... King's reign is everlasting Glasgow Elvis 2000 It's a slightly unsavoury concept- Elvis Presley 'live' in concert more than two decades after this death. But this is a rock'n'roll resurrection that the faithful have been praying for for years. The SECC audience ranging from wide-eyed toddlers to old rockers, with the inevitable rhinestone cowboys in between greets the sight of Elvis with bone ...

... Madama Butterfly Glasgow Scottish Opera really are a bunch of heartbreakers. This new production at the Theatre Royal looks deep into the culture clash that lies at the core of this tragedy, and it does so with unflinching directness. The result is very theatrical and heightens the emotional impact to nigh-unbearable levels without ever stepping over the boundary into melodrama. Director David ...

... That's Entertainment 2000 Weymouth Weymouth Pavilion's summer show is among the best seen along this coast in recent decades. Cnsply directed by Frank Woodruff, it replicates the format of 40 years ago with three star names heading a strong supporting company. On stage throughout is Anthony English's accomplished five-piece band; there are the four excellent Showtime dancers choreographed by ...

... Roberto Alagna/Angela Gheorghiu Royal Opera House Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna ended this joint recital singing Christmas encores, she a touchingly simple Romanian carol, unaccompanied and phrased with a natural purity of line, he Petit Papa Noel, whose first half he delivered with tonal bloom and a Gallic lightness. They were a reminder of the duo's natural voices especially of ...

... Der Protagonist/ Royal Palace Barbican Hall Opening operatic offering in this venue's Kurt Weill celebration, Berlin to Broadway, was a double bill, the second part of which was a UK Dremiera. Der Protagonist (1924-5) is a PagliaccHike tale motored by a fierce Hindemithian drive, though harmonic succulence pervades the Protagonist's first faintly incestuous exchange with his sister. The ...

... Cheryl Robinson Blackpool Birmingharrvbased singing star Cheryl Robinson has been working through the summer season in various Pontin's Holiday Centres. Here in Blackpool, she looked elegant and stylish in a superbly tailored purple trouser suit. A most natural entertainer, she has only just turned pro, after years of plodding around the talent contest circuit. Her choice of opening num ber, ...

... The Nualas- The Big Shiny Dress Tour Lyric, Hammersmith This comic Irish singing trio offers a programme of songs satisfyingly rich in whimsy and madness. Highlights include an a cappella salute to the village idiot, a love song to Donald Sutherland (You're Canadian but you don't bore me at all), a dirge for ute lusi giunes ui iimu anu unm- polene and a rap song delight fully devoid of ...

... Bejart Ballet- Programme One Sadler's Wells Critics often complain that dance is all the same. Visit New York or Paris, and the same ballets are performed in pretty much the same way. But they need not worry. If the distinctive style of Maurice Bejart is anything to go by, national differences are alive and well and living in Lausanne. This 70-something choreo grapher has a reputation as a ...

... Closing event in style DAY TWO EVENING SESSION The final, longest and I would say strongest session kicked off with a great tribute to the Village People, and the seventies music scene in general, by South Wales group New Recruits. Dressed appropriately as sailor, construction worker, Indian (or, should one say. Native American) chief et al, they stormed their way through YMCA and In the ...

... Rhona Cameron Bloomsbury/Touring Fresh from her slightly disappointing, albeit mildly successful sitcom debut, Rhona Cameron has hit the gruelling touring road to play-- this evidence- to audiences comprised, for the large part, of her fellow gay women. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it is a little unfortunate given her attempts to break the lesbian comedienne tag, and when ...

... Chinese State Circus Purley/Touring After a two-year gap, the Chinese State Circus is back with a troupe from the Zheng Zhou province. Phillip Gandey is still the show's artistic director but now it is being toured by Cottle and Austen's European Entertainment Corporation. Near the start of its run, it does not look quite as slick as in previous years, but there is no disputing the wide ...

... Shaolin-Wheel of Life Dominion Like a kung-fu opera without song, the soldier monks of the Shaolin temple give a terrific showcase of agility and supreme dedication by performing choreographed martial arts in an apparently historical but decidedly empty spiritual context. Their origins are relayed by the Shaolin members aged seven to 70 themselves, and it is a near-biblical tale in its ...