... THURS, JUNE 23 THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Vicky Ireland. Polka, The Broadway, SW19 to August 27. Director: Vicky Ireland. Designer: Bridget Kimak. Music: Neil Brand. Press: Judith Howard, 081 542 4258. BLEAT by Graham White. Finborough Theatre, Finborough Arms, Finborough Road, SW10 to July 16. Management: Finborough Productions. Cast: Raymond Adamson, Jane Colenutt, Martin ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending June 5 CHANNEL Average weekly viewing Share of Total Per Head (Hours/Minutes) viewing ALL/ANY TV 23:54 100 0 BBC1 (INCLUDING BREAKFAST TIME) 7:34 31 7 BBC2 2:37 11.0 TOTAL/ANY BBC 10:11 42 6 ITV (INCLUDING TV-AM) 9:24 39 4 CHANNEL 4/S4C 2:40 11.2 TOTAL/ANY ITV 12:05 50.6 OTHERS 1:38 6 8 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 17.80 2 ...

... Snaps SIX Midlands towns are to host the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group on a whistlestop two day tour. The six performances, on July 11 and 12, will be conducted by rising star Daniel Harding. STOCKPORT Council is offering grants of up to £500 to arts companies in the Cheshire town. Application forms can be obtained from Dave Campbell on 061-430 6570. DUNDEE'S Rep Theatre and Arts Centre ...

... THURS, JUNE 30 CAT'S PAW by William Mastrosimone. BAC, Battersea to July 24. Management: Mainstream Productions. Cast Chris Chappell, David Lister, Tara Ellis, Samia Rida. Director: John Osbourne Hughes. Press: Holly Morris, 071 223 5063 FRANKENSTEIN'S MOTHERS. University of Warwick Arts Centre to July 2, then tour. Management: Foursight Theatre. Cast: Jill Dowse, Lisa Harrison, Sue Pendlebury ...

... Snaps MERIDIAN Broadcast ing will televise highlights of Carnival '94, Sussex University's three day music festival. Independ ently made by Antelope South, A3-Access All Areas will air for ten weeks and feature Urban Species, Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, Lena Fiagbe and Terror- vision. YORKSHIRE Television's Logai: Inside China's Gulag, which was shown in ITV's First Tuesday strand, has ...

... IN PRODUCTION I DIR DRYGIONI (IN THE REALM OF EVIL) four plays for S4C Production company: Ffilmiau Eryri. Casts include: Merfyn Jones, Lydia Lloyd-Parry, William Thomas, Janet Aethwy, Robin Eiddior, Bethan Gwilym, Dennis Birch, Arwel Gruffydd, Elen Roger Jones, Wynne Bowen Harries, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Morfudd Hughes, lanto Mackenzie, Buddug Povey, Nia Williams, Jonathan Nefydd, Griff Williams, ...

... who s Where SUNDAY JULY 3 SATURDAY JULY 9 The following artists, listed in SHOWCALL '94, 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 rnnv of SHOWCALL '94. r AARON AARDVARK Touring Balerics AMAZING LOUISE King Arthurs Court, Bournemouth THE ANTONS The Golden Days of Music Hall, ...

... Snaps STEVE BEST, the Dray- Ion Underground and the Man With the Beard, and compere Ivor Dembina are the bill at the Hamp- stead Comedy Club on Saturday, June 18. PUPILS at Hammersmith schools can get involved in cre ative dance workshops and talks at the Lyric Theatre until June 24. Sponsorship for the event has come from The Baring Foundation. PLANS are in the final stages for this year's ...

... COMPETITION CORNER OSCAR WILDE fans have a once in a lifetime opportunity to get their hands on the new edition of his complete works. Publisher C Collins has set aside six vol umes for readers of The Stage and Television Today. And in a unique offer the company has also arranged for the books to be SIGNI-D by Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, increasing their special value as a ...

... Snaps IAN COGNITO, Dom inic Holland, Diane Larowski and The Cheese Shop are on the bill at Brixton's By George Comedy Club on Thursday, June 23 kick ing off at 9 pm. Incidental music will be supplied by the Mary Hinge Lounge Trio and although this is the last By George show before the summer break, normal service will be resumed on Thursday nights from September 15. BUDDING playwrights will ...

... ?THIS YEARS Perrier Pick of the Fringe season will take a different form, being presented for three suc cessive Sunday evenings, October 2, 9 and 16, at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Nrca Burns continues as director of the award. SCROOGE THE MUSICAL, starring Anthony Newley, Stratford Johns, Barry Howard and Paul Robinson, will be the Christmas attraction at the Palace, Manchester, running from ...

... THE CONCERT They Never Gave, featuring look- and soundalike singers Clayton Mark (Elvis Presley), Kevin Pallister (Buddy Holly) and Bernie Jessome (Roy Orbison), begins a tour at the Grand Opera House, York on September 2 and 3, followed by Oxford, Crawley, Southport, Bristol, Carlisle, Hayes, Wimbledon, High Wycombe, Southampton, Cambridge, Bradford, Stockport, Hastings, St Albans, Croydon, ...