... A WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT IN SOUTHAMPTON THE COMBINED talents of many national and international artists covering a vast field of entertainment have been brought together by City Arts Administrator, Will Weston, for Southampton City Council's Leisure Services Department to tultil an Autumn ana winter programme at the Guildhall and Art Gallery which plans to set new standards and satisfy ...

... ABSA awards number 6,000 By PHIL GIBBY Applications to the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts have passed the 6,000 mark, and, according to the latest figures, the scheme has now raised £115 million for the arts since it began. ABSA's director-general Colin Tweedy praised the news as yet another milestone in the history of the Pairing Scheme which uses govern ment funds to ...

... Plaque remedy One of Britain's finest actors Trevor Howard died in 1988. Isn't it time a plaque was unveiled in his memory at the Actors' Church in Covent Garden? Will the powers that be do something to remedy this, as this great actor was never honoured in any way when he was alive0 Shirley Wayne Alexandra Court The Esplanade Penarth LETTERS ...

... Variety members in subs protest By PHIL GIBBY VARIETY Variety members arc starting a campaign to pay their subscriptions on a three monthly basis rather than a year at a time, The Stage has learned. The move, which will i anger treasurer Michael i Cashman and damage Equity's cashflow position, is seen I as the latest sign that the i variety wing is considering plans to secede from the union i ...

... Men behaving madly makes audience leer Tabard Fellow fans of Eurotrash will be familiar with the Iron John phenomenon. You know the sort of thing man grows beard, man goes into forest, man takes off clothes, man bonds and howls with other men, man discovers 'inner man'. Nothing new there of course. That sort of thing has been going on for years on Hampstead Common, long before a wrinkly ...

... Diversions move prompts concern BY JEREMY AUSTIN Diversions is greeting its appointment as the dance company for Wales with cautious optimism after it was revealed that its move into the Welsh Millennium Centre would double its operational costs. The Arts Council of Wales, which granted £8 million to the centre in November, has said it will keep a close eye on all the companies associated with ...

... Staying in tune with the times Sex, drugs and theme tunes do not have quite the same ring to them as the famous Ian Dury and the Blockheads sons. But it seems that in an attempt to get a bit of kudos, telly companies are signing up bands to write theme tunes for them. Thus we have Blur recording the ditty that introduces new BBC2 sitcom Sunnyside Farm, Jamiroquai penning the sounds for the new ...

... Not all in the best possible taste, David And the winner this week of the Tasteless Comment trophy is BBC broadcast director of strategy and channel development David Docherty. In an impassioned speech to the Royal Television Society, David made this analogy: Bad research is to innovation what the AIDS virus is to the immune system. ...

... Withdrawal symptoms I HEAR the new-found reverence for our beloved leader is catching on more slowly among regional theatregoers than their London counterparts. Last week, London producer Robert Fox decided to close his West End pro duction of Anyone for Denis? because bookings slumped radically when the ironmongery started to fly in the South Atlantic. With the Prime Minister firm ly in ...

... C5's cost-cutting technique is So how are you enjoying Channel 5? Have you returned to the other four channels yet? Well let's admit it. C5's budgets make Neighbours look like a Hollywood blockbuster. Even C5 producer Mai T m-getting-known-as-Mr- Cheap' Young has com mented on how low-budget much of its schedule is. But we should have known what to expect after his performance at the ...

... Cash victory for carpenter By TARA CONLAN A carpenter who was injured when he was crushed by scenery while working on West End show Blood Brothers has won £100,000 compensation. And in another victory for BECTU, a Royal Opera House stage technician who was hurt by a brake clip has won a total of £23,400. The accident on Blood Brothers when it ran at the Albery theatre left the carpenter with a ...

... LWT note sparks benefit alert BY STAGE REPORTER Television performers working for LWT are being warned by Equity that they could lose out on benefits if they sign forms declaring themselves to be self-employed. The broadcaster has written to all the artists it hires, asking them how they wish to be classified for work purposes.- Equity's response will sur prise many actors because the LWT ...