... Summer fare Christopher Day on Bournemouth's busy summer season Bournemouth entertainments manager Rob Zuradzki considers that programming for the forthcoming summer season is shaping up well. He said: There are still one or two top names to be finalised but already we've been able to construct a mixed balance which includes shows for a family audience plus those attractions with specific ...

... Losing My Marbles Jermyn Street Theatre As a young lad in Australia, Trader Faulkner remembers watching a flotilla of Diggers sailing away to win back Tobruk from Rommel's Afrika Korps. This powerful image, brilliantly recalled, comes almost as an aside in a collection of true stories of his astonishing life as actor, dancer, director and ardent lover. But 57 years later, I am happy to report ...

... The Swedish Jazz Kings 100 Club The first Swedish Jazz Extravaganza began on a traditional note as the Swedish Jazz Kings swung into action at 100 Club's Friday lunchtime session. mis iiveiy diiu musiudiiy very accomplished band plays Chicago and New Orleans jazz from the twenties and early thirties, and is keen to re-create the music of such jazz pioneers as Clarence Williams. The line-up is ...

... Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers Manchester Harlem-born Henry 'Pucho' Brown was the man who, during the sixties, fused the music of Motown, the Beatles, jazz, funk and goodness knows what else into boogaloo. Basically it was the cha-cha rhythm with a backbeat- but no one played it quite like Pucho. To open his show at the Band on the Wall, Pucho kept things rhythmically simple and started ...

... Soaking up the sixties sounds Croydon/Touring Solid Silver Sixties Show Calling it the Antiques Roadshow is funny but unfair. The truth is that the formula, of mixing some of pop's best-Known old-timers with sixties nostalgia, makes for the sweetest of box office music. The show that celebrates the sounds of the sixties is in its 14th year and has played 800 performances. All you need for this ...

... NHs Landgren Funk Unit Pizza Express Trombonist Nils Landgren, whose Funk Unit has been beating it out at the Pizza Express as part of the Swedish Jazz Extravaganza, is well known in international jazz circles, having played with pianist Herbie Hancock and trombonist Kai Winding. On the pop scene, he has recorded with Abba. Since 1982, he has been mixing jazz with soul and R&B with his Funk ...

... Glitz, Blitz and Seventies Hitz London Palladium/Touring With the trend for nostalgia seemingly unabated, a number of package tours are making the rounds in an attempt to satiate the thirst for past hitmakers strutting their stuff. Here, we had three acts concentrating on those heady days of the seventies when Glam Rock ruled the roost. First up were the Rubettes famous for their flat caps ...

... Jory, Jory hallelujah! Borderline/Touring Sarah Jory Having been the recipient of a British Country Music Award and nominated for another one this year, Sarah Jory is clearly considered to be a leading light of her chosen genre. At this cosy, cavern-like venue, a sizeable gathering greeted her appearance, together with her band, comprising piano, bass, drums, lead and rhythm guitars. Initially ...

... New Act of the Year Hackney Empire It is one thing getting laughs down the boozer, but quite another getting them in front of fairly full auditorium. Some 150 acts had tried for giggles during qualifying heats at the local Samuel Pepys pub and for the prize of a spot in the New Act of the Year final at the Hackney Empire. A bit of a poi soned comedic chalice for new comers maybe, but names of ...

... The Chuckle Brothers: In Trouble at Sea Basingstoke/Touring Paul and Barry (aka the Chuckle Brothers) have an act that relies almost entirely on old pantomime and music hall routines with a good smattering of circus slapstick. It is ideal for the five-KHiinfryear-olds at whom the show is targeted, and, even better, their BBC Television programmes Chucklevision and To Me to You, have made the ...

... The Nualas Drill Hall Girl power has been infiltrating the West End lately, albeit in a limited way. In addition to Fascinating Aida's latest show, here Irish female trio The Nualas appeared in a vision of pink felt (dresses) and white plastic (platforms). The Nualas have gained a certain reputation as comedi ennes in the UK, thanks to suc cessful appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe ...

... Snowshow was short on magic Piccadilly Slava's Snowshow It seems strange, when you have something special up your sleeve, to give the game away. You know that Slava's Snowshow must concern snow, but with much of theatre ankle-deep in paper flakes on arrival, the element of surprise is eliminated. Added to this, the foyer warnings about the ends of both halves are a real swiz. I mean angel hair ...