... Invoice is a dirty word AT THE last Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the VAT threshold (the amount which you have to earn before you are forced to register for VAT) to £37,000. Those already istered can ae-register ii their turnover falls below around £34,000. If you con sider commissions only, most agents will be around or below this figure, and will be able to avoid getting ...

... THE HIT American show Forever Plaid, still playing in New York, with nine other productions currently in North America, opens at the Apollo. Shaftesbury Avenue on September 28, produced by Laurie Mansfield and John Craig. Written, directed and chore ographed by Stuart Ross, this homage to the four-part harmony groups of the fifties, features an all-American cast of Stan Chandler, David Engel. ...

... I THURS, AUG 12 THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder. Festival, Chichester to October 12, in repertoire. Cast: Prunella Scales, Isla Blair, Frank Lazarus, Stephen Simms, Tam Williams, Michael Charlesworth, Caroline Davenport. Beth Goddard, Maxine Howe, Michael G.Jones, Charmian May. Nathan Osgood, Edward Phillips, John Rogan. Director: Patrick Mason. Designer: Joe Vanek. Choreography: Terry John ...

... THURS, MARCH 6 LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Lud- wig. Globe. Management: Andrew Lloyd Webber for Really Useful Theatre Company. Cast: Dems Law- son, Jan Francis, Ronald Holgate, John Barron, Josephine Blake. Edward Hib- bert, Gwen Humble, Annabel Leven- ton. Director: David Gilmore. Desig ner: Terry Parsons. Lighting: Michael Northen. Press: Sue Hyman Associates Ltd, 485 8489. TALK OF THE DEVIL by ...

... SATELLITE UK GOLD TOP FIVE Millions Viewing 1 TOP OF THE POPS 0.24 2 TOP OF THE POPS 0.22 3 THE BILL 0.21 4 TOP OF THE POPS 0.19 4 TOP OF THE POPS 0.19 SKY 1 TOP FIVE 1 STAR TREK NXT GEN 1.03 2 SIMPSONS 0.89 3 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0 84 3 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.82 5 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.82 CHILDREN'S CHANNEL 1 DAVID THE GNOME 0.14 2 DAVID THE GNOME 0.11 3 CAPTAIN N 0.10 4 ONCE UPON/UFET1ME 0. 1 0 4 ...

... outoftqwn] ABERDEEN Arts Centre The White Bird Pastes (13.14. Theatre Workshop) His Majesty! The Lion. The Witch and The Wardrobe Vanessa Ford prods AVEMORE Avtwnor* Centra The Trampies/Paul Phillips (10.12) AYR Gaiety Spread A Little Happiness (from 1 1 RANCOR ThMtr Gwyiwdd A Taste of Honey Grapevine prods BAS&OON Towngata Greek (10-12. Fusion T/CI/Dance- world '86 (14,15) BASrNGSTOKE ...

... AN ANGRY fan of singing star Elaine Paige has accused the Piccadilly Theatre of missing out on sales for the performer's new show by fail- ing to keep its box office open at weekends. Hertfordshire woman Doreen Norman has made three expedi tions to the venue in order to buy scats for the production, Piaf. But each time she has turned up on Saturday the box office has boon closed and she has ...

... BERGEN Philharmonic Orchestra will be paying a return visit to the UK from March 1 5 to 24 per forming in eight centres in ten days, including Middlesborough, Inver ness, Newcastle, East bourne, Huddersfleld, Leeds, Northampton, and London's Barbican. The ensemble was found ed over 225 years ago with Norwegian compos er Joseph Haydn as prin cipal conductor. Dmitri Kitaenko will be conduct ing ...

... BOGNOR Regis Cham ber of Commerce is pro viding a welcome pack for foreign fools visiting the convention. Local traders are also pulling out all the stops to make them feel at home. Pubs are reported to be offer ing three-course meals for £1 to all clowns dressed in costume. CLOWNS will be celebrat ing Red Nose Day, Comic relief's charity fund-raising marathon tomorrow (Mar ch 15 with a ...

... Mdh:rkfrom Networks toSunday8' RegiOIlS February fireakfaSt The ratings are produced N ll M by AGB ...

... ABERDEEN _ Arts Centre Ruddigore (20-23, Aberdeen University) His Majesty's Scottish Opera (from 19) ABERYSTWYTH Theatr Y Werin Princess Ida (from 19) ASHTON-UNDER LYNE Tameside The Noreen Dickinson School of Dance (22,23) AYR Gaiety Oklahoma am BASILDON Towngate Women at Work A Festival of Entertainment by Women BATH Bath Technical College Wet Sheets (20-23, Natural T/C) Theatre Royal After ...

... Snaps THE BBC and ITV have reached an agreement for a complementary transmission schedule for this summer's foot ball World Cup in the US. The alternations agreement covers match es featuring the Republic of Ireland and six of the 14 days in the first phase of the tournament. TWO NEW live daily business programmes will be launched across Europe later this month by Financial Times Television, ...