... ABBEY DATA SYSTEMS LTD Stand W9 The Stone House, Frith End, nr Bordon. Hampshire GU3S ORA 042033040 In attendance: A. N. Lowe Crest computer reservation and ticketing Crest box office computer systems are approaching their third year of operation and are handling bookings for more than 20 venues. The systems are microcomputer based and very competitively priced, considering their advanced ...

... Surprise agreement shakes radio unions' alliance THE future of an alliance of radio unions is in doubt following a surprise agreement between the employers and a member of the alliance. The ACTT has accused BETA of ?oing behind its back to saga a deal with the AMOciatioa of Indepen dent Radio Contractors despite an earlier decision Made by The AJaaace of Coaaerctal Radio Un ions (ACTT, BETA ...

... THURSDAY, JAN 29 SCHOOL FOR WIVES by Moliere, translated by Robert David MacDo- nald. Lyttelton. Management: National Theatre. Cast: Anthony Douse, Neil Dudgeon, Julia Ford, Celia Imne, Roger Lloyd Pack, David Ryall, Wil liam Sleigh, James Taylor, Anthony Trent. Director: Di Trevis. Designer: Pamela Howard. Music: Dominic Mul- downey. Movement: Jane Gibson. Press: Nicki Frei, 928 2033. MADAME ...

... THURSDAY, JAN 8 THE QUEEN OF SPADES by Tchaikovsky. Coliseum. Management: English National Opera. Cast includes: Alan Woodrow, Janice Cairns, Sarah Walker, Robert Hayward, Rodney Macann, Jean Rigby, Cathryn Pope. Conductor: Lionel Friend. Producer: David Pountney. Designer: Maria Bjornson. Lighting: Richard Riddell. Press: Helen Greenwood, 836 0111. BOPHA! by Percy Mtwa. Cottesloe. Management: ...

... FIRE IN THE LAKE by Karim Alrawi. Guibenkian Studio, Newcas tle, January 7 to 17, and 26 to 28. Management: TyneWear Theatre Company. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Playhouse, Leeds, Janauary 8 to February 7. Cast: Brian Shelley, Michelle Todd, Robert Karas, Jenny McGusty, Suzanne Packer, Martin Anthony, Eric Roberts, Mel Tay. Director: Stewart Trotter. Designer: ...

... THE PROGRAMME of forums to be held at the Bournemouth Inter national Centre during ShowFair 87 has now been finalised, together with the chairmen. The timetable is as follows: Wednesday, February 4 10.30-11.30 am The Rela tionship Between Subsidised and Com mercial Theatre. Chairman Anthony Field, CBE (Financial Director, Theatre Projects, formerly Finance Director, Arts Council, visiting ...

... FIRST SEEN at the Royal Court in 1968, This Story of Yours, by John Hopkins, opens at Hampstead Theatre on February 11 with Richard Cubison, James Hazeldine, Bryan Pringle, David Suchet and Jane Wood in the cast. Jack Gold directs. THE NEW FARCE by Ray Galton and John Antrobus, When Did You Last See Your Trousers?, opens a tour at the Theatre Royal, Brighton on February 3, prior to a West End ...

... m TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 I 6.00 pm Opening by the Mayor of Bournemouth Councillor Dan Crone 6.05 pm Fireworks display from Bournemouth Pier by Hellfire Fireworks 6.30 pm Exhibition opens to visitors 7.00 to 9.00 pm Showcase in Windsor Hall Artists taking part: Razmataz (showband), Emma Gray (vocalist). Melton Mowbray (speciality act) 9.30 pm Exhibition closes 9.30 pm to 11.00 pm Showcase in ...

... IAN TALBOT, the new artistic director of the New Shakespeare Company, has announced that the 1987 season will begin on June 1 with Ben Jonson's Bartholomew Fair, directed by Peter Barnes. The other plays in the Open Air, Regent's Park will be A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Caroline Smith (June 17) and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (August 4). BILLIE WHTTELAW and Patrick Stewart are to ...

... fc)UT OF TOWN AVERHAM Robin Hood Lord Arthur Seville's Crime am AYR Gaiety Aladdin BAStLDON Towngat* Alphabetical Order am (15-17) BASiNGSTOKE Haymarfcet Passion Play Theatre Royal Mother Goose BELFAST Lyric The Mikado BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Babes in the Wood Hippodrome Singin' in the Rain Rep Peter Pan BOLTON Octagon Old King Cole BOURNEMOUTH PavWon Aladdin Wktdaor Hall Schwarzkopf U.K. Dance ...

... THURSDAY, JAN 22 THREE MEN ON A HORSE by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott. Cottes- loc Management: National Theatre. Cast: Desmond Barrit, Michael Beint, Bob Cartland, Gemma Craven, Ruddy L. Davis, Alison Fiske, Graeme Hen derson, Geoffrey Hutchings, Marianne Morley, Claire Parker, Nicholas Le Prevost, John Priestley, Robert Ralph, Cyril Snaps, Ken Stott. Director: Jonathan Lynn. Designer: ...

... fc)UT OF TOWN ABERDEEN His Majeety'a Fiddler on the Roof BANGOR Theetr GwyrMdd The Barber of Seville BARNET The Ok) Bull Art* Centre Hooligans BASILOON Towngete The Patent Office Robbery BASINGSTOKE Haymarfcet A Midsummer Night's Dream BATH Theatre Royal Mother Goose BILLING HAM Forum Super Gran BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome Singin' in the Rein BLACKPOOL Grand Annie BOLTON Octagon West Side Story am ...