... SADLER'S Wells is app ointing an artistic pro ducer to to develop a nat ional and international programme for the main house, Lilian Baylis Theatre and education and community work. Director Stephen Rem ington moves up to chief executive. MANCHESTER Airport is backing Manchester's City of Drama 1994 celebrations. The massive drama festival will receive £300,000 from the Airport, whose World ...

... FAIRPORT Convention began their winter tour this week, with a date tonight (February 4) at the Empire, Sunder- land. Other bookings are at Tunbridge Welis, Birmingham, Cam bridge, Canterbury, Swindon, Cullompton (Verbeer Manor), Gravesend, High Wy- combe, Leamington Spa, York, Lowestoft, Leicester (University), Southport (Arts Cen tre), Chesterfield (Winding Wheel), Brad ford, Rhyl, Oxford, ...

... ?BILL KENWRIGHT brought his production of Robin Prince of Sherwood, seen on tour recen tly, into the Piccadilly this week, with a cast headed by Mike Holoway, Liz Curnick, Anne Smith, Peter Lawrence and Peter Howarth. who is also the writer of the musical with Rick Fenn. ?MURDER IS EASY, an adaptation by Clive Exton of an Agatha Christie novel, opens at the Duke of York's on February 23, ...

... THURS, FEB 4 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW by Roel Adam, translated by Noel Clark. Cottesloe, daytime. Management: Royal National Theatre. Cast: Sally Martin, Vicki Pepperdine, Kate Somerby. Director: Anthony Clark. Designer: Kate Burnett. Lighting: lain Dewar. Music: Mark Vibrans. Press: Janine Shalom, 071 928 2033. RIGOLETTO by Verdi. Coliseum. Management: English National Opera. Cast includes: ...

... UK GOLD TOP FIVE Million* Viewing 1 EASTENDERS 0.80 2 CASUALTY 0.22 3 CARROT CONL 0.21 AFTER HENRY 0.19 5 THE BILL 0.17 SKY 1 TOP FIVE 1 SIMPSONS 0.93 2 STAR TREMMXT GEN 0.51 3 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.48 4 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.48 5 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.47 CHILDREN'S CHANNEL 1 DREAMSTONE 0.11 2 PUGWALL 0.10 3 ART ATTACK 0.09 3 HE-MAN 0.09 5 PUGWALL 0.08 ...

... GREGYNOG Composers Award of Wales 1993 will be accepting entries until March 26 for its open award for saxophone quartet and for its special award for young com posers of 25 years or under. Contact Ian Mor gan-Williams at the Fest ival Office, Newtown, Powys. WOMEN In Music and Half The Sky are promoting three gigs with international rock musicians this month. Entitled Women Can Rock Worldwide ...

... IHH INDKPKNDENT Television Commission is to launch a study into whether additional tele vision frequencies might be used for Channel 5, following last Decem ber's decision not to award the franchise to the Thames-led Channel Five Holdings consor tium. The findings will be published in a consulta tive document later this year. SATELLITE channel TV Asia is to begin showing its first sit com, ...

... SUN, JAN 31 ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE BBC1 comedy series (9.10 9.40 pm) Cast includes: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Angus Deayton, Janine Duvitski (she's FAB). Writer: David Renwick. Producer/director: Susan Belbin. MON, FEB 1 ANNAS CIUIL Scottish Television world music series in Gaelic (1 1.40 pm 12.10 am) TUES, FEB 2 COUNTRY TIMES BBC1 Northern Ireland rural life series (11.05 pm) WED, FEB 3 ...

... CHANNEL ALL/ANY TV BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) BBC2 TOTAL/ ANY BBC ITV (INCLUDING TV-AM) CHANNEL 4 S4C TOTAL/ANY ITV OTHERS Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 23.19 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 21.39 3 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.33/17.38) 18.29 4 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.31/17.38) 18.20 5 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.31/17.37) 17.76 6 NEIGHBOURS (FRM3.31/17.38) 17.63 7 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.31/17 ...

... [OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN His Majesty's The Singing Kettle ASHTON UNDER LYNE Tamaside Hippodrome Dedication Is All You Need (12-13) BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Golff BARNET Old Bull Arts On Air (12 13) BATH Theatre Royal Trelawny Of the Wells BELFAST Grand Opera House Juno And The Peacock Lyric Players Theatre Great Expectations Old Museum Arts Centre Cabinet Of Curiosities (10-13) BILLINGHAM Forum The ...

... ahu, tne .association oi British Orchestras, ho lds its annual conference this year at the Swallow Gosforth Park Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne from February 12 to 14. The event is sponsored by Northern Arts. LONDON Palladium Theatre hosts a St Valentine's Day Gala in aid of the Ralph Bates Pan creatic Cancer Research Fund on February 14. Dear Ralph, which honours the late Ralph Bates, will ...

... ?ADRIAN NOBLE'S production of Hamlet, with Kenneth Branagh in the title role, begins the new sea son at the Royal Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon on March 18, playing a limited six-week season In other leading roles are Richard Bonneville, David Bradley, Rob Edwards, Jane Lapotaire, Richard Moore, Jonathan Newth. Joanne Pearce, Clifford Rose and John Shrapnel. ?THE STUTTGART Ballet pays its ...