... Snaps A £1 2,000 appeal has been launched to refurbish the Barn Theatre in the grounds of the Ellen Terry Museum at Smallhythe, Kent. The Barn, which closed in May, was given to the National Trust by the Victorian actress's daugh ter, Edith Craig, in 1929. Since then many of the country's leading acting names have appeared there. The public has only to raise half the money the National Trust ...

... BRICK Lane Music HaU in East London is staging its first ever Christmas pantomime. An adults only Dick Whittington opens on December 9. Christmas dinner will be served. JEAN Boht, Jeffrey Archer, Geraldine James and other stars of stage, screen and the music industry will be leading a 1 2-hour carol singing marathon on December 1 7 in aid of six charities including Music Therapy and Crusaid. ...

... TUES, NOV 24 FOOD GUIDE Angha food series, regional only (7.30 8.00 pm) Presenters: Kay Avila, Patrick Anthony, Denis Curtis. WED, NOV 25 STAGE TWO Central music series, regional only (3.40 am) Producer/director: Duncan Smith. FRI, NOV 27 FRAMED Angha four-pan thriller for ITV network (9.00 10.00 pm) Cast includes: Timothy Dalton. Writer: Lynda La Plante. CHWARTER CALL S4C informa tion series ...

... SCOTTISH Arts Council has announced a 2.1 per cent increase in grants for 1993-4. The rise is just above the govern ment's grant to the Arts Council. Administrative overheads are being pegged to an increase of 1.5 per cent, in keeping with other funding bod ies. PUB Theatre Network has moved to Battcrsea District Library, 265 Lavender Hill, London SW1 1 New contact is Samantha Dixon on 071 223 ...

... MALE revue, Adonis, is back in Britain next month with a new cos mopolitan line-up of per formers. The former Men of Hollywood have re-styled themselves Men Of The World and arrive for a ten-day run at the Shaw Theatre on March 1 1 followed by an eight-week tour of the UK regions before jetting off around Europe. BILL Lc Sage, Kenny Baker, Don Lusher and Tommy Whittle are lined up to play a ...

... liLINT, the association for gays and lesbians in theatre, is holding three seminars at Riverside Studios in Hammer smith on February 27 from 2 to 6 pm. Pam Clements will be in con versation with Cherry Smyth and panellists including Philip Hedley, Stephen Daldry, Carole Woddis, Neil Bartlett and Nick de Jongh. The programme is assisted by Gay Sweatshop. HACKNEY Empire is cele brating ...

... Snaps RETURNING after 17 years in North America, l-ong John Baldry begins a tour of The Real Rhythm and Blues Road Show at the Stables, Wavendon on February 26, co-starring with Chicago blues singer Angela Brown and backed by the Bluesicians, led by Keith Smith. Presented by the St Louis Blues Production Company, it also visits Walthamstow, Brighton, Swindon, Nottingham, Bolton, Southampton, ...

... THURS, FEB 25 ON THE LEDGE by Alan Bleasdale. Playhouse, Nottingham to March 20. Management: Royal National Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse. Cast: Mark McGann, Gary Olsen, David Ross, Jimmy Mulville, Dearbhla Molloy, Christopher Ryan, Alan Igbon, Jacob Abraham, Paul Broughton. Director: Robin Lefevre. Designer: William Dudley. Lighting: Nick Chelton. Press: Judith Owen, 0602 470882. THE MAGIC ...

... SUN, MARCH 24 SUPERDOGS BBC1 dogs series (5.10 -5.50 pm) Presenter: Peter Purves. THAT WEEK IN JERUSALEM BBC 1 seven-part daily series for Holy Week (10.50- 11.05 pm) Production company: BBC and CTVC. Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Maggie Steed, Bruce Alexander, Clive Merrison, David de Keyscr, Oliver Cotton, Paul Kember. Director: Ronald Eyre. MON, MARCH 25 TURNABOUT BBC1 word game (1.50 -2.15 pm) ...

... IOUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Hi* Majesty'* Pinocchio ALDERSHOT Princa* Hall Mr Spoon On Button Moon (5-6) AYR Qawty Orpheus and Eurydice (4-6) BAGNOR Watarmill Thaatra Good Morning Bill to April 27th BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd An Enamy Of Tha People BARNET OM Bull Arts Centra Faith Hope And Charity (4-6) BASINGSTOKE Haymarfcet Thaatra Uncle Vanya BASILDON Towngate The Gang Show BATH Thaatra Royal The ...

... THURS,JUNE9 THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN by Janacek. Coliseum. Management: English National Opera. Cast in cludes: Anne Dawson, Rita Cullis, Norman Bailey, Terry Jenkins, John Tranter, Alan Woodrow, Alastair Miles, Arwel Huw Morgan. Conduc tor: Mark Elder. Producer: David Pountney. Designer: Maria Bjorn- son. Choreography: Stuart Hopps. Lighting: Chris Ellis. Press: Jane Livingston, 836 0111. ...

... JOHN WOOD returns to the Royal Shakespeare, Stratford- upon-Avon after nearly 16 years to play Prospero in Nicholas Hytner's production of The Tempest, open ing on July 12. In other leading rofet are Duncan Bell, John Kane, James Purefoy and Melanie Thaw. MICKEY ROONEY and Ann Miller appear at last in the Broadway hit Sugar Babies, opening at the Savoy on August 31, presented by David Martin ...