... 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 ...

... II Barbiere de Siviglia Cardiff/Touring Giles Havergals 1986 production of Rossini's comic masterpiece for Welsh National Opera continues to wear well, its timely revival at the New bringing forth well-earned laughter and applause throughout. Commedia dell arte staging, designed by Russell Craig, has been meticulously reproduced with a rollicking sense of fun by Aidan Lang. There is much ...

... Diverse menu of fine acts Wimborne BFP Entertainments Scene Showcase 2000 This event at Cobham Sports and Social Club had been rescheduled from the autumn due to a fire. In truth one speculated whether it was still smouldering, for the temperature in the packed cabaret room was such that jackets were soon divested and programmes vigorously utilised as fans. Fortunately, discomfort was to be ...

... Hawthorn Entertainments Trecco Bay, Porthcawl Neville and Anita Williams, the principals of Hawthorn Entertainments, welcomed their many guests to the spacious surroundings of the Show Dome to see a selection of managed and touring artists. Compere Steve Saint really had the most difficult of tasks. The enormous audience was largely made up of revellers from the South Wales clubland fraternity ...

... Turandot Cardiff/Touring Visual and vocal, the impact of Christopher Alden's 1994 updating of this piece for Welsh National Opera ensured that it had to be revived. And it has been to even greater effect, bringing together the outstanding talents of Dennis O'Neill as Calaf and the thrilling Anna bnatajinskaya, making her British debut in the title role. The heroic warmth of the Prince ...

... Here Come the Girls Wakefield When this show was first staged, its premise was to feature cabaret spots from a female cast of Yorkshire performers. Since then, it has developed into a high quality presentation. Clubland star Michaela May, who is also commere for this evening at the Frobisher Suite in the Millhouse Complex, is the first of the cast of four onstage. She has a dramatic, throaty ...

... Ronnie Scott's Stacey Kent Relaxed and classy, vocalist Stacey Kent's approach is ideally suited to her favoured repertoire, which consists largely of classic vintage American songs. Her refined interpretations, backed by an equally stylish band, serve to illustrate both what an excellent voice she has and how good the standard of popular songwriting was in the twenties, thirties and ...

... An Evening of Dorothy Squires Her Majesty's Mike Terry, the late Dorothy Squires' pianist, hired this theatre at his own expense to present what was purported to be a tribute to the legendary singer on what would have been her 85th birthday. Terry himself occupied most of this one-off variety bill in more ways than one. By his own admission he is i a huge mountain of a man and as such ...

... Unspoken Glasgow The power of dance to weave new worlds has been harnessed beautifully by The X Factor's new work at the Tron. And it is a drowned world, full of liquid movement and cold regret. Choreographed and danced by X Factor founder Alan Greig and guest artist David Hughes, it is a rich and unforgettable work. Spoken text, devised by Greig with Derek McLuckie, reveals a story of ...

... Dogged look at life's lunacies BAC Dog John Hegley's latest one-man show is a mongrel affair of poetry, songs and stand-up. Although the linking theme is dogs, cat lovers should not be put off. It is true that canines feature strongly in most of the material, but Hegley's subject is really the eccentricities of human behaviour especially dog owners. The result is a frequently hilarious, ...

... Something Wonderful Wimbledon Theatre/ Touring Conceived by Walter Bobbie, director of the Broadway and West End revivals of Chicago, this classy musical celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein was entitled A Grand Night for Singing when it played Off-Broadway in 1993. Its current tour is headed by Liz Robertson and Dave Willetts, supported by Geoffrey Abbott, Louise Davidson and Shona ...

... Traditionally shipshape Savoy HMS Pinafore Gilbert and Sullivan operas seem better when staged in their original home in the Strand, possibly because audiences are more receptive there. This is certainly the case with Martin Duncan's production, beginning with the arrival of the tap-dancing crew, a blow to the traditionalists, perhaps, but well to the liking of the majority of the audience. ...