... THEY may hang out closer to Shepherd's Bush than the African bush, but London-based Pan-African dance group, Adzido, have been winning acclaim and fans on their current tour of Britain. ...

... ADEN GILLETT with PATRICIA HERRIG AN in The Cid-the 1 6th century French classic that is being performed in Britain for the first time by Cheek by Jowl at the Donmar Warehouse. Photo: Conrad Blakemore. ...

... processing run on January 16 and marking the end of a 26 year era are (from left) film processor DAVE STAMMERS, director of engineering DAVID JENKIN, film processor DEREK HARRIS and Central Services Operation Manager PETER RODGERS. ...

... The cast of GREAT EASTERN STAGE prepare for their nationwide tour of Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn. ...

... A Christmas present rolled in a month after the event for the Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children when Bonnie Langford and Eastbourne's entertainment manager Mike Ramsden, handed over £1,200 donated by audiences who saw Peter Pan at the Congress Theatre. Other local donations raised the total to £1,500. ...

... Reminding London audiences that there is more to Hellmans than Mayonnaise, FRANCIS DE LA TOUR has opened at the Fortune in Lillian, a one-woman biographical show about Lillian Hellman the playwright, authoress and long-suffering lover of the father of the modern crime story, Dashiell Hammett. Photo: Conrad Blakemore. ...

... The ghoul of atomic gloom rears its head in Alarms, a prophetic play about the imminence of nuclear destruction. The story parallels the myth of Casandra, who foresaw the future doom in the Trojan wars and was dismissed as being paranoid and obsessed. GERDA STEVENSON (above) as Jill, plays a government spy setting out to undermine Casandra's apocalyptic message. Alarms, written by Susan ...

... Photo: Conrad Blakemore. KNEES up Momma Brown--Lsa Wood recreates a Kosher cockney knees-up in The Hamlet of Stepney Green, at the New End Theatre, Hampstead, giving a humorous insight into London Jewish life in the 1950's. ...

... BILLY WHITAKER (Ryde Pavillion), SYLVIA THORLEY, MIKE CRAGG (BBC), MIMI LAW (Ryde Pavillion), DAVID LLEWHELLIN (Canberra Cruises). RICHARD HOLLOWAY (Central TV), SYLVIA THORLEY EMILE FORD providing an impromtu performance in the 'Wee Small Hours' after demonstrating his unique speaker system. ...

... The Little Sisters of Hoboken get well out of order in David Goggin's Nunsence which began its run at the Fortune Theatre this week. Here, HONOR BLACKMAN looks up the recipe for barbecued ribs Jeanne d'arc. ...

... BULAVA, a Ukranian Cossack Ensemble from Toronto, start their first UK tour at Brighton in May. A 12-strong all male chorus of singers, dancers and musicians, they show authentic Ukranian culture with dazzling costumes, ancestral instruments and plenty of colour. After their first date in Brighton they will visit 20 cities in 24 days, including two performances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, ...

... Hugh Homan on a long awaited revival Gun law-Curly (BRIAN CAPRON) gets trigger happy with Max (BEN ROBERTSON). ...