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THE GUARDIAN Wednesday June 7 1989 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 45 Win tickets to the Nijinsky Charity Gala Kate Whiteford: at Marlene Eleini; see Critics' choice Bright and gloomy THE Guardian's daily nUrtsIn-mants guida la supplied by Uatings Limit. All information for Inclusion should ba aanl to Listings Umltad, 1 7 Bar nora SI, London W1P 3DD (01-323 2101). Different oatagor.es are highlighted in full each day along with a selection of other events! Monday Highlights of the Weak and forthcoming events; Tuesday Classical muslcOperai Wednesday Visual ArtsOance! Thursday Cinema Friday Theatre Bock JazzCabaret (on two pages); Saturday Weekend events. Vlaual Arte listing, Charles Hall; Dane listings, Claudia Stumpfl. THIS year sees the centenary of the birth of the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.

The Guardian is offering two tickets valued at 30 each to a spectacular Nijinsky Charity Gala at the London Palladium on June 10, with proceeds going to Living Earth, a new environmental charity working to protect the rainforests. Stars from the Bolshoi, including prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, the New York City Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet, will appear in this evocation of Nijinsky 's most famous performances. To win a pair of tickets simply ring 01-402 2334 today between 12.00 and 1.00pm Nijinsky as Petrouchka: win tickets to the charity gala Tim Hilton fe Jj 1 1 Spilliaert, 1913: at the new fcntwlustle gallery row evening and next Monday. Egyptian dance, music and song are featured at the Almeida next Monday and on June 15 when the gifted Sur-aya Hilal and her dancers join forces with Les Musi-ciens du Nil. Box office 01-359 4404.

Channel 4 on Sunday shows the first work made specially for television by the Royal Ballet's talented young choreographer and dancer Ashley Page. Don't miss it. See listings for details IT was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Critics' choice that the Exeter Cathedral Choir were appearing with John Williams at the Exeter Festival. It is the Wells Cathedral Choir which is accompanying Williams in The Plague And The Moonflower. Chloe, Prince Igor; Carnaval.

2 Which of these foods does not owe its origin to the rainforest? Chocolate; coffee; pineapples; coca cola; dates; chewing gum. Tickets can be bought on 01-437 7373 it also has to be said that Dylan has been coasting for a few years. Nonetheless, there is still a considerable residual audience for his plaintive ramblings and classics will be demanded and no doubt delivered. National auusMoon Centra (021-780 4133) 8.00. 15.

BRIGHTON THE GO BBTWEENS Literate, melodic Australian rockers fresh from a sell-out US tour. The Zap Cfcib Kings Rd Arches (0273-821588) 8.00, 5. HULL LOVE AND MONEY Scotland's Love And Money strive to promote their recent album, Strange Kind of Love, which saw them bridging the gap between expansive West Coast rock and gritty folk styles. The show will open with an acoustic set before the band go electric. Middle ton MaH Hull University (0482-466 279) 8.00.

ring for prices. LIVERPOOL THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH Low-key return to live work from ex-members of The HousemartJns. Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, promoting their new single, Song For Whoever. Bkiecoat Arta Centra Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane (051-709 5297) 8.00, 5. IAN SHAW AND HIS TRIO Powerful singer recently found in the company of Carol Grimes and Lol Coxhill.

Jazz Cafe 56 Newington Green N16 (01-359 4936) 7.00. 3, cones 2. Bus: 73141171a. IRAKERBVRONNIE SCOTT3 QUINTET Every night's a party with Chucho Valdes's passionately danceable Cuban progressives, here on one of their immensely popular and extended stays. Sax-wielding boss sees out the remaining sessions.

Ronnie Scott's 47 Frith street W1 (01-439 0747) 8.30, E10-E12, mems E2-E6. Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Outside London CARDIFF DAVID MURRAY TRIO Tenor saxman aligned with the free jazz school, now working with more structured frameworks in the company of bassist Fred Hopkins and drummer Ralph Peterson Jnr. Four Bars Inn Castle St (0222-374962) 8.30, 7, cones 6. CHRISTCHURCH BARNEY KESSEL Oklahoma's favourite guitar-picker since Charlie Christian, with a fluent, blue-toned style which is too conservative and understated for some.

