... ABERDEEN His Mafrity's Five Guys Named Moe BARNET OM Bull Arts Centre The Fifteen Streets (25-27) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket Private Lives BATH Theatre Royal Sleeping Beauty BELFAST CMc Aits The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, The Complete History of America Abridged (25-27j Lyric The Merchant of Venice Old Museum Arts Centra Fav'rite Nation (2527) BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Great Expectations ...

... SNAPS England's ten regional arts boards have launched an information service on the Internet. The collab oration will offer an e-mail directory for the arts in England and more than 100 hot-links' to arts and cultural sites on the Internet in England and worldwide. Daylight Theatre direc tor Roger Burfield has warned that his company's short term plans are in jeopardy after its transit van ...

... NEW SERIES THURS, JAN 18 V Ferch Drws Nesa (The Girl Next Door) S4C comedy series (8pm) Production company: Ffilmie Matinee. Cast includes: Llion Williams. Nia Chiswell. Dewi Rhys Williams. Ifan Gruffydd. For Better or for Worse -BBC Radio 2 comedy series (7-7. 33pm) Production company: Mike Craig Enterprises. Cast includes: Su Pollard. Gorden Kaye. Julie Higginson. Paula Tilbrook, David Ross. ...

... The Barren Knight* celebrating their 35th year in the business, start a long tour for Johnny Mans at the Beck. Hayes on February 1. They are subsequently at Swindon, Bognor Regis, Peterborough. Sundertand. Sutton. Atveston. Watford. Pwllheli, Yeovil. Tunbridge Wells. Crickte- wood. Bognor Regis again. Stafford. Salisbury. Potters Bar, Skegness. Guild- ford, Colwyn Bay. a return to Pwllheli. ...

... N.E.A.C SOUTH WEST BRANCH January 25 Time Out Club. Exeter 01752 335000 January 30th Tiverton Town Football Club. Bolham Road. Tivertof Devon AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF QB (NORTH WEST BRANCH) January 31 Willows Variety Centre. Sarford 01706 860400 SPOTUQHT ENTERTAINMENTS 1HORSHAM) January 31 Leatherhead Working Mens Club 01403 275020 JAPE ENTERTAINMENTS February 6 Kents Athletic Club. Tenby Drive. ...

... SNAPS The newly-formed Frank Matcham club, which cele brates the work of the architect, is to hold its first get-together at Wakefield Theatre Royal and Opera House on Sunday, January 28. The club wants to see bingo halls and warehouses restored to their former purpose. The Country Western Dance Council (UK) has been formed to issue guide lines on teaching, terminol ogy and line, partner and ...

... SCENE CHANGE Sam Carter takes up his new post of marketing man ager at the ITV network centre on February 26. Paul Taylor has been appointed to a board posi tion at Granada Television, becoming the company's director of legal and busi ness affairs. Graham Stuart is the new controller of entertain ment programmes at MAI Productions. He joins from London Weekend Television where he was head of ...

... ABERDEEN Arts Centre Trainspotting BARNSTAPLE Queen's Jethro (31-1) BARROW IN FURNESS Forum 28 The Wasp Factory (2-3) BASINGSTOKE AnvH The Sleeping Beauty (2-4) Haymarket Private Lives BATH Theatre Royal Hysteria Rondo The Hollow Crown (1-3) BELFAST Lyric The Merchant of Venice Old Museum Arts Centre Loved Ones BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Great Expectations Hippodrome Cinderella Midlands Arts Centre ...

... SCENE CHANGE Lord Rix, better known as Brian Rix in his films, has been appointed Honorary Professor in Drama at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh. Alex Johnston is the new general manager of Mushroom Lighting's new London office based near Tower Bridge. John Hutchinson, chief executive of the Performing Right Society has appointed Nicholas Lowe as director of broadcast licensing. John Axon ...

... SAT, JAN 20 Beadle's Hotshot! London Weekend six week home video serie: (8.15 8.45pm) Presenter: Jeremy Beadle. Producer: Liz Costalas. THURS, JAN 25 The American WHe BBC Radio 4 three part drama serial (11 11.30pm) Cast includes: Zoe Wanamaker, Emily Richard. Writer: Richard s Nelson. Director: Ned Chaillet. SUN, JAN 28 A Mug's Game BBC Scotland four part drama serial for BBC1 (9 10pm) Cast ...

... Lore LMs. by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lemer. Grand, Leeds. Management: Opera North. Cast includes: Margaret Preece, Alan Oke. Geoffrey Dolton. Conductor: Wyn Davies (Martin Pickard). Director: Caroline Gawn. Design and lighting: Charles Edwards. Costumes: Nicky Gillibrand. Choreographer: Derek Hartley. Illusions: Paul Kieve. Sponsor: Manchester Airport. Slaughter City, by Naomi Wallace. Ihe Pit ...

... SNAPS CandoCo dance company returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hall (RFH2) on February 9 and 10. It will be David Toole's last appear ance with the company. The Questors Theatre, Baling is offering a £1,000 prize to the winner of its National Student Playwrit- ing Competition. The judges include Dame Judi Dench, Oliver Ford-Davies and Michael Williams. The winning play will be per formed at the ...