... WED, APRIL 7 SONG AND DANCE, concert for the theatre by Andrew Lloyd Web ber. Palece. Management: Cameron Mackintosh and the Real ly Useful Co. Ltd. Cast includes: Wayne Sleep, Marti Webb. Direc tor: John Caird. Designer: David Hersey. Choreography: Anthony van Laast. Costumes: Robin Don. Musical supervision: Harry Rabinowitz. Orchestrations: An drew Lloyd Webber. Press: Peter Thompson ...

... PRODUCTION NEWS THE TALKING BAND, a com party composed of ex- members of the Open Theatre in New York, opens a season at the Round House on July 6. featuring a dou ble bill of Gioconda and Si-Ya-U. by Nazim Hickmet. and the com pany's newest work Tristan and Isolt. adapted by Sidney Goldfarb. The leader of the Talking Band is Paul Zimet. THE ENGLISH premiere of Duck Hunting, by the ...

... BABBACOMBE Babbacombe Theatre I Ray Alan with Lord Charles, Kenneth McKellar. (May 22 to October 2). BEXHILL De La Warr Pavilion Channel Theatre Company (July 19 to September 11, Monday, Tuesday, Saturday); Trevor Daniels. (June 30 to September 22, Wednesday); Olde Tyme Music Hall with Michael Kilgar- riff, Trevor Daniels, the Jenny Set. (July 1 to September 23, Thursday). BLACKPOOL Central ...

... THURS, DECEMBER 16 PETER PAN by J M Barrie Barbican. Management: Royal Shakespeare Company. Cast: Miles Anderson. Joss Ackland, Jane Carr. Sheila Hancock, Stephen Moore, James Fleet, Dexter Fletcher, Philip Franks. Christopher Hurst Seeta Indrani, Andrew Thomas James. Joe Marcell, Anthony O'Donnell, George Raistrick, Ken Robertson. Colin Tarrant, Clare Tra vers Deacon. Philip Walsh. Peter ...

... OVER THE next few days Poland will most certainly be in the news as the anniversary of the imposition of martial law approaches. Equity have, through their International Committee for Artists Freedom, decided to start a fund to assist performers in Poland. Their communique stresses that the fund is particularly designed to assist the many actors who have boycotted the state radio and ...

... Broadcasters' Audience Research Board Monday August IS Sunday August 22 London tvr 1 Coronation Street, Mon, Granada 23 2 Nine O'Clock News, Mon, BBC 19 2- Qumcy(US),ITV 19 2- Coronation St, Wed, Granada 19 5 The Krypton Factor, Granada 18 5- Hi-De-Hi! rpt, BBC 18 5 Where There's Life, Yorkshire 1 8 5 The Biggest Bank Robbery, film, ITV 18 5- International Athletics, Fri, BBC 18 10 Crossroads, ...

... Out of Town BANGOR ThMtr QwvnwM The Nutcracker Suit* (7 111 BASILDON TowngaM FUma BELFAST Grand Opn Houa* The Mikado Lyric The Importance of Being Earnest BEXHILL ON SEA De La Wan PevtHon Dracula 16,1 1) BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Canto on the Table ISmphem) BLACKPOOL Grand Joeaph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat BOLTON Octagon Romao and Juliet (from S) BOURNEMOUTH PavWon Annie Pier Give Ut A ...

... Daisy and the Weather Next Door A.C.T. Daisy and the WMthar Next Door. Cot Lkui English. David Denton, Richard Smith. Brand* Smith. DavM Taylor. Jenny Danton. Daiyth Taylor. Dealgnar SheRa Baker Music: Dsrsfc O'NeM. Cottumm: Brand* Smith. Sound and aghting: Patar Jackson. Celtic Lodga. August 16 to 20. A.T.2 Uncommon Ground by Jack Bradley. Diractor: Ian Amos. St Cuthberts Church Hal. ...

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... Out of Town ABERYSTWVTH Art* Centre Nut Cracker Sweet Theatr y Warm BANGOR Theetr Gwynedd Chicago 117-21) BAStLOON Towngete Films BEXHILL ON SCA Da La Wart PavBton The Entertainer (16.17.21) BILUNOHAM PO^Uff) POKIOW rflStlVaW BLACKPOOL Grand Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat BOURNEMOUTH PavWon Annie Pier Give Us A Crew IStepham) Winter Gardane Cannon and Ball BRIGHTON Theatre Royal ...

... ON THE RECORD SINGLES i AFRAID OF MICE Transparent* Charisma ALTERED IMAGES See Those Eyes Epic CLASS TIES Tight EMI ELVIS COSTELLO I'm Your Toy F Beat CAREY DUNCAN Nobody's Child i Double BB VICTOR ROMERO EVANS Miss Attractive Epic i GERALDINE Take Me Back i Magnet JETS Let's Get It On EMI ELTON JOHN Blue Eyes Rocket BILLY J. KRAMER Rock It Runaway PAUL McCARTNEY Ebony and i Ivory EMI FAY RAY ...

... DISC DATA Lena Home: The Lady and her Music (Qwest QW K 66108) This has to be one of the best live albums of all time, an atmospheric souvenir of the love affair between Lena Home and her audience, recorded at the Nederlander Theatre, where Lena's vir tually one-woman show has been one of Broadway's biggest hits. She is assisted by three singers in the segment dealing with her Cotton Club days ...