Resent Centre High Street (0202-479819) 7.30, ring for ticket availability. GLASOOW HUGH FRASSH QUINTET Young, passionate Canadian piano and trombone player, hot on rhythm and improvisation. Society of Musicians Berkeley Street (041-221 6112) 7.30, E1. NOTTINGHAM AnOUELLES Brothers Steve and Julian Ar-guelles dabble in Astor Piazzola's new tangorumba territory, with Mick Hutton (bass), Stuart Hall (violin and guitar) and Kim Burton (accordion) strutting and dipping accordingly. Old Vie Fletchergate (0602-419741) 7.30.

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Money-Una. 4V30 8JJ News Updato. with the answers to the two questions below: 1 Which of these ballets did Nijinsky dance only once? Le Spectre de la Rose; Apres midi d'un faune; Scheherazade; Sleeping Beauty; Les Sylphides; Daphnis (01-638 8891) 7.45, E4-E14. Tube: MoorgateBarbican. Outside London BATH BATH FESTIVAL Peter Hurford gives a lunchtime recital in Bath Abbey; the evening choices are between the Philhar-monia Quartet of Berlin (four leading players from the BPO) playing Mozart's Adagio and Fugue in minor, Schumann's Quartet in A and Beethoven's Quartet in flat Op 127, and a guitar recital by David Tanenbaum.

Tanenbaum has a close association with Hans Wemer Henze, represented in the programme along with Maxwell Davies, but his repertoire also reaches back to Bach, Scarlatti and Dowland. Festival Box Office Plerreoolnt Place (0225-463362466411) Bath Abbey 1.00; Christ Church 7.30 (Berliners): Michael Tippett Centre 7.30 (Tanenbaum), 3.50 (lunchtime), E3-E9 (Berliners), 5 (Tanenbaum). NOTTINGHAM BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRADAVIS Third in the series of concerts following the Nottingham Festival's question-mark theme Hope and British Art 1880-1915. Andrew Davis conducts Delius's Brigg Fair, Vaughan Williams's On Wenlock Edge (in the orchestral version, with tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson) and Elgar's Second Symphony. Nottingham Royal Concert Han Royal Centre, South Sherwood Street (0602-482626) 7.30, E1.50-E8.50.

HOUSE OF LOVE Independent critics' choice of last year, the House Of Love's first major label single. Never, marked their shift to aspiring stadium status. Guy Chadwick's lovelorn romanticism remains, but now backed by chunks of neo-metallic rock guitar. ICA The Mall SW1 (01-930 3847) 7.30, sold out. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.

LONDONBEATft AVIA Sweet, grainy soul harmonisers promote their new single Falling In Love Again, supported by theatrical Soviet rockers, here for an extended stay after French dates fell through. The Marquaa 105 Charing Cross Road WC2 (01-437 6603) 8.00, 5. Tube: Tottenham Court Road. LOU REED First UK dates in some time for the ultimate chronicler of New York lowlife. Reed's most recent album, named after the city he calls home is a more mature affair, taking on board wider themes of ecology and world politics, though still backed by that distinct minimal guitar.

Palladium Argyll Street W1 (01-437 73734) 7.30. E12.50-E15. Tube: Oxford Circus. REMMVONOALAbORCHESTRE SUPER MATiMILA Tanzanian rumba dance band led by the enigmatic Ongala's searing vocals, and insistent percussion. TAC2 2022 Highbury Comer N5 (01-700 5716) 7.30, 6.

Tube: Highbury Islington. Outside London BIRMINGHAM BOB DVLANEDIE BRICKELL A THE NEW BOHEMIANS Unquestionably one of the most influential figures of modem music, Sky Movies Astra19 2EV11.550 GHz 4.00 pm The Phantom KM (19S3): A western lamily adventure where all the cowboys are children. Starring Michael Tough. Susan Stacey. Jeremey Kaplan.

Kelly Frost. 0.O Tarka the Oner Superior tale ot life, cruelty and death in a Devon river: with Peter Bennet. Edward Under-down. Spade (the otter) and Boatman (the dog). a.O Wlntarhawk.

(1976) Well-meaning but violent tale ol an Indian brave (Michael Danle) who seeks smallpox serum for his people from the While men of Montana, is betrayed and attacked, kidnaps two white children, and Is pursued to a dramatic conclusion. With Leif Enkson, Woody Strode, Denver Pyle. 1O0 The Falcon and the Snowman (1985). John Schlesinger directed this true story about two middle-class teenagers (Timothy Hut-ton and Sean Penn) who sol) secrets to the Russians. With David Suchet and Lori Singer.

