... THURS, JANUARY 7 THE NINE NIGHT by Edgar White. Albany Empire, Deptford to January 9, then tour. Management: Umoja Theatre Company. Cast: Calvin Simp son, Claire Benedict, Trish Cooke, Victor Romero Evans, Alexander Simon, Janine Russell, Lenny Aljernon Edwards. PHILADELPHIA HERE I COME by Brian Friel. Corner, Highbury Corner, N1 to January 24. Management: Raco- lin Theatre Corporation. Cast: ...

... On Next Week OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Arts Centre The incredible Brechin Beetle Bug ASHTON-UNDER LYNE Tameside Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs AYR Gaiety Jack and the Beanstalk BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Castaway (From 14) BATH Theatre Royal Dick Whittmgton BELFAST Grand Opera House Goldilocks and the Three Bears BtlUNGHAM Forum Aladdin BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Dick Whittmgton Hippodrome Charlie Girl ...

... BILL BRYDEN, working at Co- vent Garden for the first time, directs the Royal Opera production of Parsif al, opening on January 28 with a cast headed by Peter Seiffert, Waltraud Meier, Robert Lloyd, Simon Estes and Willard White. It is conducted by Bernard Haitink, with design by Hayden Griffin, choreography by David Toguri and lighting by Rory Dempster. VANESSA REDGRAVE, Timothy Dalton, Rudi ...

... CLUBS i i HEATHROW Sheraton Skyline Helen, Jayne, Jimmy Cassidy, EAsy Street, Diamond Lil's Dancers; Streetwise LEEDS Bar-Celona Why Not LONDON Pizza Express Benny Waters (22-23) LUTON Caesars Palace DesO'Connor 1 8) PURFLEET Circus T avern Smith Jones SALFORD Willows Mad Hatters (22-23) USK Savvas Jimmy Jones Karen Noble (21-23) WINDSOR Blazers Grace Kennedy; Joe Pasquale (18-24) OVERSEAS ...

... FRINGE I 1 Almeida Venus Lucrece Antonio Pinto Othello Battersea Arts Centre Private Members 1 8- 22) Bush Five Smooth Stones Cafe Theatre The Underground Man; Intimacy; Deliverance Canal Cafe The Private Ear The Public Eye Corner Philadelphia Here I Come Donmar Warehouse Company; Kid's Stuff Drill Hall Arts Centre A Private View Etcetera The Outsider Gate-Turcadet; Fear and Misery of the ...

... SHOWCALL There's no veiling the talent of LOUISE VAIL dynamic and personable vocaliste, who has a Harrogate date this week at the Old Swan Hotel autograph hunters coming in from the Cob bles. Pens at the ready, won't find their visit of no avail on collecting her Cygneture. (Showcall Val II. page 233) Week: Mon. Jan 18th-Sun. Jan 24th THE AN TONS Cabaret. Hotel Burstin Folkestone PAUL AROEN ...

... I I DUBLIN Sligo Gaiety Sinbad The Sailor Hawks Well Stags and Hens NAIROBI Phoenix Players Petition (5-23) ...

... THURS, JANUARY 14 THE CASTAWAY, words by Peter Reeves, musk by Ian Macpherson. Haymarket, Basingstoke to January 30. Management: Horseshoe Theatre Com pany. Cast: Bruce Morrison, Ben Tho mas, Michael Irwin, Johnson Willis, Lisa Hollander. Pauline Bennion, Jac queline Arnold. Director: KitThacker. Designer: Neil Bray. Costumes: Vanes sa Sleet. Choreography: Virginia Mason. Lighting: Robert ...

... OUT OF TOWN I .ilP.i ABERDEEN His Majesty's The Nutcracker BASINGSTOKE Havmarket The Castaway 1 4-30) Theatre Royal Dick Whittington BELFAST Grand Opera House Goldilocks and the Three Bears Lyric Players Juno and the Paycock BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Dick Whittington Hippodrome -Charlie Girl Midlands Arts Centre Pusa in Boots Rep- Wizard of O* BOLTON Octagon -Fangs BOURNEMOUTH Pavilion Jack and ...

... LONDON Adelphi Me and My Girl Albery The Foreigner Aldwych A View From A Bridge Ambassadors Les Liaisons Dangereuses Apollo Victoria Starlight Express Arts -Candida Barbican The Wizard of Oz Cambridge Peter Pan The Musical Comedy Separation Cottesloe Place with the Pigs (20-24) Criterion Run For your Wife Dominion -Time Duchess Players Theatre Duke of York's And Then There Were None Garrick ...

... TWO DANCE companies and an opera company are lined up for spring appearances at Sadler's Wells, includ ing the London debut of London City Ballet from March 22 to 26, the opening night being attended by HRH The Princess of Wales. Northern Ballet Theatre returns from April 19 to 30, with a repertoire including A Simple Man, inspired by the life and works of L. S. Lowry. Travelling Opera, ...

... NOW ON SALE! GEOFFREY HAYES of TV s Rainbow fame is the beau who continues his reign as King of Wolverhampton in the Grand Theatre s -Jack the Beanstalk a giant of a pantomime with a castle that has the traditional tall storey wrapt in haze (Showcall Vol. I. page 298) Week: Mon. Jan 25th-Sun. Jan 31st THEANTONS Cabaret Hotel Burstm Folkestone PAUL ARDEN-GRIFFITH Phantom olthe Opera Her ...