... 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 ...

... Rogers, Brett Sherwood Page 31 South Wales, Chance Promotions Page 32 Garry Brown, Gary Lovini Page 33 Downton and Hendriks Page 34 Joe Pasquale, Keith Nicol Page 35 and 36 Holiday centre listings ...

... sideshow conies to town. See page 10 Cutlery capers at the Sheffield Empire You wouldn't have wanted to heckle Marie Lloyd. Heydays p27 Auntie wheels out the fops in frilly shirts. Simon London on page 26 Why should the bad guys always win? Secret Agent on page 1 1 News p2-6; Foreign News p7; Show People p8; Seen At p9; Chit Chat and Leader p 1 0; Letters p 1 1 Play Reviews p 1 2, 29; Opera ...

... Cardiff success story shock If only they played rugby in their spare time. See page 12 In the blue corner Manning squares up to 'Dame' Dawson. See page 3 Ayckbourn's back with a vengeance on page 13 Northern lights. Four page guide to ABTT Show starts on page 1 7 brad Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3- 1 1 Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; Showcase p8; Overseas p9; Theatre Week ...

... Edinburgh coverage? TV Festival round-up on pages 20 and 21, fringe reviews on pages 15 and 16 and MC Rebbe on page 10 The youth of tomorrow! 13-year-old Robert Gill wins the Stage Sylvia Young scholarship. See page 3 Something hot comes to London. Design of the times on page 1 1 fana Theatre News p2; Light Enter tainment p3-9; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; Overseas p8; Theatre Week ...

... Rod Natkiel at the controls. Page 20 Our streetwise Rapping Rabbi reveals this year's biggest shock on the Edinburgh Fringe. Page 10 Plus Festival reviews Pages 16 and 22 Dramatist Sue Glover's intimate Encounter with Marilyn Monroe and Simone Signoret. Page 19 HagHga Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3-6; Seen At p5; Show People p6; Overseas p7; Letters p8; Theatre Week p9; Production ...

... the 'bad guys' of South African TV. See Page 20 At last, the Athens of the North can tell the difference between an opera house and a hole in the ground. See Page 25 Theatre enforces a break from the Kit Kats. See Page 2 Overseas goes over the page on 9 and 10 rmmw Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p 3- 1 2; Show People p6; Seen At p7; Showcase p8; Letters p9; Overseas p 1 0; Theatre Week ...

... by design. Jane Garner discovers a strange new world on page 20 Ronald Wolfe puts pen to paper and conies out laughing on page 19 British writers told to look to the US for international success on page 1 7 Britain mourns the deaths of two comic greats on page 2 crod Theatre News p2; Light Entertain ment p3- 1 1 Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; Overseas p8; Theatre Week plO; Production ...

... Theatre News p2; Light Entertainment p3-- 10; In I Seen At p5; Show People p6; Letters p7; John a+ Mills Showcase p8; Theatre Week p9; Production News plO; Play Reviews pi 1, 13; Chit Chat and tne Leader pl2; Opera and Dance pl4; Regional deep Reviews pl5-- 16; Television Today p 1 7--2 1 Sup- prifj pliers p22-- 23; Backstage p23-24; Classified p25- m*' 33; Directory p33-35; On Next Week p35; ...

... I J^*^^ I CONTENTS Don't Theatre News p2; Light Entertainment p3-10; I think Seen At p5; Show PeoPle P°; Theatre Week p8; I xnmK Production News p9; Letters plO; Play Reviews I ill Of pi 1, 13; Chit Chat and Leader pl2; Opera and I (pjg Dance pl4; Regional Reviews pl5; Television I ___ Today pl7-22; Suppliers p24; Jeffery Kruger I man- p25; Classified p26-33; Directory p33-35; On I P13 Next ...

... the city of angels. How Lamont has stymied the big shot investors on page 12 Relax We are witnessing the dawn of strange television bedfellows. See page 22 Abe's the babe of Illinois but Barnes wishes he'd stayed away from the theatre. See page 8 Conley picks the bright lights of Blackpool. See page 6 Theatre News p4-9; Seen At p9; Show People plO; Letters pll; Chit Chat and Leader p 1 2; Play ...

... the Arts Council case for all things contemporary on page 12 Young hopefuls face a long and winding road to success can our experts shorten the distance? See Backstage page 25 Time is racing by and the awards season is upon us. Milton Johns stays with the chase on page 13 News p2-5; Foreign News p6, Seen At p7; Shnw People p8; Books/Discs p9; Theatre Week plO; Production News p 1 0; letters p ...