12.15 Unholy Rogers (1972): Bored In her factory job, Karen walks oft the production line and into the Avengers, a team ot women who play a violent roller-derby sport. Starring Claudia Jennings. Louis Quinn. Betty Ann Rees. Shy Channel Astra19.2'EtV11.318 GHz 0.0 am DJ Kat.

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630 EjtaMtaJnment Tonight, mm i JOHN D. EDWARDS: PAINTINGS SCULPTURE Formally resourceful work of deceptive simplicity and charm. Odette Gilbert Oallcry Cork Street W1 (01-437 3175) Mon-Fri 9.30-6.00, Sat 10.00-1.00 (until July 1), free. Tube: Green Park. JONATHAN QIBBS Hints of figuration in Gibbs's subtle pastels, charcoals and oils.

Curwsn Gallery Windmill Street W1 (01-636 1459) Mon-Fri 10.00-5.30, Sat 10.30-1.00 (until July 7), free. Tube: Tottenham Court RoadGoodge Street. KATE WHITEFORD See Critics' Choice. Mariana Eleini Gallery New Bond Street W1 (01-408 0138) Mon-Fri 10.00-6.00 (until July 31st), tree. Tube: Bond Street.

ART IN LATIN AMERICA Much that is good and unfamiliar in this introductory survey of Latin American art. Hayward Qallry Belvedere Road SE1 (01-261 0127928 3002) Mon-Wod 10.00-8.00. Thur-Sat 10.00-6.00. Sun 12.00-6.00 (until July 6), 4, cones 2. TubeBR: Waterloo.

LEON SPILLIAERT See Critics' Choice. Entwlstla Canary Old Bond Street W1 (01-409 3484) Mon-Fri 10.00-5.30 (until July 14), free. Tube: Bond Street. MARQARET PRIEST: RECENT WORK Recent spirit-of-place architectural and interior studies, mostly executed in pencil on hand-made paper during a recent spell in North America. Albemarle Gallery Albemarle Street W1 (01-355 1880) Mon-Fri 10.00-5.00.

Sat 11.00-1.00 (until June 30). free. Tube: Green Park. MICHAEL PEEL: SUBJECT TOOF CONDITIONS See Critics' Choice. Watarmana Brentford High Street (01-568 1176) Mon-Fri 11.00-8.30.

Sat 10.00-9.00. Sun 12.00-9.00 (until July 2), free. BR: Kew Bridge. ONE SPIRIT: ARTISTS AQAINST RACISM Twelve pieces by Juginda Lamba, including The Cry, carved from the timber of a slave-ship, together with polemic batik and photomontage by Shaheen Merali, and work by Gavin Jantjes, Jenny McKenzie, Symrath Patti. 108 Gallery Railton Road SE24 (01-978 8309) Tue-Sat 10.00-7.30 (until July 8), free.

BR: Heme HillTube: Brixton. OPEN ART EXHIBITION See Critics' Choice. Woodland. Art Oallcry Mycenae Road SE3 (01-858 4631) Mon-Fri 10.00-7.30. (closed Wed) Sat 10.00-6.00.

Sun 2.00-6.00 (until June 27), free. BR: Westcombe Park. PHILIP SUTTON: RECENT PAINTINGS Boldly coloured landsapes and architectural studies executed with warmth and panache. Philip Sutton Soudan RoadSWH (01-622 2647) Mon-Sun 11.00-6.00 (until Sunday), free. BR: Queenstown Rd.

RICHARD WENTWORTH See Critics' Choice. Lisson Gallery Lisson Street NW1 (01-724 2739) Mon-Fri 10.00-6.00, Sat 10.00-1.00 (until July 1), free. Tube: Edgware Road. ROVAL COLLEGE OF ART DEGREE SHOWS The work that some of the country's most promising artists most want you to see. Royal College of Art Kensington Gore SW7 (01-584 5020 ext 324325) Mon-Sun 10.00-6.00 (until June 17), tree.

Tube: South KensingtonHigh Street Kensington. WORK: PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRIAN GRIFFIN Corporate Britain as seen through the lense of photographer Griffin. A Stills Gallery. Edinburgh, tourer. National Portrait Gallery St Martin's Place WC2 (01-930 1552) Mon-Fri 10.00-5.00, Sat 10.00-6.00, Sun 2.00-6.00 (until June 25), tree.

Tube: Charing CrossLeicester Square. VINO VEUNQ LI: HANDBUILT POTS Generously glazed, full-bodied but delicate vessels. Mlchaelson and Oriont Portobello Road W10 (01-969 4119) Tue-Sat 10.30-5.30 (until July 1). free. Tube: Ladbroke GroveWestbourne Park.

