... Harry Dawson HARRY DAWSON, the agent and manager, died from a heart attack following a game of tennis last Sun day. He was 58. A longer obituary will appear in our next issue. ...

... Marsh memorial A CHOIR made up of members of the Concert Artistes Association and the Savage Club sang finely at the memorial service for Gordon Mush at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden on October 27. Rev. John Arrowsmith conducted the service, Jack Crosbie read the lesson and there was a warm tribute by John Wade. Afterwards, Gordon's friends and family were entertained to lunch at the CAA. ...

... Kettle leading dance DANCE UMBRELLA Dancework/Spiral IT HAS to be acknowledged that the British are not so far making much impact in the Dance Umbrella. Their performances are honourable and courageous--but what price courage if enterprise and dynamism are missing, and with both Dancework and Spiral the early spark was wavering. Dancework (Almeida) did, however, have a striking gimmick, in the ...

... Magdelena's amazing leap to the top of the world By ELIZABETH SWIFT THE GIRL whose dreams of becoming an Olympic gymnast were shattered when her coaches announced she was too small, has just leapt to stardom as a circus acrobat by breaking an astonishing world record. Magdelena Milosheva, aged 13, stun ned crowds at Blackpool Tower Circus, when she somersaulted from a springboard on to the top ...

... Angel employee cleared of arson charge THE production controller accused of starting the fire which caused thousands of pounds to top theatrical costumier Morris Angel has been cleared of the charge by a jury at Southwark Crown Court. Angel employee Aiden Heed, 34, was arrested in 1989 soon after the blaze swept through the firm's West End premises. Only a day before the incident he told his ...

... Paget Rooms face new improvements PENARTH Town Councillors want to carry out improvements costing an estimated £2 1 ,000 at the council-owned Paget Rooms, which are used regularly for all types of live entertainment. Town Clerk Edward Vick told the Properties, Leisure and Amenities committee that proposed improve ments to the ladies' toilets would cost £1 1,000 and to the gents' toilets £9,000 ...

... to Judy Garland. Agent Norma Kinsella is offering three pairs of tickets for any of the remaining dates on Jeanette's tour plus six promotional T- shirts. The prizes will go to the first three correct answers to the fol lowing questions: ?Who played Judy Garland in the West End production at the Strand Theatre based on the performer's life? ?Judy Garland's best known husband was producer ...

... In search of one's better self SYDNEY Money And Friends A NEW Williamson is always a good indication of where lie this country's morals, and how seriously we should take the playwright's strictures upon them. After battling with drugs and lawyers in the eighties, David William son's last play, Siren, simply threw up its hands and admitted that we might as well laugh at a greed that had got out ...

... Romeo Et Juliette PARIS LYON Opera Ballet's contemporary reworking of a classic piece, Romeo et Juliette, aimed primarily to highlight the contrast between two societies, by way of costume, music and principally, movement. Angelin Preliocaj, the choreographer, took ples from George Orwell's works to recreate the theme of a totali tarian militia which maintains a social hierarchy over an ...

... Hay Fever MELBOURNE THERE was a time, I recall, when Australian actors, called upon to portray an Australian character, were terribly self-conscious and most unconvincing. Now, many years later, the pendulum has completely swung the other way and they are frequently far from convincing when called upon to play an English character. Never was this more apparent than in the Melbourne Theatre ...

... Goodbye to a life of gaiety AN ALL-star cast came together-in Ayr last week to say goodbye to Jim Ramage, house manager of the town's Gaiety Theatre since 1974, who officially retired from the business on January 27. Prominent among the well wishers were top variety artists Johnny Beanie, Clark and Murray, and Jack Milroy, for the Gaiety can claim to be the only theatre in Scotland, outside of ...

... Cuban Town And Country club night MAKING their first appearance in Britain, Celina Gonzalez and Gru- po Campo Alegre, specialists in Cuban country music musica campesina started an Arts Worldwide tour at the Town And Country Club, Kentish Town on January 22. They finish, on January 30, with another date, at Hackney Empire. In between they visit Moseley Dance Centre, Birmingham, the Leadmill, ...