... THEATRE WORKSHOP SOME VERY unusual props were brought into play for this exploration of longing, envy, desire and other human obsessions, by the excellent dance company, the Terry Beck Troupe. Apples figured large, with the obvious connotations, one of nourishment being amongst them, and linking with umbrellas to complete a food/shelter bargaining spiral. Combining good ensemble work and some ...

... The Unforgiven THEATRE WORKSHOP THIS TRAGIC story of the decline of a comedian opens on his corpse, which gets up to address the audience, transformed to the engaging Billy Bolton in his hey-day, lewd and crude, compering his own life story, introducing in jokey, slick comedy routine, the flashbacks which contrast with the bright stage persona, to show the ugly reality of his life off-stage. ...

... Not Walking On The Cracks DIVERSE ATTRACTION NOT Walking On The Cracks at the Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court, is a musical play by the Theatre Touring Tayside Company. Its author, John Harvey, tells a moving story of a run-away teenage girl that tackles the problems of mental health and homelessness in a downright and practical manner. The young girl meets and beds down with three down-and ...

... Grea Davies MARCO'S LEISURE CENTRE GREG Dames at the Tic Toe Theatre at Marco's is a one man show presented by the Rough and Ready Theatre Company and starring Greg Davies, the main male actor in the company. It begins with some slides of him in early life and then the young man himself tells us his life story so far, but it is hard to tell whether it is fact or fiction, but which ever it is ...

... An Evening With Gary Lineker ASSEMBLY ROOMS AS A mere survivor of the World Cup year Monica experiences the night of July 4, 1990 rather less passionately than others. While Bill does his wall- charts and gets to fever pitch about England's most important match in 24 years she is left alone to fantasise. Her only ally in the sex war is Brigitta, who as a German tour guide, is also distinctly ...

... Stroking The Pigeons ST COLUMBA'S-BY-THE-CASTLE THIS unadventurously-titled new play by Adrian James started off very promisingly, the mise-en-scene of the action skilfully set; three awkward- looking, laconic young characters enter an empty old house to squat the night and the tensions unfold. Yet from the entrance of the fourth party midway through the plot, a mentally-retarded woman who has ...

... Irish song contest ENTRIES are again invited from songwriters for the Song of the South International Song Contest, to be held in the Community Hall, Charle villc County Cork, Repub lic of Ireland on June 1 1 The prize fund is £2,200 plus trophies and the contest is open to professional and amateur writers. Closing date for entries is March 31 and further information can be obtained by writing ...

... Mersey variety LIVERPOOL Music Hall Society has arranged an old time music hall evening at the Woolton Hall, Liverpool on April 10, followed by an evening of variety at Stanley House, Bootle on May 7 and a further old time music hall at Liverpool Royal Institution Theatre on May 28. ...

... Charity's Tall order ALAN TALL, docker turned magi cian, who also runs the British Child Aid fund, is presenting a charity variety show at Hackney Empire on March 29. Artists who have agreed to appear include Peters and Lee, Terri Rogers, Brian Poole and Electrix, Jayne Sulli van, Dave Meadows, Billy Wells, John ny Maire, Pet Barry and Mick Paul. ...

... A COUNCIL panto flopped by being boring and failing to win good audiences, councillors heard, and now recreation bosses are pondering on how to avoid a repeat performance for the next Christmas production. Sinbad and the Sands of Time was staged after Christmas in a joint venture by King George's Hall and Blackburn Theatre Trust. Council member Kasia Malowana- Murphy said it had frumpy ...

... Summer marathon ALBEMARLE of London, known for its spectacular panto mimes, goes into the summer season field for the first time next year, presenting Roll Out the Barrel and Those Were the Days at the Royal Hippodrome, East bourne for what is possibly the longest summer season in Britain, from May 25 to September 15. Devised by Dennis ChritchJey, these shows, in a smaller version, have been ...

... Thieves rob musician of mainland tour ISLE of Wight musician Brian Martin was forced to cancel a mainland tour after just one night because all his brand new equipment, worth £7000 and used only twice, was stolen from his parked car, writes John Hannan. Martin has returned to Sandown heartbroken and the equipment was not insured for storage in a motor vehicle. The raid took place in Dagenham, ...