... |OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Arts Centre Plastered (8-11) His Majesty's A Scots Quair Lemon Tree True West (9-10) AYR Gaiety Gaiety Whirl BAGNOR Watermill The Great Big Radio Show BATH Theatre Royal Present From The Past BELFAST Civic Arts Centre Widow Or Bust Lyric How Many Miles To Babylon7 BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Bertie Repertory Romeo And Juliet BLACKPOOL Central Pier Maggie May Grand The Bill/ ...

... The following artists, listed in Showcall 1993, can be seen working at the following venues on the dates shown. For more information on these artists, consult your copy of Showcall 1993 PAUL ABBEY Cobham Hilton HotelSeven Hills Surrey (5) THE ACROMANIACS Opera House. Blackpool (5) WARD ALLEN AROGER THE DOG Tounng, Haven Warner. North East Circv t. g in Ocean, MTS World Fienaissaice PAUL ARDEN ...

... AGE Exchange will hold the first European Con ference on Reminiscence including work in the atre, education and training. The event will be staged at the Black- heath Concert Halls and the Age Exchange Rem iniscence Centre in Lon don SE3 on November 1 5 to 19. THE Concert Artistes Associa tion is holding a remembrance service for Tony Cundell at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, on September 20 ...

... FOSTER AND ALLEN, with T.R.Dallas as guest artist, start a tour for Crest Promotions at the Derngate, Northampton on October 22, other dates being at St Albans, Brentwood, Birmingham (Town Hall), Bristol, Paignton, Port Talbot (Princess Royal), New- town, Wolverhampton, Burslem (Queen's), Not tingham, Stockport, Bradford, Middles brough, Sunderland, Carlisle, Southport, Blackburn, Ashton- ...

... THURS, SEPT 2 FALSTAFF by Verdi Playhouse. Edinburgh, also on September 4. Management: Welsh National Opera. Cast: Donald Maxwell, Bryn Terfel, Suzanne Murphy, Claire Powell, Wendy Verco, Nuccia Focile, Paul Charles Clarke, John Harris, Geoffrey Moses, Peter Bronder. Conductor: Richard Armstrong. Director: Peter Stein. Designer: Lucio Fanti. Costumes: Moidele Bickel Lighting: Robert Bryan. ...

... SAT, SEPT 4 WHAT'S UP, DOC? ITV children's magazine (9.25 1 1 30am) Production company: Scottish Television Enterpises. Presenters: Andy Crane Yvette Fielding, Pat Sharp. BIG BREAK BBCl game show (6 00 6.30pm) Host: Jim Davidson. CHALLENGE ANNEKA BBCl 'peo ple' show (6.30 7.20pm) Production company: Memorn Films. Presenter: Anneka Rice. SHOOT THE VIDEO Channel 4 four- week video series (6.30 7 ...

... SHOOTING is currently taking place in Budapest on Central Films' new drama series Brother Cadfael, based on the best-selling novels by award-winning writer Ellis Peters. Featuring Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee, Maggie O'Neill, Fiona Gillies and Roy Barraclough, the four 90- minute films are pro duced by Stephen Small- wood and directed by Graham Theakston. THAMES Television has won its first new ...

... THE LIFE OF STUFF, by Simon Donald, has its London premiere at the Donmar Warehouse on September 23, with Matthew Warchus directing. First seen at the Traverse, Edinburgh last year, rt has Mabel Aitken, Elizabeth Chadwick. Douglas Henshall, Forbes Masson, Sandy McDade. Stuart McQuarrie. Patrick O'Kane and Sean Scanlan in the cast. GLYNDEBOURNE Touring Opera opens its 25th anniversary season at ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending August 15 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 (Million*) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 15.61 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 15.01 3 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.31/17.36) 13.32 4 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.31/17.36) 13.23 5 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13 31/17.36) 12.93 6 NEIGHBOURS ...

... BODDINGTONS Man chester Festival will be staging a free concert weekend outside Dukes 92 Pub on September 1 1 and 12 featuring 13 local bands. Host is DJ Pete Mitchell. An Inter national Festival of Lesbian and Gay Arts, Its Queer Up North, opens on September 14 and runs until October 2. BILLED as a club for actors and film enthusiasts, Peeping Tom's is open every Monday night at Wildes in ...

... SOUNDCRAFT is hold- j ing a live sound engineer- ing training weekend for gigging musicians from September 17 to 19 at University of Birming- ham, Edgbaston, with presenters Richard Buckland, Mick An thony, Chrys Lindop, Andy Taylor and tour manager Willie Fyffe. PAUL Nicholas, Alan Plater, Ian Botham, Jimmy Somerville, Catherine Cookson, Newcas tle's Playhouse, Theatre Royal and Tyne Theatre, ...

... Snaps THE ARTS Council, long a whipping boy for critics of arts funding, is donating £10,000 for S M. The acronym refers to Robert Young's new play, also known as Suicide and Manipulation. Bene ficiary is Finborough Productions which gets its first major grant since its formation in April 1991. It is also the first time says the company that any building based group has received the project ...