... Snaps AC, I OK Martin Benson is currently staging an exhibition of his paint ings at the Shakespeare Globe Centre in Bear Gardens, Southwark. Subjects include Olivier, Geilgud, Harry Secotn- be, Michael Hordern, Alec Guinness and Rich ard Attenborough. Not present will be Benson's portrait of Globe pioneer Sam Wanamaker. The picture, says Benson, was a total failure. FOLLOWING the enormous ...

... Snaps THEATRE Royal Strat ford East is currently undergoing restoration. To fund the £400,000 pro ject, the theatre is asking for a minimum contribu tion of £150 to 'Name A Seat'. A TALL Order, a one-day sym posium on the future of London Arts Centres, will be held on September 13. The event is being co-ordinated by Jeni Walwin at London Arts Board. JENNY Topper has been reappointed as ...

... I ?THE ROYAL National Theatre produc tion of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel opens at the Shaftesbury on September 10, presented by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Nicholas Hytner. The cast is led by Joanna Riding. Michael Hayden, Clive Rowe, Phil Daniels. Meg Johnson (replacing Patricia Routledge) and Katrina Murphy (who was Janie Dee's understudy). ?STEPHEN DALDRY returns to the Royal ...

... BARB Ratings THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending July 18 CHANNEL ALUANY TV BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) BBC2 TOTAL/ANY BBC ITV (INCLUDING GMTV) CHANNEL 4/S4C TOTAUANY ITV OTHERS Individual* viewing BBC1 (Million*) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 16.53 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 15.91 3 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.31/17.36) 14.54 4 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.30/17.37) 13.33 5 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.31/17.36) 13.32 6 ...

... Snaps THE ARTS Council has announced six awards under the Building for the Arts scheme. Grants for feasibility studies into building developments go to the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-On-Sea, Y Theatre, Leicester, Blackheath Conserva toire, I.'Oveture Theatre, London SW9, Liverpool Anti-Racist and Com munity Arts Association, the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. PAULA Frances, who plays Diana ...

... Snaps WINTER Gardens Appeal, Bournemouth, has organized a series of fund raising events. The Winter Gardens Extrava ganza takes place on August 14, local rock and blues bands play on August 21 and Opera South present Carmen on September 30 to October 2. THE BRITISH centre of the International Theatre Institute will open an information desk at the Traverse Theatre, Edin burgh, from August 23 to ...

... Snaps DEPECHE Mode, New Order and Madonna are among the artists to be featured in concert this summer on BBC Radio 1. The station wiU also broadcast live U2's Zoo- ropa concert in Dublin on August 28. TWO COUNTIES Radio, the Independent Local Radio licensee for the Bournemouth area has fended off challenges from several rival consortia to win back the right to broadcast on both AM and FM ...

... THURS, AUG 5 JULIUS CAESAR by William Shake speare The Other Place. Stratford- upon-Avon. Management: Royal Shakespeare Company Cast includes: Jeffery Kissoon, David Sumner, Barry Lynch, Rob Edwards, Andrew Maud, Francesca Ryan, Kenn Sabberton. Director: David Thacker. Designer: Fran Thompson. Lighting: Alan Burr- ett. Music: Mark Vibrans. Financial support: English Estates. Press: Helen Cross ...

... THURS, AUG 5 DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS Channel 4 four-part series on dinosaurs (8.00 9.00 pm) Production company: WHYY-TV. Director: Robin Bates. Producers: Kathy White, Trudi Brown. Commissioning editor: Michael Attwell. SUN, AUG 8 IF THE WORST HAPPENS BBC Education eight-part series on emer gency first aid for BBCI (5.20 5.30 pm) Presenter Gavin Campbell. SUMMER SUNDAY BBC Manchester religious ...

... |OUT OF TOWN ABERGAVENNY Caitle Macbeth (13-14) ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre Guys And Dolls BAGNOR Watermill Say Who You Are BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Pygmalion BATH Theatre Royal Bath And Wessex Opera BERKELEY Castle All's Well That End's Well BLACKPOOL Central Pier Maggie Mays Grand The Billy Pearce Laughter Show Horseshoe Showbar-Pleasure Beach Mystique '93 North Pier Jim Davidson Ocean Suite ...

... Snaps CHANNEL 4 has com missioned Blue Heaven Productions, the inde pendent company set up by former TVS drama chief Graham Benson, to develop Brighton, a six- part drama series written by Barry Purchese. THE ITV Network Centre has commissioned a fourth run of Anglia Television's police drama The Chief, to be transmitted in early 1994. Written by Peter Jukes, Ray Jenkins and Michael Russell, ...

... BARB Ratings THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending July 25 CHANNEL Average weekly viewing Share of Total Per Head (Hours/Minutes) viewing ALL/ANY TV 22:52 100 0 BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) 7:15 31.7 BBC2 2:34 11.2 TOTAL/ANY BBC 9:49 42.9 ITV (INCLUDING TV-AM) 8:57 39.1 CHANNEL 4/S4C 2:34 11.2 TOTAL/ANY ITV 11:31 50.3 OTHERS 1 :33 6.8 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) >TV 1 EASTENDERS ...