons will be after you.

Witches cats and big black bats, ghosts and goblins too.

Awww don't you just love this time of year.

Halloween, the bridge between boring old autumn and Christmas, a chance to dress up with friends and family no matter what age you are and for some an opportunity to go out wearing as little as possible despite temperatures dropping as low as 5 degrees, ooooh chilly.

I've always loved trick or treating thanks to my wonderful father who made such an effort every October 31, decorating the house and turning our garage into the number1 Hallowe'en hot spot in the East End of Glasgow.

There were big crumpets and jam hanging from string for you to try and eat with your hands tied behind your back (a very messy but tasty affair I assure you), a big bucket to go dooking for apples in and a dance floor for everyone to do the Monster Mash on.

Yes, it was the place to be in Baillieston and everyone in my street was invited.

It was also the 80s, a wonderful time where everyone would make their own costumes and the thought of buying a ready made outfit didn't even bear thinking about.

I remember one year cutting up my mum's best white pyjamas to make my Pierrot the Clown costume which did not go down well in the McManus household.

Apparently they weren't just any old pj's, they were Marks and Spencer pj's so I was officially on Santa's naughty list after that and had to sweat it out until Christmas morning to see if it was a lump of coal in old Pierrots stocking or the Bluebird A La Carte Kitchen I'd asked for.

As an adult though, my love of Hallowe'en has continued and I've dressed up as everything from Princess Leia to She-Ra and most recently Elphaba from Wicked.

This year I think I'll have outdone myself so make sure you check out my Facebook and Twitter pages on Saturday night for the big spooky reveal.

Until then though I'll be overloading on Hallowe'en movies such as Hocus Pocus and the classic that is The Worst Witch.

Hope you all have a wonderfully wicked night and it's like Tim Curry sings so smoothly "Anything can happen on Halloween."

As you all know I've been extremely lucky over the past month to have taken my one woman show Michelle McManus' Reality: The Musical out on tour all over Scotland to places like Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Ayrshire, Greenock to name but a few.

But I have to say I couldn't have asked for a better way to finish off the tour than to perform at the Regal Theatre in Bathgate last week.

The staff and audience were just incredible but I was totally blown away to learn that Susan Boyle was in the audience to see the show and she even asked to come backstage afterwards to say hello.

Susan is just a lovely lady who, let's face it, is a true global megastar, so I was beyond thrilled that she took the time out to come see my show.

Of course we've worked together before singing for the Pope when he visited Scotland back in 2010 and I've interviewed Susan on a number of occasions, but it was just so nice to see her outside of work and relaxing.

I think she really enjoyed the show and when I bring my Reloaded show to Bathgate next year we've said we'll definitely duet on a song or two.

Move over Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson eh?

I'm delighted to be performing tonight in the Sir John Wilson Town Hall in Airdrie tonight at a special concert in aid of the Moira Anderson Foundation alongside my lovely talented pals Tom Urie and organiser Colin Scougall, not to mention of course my favourite choir in the world Soundsational.

Tommy Chambers and Jen Phee from Soundsational musically directed my Kings Theatre show in Glasgow back in March and in my opinion, they are the best in the business.

It's a fantastic night of great live entertainment and raising money for such a wonderful cause.

If you'd like to come along this evening or would like more information just call 01236 602890 for more information.

Hope to see you there.