... Brimington's National Exhibition Centre Arena welcomed its ten millionth visitor since it opened in 1980 with a prize of a new car. Regular NEC visitor Dugald Holloway (Pictured centre) was pinpointed as the landmark visitor as he arrived for a Status Quo concert and told he had won by Rick Parfitt (left) and Francis Rossi (right). ...

... GLITTERING STARS COME OUT Agents' Association president jef Hanlon (centre) took to the stage with Alan Price and Gary Glitter to entertain guests at the Agents Association Ball at London's Cafe Royal ...

... NEIGHBOURS ACROSS THE MILES Picture: World Vision Soap imitates life as actress Jackie Woodburne takes her Neighbours caracter, teacher Susan Kennedy, to Kenya when her pupil Brett Stark, actor Brett Blewitt, wins an essay competition. In real life, the actress met the Masai child she sponsors through the charity World Vision, which oranised the storyline's contes that took the actors to ...

... Carl Krishner (left) and Gerry Marsden in Ferry 'Cross the Mersey at the Lyric. Picture: Tristram Kenton. See review on page 10 ...

... Picture: Tristram kenton. See review on Page 12 Gene Wilder in Laughter on the 23rd Floor at Queen's. ...

... Picture: Simon Warner The Stage's managing director Catherine Comerford and Consultant editor Peter hepple present Jeremy Raison, artistic director of the chester Gateway (center), with The Stage award for Special Achivement in Regiinal Theatre in 1996 ...

... NOTHING TO CRY ABOUT Picture: lan Watson Comedian Barry Cryer (left) receives the 1996 Institute of Entertainment and Arts Management Waterford Crystal Award for outstanding service to the industry on behalf of Humphrey Lyttelton, at IEAM's annual lunch at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Presenting the award is new IEAM ident Russell Davies ...