Outside London BRIOHTOH ELIZABETH BLACKADDER Paintings, drawings and prints. Gardner Arta Centra University of Sussex, Falmer (0273-685861) Mon-Sat 10 (until July 1). free. CARDIFF CELTIC LIGHT Photographs of the landscape of Wales and Ireland by Pete Davis, best known for his show "Great Little Tin Sheds of Wales." The Ffoto Gallery Charles Street (0222-41667) Tue-Sat 10.00-5.00 (until July 12). Iree.

COLCHESTER MAGICAL PROPERTIES Books, photographs and objects associated with the history and culture of magic. University Gallery. University of Essex Wivenhoe Park (0206-873260) Mon-Fri 11.00-5.00 (not Tue), Sat 2.00-4.30 (until July 14), free. EDINBURGH ANNE DEVINEl SONOS WITHOUT WORDS Richly coloured figurative and landscape studies deriving from a visit to India. Netharbow High Street (031-556 9579) Mon-Sat 10.00-4.30 (until July 1).

free. NEW WORK An exhibition by invited craftspeople working in silk, glass, ceramics, textiles, tapestries and gold. Scottish Craft Centra Canongate (031-556 8136) Mon-Sat 10.00-5.30 (until June 24), Iree. FRODSHAM PICASSOl LATE ETCHINGS See Critics' Choice. Castle Park Arta Gorstro (0923- THERE'S a new, very clever and charming Mayfair gallery simply called Entwistle, and the first show there presents some intriguing works by the Belgian symbolist Leon Spilliaert, whose drawings and pastels of the turn of the century are often said to be a link between German romanticism and the surrealism of modern times.

A gloomy artist, but this is a rare, worthwhile exhibition. Best contemporary show this week is at Marlene Eleini, where the young Scottish artist Kate Whiteford demonstrates how optical fights between red and green can summon, at least in her remarkable paintings, ancient and runic knowledge. Richard Wentworth has opened an ambitious show of two separate installations at the Lisson Gallery and, at the Waterman's Art Centre, as well as on several poster sites in west London, Michael Feel examines imagery from advertising and the tabloid press. Shows outside London are rather strong as historical retrospectives. At the Graves in Sheffield there is a show of 60 works from the Tate's Chantrey Bequest, including Alma-Tadema, Laura Knight, L.

S. Lowry and many more. There's an overlap, at least in time, between the Chantrey artists and the more modern painters in British 35832) Tue-Sat 10.00-12.30, 2.00-4.30, Sun 2.00-4.30 (until June 16), free, LLANDUDNO BLASPHEMIES ECSTASIES CRIES Paintings and drawings by 19th century, early 20th century and major contemporary artists. Touring exhibition curated for London's Serpentine Gallery by Andrew Brighton. Oriel Moatyn Vaughan Street (0492-79201) Mon-Sat 10.30-5.00 (until July 8), free.

BRISTOL HOWARD DAVIES: VIETNAM REFUGEE A documentary exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first boat people in Britain. Watershed Canon's Road (0272-276444) Mon-Sat 10.00-11.00, Sun 11.00-10.30 (until July 16), tree. NOTTINGHAM BRITISH IMPRESSIONISTS See Critics' Choice. Castle Museum (0602-483504) Mon-Sun 10.00-4.30 (until July 23). Sun 30p.

other days free. SHEFFIELD CHANTREY BEQUEST Opens Saturday. See Critics' Choice. Gravaa Art Gallery Surrey Street (0742-734781) Mon-Sat 10.00-6.00 (until September 2), free. YORK PAPER PEOPLE BY PHILIP COX An extended "family" of figures sculpted from newpapers, magazines and old cardboard boxes placed around the gallery.

York CKy Art Gallery Exhibition Square (0904-623839) Mon-Sat 10.00-5.00, Sun 2.30-5.00 (until June 18), free. LA BAYADERE See Critics' Choice. Royal Opera House Covent Garden WC2 (01-240 10661911) Tomorrow 7.30, E1-E37. Tube: Covent Garden. MEMOIRS OF A CAST OF THOUSANDS Work based on memory with a company brought together by dancers Rosemary Lea and Sally Sykes.

