... GETTING AWAY If you're going to Paris for the weekend every hour counts, so it is as well to know all the possibilities. For speed fly BEA or Air France. For less chance of fog, go via Gatwick or Lympne. Shops in Paris open until 7 pm, but most close on Monday morning AIR FRANCE, BEA and OLYMPIC AIRWAYS journey takes one hour, flying time unlimited drinks. Air France serve their about 35 ...

... GENERAL RELEASE Most of these cinemas belong to either Rank. ABC, Essoldo or Granada chains Sun 31 Oct-Sat 6 Nov MIRAGE (A) B features vary. Rank North London THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (A) (Special Release) MARRIAGE ON THE ROCKS (A) OPERATION CIA (A) ABC: North London THAT OARN CAT (U) GERONIMO'S REVENGE (U) Rank: South London CITY UNDER THE SEA (U) THE FACE OF FU MANCHU (U) ABC: South London RANK ...

... PREVIEW THEATRE Continued from page 4 Leatherhead Repertory Theatre, High St, Leather- head, Surrey (LE7 2852 5522). Sat 23 Oct: tom jones, adapted by Joan Macalpine from Henry Fielding. Dir Frederick Farley. Stars: Christopher Bidmead, Helen Lindsay, Sonia Graham, Frank Shel ley. 4 0 (ends 6 20); 7 30 (ends 9 50). T 26 Oct: THE BIRTHDAY party by Harold Pinter. Dir: Robert Cartland. Stars: ...

... FILMS A detailed guide to programmes in the London area. Films per sonally recommended by Pene lope Houston of Sight Sound are marked with one, two or three stars. Details checked at time of going to press but readers are advised that all cinema pro grammes are subject to last- minute change. Col=colour; B W= black white; WS= wide screen OPENINGS t M 26 Oct: BUS RILEY'S BACK IN TOWN (A). New ...

... A comprehensive guide to what's going on in the London entertainment scene: theatre 46 music 49 art galleries SO films 54 night life 59 restaurants 69 sport and TV 62 THE WEEK A HEAP NAT IN Richmond Champion ship Dor Show at the Empire West Hall, Olympla, for one day. Judging begins 10 a m, closes 5.30 p m. En trance fee 5s, children under 14 half-price. The show includes a Per sonality ...

... A detailed guide to perlormances in the West End and on the perimeter of London, and to the principal out-of-town repertory theatres. Shows recommended by John Gross of Encounter are starred. Theatre notes by J Roger Baker WEST E\l> OPENINGS M 20 Dec. Treasure Island, Mer maid, Puddle Dock, Blackfriars, EC 4 (CIT 7656). Author: R L Stevenson (adapted by Bernard Miles). Cast: Donald Wolflt, ...

... HAT 18 8lW 111 IO\ SO ms 21 MEBI 22 licit 22 Opera ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky/ Rimsky-Korsakov (in Rus sian). 7.0. Conductor: Downes. Stars: Robson, Minton, Coster, Bainbridge, Berry, Remedios, Lanigan, Macdonald, Kraus, Christoff. Rouleau. Langdon SADLER'S WELLS. A Masked Ball, Verdi (last perf.). 7.30. Conductor: Ber nard!. Stars: Fretwell, John ston, Robson, Smith, Chorley ...

... CURRENT INDIVIDUAL, SHOWS Antanas Brazdys, Hamilton, 8 St George St, W 1. HYD 3196. 12 recent sculptures in welded steel, each unique, from £150. Until 15 Jan. M-F 10-6, Sat 10-1 Ilans Eworth, National Por trait Gallery, 2 St Martins PI, WC 2. WHI 8511. A Tudor Artist and His Circle: exhibi tion organized by the Gallery, comprising about 30 16th century pictures; grand for mal works but ...

... MON 20 DEC Important icons, English and Continental portrait miniatures and objects of vertu at Sotheby's. 11 a m English pottery and porce lain at Sotheby's. 11 a m, continuing Tuesday. This includes a large Spode botanical dinner service Arms and Armour from The Armouries of the Tower of London and other properties at Sotheby's at 2.30 p m Early Chinese ceramics. Indian and Far Eastern ...

... Miscellany LECTURES Britisli Museum, Bloomsbury, WC 1 (MUS 1555). Lectures by BM Guide Lecturing Service. Sat 18 Dec: English Water- colours-2: Rowlandson (illus trated). 11.30 a m. General Tour: Indian Moslem anti quities, 3 p m. M 20 Dec: European Society 400-1150 AD, 11.30 a m. Chinese Painting (illustrated), a p m. i zi nee: Graphic Art of Japan-1: Single prints (illustrated), 11.30 a m. ...

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