... EDWIN by John Mortimer; ALBERT by Richard Harris. Penny Royal, Bosham, August 19 to 30. Cast: Raymond Adamson, Gillian Webb, Terence Longdon, Terry Diab, Peter McMichacI, James McCarthy. Direc tor: Simon Whitfield. Designer: Ali son Bockh. Stage manager: Charles Madge. THE FANTASTICKS by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Grand, Swansea, August 19 to September 6. Cast: Graham Hubbard, Gwyn Beech, ...

... OPERA NORTH starts its autumn season at the Grand, Leeds with The Capture of Troy, the first part of Berlioz's The Trojans, the first per formance being on September 27. The American soprano Kristine Ciesinski makes her Opera North debut as Cassandra, with Ronald Hamilton as Aeneas, Lucy Burge in the mime role of Andromache and Nicola Sharkey and Richard Salter in other leading roles. Other ...

... LONDON Adelphi Me and My Girl Albery Dave Allen Live/The Old Man of Lochnaoar Whirligig T/C Aldwych Brighton Beach Memoirs Ambassadors Las Liaisons Dangereuses Apollo I'm Not Rappaport Apollo Victoria Starlight Express Barbican A Penny for a Song Bloomsbury The Further Adventures of Mr Toad/Harvey and the Wallbangers Coliseum The Diary of One Who Disappeared/ Osud (22)/Carmen (23)/Die ...

... LONDON FESTIVAL Ballet is giving the first London performances of Peter Schaufuss' new production of The Nutcracker in its Christmas sea son at the Royal Festival Hall from December 27 to January 17. On the opening night the principals will be Elisabetta Terabust, Trinidad Sevilla- no, Peter Schaufuss, Matz Skoog, Alexander Grant, Cheryl Liss and Christopher Bruce as Drosselmeyer. THE NASH ...

... ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST by Dario Fo, adapted by Gavta Richards. Crucible Studio, Sheffield to February 15. CANT PAY? WONT PAY! by Dark) Fo. Harrogate Theatre to February 8. Cast includes: Roger Deives-Broughton, Lloyd Johnston, Andy Blake, Pauline Bennion, Nicola Sloaae. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare. Wolsey, Ipswich, January 29 to February 15. Cast: Peter Fleetwood, ...

... THE ITV companies did not as some predictions had suggested, reach the £1 billion in total net advertising revenue for 1985. The December figure for the ITV companies was £96,523,401 which was a 15.5 per cent increase on the corres ponding figure (£82,314,504) in 1984. The total ITV advertising revenue for 1985 was £982,603,315, which is an increase of 7.7 per cent on the figure for 1984 (C912 ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Arts Centre The Homecoming (79-31, Aber deen Univ.) His Mafwty'i Robert Halpern (from 28) ABERYSTWrTM Arts Centre A Child's Christmas in Wales (30-1 Feb) AVEMORE Crofters km The Tramples/Paul Phillips Co (27,29) BANGOR Thaatr Gwynadd Swashbucklers (28.29, Theatr Powys) BARNET OW Butt Ana Centra The Wortd Turned Upside Down (31,1 Feb, Nightingale T/CI BASILOON Towngats ...

... THURS, APRIL 3 MEPHISTO by Ariane Mnouchkine, based on the novel by Klaus Mann, new English version by Timbcrlakc VC'erten- baker. Barbican. Management: Royal Shakespeare Company. Cast: Alan Rickman, Sean Baker, Susan Colverd, Clivc Merrison. Pauline Moran, Joseph O'Conor, Clive Russell, Fiona Shaw, Susan Tracy, Mark Dignam. Tom Mannion, Paul Spencc, Cathy Tyson, Russell Boulter. Richard ...

... THE BIRDWATCHER by Georges Feydeau. Redgrave, Far- mham to May 3. Cast: Tom Cotcher, Tim Fnistow, Kit Thacker, Andrew Sargent, Christopher Reeks, Pauline Bennion, Helen Dorward, Tracy Col lier. Director: Ellis Jones. Designer: Alexander McPherson. Lighting: Vince Herbert. Sound: Ghee Bow man. Stage management: Nezar Ahmed. INTERMEZZO by Jean Girandouz. Wobey, Ipswich, April 16 to May 3. Cast: ...

... A star studded new play THE MAINTENANCE MAN, a new play starring John Alderton, Gwen Taylor and Susan Penhaligon, written by Richard Harris, opens at the Thorndike, Leatherhead on April 15. Directed by Roger Clissold and presented in association with Bill Ken wright, it is tipped for a speedy West End transfer. SEVEN BRIDES for Seven Brothers, which was at the Old Vic last summer and has ...

... THURSDAY, MAY 29 KRAPP'S LAST TAPE; ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett. Riverside Studios, Hammersmith to June 29. Cast in cludes: Max Wall. Director: Ewan Hooper. Designer: Henk Schut. Press: Renee Lowes, 741 2251. HEYDAY by Herbert Appleman. King's Head, Islington to June 28. Cast: Philip Bird, Alan Coveney, Janet Dibley, Richard Freeman, John Hud son, Jenny Linden, Tony Scannell. Director: Nica ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Ms Majesty's Hi-De-Hi Spirits Stepham ALDEBURGH Thirty Ninth Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts (from 6) AVERHAM Robin Hood Ring Round the Moon (from 3) AYR Gaiety The Magic Journey (4-7.) Karen Mitchell School of Dancing BASILDON Towngete Just Between Ourselves (5-7, Basildon Players) BASMGSTOKE Central Studios Macbeth (6,7, Compass T/C) Heyrnariiet Janet Smith and ...