... THURS, JAN 7 MR CINDERS, music by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers, book and lyrics by Clifford Grey and Greatrex Newman, additional lyrics by Leo Robin. King's Head, Islington. Cast: Samuel West, Sally Anne Triplett, Helen Hobson, Christopher Villiers, Charles Edwards, Eileen Page, Ian Lindsay, Fleur Bennett, Russell Richardson, Burnell Tucker, Julie Clare, Ian Ratcliffe, Sophy Aykroyd, Lisa ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending December 20 CHANNEL Average weekly viewing Share of Total Per Head (Hours/Minutes) viewing ALL/ANY TV 28:14 100 0 BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) 9:15 32 7 BBC2 2:53 10.2 TOTAL/ANY BBC 12:07 429 rtV (INCLUDING TV-AM) 1 1 :42 41 .4 CHANNEL 4/S4C 2 56 104 TOTAL/ANY ITV 14 38 518 OTHERS 1:29 ^3 Individual* viewing MCI (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 19 ...

... |OUT OF TOWN BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Kokuma Dance Theatre (12-13); The Night Garden (15- 16| BARNET OM Bull Arti Centre Call Blue Jane (15-161 BATH Theatre Royal Cinderella BELFAST Civic Arts Aladdin Grand Opera House Snow White Anc The Seven Dwarfs BILLINGHAM Forum Dick Whittington BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Scrooge The Musical Hippodrome Aladdin Repertory The Wizard Of Oz Repertory Studio East Lynne ...

... ?COLIN DAVIS returns to the Royal Opera to conduct Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust, a co-pro duction with the Saito Kinen Festival, Japan, which opens at the Royal Opera House on March 8, with Samuel Ramey as Mephistopheles and the Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina as Marguerite. Jerry Hadley sings the role of Faust in Harry Kupfer's pro duction, originally mounted for Netherlands Opera. ...

... THE Nash Ensemble, is presenting six commem orative chamber concerts to celebrate the re-open ing of London's Wigmore Hall. The next, on Jan uary 26, will be a World War II recital first pre sented at the Wigmore by Felix Aprahamian on behalf of the Free French Government featuring the work of Faure, Bizet and Saint-S&ens. TOM Robinson's eighties anthem War Baby 'is being re- released next ...

... THE Independent Telev ision Commission is to back the ITV companies' dem ands for the government to extend the moratorium on takeovers which is due to be lifted in January 1994. ITV contractors fear that they may become the subject of takeover bids from broad casters on the continent where ownership restrictions prevent British television companies from expanding abroad. SIR Sydney Lipworth, ...

... WED, JAN 6 FAME IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BBC1 eight-part doc umentary series (9.30 10.20 pm) Presenter: Clive James. Producer: Beatrice Ballard. THE ANIMALS OF FARTHING WOOD BBC1 animated series for children (4.30 5.00 pm) Voices include: Ron Moody. Writer: Colin Dann. BITSA BBC1 children's series (3.55 -4.10 pm) Presenters: Gaitlin Easterby, Simon Pascoe. THE RETURN OF THE PSAM MEAD BBC1 six ...

... NOMINATIONS are being invited for the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts' Goodman and Garrett Awards and the Reed Elsevier Awards honour ing outstanding achieve ment by volunteers and professionals in support of the arts. FANS of Samuel Beckett can look forward to a bonanza in January with four of the playwright's one act works, Krapp's Last Tape, Footfalls, Come and Go and Play ...

... NEW Year brings great news for jazz fans, who can look forward to a major new festival in the capital in 1993. The Lon don Jazz Festival, organ ised by promoters Ser ious Speakout, will be staged in Catnden, Is lington and Hackney from May 14 to 23. THREATENED pit brass band, the Carlton Main Fncklcy Colliery Band, will be playing at York Arts Centre on January 1 o. Funding has been placed in ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week endina December 27 CHANNEL Average weekly viewing Share of Total Per Head (Hours/Minutes) viewing ALL/ANY TV 28:14 100.0 BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) 9 15 32.7 BBC2 2:53 10.2 TOTAL/ANY BBC 12:07 42.9 ITV (INCLUDING TV-AM) 11 :42 41 4 CHANNEL 4/S4C 2:56 10 4 TOTAL/ANY ITV 14:38 51.8 nTHFRR 1 -90 c 1 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Million*) 1 EASTENDERS (FRI/SUN) ...

... INTERNATIONAL illu- sionist Paul Kieve is the 9 man behind the magical feats in new West End m production, The Invisible I Man. The ten-strong I cast, and the backing I band and crew were forced to take an official I Magic Circle vow of fl secrecy before joining the show, which opens on February 16. HUROPUAN song lyrics will be the subject of a series of talks and concerts at Ix>ndon's South ...

... THE FUTURE of regional news will be debated at a Royal Television Society workshop in Manchester this Monday, January 18. Chaired by Tony Wilson and featuring representa tives from the BBC, Granada Television, Cen tral and the London News Network, Local News will be held at 6.30pm at BBC North. Tickets are available from the RTS in Manches ter (061-437 3383) or in London (071-430 1000). ...