... Neat and well rehearsed RAMBERT ACADEMY AND RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET Evening of Dance IN DETERMINATION to see fair play between students of the Ramben Academy and the Ramben School the combined Evening of Dance was overloaded with items. As it was the School came across more effectively just because its students were seen in more shapely choreography, although in ity tnere is no ...

... Breaking records qalore in pantoland Theatres looking on trusty panto as a lifesaver STEVE ABSALOM reports BRITAIN'S pantomimes are heading for record takings this year, according to the country's leading Christmas show Though most of the major shows are only halfway through their allotted runs, takings appear to be well up on last year, with some already breaking box office records. Paul ...

... llfracombe season I PLANS FOR next summer's entertain ment at llfracombe have already been announced. JME Productions, who are leasing the Victoria Pavilion, are presenting Carson's Capers, with the Irish come- dian Frank Carson topping the bill. Guests stars will be Los Reales Del Paraguay, the Latin American trio, and 1 the company will include the comedian- impressionist Maxwell Plum, ...

... A West End transfer for 'Dolly'? PRODUCERS OF the musical Hello Dolly have dismissed rumours that the show is to be pulled out of the West End in April and toured. A spokesman for Triumph Apollo Productions told THE STAGE that the musical, starring Danny La Rue and Lionel Jeffries, cannot stay at the Prince of Wales longer than the end of April because the theatre is booked for another show. ...

... 'Old Days' show stays a secret PRODUCERS of a stage version of the hit television series The Good Old Days are keeping the details under wraps. Triumph Apollo arc expected to release details of a national tour of the production next week, but until then they are refusing to make any comment on the show's line-up or venues. Paul Gregg of Triumph Apollo said: I cannot confirm anything, but I ...

... Futurist future to be announced NEWS IS expected later this month that Scarborough's seaf- ront Futurist Theatre one of the largest in the country has been sold to a consortium which has outbid the resort's Borough Council. Impresario Robert Luff, head of the charitable trust which owns the luxury 2,200 seat theatre, says he intends to make a statement on the sale shortly. Luff launched The ...

... Puppet festival SEVENTEEN companies, from Po land, Nigeria, Hungary, the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Italy and Canada, as well as Great Britain, will be taking pan in the Second International Puppet Festival, Puppet Theatre '84, between April 23 and May 6. Thirteen London venues, including Sadler's Wells, the Shaw, Je&nnetta Cochrane, the ICA and ...

... Burlesque BURLESQUE has arrived in Black pool, with a weekly show at Baskervilles nightclub. The burlesque nights include both male and female strippers plus drag acts all in the same show. The accent is on fun and variety it is not intended as a seedy night out, says proprietor Brian Finn. To this end he doesn't want the evenings to be seen as a normal strip night. We are looking for ...

... No problem THE ENTERTAINMENT Artistes Benevolent Fund has reported its big- gest-ever bonanza from a Royal Variety Performance a massive £330,000 obtained from last November's event at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Transmitted on the following Sunday by London Weekend Television, the filmed show was sold to ten countries, including the United States. The windfall has in one stroke solved all ...

... CARDIFF THE high standard usually associated with a Billie and Trevor George pantomime production is maintained once again this season, with a truly traditional version of Jack And The Beanstalk, touring clubs, hotels and leisure centres throughout Wales and the West of England. Members of Cardiff's Fairwater Con servative Club had the opportunity of joining in the pantomime fun during a ...

... BARNSLEY THIS YEAR'S Duggie Chapman pre sentation of Mother Goose at Barnsley Civic, once the pride of South Yorkshire panto, is a dismally thin affair which leaves you clutching at straws like jolly costumes and well-rehearsed choreography for something to enjoy. Ken Goodwin's line in little boy jokes is ingratiating, and the Sheratons provide a speciality act a black light puppet sequence ...

... Sinister professor's monkey business DUBLIN The Lugnaquilla Gorilla THE PLOT of Jim Doherty's The Lugnaquilla Gorilla is slight: evil Professor Lance Boyle lives in the Lugnaquilla woods, guarded by his pet gorilla, Lugs. Ihere he noaras |eweis ana men;, down stolen gold, including the gold trophy of the Beaver Patrol boy scouts. The Beaver patrol and some girl guides are hot on his trail, ...