... Agent Bob Weedon. announces that Australian cabaret star Larry Stellar it now in England to fulfil a date at the Chateau L'Aperitif in Nottingham. Also fixed for this venue are singers Sula Cartier and Mitzi Maguire. -)t O The Roy Bradley Dancers who are appearing in Devon are introducing the BEJE dance with audience partici- pation. He also has several troupes playing Ponting holiday camps ...

... IN the past decade one American magician who has more than made his mark on contemporary magic has been Jerry Andrus. Stealing quietly into the limelight with his now famous Linking Pins routine, he showed in I his book Andrus Deals You In that even in the much ex plored field of card magic there is always room for new ideas and sleights. His first appearance at American conventions a ...

... The Mayor and Mayoress of Willasey have endeared themselves to the members of Jackson Earle's Melody Inn Company, at the Floral Pavilion. New Brighton, this summer, by their constant interest, enthusiasm and civic recognition that this show plays a most im portant part in the seasonal attrac tions in the risort. At the end of Melody Inn's 14th consecutive season, Jackson Earle had the ...

... Granada play: nice period flavour, sturdy performances PARIS ROUND THE CORNER C^OR this homely piece by Elizabeth Baker, Granada again delved into the vast fund of Northern drama at the turn of the century. By now everyone should be familiar enough with the sort of thing it was humourless, shop keeping chapel fathers. equating pleasure with sin and pro gress with the devil made manifest. Yet. ...

... BERNARD DELFONT'S SUNDAY SHOW In this tv production from the Prince of Wales theatre (Sunday July 16 ATV) Mel Torme not only topped the bill, but appeared several times during the show. With neat arrangement from Bob Sharpies, who directed the Jack Parnell orchestra, Mel was able to work through some very agreeable material. Torme has always applied a distinctly jazz styling to his songs, and ...

... THE BIG DEAL OIG business was the subject of the play written specially for Armchair Theatre by Jimmy Sangster (Sunday, March 5, ABC). William Franklyn played a young man who wanted to get to the top, and was not overworried about ethics in trying to help his boss secure a big overseas contract. The trouble with the character Franklyn played was in the sud den complete reversal of his atti ...

... pjANCER Clare liardman, of Ros- sendale (Lancashire) last year underwent a hole-in-the-heart operation at Manchester. And for her first professional engagement since the operation she became a member of the 12-strong Fox- Miller troupe in the pantomime Mother Goose which has just completed its four week run at Sunderland Empire. ...