... ABERDEEN Hi* Majesty's Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell Lemon Trm Antigone (24-25) BAGNOR Watanntli The Prisoner of Zenda BARNSTAPLE Quean's Why Me? BASINGSTOKE Haymarket Perfect Days BELFAST Lyric Daaali (26-28) BEXHILL De U Warr Pavilion Hidden Laughter (26-28) BILLINGHAM Forum Pinocchio: A New Musical Adventure (27-28) BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Annie Repertory The Ramayana Repertory, Door Studio The ...

... Simon Callow continues to star in The Mystery of Charles Dickens which will transfer to the Albery Theatre on October 30. The show, by Peter Ackroyd. is booking to January 2001. Lyn Paul has returned to Willy TLjr CTA^C nTTADCD 4 CL OAT Russell's Blood Brothers, at the Phoenix Theatre, to play the role of Mrs Johnstone. The show, which is directed by Bob Tomson and now in its 12th year, has a ...

... --?Bam- t^^^^^^^^^^^-- Disney on Ice: Jungle Adventures. London Arena. Limeharbour E14 to October 29, then tour. Management: Feld Entertainment. Cast includes: Craig Horowitz. Robin Johnstone. Joel Mangs, Stephane Morel. Mark Naylor, Emrah Polatoglu, Lesley Rogers. Besarion Tsintsadze. Doug Barnhart. Andrew Jason Graetz. James Pieta, Maxim Katchanov. Director: Jerry Bilik. Choreographer: ...

... NEW SERIES WED, OCT 18 The Scarlet Pimpernel BBC1 three-part drama series (8.30 10pm) Production company: BBC Birmingham, London Rims, ABC Australia. Cast includes: Richard E Grant. Ronan Vibert, John McEnery, Emily Bruni, Nicholas Geeks. Stuart Bunce, Jonathan Coy, Bhasker Patel, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie, Joanna Roth, Anton Lesser, Jim Cartwright. Simon Williams, David Birkin, Caroline ...

... SNAPS Jenny Randerson's appoint ment as minister for culture, art and sport has been confirmed by Welsh first secretary Rhodri Morgan. The new portfolio, replacing the old title of minister for culture and education, was agreed in the terms of the Assembly's recent Lib/Lab pact. Randerson, who takes up the post with immediate effect, was Liberal Democrat spokeswoman for sport and the arts in ...

... SNAPS ArtswofW, the first digital channel devoted entirely to the arts, will launch on December 2 on its Sky digital platform with a special preview week end. The channel promises to feature music of all kinds as well as dance, drama, the visual arts, film and books. Lord Dubs, the popular former MP for Battersea, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Independent Television Commission. ...