Chisenhale Dane Space Chisen-hale Road 3 (01-981 6617980 8115) Fri Sat 7.30, 3.50, cones 2. Tube: Mile End. NAPOLI See Critics' Choice. Dominion Theatre Tottenham Court Road W1 (01-580 9562) Opens June 12, 7.30, Tube: Tottenham Court Road. PILOBOLUS The insanely inventive US dance company returns to London with two programmes of new works, to the music of Fats Waller, Elvis Presley, Talking Heads and more.

Sadler'a Walla Rosebery Avenue EC1 (01-278 8916) Today-Sat 7.30. 4-16. Tube: Angel. SURAYA HILAL Sec Critics' Choice. Almeida Theatre Almeida Street N1 (01-359 4404) Monday 8.00.

7.50. cones 5.50. Tube: AngelHighbury Islington. Outside London BIRMINGHAM TRANSITIONS The Laban Centre's energetic young company performs a programme of Lea Anderson's Factor 6, an observation of beach life; David Dorfman's fiery Torched plus pieces by Mary Evelyn, Monica Levy and Claude Brumachon's startling Naufrages. Midlanda Arta Centra Cannon Hill Park (021-440 3838) Tomorrow Friday 7.30, 4.50, cones 2.50.

BUXTOM SWAN LAKE London City Ballet celebrates its tenth year with a staging by Pa TUB PLAIN DEALER The foppish, foolish world of Restoration London, given a hard edge in this production of William Wycherley's comedy by Ron Daniels. David Calder plays the manly Manly, Joanne Pierce glitters as the licentious Olivia. The Ptt Barbican Centre EC2 (01-638 8891) 7.30. Thur 2.00 7.30. 11.

mats 9.50. Tube: BarbicanMoorgate. (R) A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN Eileen Atkins plays Virginia Woolf in this dramatization of her percep-tive look at the role of women writers. Patrick Garland directs. Playhouse Theatre Northumberland Avenue WC2 (01-839 4401) 8.00, Sat 4.00 8.00, Tuba: Embankment.

(A) THE TEMPEST A crystal-clear Tempest from Nicholas Hytner, bathed in the limpid light of David Fielding's beautiful set The intellectual fervour of John Wood's Prospero should not be missed he is humane, fierce and magical. Barbican Theatre Barbican Centre EC2 (01-638 8891) 7.30. Wed 2.00 7.30, (D) Tube: Barbican Moorgate. (S) THE VORTEX A suitably languorous Rupert Everett stars with a deadly attractive Maria Aitken in Noel Coward's drama of high society neurotics. Philip Prowse designs and directs.

Oarrick Theatra Charing Cross Road WC2 (01-379 6107) 8.00, E6.50-E13.50. Tube: Leicester Square. (A) EE CARMEN This production of Bizet's malleable masterpiece offers a cast of over 500 and Spanish spectacle galore. Director Steven Pimlott and designer Stefanos Laziridis are on hand to steer clear of the cliches. The Carmens.are Maria Ewing, Victoria Vergara and Nlng Liang; Christopher Dolg and Jacque Trus-sell share Don Jose.

Earls Court Warwick Road SW5 (01-373 8141cc 836 3464) 7.00. 25-45. Tube: Earls Court. DON GIOVANNI Revival of the gaunt Jonathan Miller production. Michael Lloyd conducts and Steven Page sings the Don.

London Coliseum St Martin's Lane WC2 (01-836 3161cc 240 5258) 7.30, 2.50-26. Tube: Leicester Square Charing Cross. LA MALINCHE Paul Barker's musical recreation of the meeting between Cortes and the Aztecs, with texts in English, Spanish, Latin and Nahuatl shares this Modern Music Theatre Troupe double-bill with a new work by John Woolrich. Place Theatra Dukes Road WC1 (01-387 0031) 8.00, 9. Tube: Euston.

LA PIETRA DEL PARAGONS A production of Rossini's early comic opera from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, directed by Anthony Besch and conducted by Howard Williams. Music Han, OuHdhall School of Music and Drama Barbican EC2 (01-638 7. Tube: BarbicanMoorgate. Outside London CARDIFF LA SONNAMBULA Bellini's opera, with Italian soprano Valeria Esposito as Amina and Peter Bronder as Elvino. New Theatra Park Place (0222-394844) 7.15.

