... DUSTIN HOFFMAN makes his West End stage debut in The Mer chant of Venice, being presented by the Peter Hall Company at the Phoenix on June 1. Peter Hall directs a company which also in cludes John Cater, Peter-Hugo Daly, Basil Henson, Geraldine James, Ian Lavender, Leigh Law- son, Abigail McKern, Nathaniel Par ker and Michael Siberry. ADRIAN NOBLES Stratford pro duction of Macbeth transfers to ...

... COMEDIANS Cannon and Ball make their acting debut in Michael Pertwee's comedy You'll Do For Me. which opened at the Yvonne Amaud, Guildford this week, directed by Brian Rix. The cast also includes Linda Regan, Richard Av- ery and Erna Larsen. ALEC McCOWEN, Nichola McAulrffe. Phyllis Calvert, Ian Buchanan and Hilary Tindall are starring in The Heiress, the second production in the 1989 season ...

... BBC RADIO 4 again ran off with the honours in Monday's Sony Radio Awards, winning ten of the 28 categor ies. But there was another success for Britain's smallest ILR station, who won last year's award for the Most Creative Use of Radio. This time it won the Best Sequence Programme award for its 9am to midday slot Morning Call. As a result of last year's win Moray Firth program me controller ...

... THURSDAY APRIL 27 FUN AND GAMES Yorkshire puzzle show, seven parts, for ITV network (7.00 pm) Presenters: Rob Buckman, Celia Hoyles. Director: Michael Drinan. Pro ducer: Adam Hart-Davis. Executive producer: Duncan Dallas. Associate producer: Ian Rosenbloom. Resear cher: Julian Dismore. MWYNHAUR GERDD (A POEM APPRECIATED) S4C poetry series (7.00 pm) Presenter: Rhydwen Williams. Read ers: Delyth ...

... THURSDAY, APRIL 20 M. BUTTERFLY by David Henry Hwang. Shaftesbury. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lynn Farleigh, Ian Redford, Tsai Chin, Catherine McQueen, G.G. Goei, Don Fellows, Darren Chan, David K.F. Tse, Tom Wu. Director: John Dexter. Desig ner: Eiko Ishioka. Press: Lynne Kirwin and Mary Parker, 240 8415. THE RETURN OF ULYSSES by Mon teverdi. Orchard, Dartford. Man agement: Kent Opera. Cast: ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP TWENTIES Individuals Vt6WIFIQ BBC1 (Millions) 1 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.31/17.36) 20.92 2 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.30/17.36) 20.58 3 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.31/17.36) 20.25 4 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 19.52 5 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 19.35 6 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.29/17.36) 19.34 7 NEIGHBOURS (FR1 13.44/17.36) 19.17 8 THE GOOD LIFE 14.73 9 QUESTION OF SPORT 12.25 10 WILDLIFE ON ONE 11.34 11 NEWS, ...

... [out of town ABERDEEN Hit M.JMty The Pied Piper 1-6) ABERVSTWYTH ThMtr Y Warin Nightmare Abbey (1-3); La Traviata (5-6) BANGOR Ttwatr Gwyrwdd Cyfyng Gyngor (4-6) BARNET Old Bull Art! Centre Endangered Species 12-6) BATH ThMtr. Royal-The Merchant of Venice (4-7) BELFAST Lyric Players The Belle Of Belfast City (3-27) BIRMINGHAM Crescent Half A Sixpence 1-6) Hippodrome- Hello Dolly Midlands Arts ...

... THURSDAY, APRIL 27 GHETTO by Joshua Sobol in a version by David Lan, songs trans lated and music arranged by Jeremy Sams. Olivier. Manage ment: National Theatre. Cast: Mark Addy, Oliver Beamish, Nicholas Blane, Jonathan Cullen, Tarn Dean Burn, Maria Friedman, Jennifer Hill, Alex Jennings, Paul Jesson, Linda Kerr Scott, Mark Lockyer, Sandy McDade, Anthony O'Donnell, Glyn Pritchard, Trevor ...

... Individuals VWWlflQ BBC1 (Millions) 1 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.30/17.36) 20.40 2 NEIGHBOURS (TUE/SUN) 19.60 3 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 19.55 4 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.30/17.36) 19.50 5 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.31/17.36) 18.01 6 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.30/17.36) 17.99 7 NEIGHBOURS (FR1 13.30/17.36) 17 77 8 THE GOOD LIFE 13.98 9 NEWS. SPORT/WEATHER 13.10 10 NEWS ANDWEATHER (SUN 18.25) 12.28 11 QUESTION OF SPORT 11.91 12 ...

... THURSDAY, APRIL 6 THE MARCH ON RUSSIA by David Storey. Lyttelton. Management: National Theatre. Cast: Constance Chapman, Frank Grimes, Rosemary Martin, Bill Owen, Patsy Rowlands. Director: Lindsay Anderson. Desig ner: Jocelyn Herbert. Music: Alan Price. Lighting: Mick Hughes. Press: Stephen Wood, 928 2033. LORCA, created and performed by Trader Faulkner. Donmar Ware house to April 22. ...

... BACK HOME two-hour television film, on location in London, Surrey and Shepperton. Production company: TVS Films/ Verronmead in association with Citadel Entertainment for TVS Television and the Disney Channel. Cast includes: Hayley Mills, Hayley Carr, Jean Anderson. Rupert Frazer, Brenda Bruce. Director: Piers Haggard. Screenplay: David Wood from the novel by Michelle Magorian. Executive ...

... SATURDAY, APRIL 1 SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Granada film series for ITV network (II. 25pm) Production company: Initial Film and TV. Presenter: Tony Slattery. Commis sioning executive: David Liddiment. Executive producers: Malcolm Gerrie, Eric Fellner. Researchers: Mark Coop er, Sally Rowland, Adrian Sibley. Series director: Declan Lowney. Pro ducer: Steve Pinhay. Series producer: Jo Wright. ...