... Lyceum is exposed as 'inadequate for ballet By ANN NUGENT IN ANOTHER twist to the Lyceum saga, the chairman of the Entertainment Corporation has claimed that the months spent campaigning to convert the Lyceum into a dance theatre were a waste of time. Peter Brightman, who is responsible for bringing major companies from the USSR to Britain, said this week that if the Lyceum project had gone ...

... 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, ...

... Come join Comstock COUNTRY and Western singer, John Ramone, has become the first British artist to be signed up by the top American country record com pany, Comstock, giving hope to hundreds of British artists trying to break into the US market. Ramone, who has spent 10 years promoting British country and western acts with his agency J.R.E.C, has himself had a childhood dream to break into the ...

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... Redgrave Theatre auditions for Mr Small CHILDREN'S favourites the Mr Men are the stars of a new £78,000 musical which will tour Britain this autumn. The Mr Men Musical will be premiered at Farnham's Redgrave Theatre in September, and the show's backers Ian Listen of Hiss and Boo Ltd and the Uppity Stage Company are hoping the show will open in the West End at Christmas. A spokesman for the ...

... Ayr council voteto keep the Gaietyopen by JOHN MOORE MEMBERS of Kyle and Carrick District Council have discussed in open session recent financial and attendance figures for Ayr Gaiety Theatre. I his was a practice discontinued a few years ago following protests from members of the Federation of Theatre Unions. The council accepted the critic ism then that the Gaiety was unique in being the ...

... Bell ringing SCOTS SINGER Maggie Bell, one of the great British names of the seventies, is to appear at the Canteen in Covent Garden from June 29 to July 2. She has seldom been seen in London in recent years and never before in a club setting of this nature. ...