... II Pittor Parigino (Cimarosa) BUXTON BUXTON FESTIVAL'S second Cimarosa offering is Il Pittor Parigino, a more interesting piece than its fellow and, in the event, produced in a more appropriate style. The skimpy plot speculates upon whether the poetess Eurilla (Clare Daniels) will marry her painter lover (Alasdair Elliot) or be foiled by Baron Cricca (Gordon Sandison), himself pur sued by ...

... Paul seeks to put the record straight By SUSAN LEAVY RECORD COMPANY Object Entertainments agreed this week to withdraw a compact disc called The New Seekers Greatest Hits after former lead singer Lyn Paul complained to The Stage. Paul, former vocalist with the popu lar seventies group, bought the disc after she saw her photograph on the cover only to discover the songs had been re-recorded by ...

... Expensive privilege THE WOLSEY Theatre in Ipswich faces the mammoth task of raising £30,000 in sponsorship for the privilege of staging Trevor Nunn's new musical. Nunn, Ipswich born and bred, wants to premiere The Baker's Wife at the theatre in October, but if the Wolsey cannot raise enough money the produc tion will have to be staged at another British venue. The theatre admitted that it was ...

... Chance for a cultural centre up the M6 SIX MAJOR performance arts events in Lancaster and More-cambe are being joint marketed to make the region a cultural centre. The combined Performance '89 package was unveiled at Manchester Museum of Science & Industry when guests were told by Lancaster city councillor John Ball that his tory was being made in the North West by the combination of events ...

... Move over Roly Polys there's room for more By SUZAN LEAVY FORMER MEMBERS of the comedy dance troupe, the Roly Polys have hit back angrily at claims that they are retiring from the theatre and said they left the troupe after disagreements. Ann Stephanie, Audrey Leybourne and Thea Mclntyre were dismayed to hear the reports and said they had left the group to form a new act. This week the trio ...

... Blackpool Jazz Club to cut back on future activities BLACKPOOL Jazz Club will be cutting back on its future activities despite celebrating 35 years of regular weekly sessions. Until earlier this year the club had been resident at the Raikes Hall Hotel for an unbroken run of 35 years all without the aid of any grants or subsidies. The club has run on a non-profit making basis for longer than ...

... DJ McKenna slams 'cowboy' hypnotists AWARD winning Capital Radio disc jockey Paul McKenna has a busy life doubling up as squeaky- clean professional stage hypnotist Hypno-Jock. The former presenter of satellite television pop show Music Box has spent seven years building up a suc cessful record in broadcasting and has now taken up the cudgel against 'cowboy' hypnotists who give the pro fession ...

... Conference to boost 1992 WHAT will the arts mean in a single European market in 1992? The answers will be formulated at an international conference in Glasgow from March 14 to 16. Speakers will include the Arts Minister, Richard Luce, and the Green Minister of Culture, Melina Mercourt, with Lord Carrington in the chair. The three-day arts without frontiers conference is organised by the Arts ...

... Arts Council examines drama taught in THE ARTS Council has set up a working panel to examine the future of drama teaching in Britain. Its work will follow the report by the Cox committee on English in Britain's schools which examined the part play ed by the language in the national curriculum. The new working proup will submit evidence to the National Curriculum Council on the recommendations ...

... 42nd Street extended by two weeks WITH more than £1,500,000 already in the bank the Manchester Opera House production of 42nd Street has been extended by two weeks. The show will now close on Saturday, February 10. Bookings just haven't dropped at all and people are coming back to see it for a second or third time, says the theatre's press and public relations officer, Barbara Darby. ...

... Spud-you-like, Spud-you-get THE VICTORIAN theatre-going habir of eating a baked potato half way through performances at a Leeds venue is in line to be revived. The City Varieties theatre, from where the television music hall show The Good Old Days was screened for years, is launching a new amateur group named after the building's 19th Century1 Potato Room, which was used to dish out hot spuds ...

... Regis manager resigns THE ACTING manager of the Regis Centre in Bognor, George Bell, has resigned after only six weeks in post because of continued uncertainty about the centre's fu ture. Last October, a public meeting was told that a firm proposal would be put regarding the future of the centre, but no firm decisions appear to have been taken except that the Regis Centre no longer features as ...