... Men Should Weep STRATFORD EAST MEN SHOULD Weep, Ena Lamont Stewart's study of family life in a poverty-stricken tenement area in the Glasgow of the thirties, acclaimed in 1947 when first seen as a Unity production, has just been on a successful tour with the 7:84 Company, and has now arrived at the Royal, Stratford East. It is a welcome visitor to the theatre of Joan Littlcwood, who had a ...

... Falkland Sound Voces de Malvinas ROYAL COURT THE THEATRE Upstairs at the Royal Court have staged an absorbing and moving documentary about the Falklands and the war there, Falkland Sound- Voces de Malvinas. In two parts, the first is based on recently published letters, Message from the Falklands by David Tinker, compiled oy nis tatner tiugn; and the second consists of authentic ...

... Ancestral Voices COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE LONDON'S NEW Festival of Traditional Arts, inaugurated recently at the Commonwealth Institute under the general title of Ancestral Voices, was remarkable not only for its presentation of the cultural traditions of pans of India, West Africa, Iraq and the Southern United States, but also for a British evening of exceptional interest. The programme, ...

... A fairy tale's transformation LONDON FESTIVAL BALLET Cinderella MANY HAVE memories of Ben Stevenson's Cinderella as a prosaic affair, but after a ten year absence it has transformed into something magical -as Festival Ballet showed us at the Coliseum. Arguably its faults were previously manifest on the small and consequently often overcrowded stage of Festival Hall but now in this most ...

... Thomas ana Sany/ Rosina NEW SHAKESPEARE COMPANY SITTING in my blanket like an elderly dowager on the QE2, I did wonder whether open-air opera in London, in May, was a realistic undertaking. Given the number of inconstant factors -the accoustic, the temperature, and the limitless opportunities for natural intrusion, from stray birds to cloud bursts the odds were stretched fairly heavily ...

... As You Like It NOTTINGHAM IDEAL FOR spring, and warmly >X directed and acted As You Like It v marks Ricahrd Digby Day's fifth and final in a series of Shakespeare's v comedies at the Playhouse over the past X two years. One is immediately struck by the completely bare stage and Victorian j> costumes, and both work well. The former serves as ducal court and the v Forest of Arden, which is ...

... The Freedom of the City NEWCASTLE IT WAS a pleasure to be part of a good- sized, young, and enthusiastic audience at Newcastle's invariably enterprising Gulbenkian Studio for a first production by a new company. And if Head and Heart Theatre's production of Brian Friel's The Freedom of the City didn't really live up to the company's pre-pubheity about finding new audiences for new forms of ...

... Death on the Isle ABA DABA THE ABA Daba's latest show is a new departure-- their first original musical --and a long way from their usual music hall format. The main difference in this comedy/musical/whodunnit, apart from the introduction of 16 all new songs, is the minimal amount of audience participation, something one expects at the Pindar. The setting is the Isle of Wight in 1937, where a ...

... Drummond quits as Fest boss ^-^_ EDINBURGH FESTIVAL director John Drummond is giving up the post in September when his original five-year contract expires. The surprise announcement was made last Friday by Lord Provost Tom Morgan, chairman of the Festival Society. Drummond had announced previously he would serve another two years beyond his original contract. l-ord Provost Morgan's statement ...

... THE FIRST showcase to be held at the Civic Hall, Winsford was presented by J.A. Management. Taking pan were Two Man Band, Steve Vince Band, Karl Kriston, Don Reid, Jeannie Hylton, Dave Cunis, Marc and Jane, Angie Allen, Amber, Helen Jane, Gentle and Giant and Metro. ...

... Liberace's special link-up with LPO STEVE ABSALOM reports GLITTERING showman Liberace will make a flying in and out visit to Britain in May in a special tie up with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The man who has outdresscd and outplayed all comers for years is booked to appear at the Wembley Conference Centre only on May 10 and 11. He will perform two concerts each night before thousands ...

... Fielding severs Blackpool link AFTER A 40-year association with Blackpool, leading impresario Harold Fielding has severed his connection with summer season Sunday shows in the resort. He is leaving for personal reasons and a statement from the Opera House owners, First leisure Corporation, says the organisation is very sorry to lose such a dear friend who has become known by generations of ...