... Soviet Union Once There Lived a Tuner, 51 minutes, English voice over A PIANO tuner who has dreams about conducting was the subject of this leisurely programme. Music wakes him up in the morning and, still dreaming, he falls out of bed. He conducts his breakfast and sets off to work smartly dressed with his tools in a violin case. He works for a Diano tuning and rental firm and he goes to the ...

... Great Britain /LWT) It'll Be Alright on the Night-2, 50 minutes AFTER the previous sad little Rus sian tale, delegates relaxed and en joyed the clips presented by Denis Norden. There really hadn't been much to laugh out loud about and this was a most welcome change. A pity the British didn't have more entries, said an east German to us afterwards; now there's a compli ment for you. ...

... Norway Slim Sala Bim, 31 minutes, no subtitles THE Norwegians usually come up with a funny entry at Montreux and this year was no exception. This happy look at the slimming industry began with a tattish lady ti eating herself to an enormous breakfast. The postman brings an invitation to a class reunion and she starts to think about what dress to put on. Every one she gets out of the cup ...

... Brasil Women in the eighties, 51 minutes, no subtitles WOMAN'S lot today seen through the eyes of seven women who have made their career in music was the subject of this entry which must have been spoiled for many because it was in Portuguese and there were no subtitles. Each of the women talked and then performed, but since there was quite a lot of conversation in the form of interviews, it ...

... West Germany Julia's Guide to the Opera, 26 minutes, English subtitles OPERA singer and comedienne Julia Migenes was the star of this satirical Iook at popular opera. A striking red head, she began with some clowning at a dress rehearsal before intro ducing straight to camera the main sequence which was a take-off of Don Giovanni. Thanks to the star's performance this had some very funny and ...

... Yugoslavia Don't shut your TV, 29 minutes ITHIS had English subtitles for links only and. since it was meant to be a satirical look at contemporary life and at television, this was a pity. The designer had put in some good work on the sets, animation, graphics and chromakey to fit his subject. A very glamorous blonde dancer doing a rock number got the show under way, followed by a group who ...

... Charley's Aunt CHESTER SUE WILSON, artistic director at the Gateway, Chester, made a wise choice in Brandon Thomas' farce Charley's Aunt as the opening production for the autumn season. Wilson obtains a superb response from her company with Malcolm McKee in full cry as Jack Chesney, the instigator or perhaps perpetrator of the central theme, with able support ftom Iwan Thomas (Charley ...

... Our Kindness to Five Persons EDINBURGH A PLAY which deals with the cohesion and tensions among a group of friends at a re-union party gets a more vivid playing from the students of the Queen Margaret College Drama School than the evidence of the plot justifies in Tom Gallacher's play, Our Kindness to Five Persons. The party-goers, in their maturity, discover a renewal of the influence ...

... Heartbreak House DUBLIN JOE VANEK'S pale, scanty set gives a sepulchral tone to this Gate production of Heartbreak House, and Patrick Mason's direction confirms the theme of mourning. The pace is as slow as a funeral march, and the Shavian humour is frequently overshadowed by a sense of doom. Individual performances are plausi ble. Ingrid Craigie is very fine as Ellie Dunn, and Alan ...

... POOLE The Last of the Mohicans STAND by, theatre-goers, the New Vic is on the war-path with its very individual presentation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, The Last of the Mohicans. Remember the 1936 film of this story of courage and bravery, starring Ran dolph Scott and Binnie Barnes? Forget it. The New Vic's is about one Geoffrey Winthrop, secretary of the Sons of Hiawatha (Indian ...

... Hollies star gets behind Chicken Shed By RICHARD BALLS HOLLIES STAR Francis Haines is putting the final touches to a unique album featuring disabled youngsters from the London theatre group Chicken Shed. The flourishing theatre workshop group, who now have more than 250 members and were recently featured in a TV documentary Another Side of London, are preparing to take one of their shows to a ...

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