... SNAPS Poor School principal Paul Caister has won the right to appeal against a Clerkenwell County Court judgement, which ordered him to pay more than 1 ,400 in unreturned deposits to three former students. Caister did not turn up for the initial hearing in July, after claim ing his mother was ill. His request for a second hearing was accepted last week. A date has not yet been set. In 8 joint ...

... SNAPS I L Relatives of former Stage reviewer and variety expert Geoff Mellor are being sought. The 79-year-old, who was unmarried, died on his way to the City Varieties, Leeds, on October 1 Coroner Jean Vanes is trying to trace his next of kin and can be contacted on 01 13 241 4103. Performers at the City Varieties last week paid their respects to Mellor with a special raffle during Friday ...

... the visual directory of light entertainment SUNDAY, OCT 1 7 SATURDAY, OCT 23 The following artists, listed in SHOWCALL '99, 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 '99. Showcall artists can also be found on the Internet at: www.showcall.co.uk/dlary PAUL ...

... Die Konlgln von Saba. by Karl Goldmark, libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal. Opera House. Wexford tonight, then October 17. 20, 23. 26 and 29. Management: Wexford Festival Opera. Company includes: Max Wlttges. Cornelia Helfrlcht, Mauro Nicoletti. Valerij Popov, Marina Vysvorkina. Michele Porcelli. Teresa Matlova. Piotr Nowacki. Conductor: Claude Schnitzler. Director: Patrick Mailler. ...

... Alan Davles plays a 12 date tour, presented by International Artistes, to: November Salisbury City Hall (19), Wimbledon Theatre, London (20), laHaWaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBva^^^^^^^^M Kidderminster Glades Arena (21), Derby Assembly Rooms (22), Poole Arts Centre (25), Broxbourne Civic Hall (26), Felixstowe Spa (28). Hanley Royal (30); and in December St Albans Arena ...

... Lam, by Christopher William Hill. Northcott Theatre, Exeter to November 27. Management: Northcott Theatre Company. Cast: Chris MacDonnell, Ian Sanders. Gary Whitaker. Mart Wilkinson. Director: Ben Crocker. Designer: Kit Surrey. Lighting: Jon Primrose. Press: Andy Sinclair, 01392 256 182. The Borrowers, by Mary Norton, adapted by Charles Way. Polka Theatre for Children, The Broadway SW19, to ...

... Has, by adapted from Barry Hines' A Kestrel for a Knave by Lawrence Till. West Yorkshire Playhouse. Leeds to May 8. Cast: Raymond Pickard, Ian Kelsey, Joanna Bacon, Nicholas Camm, Alan Cowan, Dermot Keaney, Dale Meeks. Frank Moorey, Edward Price, Sarah Turton. Director: Natasha Betteridge. Designer: Laura Hopkins. Lighting: Jon Buswell. Sound: Mic Pool. Press: Philip Meeks. 0113 213 7272. ...

... The Merchant of Venice, by Willian Shakespeare. Cottesloe Theatre, Soutl Bank SE1. Management: Royal Nation; Theatre. Cast: David Bamber. Davn Burt. Olivet Cotton, Raymond Coulthard Derbhle Crotty. Peter de Jersey, Danie Evans. Andrew French. Henry Goodman Cert Ann Gregory, Alexander Hanson Richard Henders, Oscar James, Gabrielli Jourdan. Alex Kelly, Leigh McDonald John Nolan. Dhobi Oparei. ...

... SNAPS Ninety par cent of BECTU. NUJ and AEEU members have voted in favour of industrial action against the Granada Media Group over management pay. This means that strike action affecting programmes such as Emmerdale, Heartbeat and Blind Date is possible, probably starting in the week beginning February 22. Chairman of leading inde pendent Tiger Aspect, Peter Bennett-Jones, will collect a ...

... LONDON Adelphl Chicago Albery Vassa Aldwych Whistle Down the Wind Apollo, Hammersmith Doctor Dolittle Apollo, Victoria The New Starlight Express Barbican Measure for Measure; The Tempest: Bad Weather; Shadows Cambridge Grease Comedy Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs Criterion The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Dominion Beauty and the Beast Duchess Copenhagen ...

... The Music of Quo Wen|lng Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Edinburgh, tonight only. Management: Edinburgh International Festival presenting the Nieuw Ensemble. Company includes: Ellen Schuring, Nigel Robson. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard. Cellist: Taco Kooistra. FeuergealcM (Flreface), by Marius von Mayenburg. Royal Lyceum Theatre. Edinburgh to this Saturday. Manage ment: Edinburgh International Festival ...

... -aS- *>>>>>>>>>aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa>BBBB>BB)l Oil! What Night. Opera House, Manchester to June 19. Cast: Kid Creole, John Altman. Will Mellor, Michael Howe, Lucy Moorby, Victoria Wilson- James, Dean Maynard, Paulette Ivory, Gary Uoyd, Tee Jaye, Rebecca Reaney, Judith Alyson, Francesca Newitt, Natalie Walton, Michelle McSween, Karen Holley, Nigel Roache. Paul Hack, Winston Jean-Charles, Vincent ...