E6.50-E22.50. LEEDS MANOH Richard Jones provides another individual production for Opera North, with Helen Field and Patrick Power as the lovers in the Massenet version of Abbe Prevost's novel. Orand Theatra New Brlggata (0532-459351) 7.15, LIVERPOOL DON GIOVANNI Scottish Opera's spring success continues into the summer season, with dashing Frenchman Francois le Roux sharing the libertine with Jason Howard, and Delia Jones as Donna Elvira. Empire Thoatra Lime Street (051-709 1555) 7.15, E5-E16. HANDEL'S SAUL Authentic treatment for the Handel oratorio.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, with singers Lynne Dawson, Donna Brown, Derek Ragin and Alastair Miles. Quean Elizabeth Han South Bank Centre SE1 (01-928 8800) 7.00. E5-E14. BRTube: Waterloo. PHILHADMONIASINOPOLI Expect extremes when the Philhar-monia's principal conductor, Giuseppe Sinopoli, lays Mahler's Fourth Symphony on the dissecting table with Felicity Lott the soprano soloist.

The programme also includes Alicia de Larrocha playing Mozart's Piano Concerto in flat, K482 prefaced by the Overture to Don Giovanni). Royal Festival Hall South Bank Centre SE1 (01-928 8800cc 928 8800) 7.30, E3.50-E18. BRTube: Waterloo. RPOASHKBNAZVDOUGLAS Second of two Brahms programmes from Vladimir Ashken-azy and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Barry Douglas is the soloist in the Second Piano Concerto, followed by the Second Symphony.

BUbaCtXtsTOECZ Baigneuse au Bust Nu, by Leon Impressionism, at the Nottingham Castle Museum. Here are Whistler, Sickert, Steer and the less well-known Paul Maitland. Picasso's late etchings lascivious and marvellously competent make a challenging show at the Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham. Please support the excellent Woodlands Art Gallery, still in danger of closure. Now on is the Greenwich Festival's open send-in exhibition.

Mary Clark LONDON Festival Ballet, under its new title of English National Ballet, trice Bart, of the Paris Opera Ballet, of the Tchaikovsky classic. Opera House Water Street (02S8-72190) 7.30, 3.50-8.50. GLASOOW SPILDT Dancers Marisa Zanotti and Francis Bock join forces with composer-musician Nicky Hind for two works: Re Call Collect and Bed Third Eya Centra Sauchiehall Street (041-332 7521) Today, tomorrow Sat 7.30. 3.50, cones 2.50 (today 2, cones 1). LEATHERHEAD LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE A triple bill of Jonathan Lunn's Bottom's Dream, Robert Cohan's Forest and the witty, fast-moving Troy Game.

Thorndike Theatra Church Street (0372-377677) Today 7.45, LEICESTER DIVAS Brighton-based women's collective whose agit-prop dance pieces find friends and foes in equal numbers. Thursday 8.00. YOLANDA SNAITH Sparky dancerchoreographer with Scared Shirtless and Blue Whiteness Rhapsody. FridayMO. Phoenix Arta Newarke Street (0533-554854) 3.50, cones 2.50.

MANCHESTER COPPELIA Jolly production from Northern Ballet Theatre. Opera House Quay Street (061-831 7766) Today-Sat 7.30, Wed Sat 2.30 7.30, MILTON KEYNES SADLER'S WELLS ROYAL BALLET See Critics' Choice. Big Top Central Milton Keynes (0908-682682) Today-Sat 7.30, E3.75-E12. ramTOrTr Bf ITlMMMBssJ G) On General Release CHILD'S PLAY (15) (Tom Holland, UK 1989) 87 mins (G) A Cabbage-patch type doll is possessed by a vicious spirit through a ludicrous turn of events. The killer doll is far from benign nor is this film which, despite its supernatural silliness, packs an adult clout.

Cannon Chelsea SW3 (01-352 5096) Progs 2.00. 4.15. 7.00, 9.45. 4 (3 Mon). Tube: Sioane SquareSouth Kensington.

Odaon High Street Kensington W8 (01-602 6644cc 602 5193) Progs 12.15. 2.25. 4.35. 6.50, 9.05, 11.15 (Fri, Sat), 4. Tube: High Street Kensington.

Odaon Swiss Cottage NW3 (01-722 5905) Progs 2.00, 4.30, 6.55, 8.55, 4.00. Tube: Swiss Cottage. Odaon Weat End, Leicester Srjuara WC2 (01-930 5252cc 930 7615) Progs 12.15. 2.55. 5.45.

