... Delight in that ivory power Sutton/Touring Rostal and Schaefer Peter Rostal and Paul Schaefer are continuing their famous Grand Piano Classics tour with a wide range of light classical music from the past, augmented by the more modern idiom, including their most delightful selection of Beatles numbers. Their two-hour programme is interspersed with witty announce ments, mainly at the good- ...

... The American Dream Bournemouth Compilation concerts featuring hit songs from the West End and Broadway may be commonplace but, for impressive scale, few are able to match presentations by The Big Little Theatre Company. In this show at the Winter Gardens, we saw a 30-strong cast (plus two dozen youngsters from Guy's School of Performing Arts), fronting an on-stage orchestra of 34 under the ...

... Mandy Patinkin Almeida Mention the name Mandy Patinkin to the average person in the street and they are likely to say Who's she?, regardless of the fact that he -- Mandel (Mandy) Patinkin is very much a he -- has starred in a television series, played opposite Barbra Streisand in Yentl, has made sev eral other films and is a Broadway star. But on the strength of the adulation he received ...

... Max Roach/Archie Shepp Queen Elizabeth Hall This concert came at the end of a packed day. The American head-liners, true icons of modern jazz, had already overseen a musician's workshop and given a Jazz Heritage lecture prior to their stage performance. Something of a coud, this innovative package was put together by XYZ Productions and Joyful Noise, who specialise in promoting music by. ...

... Creditable treat for regular fans By LISA MARTLAND It is always interesting to discuss one-off radio specials, as well as brand new series, but those regular programmes which loyal listeners never miss are rarely given the credit thev deserve. Over the last few weeks Paul Jones (BBC Pebble Mill for R2, Thursdays) has been celebrating an impressive anniversary it is ten years since his rhythm ...

... Jack Milroy Show Kilmarnock Jack Milroy is the doyen of Scots comics. He has been a 'name' since shortly after the end of the Second World War. Most glonously, in recent times, he has been starring on stage and television with Rikki Fulton as the smash-hit duo Francie and Josie, the lovable Glasgow layabouts, and at other times working in partnership with his wife, former Roy Fox singer Mary ...

... No faking, this is real quality Green Room, Cafe Royal Val Doonican One hour of cabaret did more than 20 years absence from the television to erase the memory of the cardigan and rocking chair. The sophisticated and expen sively-suited performer who took the stage at the Green Room seemed light years away from the image of the Val Doonican we recall. This quite simply is one of the best ...

... Gallery First Nighters 100 Birthday Marriot Hotel Celebration was the name of the game at the London Marriott Hotel when the Gallery First Nighters Club joined forces with the Players' Theatre to celebrate their 100 years of entertaining theatricals. This was indeed done with great style, with luminaries on the top table including Roy Hudd, Dorothy Tutin, Brian Murphy, Pamela Cundell and the ...

... The Good Old Days Leeds This bill, one in the spring season of music hall at the City Varieties, was notable for the welcome return to the variety stage of Freddie Davies, joint top here with Marion Monteomery. Filming Funny Bones has given Davies a new line in comedy, as he demonstrated in two spots during the evening. First came the budgie (thick up to here) routine his followers know and ...

... Clarke Peters Pizza on the Park Apparently Clarke Peters tested out the material for his two successful shows, Five Guys Named Moe and Unforgettable, at Pizza on the Park, so you never know where he might move on to with his latest tribute to composer Burt Bacharach and his songs, written mostly with lyricist Hal David. It is strange how the popular ity of music goes in phases. Many Bacharach ...

... Charlie Landsborough Worthing/Touring To acclaim Charlie Landsborough as a living legend is no lightly applied cliche but an assessment recognised by those dedicated aficionados who have followed his fortunes during the past 25 years or so. His sincerity, as both a singer and songwriter has estab lished him in the forefront of British country music, his person alised choice of programme and ...

... The Rhythmic Freddie Hubbard Sextet US trumpeter Freddie Hubbard has been inactive for more than a year, the victim of severe lip difficulties. Now he is easing back to full-time performance and this Rhythmic season marked a tentative first step in his rehabilitation. For many, Hubbard is the jazz musician who best represents the attractions of post-bop mod em jazz possessed of a bril liantly ...