... house for the evening little did she know the party animals would move in See page 2 Boldly taking Shakespeare where its never gone before See page 25 New hospital drama is in need of drastic surgery See page 21 Theatre News p2; Light Entertai nment p3-13; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; Overseas News p8; Letters p9; Showcases plO-11; Production News pl2; Theatre Week pi 3; Chit Chat ...

... with the help of a puppet and 40 smiling monkeys See page 22 Why doesn't any one want to know what actors think? See page 14 Radio acting jobs in jeopardy as producers are set adrift by LBC See page 19 Sex, lies, plots and relentless evil but nothing like the real Westminster of course See page 21 Romanian lights and Paris slights on page 9 Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3-l 1; Show ...

... to shape up or make way for tapes See page 3 Unions square up for a scrap as Central plans to axe 467 jobs See page 21 It's definitely all right for you, Darlington, as the Civic unveils its £1.5 million facelift See page 27 Light entertainment artists go to market. The Stage's Shoivcall Showcase is on pages 10 13 Theatre News p2, Light Entertain ment p3- 1 5; Seen At p5; Show People p6; ...

... 2 One per cent of public spending the formula for a happy Mundy See Page 14 Why has British television drama failed to become Street-wise? See Page 24 Touring Horror show is told to crawl off the planet's face See Page 3 Shakespeare's ghost versus Thatcher's ghost write See Page 15 Theatre News p2, Light Entertain ment p3-13; Seen At p5, Show People p6; Showcases p7,8; Night Of 100 Stars p9; ...

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... needs the Royal Court when you can be a dead rat in Devizes? Reid reflects on Page 43 Rhinos in the chorus and Peter Hall thinks he's got problems!! C M Darcy on Page 42 Pass the tear gas, those students are singing again. On course in Corse Page 10 I'm mad as hell and this typewriter is loaded See Page 22 Theatre News p4; Light Entertainment p5-l 3; Seen At p7; Show People p8; Letters p9; ...

... Page 2 Eighteen years on the theatre in close contact with the realities of financial life See Page 10 The comic who hung up his gun and headed for the Gulf See Page 4 Live on stage life at the Boswells' going on, and on, and on See Page 1 1 A last gasp effort to revive Berlin variety See Page 8 Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3-9; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; Overseas p8; ...

... on Page 1 1 Raffles reveals the horror of the evil thugs' glass act See Page 3 Why the Arts Council excels at the business of putting the cart before the horse See Page 14 Seen a panto this year? Now read about the 1 50 or so you missed in our mammoth round-up on Pages 27-41 Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3-14; Show People p6; Seen At p8; Letters p9; Overseas plO; Nicholas Smith pi 1; ...

... link between PJ I Proby's pelvis and I small drama for I the small screen? I See Page 22 I Blackpool breathes I a seasonal sigh of I relief See Page 4 Techies thrown out onto the street in Berlin, more shows to the Franc in France and the Yups sign up for arts boards in Canada. Overseas news on Page 8 The Arts Council turns Extemporary into an ex-company. I See Page 2 I Theatre New p2; Light ...

... 10 Take a stab at posterity with a free show thrown in by joining the search for a new London theatre name See Page 21 The toe-tapping romance which took four years to get going See Page 18 Lynch reaches the peak of oddity and carries straight on See Page 17 More than a lick of paint in the new theatres for old business See Page 20 Theatre News p2; Light Entertainment p3-9; Seen At p5; Show ...

... besides on Page 12 Theatre funding joy had Danish written all over it until now. Overseas news on Page 8 Baldness and blacklists are not an excuse. Nicholas Smith on actor myths, Page 26 Baby, it's militant out there. Glasgow panto strike threat, Page 2 Theatre News p2; Light Entert-ain- ment p3-l 1; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Showcase p7; Overseas p8, Letters p9; Theatre Week plO; Production ...

... Britain where theatre isn't in crisis. Backstage Brum report on Page 23 As boring as a row of tents Clary pitches camp straight into the gutter See Page 5 WU1 techies' futures end in tiers? Flyman on Page 22 That's Humiliation Esther's show accused of actor abuse See Page 17 Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3-l 1; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Showcases p7; Overseas p8; Letters p9;Theatrc ...