... ROBERT LUFF Plays Limited, licensees of the BBC for all UK stage plays using the name of the Black and White Minstrels have pointed out that the production company which is pre senting a show at the Royal Opera House in Scarborough is the Black and White Organisation and not the Black and White Minstrel Organ isation. MANCHESTER Actors Centre is running a series of seven day courses aimed at ...

... SUN, JAN 2 CiO FOR IT BBC. I Northern Ireland ten- week talent show (9. 10 pm) Presenter: Marty Whelan. Judges: Rose- Marie, Bill Hughes. WED, JAN 5 PUTTING ART IN ITS PLACE Channel 4 four-part art works scries (3.55 4.30 pm) Production company: Open Air/Arts Council of Great Britain. Narrator: iahrielle C Jlaister. Producer Trevor Bodcn Director: Maggie Hllis. THURS, JAN 6 MINDER Central ...

... The New Year as seen from the vantage point of the fly-floor. January No theatres close. However there is a five per cent cut in the amount of scenery flown. Designers continue to be paid the same but a number of flymen are made redundant. It is generally agreed that this is traditionally a bad month for busi ness in the West End. February A theatre nearly closes, but doesn't quite. The ...

... Snaps UNIVERSITY College Salford's Jazz Group will be making their second annual visit to Reykjavik later this month to per form two concerts. Mea nwhile, Iceland's Ham- rahlid Choir will make a reciprocal visit to the university on March 13. THB 19 ...

... Snaps BOURNEMOUTH stu dent James McAvoy has won the Watermill Theatre's poster design competition. He landed a £250 prize and his win ning entry is exhibited in the Newbury theatre's foyer with all the other entries. FILMING has begun on The Turnaround, a 90-minute film starring Clive Owen as Private Investigator Nick Sharman. It is produced by World Productions for Carlton Television and will ...

... BBC 1/ITV Top Ten 1 EastEnders (Thu/Sun) BBC 1 Viewing millions'. 22.18 2National Lottry Lve (Sat 19,00) BBC1 20.17 3Coronation Street (Wed/Fri) ITV 19.94 4Heartbeat (Sun 19.29) ITV 17.76 5Casualty (Sat 20.07) BBC1 17.24 BLondon's Burning (Sun 21.01) ITV 16.80 7You Been Framed (Sun 20.30) ITV 16.59 SSoldier Soldier (Tue 21.01) ITV 15.91 9Neighbours (Tue 13.30/17.37) BBC1 14.98 10Cracker (Mon ...

... PATRICK MARBER. actor, writer and stand-up comedian, is to direct his own first play. Dealer's Choice, at the Cottesloe on February 9, the piece being devel oped at the Royal National Theatre Studio. In the all-male cast are David Bark-Jones, Nicholas Day, Tom Georgeson, Sean Gilder, Nigel Lindsay and Ray Winstone RICHARD HICKOX is to conduct the Opera North production of Troilus and Cressida, ...

... Who's Where The following artists, listed in SHOWCALL'95, the visual directory of light entertainment, can be seen working at the following venues on the dates shown. For more information on these artists, consult your copy of SHOWCALL *95. WARD ALLEN ROGER THE DOG Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton AMAZING LOUISE King Arthurs Court, Bournemouth THE ANTONS The Golden Days of Music Hall. Touring ...

... THURS, APRIL 28 SLEEPING IT OFF by Georges Feydeau, adapted by Guy Slater. Playhouse. Epsom, then tour. Management: Channel Theatre Company. Cast: David Griffin, Sabina Franklyn, Graham Seed. Guy Nicholls, Michaela Moore. Adam Christopher. Director: Philip Dart. Designer: Emma Donovan. Lighting: Bob Bustance. DREAMS OF ANNE FRANK by Bernard Kops. Polka, The Broadway, SW19 to May 28. Director: ...

... A REVIVAL of La Fanciulla del West, by Puccini, opens at the Royal Opera House on July 11. directed by Wilfred Judd, the original production being by Piero Faggioni. Richard Buckley conducts, with a cast headed by Gwyneth Jones, Nicola Martinucci and Justino Diaz. HAMLET, directed by Peter Hall, opens at the Thorndike, Leatherhead on July 6 in celebra tion of the theatre's 25th birthday. ...

... BARB Ratings THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending February 13 CHANNEL Average weekly viewing Share of Total Per Head (Hours Minutes) viewing ALL/ANY TV 27:23 100.0 BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) 9:03 33.1 BBC2 2:59 10.9 TOTAL/ANY BBC 12:04 44 0 ITV (INCLUDING TV-AM) 10:33 38.5 CHANNEL 4/S4C 3:06 11.3 TOTAL/ANY ITV 13:39 49 8 OTHERS 1:41 6.1 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 ...

... CONSIDERATE Theatre of Westminster is a new scheme financed by the city of Westminster to boost environmental awareness in the West End. Opened with a launch sponsored by Stoll Moss Theatres and Gar-dner Merchant, the project is based at West-minster City Hall in Vic-toria Street. THE FIRST national audio description training course for theatre takes place at Wakeneld College organised by the ...