... Wellington in deep water GREAT Yarmouth's Wellington Pier Theatre which has played host this year to several leading entertainers looks almost certain to be doomed to closure. There was fury from local people when councillors made a shock recom mendation to demolish the entire pier because, they claimed, the £30,000 maintenance costs were too high for them to support. The newly-formed Friends ...

... Council ignores police over 'violent' club A LEADING Northern cabaret club has won its battle to stay open in the face of police opposition which branded it a hotbed of vandalism and violence. Huddersfield's Amsterdam Bar has won the full approval of the whole council for its application for renewal of its entertainment licence despite con tinued objections by the police. The venue's booking ...

... WOOMERA ABORIGINAL DANCERS THE AUSTRALIAN Aborigines Woomera from Mornington Island (North Australia) made an endearing plea for the conservation of their native culture, with a film called The Land My Mother and a performance of music, song and dance at the Commonwealth Institute last week. Some of what they showed us had been handed down over ten thousand years, thus their programme had an ...

... True Brit music hall GUESTS at the annual dinner of the British Music Hall Society, to be held at St Ermin's Hotel, SW1 on December 2, will include Ruth Madoc, LBC presenter Steve Allen, Queen, Ratling Ann Emery and professional commitments permit ting Danny Baker of LWT's Six O'Clock Show and Ballard Ber keley, President of the Green Room Club. Tickets, price £20, are available from Vic and ...

... Stratford boss in 'scapegoat' sacking row By FRANK METCALFE THE MANAGER of Stratford upon Avon's civic hall has been abruptly dismissed from his post, after just nine months amid rumours that he was sacked by the council to save face after a series of blunders. Cyril Bennis learned the shock news from Mayor Leslie Rouch that he would have to leave when his probationary period came to an end in ...

... Theatre in panto turn around HARROGATE THEATRE, closed two months ago with debts of about £80,000, will re-open in December with a sponsored pantomime about a legendary hero who made a fortune in London. Theatre manager Andrew Man- ley and his actress wife, Jennifer Granville, have written the script for Dick Whittington, which will be staged at the theatre from De cember 18 to January 17. ...

... Bournemouth orchestras do a U-turn ALTHOUGH still in a critical financial state, the Bournemouth orchestras have done a remarkable U-turn, according to the Western Orchestral Society's annual report. The accumulated deficit for last year was £134,765, but this was well down on last year's figure of £204,000. Attendance at the orchestra's concerts were so unproved that for the first time they ...

... No need to mock Tudor PARIS OPERA BALLET Anthony Tudor programme THE ARRIVAL of Rudolf Nureyev as director of the opera Ballet in Paris has noticeably revitalised this season's repertoire with the introduction of several creations and a number of works new to the company. Among the latter was a programme devoted to the London-born choreog rapher Antony Tudor, which recently had its first ...

... Strange abandons nightclub scene POP PERSONALITY Steve Strange has abandoned his nightclub interests to concentrate on reviving his flagging music career. The singer has severed all links with Rusty Egan, his former partner in the projects which first made his name including the hit band Visage, the publishing company Metropolis Music and the photographic/stylist agency the Creative Workforce. ...

... Action swoops to club's rescue By NATASHA FIELDING The news came hot on the trail of the city treasurer's winding up proceedings against the Dale End club, which specialises in live music and discos for ethnically mixed audiences. Blake said the new company had raised £500,000 in loans and all debts would be paid within six weeks. The city centre premises are owned by the council. The annual ...

... PURCELL ROOM Julyen Hamilton IN his Song In Two Sets, the British choreographer and dancer Julyen Hamilton, who lives in Amsterdam and operates as a European peripatetic, provided one of the most thought provoking programmes of the entire Dance Umbrella. Working as a lone dancer he set up an exchange of ideas with Becke Hinnerson, a Swedish musician that was free-flowing and imbued with a ...

... Privatisation bid for council owned venue THE Churchill Theatre in Bromley could become the latest council owned venue in London to pass into private hands. Talks are believed to have already taken place with Beck Theatre boss Charles Bance and John Newman, whose company New Palm productions holds the lease on the Wimbledon theatre. Bromley spokesman Richard Foister said a decision on the ...