... Club bans US stars MOIRA PETTY reports VISITING AMERICAN stars have priced themselves out of a top cabaret club in the wake of huge losses this year. Bob Potter's Lakeside Club issued the ban after a Glen Campbell concert left it in the red. Now the club is refusing to have these high-earning Transatlantic visitors back unless they are willing to shoulder part of the financial risk. Lakeside's ...

... Agent continues fight against El Nile club AN ANGRY AGENT lived up to his word this week and took steps to force a West End nightclub out of business. Herbert Wilcox has filed bankruptcy proceedings against Cleopatra's El Nile club in a bid to win back the £10,000 he claims it owes him. He took his action after giving the nightclub's proprietor Kamel Balable the statutory 21 days notice of his ...

... Wimbledon's bid to replace Blair show MOIRA PETTY reports AN ELEVENTH hour publicity campaign is being mounted by Wimbledon Theatre after the cancellation of a show starring Lionel Blair. When producer John Stirling withdrew his children's song and dance show Once in a Lifetime, the theatre decided to resort to ambitious tactics to prevent any loss of vital public suport. Manager Michael ...

... Goldsmith keeps his rock chain promise CONCERT PROMOTER Harvey Goldsmith is living up to his promise to establish a nationwide touring circuit for up-and-coming performers. After buying the London venue, Dingwalls, last month, he hinted that it could be the first in a chain of rock clubs which will give him a new outlet for his entrepreneurial skills. This week he is planning several trips to ...

... Drifters tour THE DRIFTERS, featuring Ben E. King, Bill Fredericks, Ray Lewis and Louis Price, are touring again this autumn for Derek Block. He signed deal with Faye Treadwell, manager of the legendary singing group, earlier this year. This week until Saturday (November 20) the Drifters are at Bailey's Watford. Then they move on to the Assembly Hall, Walthamstow (November 21); The Garter, ...

... Fusion of talent RIVERSIDE STUDIOS Dutiful Ducks IN RICHARD Alston's Dutirul Ducks (New Choreography at Riverside) the seriousness of the movement -- flowing phrases, sharp changes of direction in the shoulders, sudden turns, ecstatic high-thrown arabesques-- cut across the grain of Michael Clark's Dunkishlv short hair stvle and smirkine face, and the sound of Charles Amirkha- nian's ...

... Mixed emotions at Richmond LONDON CITY BALLET La Sylphide/Pas de Quatre HAVING MADE the journey to Rich mond Theatre specifically to tee Maina Gielgud's first created work, which she wrote for London City Ballet, it was disappointing to discover it had been cancelled due to a dancer's injury. But on a more optimistic and encouraging note, the company showed increased strengths since its last ...

... Row breaks over 'Fame' £100,000 West End show halted MOIRA PETTY reports BRITISH HOPEFULS could lose their chance of real-life stardom after a row halted plans for a £100,000 West End musical of the hit television series, Fame. Negotiations for the first stage production offering newcomers a real- life chance of fame were postponed when a rival tour with the American television cast was ...

... Festival hits trouble JEREMY JEHU reports PLANS FOR A major international charity concert have hit trouble because of the war and continuing unrest in Lebanon. The World Song Festival, due to be staged in the Royal Albert Hall in February, has been postponed at least until the summer while the organiser, composer and musician Vartan Melkonian, searches for new sponsors. Melkonian, who with ...

... Wakefield fun pub IT'S NOT ONLY cabaret clubs that are undergoing the conversion into fun pubs now a working men's club is following the same route. Newton House Working Men's Club in Wakefield, built in 1970 and rated as one of the most up-to-date in Yorkshire, has been sold to local entrepreneur Peter Hobday, who runs the Wakefield disco Mr Pipp's, Damien's in Leeds and health studios in ...

... New contracts swamp 'amazed' agent THE RECESSION has passed Swindon by -- according to the latest agent to open up shop there. Accountant Brian Jukes took press advertisements to announce that he had an agent's licence and was ready for business. And business he got. What he thought would be a dribble of interest turned in to a flood. Within three days he had con tracts worth £6,000 under his ...

... Grosvenor charity cabaret flops THE FUTURE of the summer star seasons held at a Park Lane hotel could be in doubt after a Victor Borge show flopped to the tune of £40,000. In a departure from normal practice, the cabaret performances at Trusthouse Forte's Grosvenor House Hotel were planned as fundraisers, with profits going to a Commonwealth Games Appeal. But fewer people than expected bought ...