8.35, 11.45 (FriSat). 4-6. Tube: Leicester Square. THE COMMISSAR (PG) (Alek-sandr Askoldov, USSR 1967) subtitles 110mlns Banned for 20 years in the Soviet Union, this is a bold, explicit critique of Soviet anti semitism carved out of a story 6et during the 20s Civil War. In grand, sweeping scenes (Eisenstein's influence is apparent) the film packs a menacing punch, Lumlere, St Martln'a Lane WC2 (01-379 3014cc 836 0691) Progs 1.50.

4.05, 6.25, 8.45, 11.15 (FrlSat). Tube: Leicester SquareCharing Cross. A CRY IN THE DARK (15) (Fred Schepisl, US 1989) 121 mins (G) Gritty and compulsive telling of the dingo baby case which became one of Australia's most hideous soap operas, circa 1980-88. Charting a bold course, it bores through the bigotry, innuendo and press pestilence which infected the case from the outset. Meryl slreep is hugely formidable as Lindy Chamberlain, courting publicity and dislike in equal measure.

SW1u(0t-30 opens a three-week season at the Dominion Theatre on Monday with Peter Schau-fuss's production of the full-length Bournonville ballet, Napoli. First staged in Copenhagen in 1842, Napoli has been preserved by the Royal Danish Ballet ever since and, in recent years, has been staged internationally, enchanting audiences with its happy blend of dance and mime and its pretty score. The Monday performance is a Royal Gala; tickets from 01-403 1960. For the four subsequent performances, on June 13, 14 (matinee evening) and IS, booking is from the theatre on 01-580 9562. Schaufuss has assembled strong international casts.

The last performances of La Bayadere at Covent Garden this season are tomor 2636cc 373 6990) Progs 8.00, 6.00, 9.20. 4 (3 Mon). Tube: South Kensington. FUN DOWN THERE (18) (Roger Stigliano, US 1989) 90 mins Plays with Looking For Langston (SG6 bclOW). Metro, Rupert Street W1 (01-437 0757) Progs 4.00 (not Sun).

6.45. 9.30, 4. Tube: Piccadilly CircusLeicester Square. HARD TIMES (PG) (Joao Botelbo, UKPort 1988) subtitles 96 mins Modern Lisbon shot in monochrome is the backdrop for a strikingly cinematic adaptation of Dickens. At times sombre, the litany of hardships on view is shot through with unexpected humour and wrapped in deliciously poetic images.

Camden Plaaa, Camden High Street NW1 (01-485 2443) Progs 2.30, 4.35, 6.45, 8.55, 3.50. Tube: Camden Town. LAWRENCE OP ARABIA (PG) (David Lean. UK 1962) 227 mins (G) Repolished, remodelled and restored to its full length, width (70 mm Panavision) and glory, David Lean's epic returns to the West End after 27 years in the wilderness. Brilliant cinematography, effortless script and direction all stand the test of time, while a young Peter O'Toole excels as "El Not a second too long even at four hours.

Odeon Marbte Arch W2 (01-723 2011cc 723 8072) Progs 1.15. 6.40. 4-5. Tube: Marble Arch. LOOKING FOR LANGSTON (15) (Isaac Julien, UK 1989) 45 mins Stylish grainy docupic framing the Bohemian jazz age world of black gay Harlem poet Langston Hughes.

Combining a series of lush, languid visual scenes with 1920's archive footage, director Isaac Julien explores race and sexuality, weaving a delicate path between both. Effortless, artful and compelling. Plays with Fun Down There. Metro, Rupert Street W1 (01-437 0757) Perfs 3.00 (not Sun), 5.45, 8.30, 4.00. Tube: Piccadilly Circus Leicester Square.

MISSISSIPPI BURN1NO (18) (Alan Parker, US 1988) 127 mins (G) The mysterious disappearance of three civil rights activists in a small Southern town prompts an FBI investigation led by mismatched agents Anderson and Ward (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe). Alan Parker's dissection of racial and regional conflict of the early 1960s is, cinematically, the most accomplished American film of the year. Exceptional performances from Hackman and Dafoe. Barbican Cinema, Silk Street EC2 (01-638 8891) Perls 3.00 (Sun only). 6.00, 8.40 (Not Sun).

3.50. Tube: MoorgateBarbican. Cannon Chelsea SW3 (01-352 5096) Progs 1.50. 6.15. 9.00, 4.

Tube: Sioane SquareSouth Kensington. Odaon Haymarkat SW1 (01-839 7697) Progs 12.10 (not Sun), 2.45, 5.40, 8.30. 11.30 (FrlSat). 3.50-5. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.

