... West End managements help devise new schemes after parking crackdown. Page 2 Hold the credits Two week delay in BBC tele vising 75th Anniversary Royal Variety Performance. Page 3 Channel hopping GSB launches seven new chan nels this week and more are already on the cards. Page 3 Get Involved Lib Dem president claims Arts Council has become an alibi for arts funding. Page 4 Loud night out ...

... 18 Speak out Drama schools are ignoring basic acting techniques at their peril Leader feature, page 6 Switched on Belgian television has the quality to forge ahead on its own without foreign aid See page 17 Write stuff Scots playwright John Cargill Thompson continues to give his view from Edinburgh Edinburgh, page 20 News 2 Suppliers 27 Leader 6 Classified 29 Letters 7 Directory 39 ...

... £1.5 million likely for Arts Council, but no firm deci sion until November. Page 2 Getting the balance right Jobs to go, more consistency needed in drama, says BBC annual report. Page 3 North and south Sullivan and Clark plan new talent agency for London and Liverpool. Page 3 Drama limited Edinburgh Festival dismay as ROH confirms scaling down of Macbeth. Page 4 Figures fuss Royal ...

... of the best Meet Max Stafford -Clark and Sonia Friedman the champions of new writing See page 8 For the love of it Peter Hepple is bowled over by the high standard of a polished amateur show Amateurs, page 47 Til be mother' No glamorous costume for Arthur Lucan, he was funny dressed in a bonnet and shawl See page 11 News 2 Clubs 46 Leader 8 Amateurs 47 Letters 9 Suppliers 48 Show People 10 ...

... page 8 Northern grit Bunny Doyle's Yorkshire wit was a favourite in his beloved music halls See page 11 Sorting it out Will Unfinished Business be the latest hit for writers Marks and Gran? Broadcasting, page 22 Sixties success Mark Ritchie remembers Greasbrough Working Men's Club's golden years See page 24 News 2 Clubs 24 Leader 8 Amateurs 25 Letters 9 Suppliers 26 Show People 10 Classified ...

... accused Royal Shakespeare Company failing to develop new tal ent claims Rickman. Page 2 On the case McCartney licensing crack down prompts Baxendale warning. Page 3 New at the Festival Theatre of Comedy's Welch confirmed as new director at Chichester. Page 4 Go west Method Madness in Northcott link as Alfreds un veils three year plan. Page 4 Welsh scoop Theatr Clwyd lands rights for regional ...

... for grabs Criterion joins list of theatres for sale as Sogo puts lease hold on market. Page 2 Trading places BECTU considers move from Wardour Street offices in bid to solve cash problem. Page 3 They'll drink to that Jeffrey Bernard is on televi sion as BBC2 buys rights to film of hit show. Page 3 Better safe than sorry Artists warned to check contract detail after young dancers' Greek hell. ...

... as artistic director of Lyric, Hammer smith after illness. Page 2 Dramatic mainstay ITV planners make drama the focus for ratings battle with BBC. Page 3 Back British VLV warns programme makers not to gear shows to foreign markets. Page 3 Stand-ups silenced Council defends ten-year blanket ban on Davidson and 'Chubby' Brown. Page 4 Qo west Edinburgh's Stand Comedy Club on the move to premises ...

... Tim Supple announces decision to quit venue. Page 2 Keep them in place Don't scrap Corporation reforms says BBC's Birt in appeal to successor. Page 3 Marketing malaise Producer Guttendge accuses broadcasters of selling indies short on publicity. Page 3 Battle lines SAC at odds with Tron over producing status as director Brown departs. Page 4 Note-worthy MU trumpets victory in battle over live ...

... up the good work Brodie Middleton to carry on as theatrical business, say new owners. Page 2 Under threat SMG could face millennium strike action as BECTU presses for better deal. Page 3 Cross country Equity in call for more BBC NI dramas to be filmed north of the border. Page 3 High note ACE reveals multi-million relief package for regional orchestras. Page 4 White's light Snow White in ...

... back How a Victorian tragedy changed the way we look at theatre safety Backstage, page 31 Higher learning Ken Robinson shares his blueprint for better arts education in Britain See page 8 Top of the flops The lessons that can be learnt from the musical shows of the fifties Broadcasting, page 25 CONTENTS News 2 Leader 8 Letters 9 Show People 10 Heydays 11 Broadcasting 25 Bands Jau 26 Backstage ...

... square up Lloyd Webber among final two in battle for Stoll Moss West End empire. Page 2 No laughing matter Comedy clubs are facing Millennium Eve disaster as audiences stay away. Page 3 A right Royle haul Granada Television takes lion's share at annual British Comedy Awards. Page 3 Breaking down barriers Brothers and Sisters producer plans new black drama for Channel 4. Page 3 Stapleton moves ...