... Jazz week at Camden AMERICAN COMPOSER and arranger Gil Evans is the major capture for the 1 5th Camden Jazz Week, presented at the Round House as part of the Camden Festival from March 14 to 19. Evans will appear with a 13-piece British orchestra for two consecutive nights, March 14 and 15, and has been commissioned to write a new work which will be played at the Camden concerts and also in ...

... Variety scheme gets a vital cash boost MOIRA PETTY reports THE MUCH DELAYED campaign to create a national theatre of variety from the dilapidated Wilton's Music Hall--now way behind schedule--is on again after a vitai rah iniection In the last week the Wilton's trust fund has been topped up by £90,000 of public money and a previous £50,000 loan has been written off. The grants mean a burst ...

... Musical veteran's spring tour date HOWARD KEEL, best known to younger audiences for his appearances in Texan soap-opera Dallas, will be reminding them this spring of the rest of his distinguished career. A veteran of stage musicals, major movies and the international nightclub circuit, he'll be in Britain in early May for his first concert tour here in several years. There was a taster last ...

... Copyright dispute over 'Fame' logo Stage show abandoned MOIRA PETTY reports THE WATCHDOGS of Hollywoods's MGM film studios have claimed copyright infringement by a provincial British dance organisation. The dispute has revealed yet another bid to produce a stage version in Britain of the Kids From Fame story this time by the aptly named DRW's Fame Agency of Colchester, Essex. The British ...

... Council plans pop fest A NORTH-EAST COUNCIL is thinking of staging a second pop festival even though it lost £66,000 on the event last year. Gateshead borough council's parks and recreation committee has heard a second concert may well be staged in the town's stadium this coming summer. The committee were discussing an auditor's report on the loss-making 1982 concert when committee chairman, ...

... Equity benefit A BENEFIT in aid of the proposed North West London branch of Equity is being held at the Tricycle, Kilburn on February 20. Taking part are Anna Rexic and the Compulsives, Derek Smith, Jim Barclay, Maggie Steed, Andy de la Tour, Ruxton Hayward, Bill Monks, Eileen Pollock, Shirley Anne Field, Maggie Ford, Ann Mitchell, Anne Rain, Joe Goodman, Kathleen Kelly, Ray Booth, Howard ...

... Dolphin nightspot BLACKPOOL HAS gained a new dine, dance and cabaret spot but with a familiar name. The Dolphin Room, above the Oyster Catcher in Abingdon Street, is aiming at a combination of cool jazz, easy listening music and guest cabaret acts to become a new social scene for late night diners. It is part of a general new-look package by the Oyster Catcher's new owners, Macclesfield-based ...

... Live music at Royal UNDER A NEW ownership deal the Royal Hotel in Qeveleys is to reinstate live music. Its downstairs King's Bar now features regular Monday night rock music sessions from popular local line up Beatroute. Upstairs in the Royal Bar there is entertainment on different nights from comedian Johnny Breeze, vocalist Dave Spencer, and musical duo Eve Nicky and Ricky Martin. If the ...

... A museum fit for the King DINA ROSS reports on a unique collection by one of the King's most ardent fans. FOR OVER 20 years Vince Everett has been Elvis Presley's most devoted fan. He set up the British branch of the EP fan club in 1971. Now, as a tribute to the world of pop's most lasting legend, Everett has converted a small basement in downtown Islington into a museum of Elvis ...

... £1 million floating leisure complex CABARET ARTISTS will soon be given an opportunity to get their 'sea legs' without setting sail. A Newcastle-upon-Tyne entertain ments group plans to spend up to £1 million converting a former Irish Sea ferry into a floating leisure complex. Moored at the city's quayside, it will contain hotel, conference, nightclub and pub facilities with the first phase in ...

... Hardy's trade boom THERE COULD soon be an extra night's work for artists in Staffordshire if the trade boom at one of its night spots continues. Opened only 18 months ago at a cost of £100,000, Hardy's restaurant at Great Wyrley has extended its programme from disco to regular cabaret entertainment. Now the owners, the local Hardwick family, promise that if the 'house full' signs continue to ...

... 'Hi-De-Hi' tipped for West End IN SHARP contrast to the slump in seaside entertainment, one resort show planned for this year is being tipped for possible West End transfer. 1 ne holiday camp comedy Hi-De- Hi! is due to play a 17-week season this summer at the Bournemouth Pavilion with practically the full cast of the television show. Its producers, Apollo Leisure and MAM, will be studying ...