Odeon High Street Kensington W8 (01-602 6644cc 602 5193) Progs 12.00 (not Fri-Sun). 2.45 (not Frl-Sun). 5.35. 6.25, 4. Tube: High Street Kensington.

Odaon Swiss Cottage NW3 (01-722 5905) Prog 2.20, 5.30, 8.15. 3. Tube: Swiss Cottage. Screen on the Green, Upper Street N1 (01-226 3520) Progs 3.00, 6.00, 8.45, 11.15 (FriSat), 3.50. Tube: Angel Highbury Islington.

PARIS BY NIGHT (15) (David Hare, UK 89) 105 mins (G) David Hare's latest report on the state of the nation. Seductive embodiment of Tory imago-making, Clara Paige (Charlotte Rampling) is an ambitious Euro-MP sent to the French capital where the contradictions between her life and philosophy becomes acute. Hare's story of blackmail, murder and right-wing politics is too over wrought to be entirely convincing but Rampling's performance helps compensate. Curzon West End, Shaftesbury Avenue W1 (01-439 4805) Progs 2.00 (not Sun), 4.10, 6.20, 8.40, 4.50-5. Tube: Leicester SquareTottenham Court Road.

(A) Seats at all prices. (S) Limited availability (R) Returns only. (D) Disabled access AMERICAN BAGPIPES Iain Heggie's Glaswegian comedy ofmanners a fast and funny family reunion. Royal Court Theatre Sioane Square SW1 (01-730 1745cc 836 2428) 8.00, Sat 4.00 8.00, 4-12. Tube: Sioane Square.

(A) AS YOU LIKE IT Tim Albery's severe production. Fine performances though from Fiona Shaw and Adam Kotz. The Old Wc Waterloo Road SE1 (01-928 7616cc 261 1821) 7.30, Sat 4.00 7.45, Wed 2.30 8 7.30. 3-15. (D) TubeBR: Waterloo.

(A) THE BLACK PRINCE Iris Murdoch's sparklingly clever melange of fact and fantasy, art and angst, feminism and feelings, comes a little reluctantly to the stage. With a delirious central performance from Ian McDiarmid. Aldwych Theatre Aldwych WC2 (01-836 6404cc 379 6233) 8.00, Wed 3.00 8.00. Sat 5.00 8.30. 5-15.

() Tube: Holborn. (A) FRANKIB AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DBLUNE Manhattan-set comedy about the unexpected love affair of two extraordinary people. With Brian Cox and Julie Walters. Comedy Theatre Panton Street SW1 (01-930 2578cc 839 1438) Mon-Thur 8.00. Fri Sat 6.00 8.45.

(D) Tube: Piccadilly CircusLeicester Square. (A) GHETTO A moving testament to the Jewish theatre company of the Vilna ghetto, which performed to packed houses until its liquidation by the Nazis in 1943. Nicholas Hytner directs Joshua Sobol's play. With John Woodvine, Alex Jennings, Paul Jesson. National Thaalrai OtMer South Bank SE1 (01-928 2252) 7.15, Wed Sat 2.00 7.15, (D) TubeBR: Waterloo.

(A) AN IDEAL HUSBAND Oscar Wilde's comedy ofmanners, with Jeremy Sinden and Delia Lindsay. Westminster Theatre Palace Strest SW1 (01-834 02B34CC 834 0048) 7.45, Sat 3.00 7.45, Wed 2.00 8. 7.45. TubeBR: Victoria. (A) JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK Linda Bassett is a crumpled, careworn but powerful Juno in this worthy, undynamic staging of Sean O'Casey's Dublin family drama.

National Theatre! Lyttatton South Bank SE1 (01-928 2252) 7.45. Tue Sat 2.15 7.45. (D) TubeBR: Waterloo. (A) THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Peter Hall's sure-footed production, with a low-key, irony-laced Shylock from Dustin Hoffman. Sterling performances also from Geraldine James, Leigh Lawson and Nathaniel Parker.

PhoenU Charing Cross Road WC2 (01-240 9681cc 838 2294) 7.30, Thur Sat 2.00 7.30, Tube: Leicester SquareTottenham Court Road. (R) MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Elijah Moshtnsky's production of Shakespeare's bitter-sweet comedy, with a bespectacled Felicity Kendal and gruff Alan Bates as the reluctant lovers, Beatrice and Benedick. Strand Theatre Aldwych WC2 (01-836 5190cc 838 4143) 7.30, Sat 2.30 7.30, E9-E15. Tuba: Covsnt GardenCharing Crow. (8).