... Production News THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which opens at Her Majes ty's on October 9, will be directed by Harold Prince, with choreography and musical staging by Gillian Lynne, design by Maria Bjornson, sound by Martin Levan, lighting by Andrew Bridge and production musical direc tion by David Caddick. The music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber and libretto by Richard Stilgoe and Charles Hart. 0 ...

... On Next Week OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Arts Centre The Sorcerer (11-14, Aberdeen Opera Col Hi. Majesty's Bits and Pieces (10-12)/Andy Stewart Show (13.14) ALOEBURGH Aldeburgh Festival AYR Gaiety The Magic Journey (11-14, Karen Mitchell School of Dancing) BARNET Old Bull Arts Centre The Lover and Sketches (13.14. Bottleneck Theatre) BASILDON Towngate Fiddler on the Roof (from 10, am) BATH Theatre ...

... ABERDEEN His Majesty's Same Time, Next Year (from 24) AYR Gaiety 1985 Gaiety Whirl BANGOR Theetr Gwynedd Marina Fawr T relech (27,28) BASILDON Townyata Alexander Roy London Ballet Theatre (23,24) BASINGSTOKE Haymarfcet Separate Tables (from 26) BATH Theatre Royal Spivs Or How's Your Belly Off For Spots New Vic T/C BELFAST Grand Opera House The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Lyric She Stoops ...

... NICHOLAS HYTNER directs M*ibi> for Measure, his first pro- dBcaoa for the RSC, at the Royal fh,i. -I-..-- Stratford-upoo-Avon oa Novcadwr 11. Leading roles are played by Josette Simon, Roger AKaat, Sean Baker, Janet Amsbory, Phfl Daaieb, Mark Digaam, David Hower, Alex Jeaaaaes aad Hakeem Kae-Kazaa. SCOTTISH OPERA is preseattag the tnt performaace outside London of the Ml three-ad version of ...

... |OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Hit Majeity's HMS Pinafore ASHTON UNDER-LYNE Timnid* From Timbukto to Tamesida (30- 31) AYR Gaiety The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe BAGNOfl Watermlll Arms and the Man (29-31) BANGOR Theatr Clywedd Canterbury Tales BARNET Old Bull Arts Centre An Evening with Franz Kafka 129-311 BASINGSTOKE Central Studio Master Harold and the Boys BATH Theatre Royal J J Farr BIRMINGHAM ...

... MONDAY, OCT 17 ARTICLE 10- BBC Northern Ireland youth series (7.35 pm) Presenters: Susie Millar, Shauna Low- ry, Michael Douglas. Producer: Nikki Mideo. Hditor: Bill Hilary. THURSDAY, OCT 20 THE RIVER BBC1 comedy series (8.30-9.00 pm) Cast includes: David Essex. Writer: Michael Aitkens. Producer and direc tor: Susan Belbin. Music: David Essex. TIME TO TALK Channel 4 five part religious ...

... VON Dynamic young singer/pianist TIMOTHY SWEET summers in Jersey this year at La Belle Etoille (Beautiful Lady's Washroom?): must be the only place where Sweet is served after the Cheese Biscuits. (Showcall Vol. II, page 110) I Week: July 16th- 22nd j JACKIE ALLEN*. BARBARA StartimeFolfies'.PwPavilion.UvHjijdno WARD ALLEN* ROGER THE 006 Royal Opera House. Scarborough MKHAaAUPORT* JENNIFER ...

... THURSDAY, MAR 7 OTHER PLACES by Harold Pinter. Duch ess. Management: Duncan-C. Weldon with Paul Gregg and Lionel Becker for Triumph Apollo Production Ltd and Peter Clay and John Wilbraham for Court Productions Ltd. Cast: Colin Blakely. Dorothy Tutin, Roger Davidson, Rosie Kerslake, Susan Engel. Director: Kenneth Ives. Designer: Eileen Diss. Costumes: Sheelagh Killeen. Lighting: Mick Hughes. ...

... Conti for Two Into One TOM CONTI is to take over from Michael Williams in Two Into One at the Shaftesbury for a special six-week season from March 18. Eric Sykes, Donald Hewlett and Angela Browne will also be joining the cast for this period. On April 29 Michael Wil liams returns to his role for the summer season, when he will be joined by Anton Rodgers, Moray Watson, Wanda Ventham and Kathy ...

... What was 'Who's Who' Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol.1 (Gale Research Co., Detroit, $85) This book, priced so as to put it beyond the range of the average enthu siast, is our old friend Who's Who in the Theatre, appearing in a guise for the eighties and understandably so, because these days there is no such thing as a theatre actor. Performers flit between the media and, in ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN His Maiesty 5 Snow White and the Seven e Hi Lion The Witch and The A I. :?..:.._ H ;-seshoe T C BATH ThMtre Royal Dandy Dick Compass T.C BELFAST Art* Downtown Radio Presentation/Tickle t.,, i Lyric s Hippodr Wells Royal Ballet Rep 5i Rep Studio j BLACKPOOL Grand P'.kwck 3 6 ...

... THURS, MARCH 6 LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Lud- wig. Globe. Management: Andrew Lloyd Webber for Really Useful Theatre Company. Cast: Dems Law- son, Jan Francis, Ronald Holgate, John Barron, Josephine Blake. Edward Hib- bert, Gwen Humble, Annabel Leven- ton. Director: David Gilmore. Desig ner: Terry Parsons. Lighting: Michael Northen. Press: Sue Hyman Associates Ltd, 485 8489. TALK OF THE DEVIL by ...