... The Village Fete SCARBOROUGH PETER Tinniswood's latest play, which had its world premiere at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, is a delightful piece of theatre, written in his own inimitable style, full of ...

... Romeo And Juliet BIRMINGHAM At the first schools matinee of Birmingham Royal Ballet's 'new' Romeo and Juliet--in Kenneth MacMillan's familiar 1965 Royal Ballet version, newly designed by Paul Andrews ...

... Making the connection Sadler's Wells La Fille Mal Gardee WITH the version of La Fille Mai Gardee shown by Ballet du Rhin, we find ourselves caught in a time-cycle in which both coincidence and com-mon ...

... Playing against the odds PETER HEPPLE on a charmingly youthful musical revival REGENT'S PARK Babes In Arms THE MOST interesting feature of the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms is in discovering ...

... The Met Season NEW YORK NUREYEV'S Paris Opera Ballet was at the Met, he was also at the State Theatre (with New York City Ballet) and on tour with his 'Friends', and the Opera's ballet students were a ...

... Ambition pays off in Hoffman's masterpiece ROH Tales Of Hoffman OFFENBACH'S 1860 masterpiece--his biggest and most ambitious stage work--follows previous work based upon Hoffman's stories. Here the pr ...

... English National Ballet Triple bill COLISEUM ENGLISH National Ballet may be a company reborn under the directorship of Ivan Nagy but, to judge from the poor attendance at the Coliseum last week, it is ...

... Hello and Goodbye ALMEIDA ATHOL Fugard said the two characters in this play, Hester (Estelle Kohler) and Johnnie (Antony Sher) would be an expression of moods and moments of beauty. Indeed Fugard's ...

... When seeing is believing Paul Chand sees a radio play successfully reincarnated on the London stage KINGS HEAD Artists Descending a Staircase IN STOPPARD'S fizzy, elegantly written radio play, now bro ...

... The Rivals HEVER JUDGING by his previous forays into Kent Rep, Ramsay Gilderdale's name signifies a joyous flamboyancy which is not as apparent in his production of Sheridan's The Rivals as it has bee ...

... Don-ing an ideal accent PETER HEPPLE sees Liverpool meet Naples LYTTELTON Napoli Milionaria IT HAS taken the National a long time to find another play by Eduardo de Filippo to follow Saturday, Sunday, ...

... Magic Box BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE THIS apparently aimless and artless short dialogue, written by Bertie, who plays the role of a cross-drcsser Claire, has something of the charm of an early hand-held ca ...