... THURSDAY OCT 9 PEER GYNT by Hanrik Ibsen, translated by Adrian Mitchell, songs by Nick Bicat. Playhouse, Oxford. Management: Ox ford Playhouse Company Cast in cludes: Ian McDiarmid. Press: Nicola Russell. 0685 723238 THE NEST by Fran* Xaver Kroetz Cruci ble Studio, Sheffield. Cast: Peter Wight. Veronica Roberts. Director: John Rus sell Brown. PLEASE SHINE DOWN ON ME by Olwen Wymark. Aston ...

... New disc releases by artists on the live entertainment scene. SINGLES BARRY CHRISTIAN Boy Meets Girl GTO CHRIS DE BURGH Traveller A M DELEGATION Heartache No. 9 Ariola THE DOOLEYS In a Riddle GTO JOE EGAN Survivor Ariola GRAND PRIX Thinking of You RCA JOE JACKSON Mad At You A M BILLY OCEAN Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) GTO HAZEL O'CONNOR Give Me An Inch A M SIMPLE MINDS I Travel Arista ...

... WEEK: OCTOBER 20-26 WARD ALLEN South Pier. Blackpool (to 25) MICHAEL ALLPORT JENNIFER Touring Continent MARIE ASHTON DANCERS Central Pier. Blackpool (to 25) VERNON BELL Boston United FC (23) CHRIS CHAPMAN Caribbean Cruising. Island Princess STAN CLEMENT Kodak Club, Harrow COLINSKI FLAME IBA Crawley Court. Winchester (22) JESS CONRAD Re*. Wilmslow (to 2 5) BILLY CORDELL Cadbury s Club. ...

... ON THE RECORD New aisc releases by artists on the live entertainment scene. SINGLES HARVEY ANDREWS Marguarita Polydor A II 2 The Witch of Berkeley Polydor THE GAS It Shows In Your Face Polydor MONROE Can't Trust A Woman Revo/Polydor PAULINE MURRAY Mister X Illusive SIAN PHILLIPS Bewitched, Both ered and Bewildered Chrysalis ROXY MUSIC Same Old Scene Polydor/EG JOHN WETTON Turn On The Radio EG ...

... Miller's The Price' revived 9 THE ROYAL Shakespeare Com pany is to open its new Stratford- upon-Avon productions of Richard II and Richard III on consecutive nights, November 3 and 4. Richard III is sponsored by Barclays Bank. Alan Howard plays both Richards and both are directed by Terry Hands. a THE SHAW Theatre is presenting the first London revival since 1969 of Arthur Miller's The ...

... 'Country Wife' at Leatherhead THE COUNTRY WIFE by Wil liam Wycherley. Thorndike, Leatherhead to Octobcr 25. Cast: Brendan Price, Peter Chelsom, Stephen Bent, Bernard Gallagher, Jo nathan Cecil, Roger Booth, Paddy Ward, Amanda Kirby, Janette Legge. Charmian May, Jane Freeman, Sylvia Viccars, Lala Lloyd, Julia Watson. Director: Derek Goldby. Designer: Stuart M. Stanley. Choreography: Ja ms ...

... THURSDAY OCT 16 THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN by Howard Brenton. Olivier. Management: National Theatre. Cast includes: Michael Bryant, Yvonne Bryceland, Stephen Moore. Director: Michael Bog- danov Designer: Martin Johns Cos tumes: Stephanie Howard. Lighting: Chris Ellis. Press: Nickie Moody, 928 2033 ARABELLA by Richard Strauss Coli seum. Management English National Opera. Cast: Josephine Barstow, ...

... Office. 193 Wardour Street London W1V 3FA Tel. 01-434 2510 (9.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.) Do you care about the develop ment of the theatre? Do you want to improve your acting skills? Become a member of the Ac tors' Centre and share in this exciting new project. Membership and class bookings now open for autumn classes. October 21-December 19. Classes in: Voice. Movement, Music. Acting workshops Acting ...

... Individuals Viewing Million* Network 1 ToTheManor Born, BBC 18.50 2 Coronation St, Wed, Granada 17.60 2 The Morecambe and Wise Show, Thame* 17.60 4 Larry Graywn's Generation Game, BBC 16 50 5 Cowboys, Thame* 16.40 6 Keep It In The Family, Thames 15.65 7 Coronation St, Mon, Granada .15.60 8 Crossroads, Wed, ATV 14 40 9 Just Liz, Thames 14.25 9- Hart Of The Yard (US), ITV 14.25 I I Mastermind, ...

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... Out of Town ABERDEEN Arts Centre Blood Red Roses (4-6) 7:8* T/C ASHTON UNDER LYNE Tameside Crown Matrimonial (Knight Prods) BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd My People (6-8) Theatr Clwyd BARNSTAPLE North Devon College Henry IV. 1 8t 2 RSC (7-11) BASILDON Towngata A Man For All Seasons (6-8) am BASINGSTOKE Haymarket One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (from 4) BATH Theatre Royal The Vagabond King am BELFAST ...

... No change in shares of listening ALTHOUGH the total number of people in the UK listening to radio, including Radio Luxembourg, Manx Radio and the few pirate stations, showed a further decline in August when compared with the comparatively high June figure, the share of listening between the various channels shows practically no change from the July level. The only measurable change in ...