... CLUBS EDINBURGH Stand Tim Vine (28-29) LONDON Pizza Express Mose Allison Quartet featuring Jim Mullen Pbza on the Park Curtain Upl (Light the Lights) Ronnie Scott's Barbara Morrison plus Dale Barlow Quartet Up the Creek Omid Djabli (28-29) ...

... the visual directorv of linhf entertain merit Who's Where SUNDAY, JAN 23 SATURDAY, JAN 29 The following artists, listed in '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 '99. Showcall artists can also be found on the Internet at: www.showcall.co.uk/diary JON ANTON ...

... Highlights of the Shakespeare's Globe's 2000 theatre season, announced this week, include Vanessa Redgrave in the role of Prospero in the Bard's The Tempest, Mark Rylance in the title role of Hamlet, a production of the Shakespeare/John Fletcher Jacobean play The Two Noble Kinsmen and the comedy The Antipodes by Richard Brome, Ben Jonson's manservant. The season, running from May 12-September ...

... SNAPS William Burdett-Coutts. Assembly Theatre artistic director, has revealed that he may not be able to raise sufficient sponsorship in time for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, even if the city council permits him to run the Assembly Rooms. The local authority recreation committee will consider all options next Monday after the tendering process for management was suspended as a result of a ...

... SNAPS Jazz FM has received a 'yellow card' from the Radio Authority. The watchdog issued the warning to the radio station, which may lead to regulatory action at a later date, after listeners objected to the amount of modern jazz it broadcasts. But while the authority will continue to monitor the station, it said that at present it did not feel that jazz fans are currently being ...

... NEW SERIES THURS, FEB 3 The Peter Principle BBC1 comedy series (9.30 10pm) Production company: Hat Trick. Cast includes: Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Beverley Callard. Writers: Mark Burton. John O'Farrell, Dan Patterson. Producer: Dan Patterson. Director: Nick Wood. Jack Dee's Full Mountle BBC1 comedy series (10.30 11pm) Writer: Jack Dee. Series producer: Myfanwy Moore. FRI, FEB 4 True BBC ...

... Danny Brown, star of the Channel 4 show Dishes, tours during February with his standup show, starting at the Komedia. Brighton, on February 8. Supported by Gavin Webster, tour dates are: Coventry Warwick Arts Centre (10). Hemel Hempstead Old Town Hall (11). Liverpool Neptune (12). Leicester Venue 27 (14), Bath Fez Club (15). London Cosmic Comedy Club (17). Leeds City Varieties (18). Derby ...

... American Buffalo, by David Mamet. Donmar Warehouse. Earlham Street WC2 to February 26. Management: Atlantic Theatre Company. Cast: Philip Baker Hall. William H Macy. Mark Webber. Director: Neil Pepe. Designer: Kevin Rigdon. Costumes: Laura Bauer. Lighting: Howard Werner. Press: Joy Sapieka. 020 7586 3100. The Fell of the House of Usher, by Edgar Allan Poe. adapted by Stephen Berkoff. Oval ...

... ABERDEEN HI* Majesty's Boogie Nights BARNSTAPLE Quern's Elkie Brooks (8-9) BASINGSTOKE llajmaHnt. Deadly Manoeuvres BATH Theatre Royal Fascinating Aida: Bare Faced Chic! (6-7): Some Explicit Polaroids Theatia Royal, Ustinov Studto The Brain BELFAST Chew School Piu Mosso Circus Dance Theatre (10-12) Grand Opara Houaa Rash Harry 112-13) Lyric On McQuillan's Hill BIRMINGHAM MManda Art* Contra ...

... SNAPS Peter Boyden Associates' review into English regional producing theatres received an enthusiastic response at last week's meeting of north west venue managers. The review has been designed to provide the basis for debate about a national policy across the country's producing venues. A second stage will establish principles for the development of policies for the Arts Council of England ...

... As announced in last week's paper. Ian McShane will star as Dam/I van Home in Cameron Mackintosh's new comedy musical The Witches of Eastwick. opening on July 18 at London's Theatre Royal. Drury Lane. The production marks McShane s return to the West End after a 30-year absence and is also his musical debut. The show, by John Dempsey and Dana P Rowe, based on the novel by John Updike and the ...

... SNAPS iimmmmmmm.. The House of Lords defeat of the Government's plans to reverse Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which bans the promotion of homosexuality in schools, will continue problems faced by theatre in education companies. Former director of the National Campaign for the Arts Jennifer Edwards said Section 28 made it difficult for TTEs to put on work by gay writers and explore ...