... NORMAN BARRET, above. It concluded his 21st year in the Tower ring, and in recognition of that achievement his fellow circus artists presented him with a framed portrait and commemorative plaque. They had secretly commissioned the painting, which Norman has agreed to have mounted in the Circus foyer. The show played to record audiences and box office takings were way up on previous years. It ...

... Pictured in the Palladium's Gaiety Bar, a trio of Showbiz VIPs, composer and bandleader Johnny Dankworth (left), Cleo Laine and agent Laurie Mansfield. Loss finishes a musical phrase with a flourish. He is obviously pleased with the boys(!) in the band. Left: Peggy Lee, the Singer's singer, in action at rehearsals. Posing beneath an old Palladium poster headlining Gracie Fields, agent Morris ...

... The Queen Mother and Gordon Jackson. HRH with June Whitfield. The Queen Mother and Richard Afton. Her Royal Highness with Joe Loss. The Queen Mother and Arthur Askey. HRH congratulates Wall St Crash. The Queen Mother and Sammy Davis Jnr have in common an admiration for Cleo Laine. The Prince and Sammy Davis Junior. HRH and Henry Mancini. The Queen Mother and Billy Marsh. HRH with Grace Kennedy ...

... The English Dance Theater Arts Centre Darlington ...

... Hugh Homan on a long awaited revival Gun law-Curly (BRIAN CAPRON) gets trigger happy with Max (BEN ROBERTSON). ...

... of the new West Yorkshire Playhouse. ...

... The Russ Pinder Duo gave the artists glove-tight backing. ...

... Dustin Gee ...

... TV light entertainment host and regular pantomime star LIONEL BLAIR is to play his most serious stage role to date in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guilldenstern Are Dead, which is to be toured next year by Mobil Touring Theatre, opening at the Playhouse, Nottingham on February 12 Blair is The Player, and the title roles are taken by Mark Arden and Stephen Frost, better known as the Oblivion ...

... Trevor Nunn flies the flag for commercial sponsorship in a counter-attack on Peter Stevens' recent villification of' The Plausible Philistines'. The Nunn's Tale is on p14 and 15. ...

... last week, but as Judi is busy recording a Michael Frayn play Make And Break for BBC -2. she was unable to go to the show and see her namesake. Michael Dariow, (above) director of Make And Break took time out of rehearsals to present her with a bouquet. Also in the picture are Martin Jarvis, Anthony Pedley (with pipe), producer Shaun Sutton and John Hudson. ...

... Pictured above receiving their trophies and certificates are Brian Davies, a senior producer and Fiona Pitcher, director. They are seen with Bob Reid, chairman and chief executive of Shell UK. The winning programme was Recovery: The New Tradition. An edition of Granada's Jobwatch series received a certificate of merit for its contribution to a broader understanding of industry and commerce. ...