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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE 31 THE GUARDIAN Monday August 15 1988 Mime legend Marcel Marceau opens at Sadler's Wells tomorrow, see panel Jeffrey Tate: Schubert and Britten Festival, see panel Cecil Taylor: Outside In, Crawley, see Diary dates Diary dates COLCHESTER ANTHONY ft ROSE FROM THE CHURCHFITTERS Sonia Braga: The Milagro Beanfleld War, see panel traits, studies of family and friends and a reconstruction of part of the mural Cezanne worked on at his father's house in Aix-en-Provence. Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House, Piccadilly W1 (01-439 7438) Daily 10-6 (until Sunday). 3, cones 2, child 1.50, Sun until 1.45 2. Tube: Green ParkPiccadilly Circus. DREAMS AND THE LAND Two sets of contemporary Aboriginal Australian paintings of differing style; barks from north-east Arnhem Lane and canvases from Central Australia, both of modern aspect.

Museum of Mankind Burlington Gardens W1 (01-437 2224) Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-6 (until April 23, 1989), free. Tube: Green ParkPiccadillyOxford Circus. FOUND MAQIC KINGDOMS Thirty-eight masks by contemporary artist John Martin. Hornlman Museum London Road SE23 (01-699 1872) Mon-Fri 10.30-6, Sun 2-6 (until October 30), free. BR: Forest Hill.

LATE PICASSO Major exhibition of the paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints Pablo Picasso produced in the last 20 years of his life. Organised by the Musee National d'Art Moderne, the Musee Picasso, Paris, and The Tate. Tate Gallery Millbank SW1 (01-821 1313) Mon-Sat Sun (until September 18), 3, cones 1.50. Julia Fordham: socially-aware, self-contained and a sensous single like Suzanne Vega, Tracey Chapman, Sinead O'Connor or Tanita Tikaram. Julia Fordham, whose voice previously backed Mari Wilson, has just hit the target with the sensuous single Happy Ever After.

Self-consciously idiosyncratic, she may be in danger of becoming a Sally Oldfield for the 80s but, in company with her guitar-playing sisters Tikaram, Vega and Chapman, Fordham's main attraction her deep, distinctively silken vocals outweighs such reservations. She has a chance to showcase her part personalpart polemical repertoire at Fare-ham Hall on Thursday and at the Riverside Studios on Friday, as part of their two-week Down By The Riverside 88 which also features highly-touted neo-tradition-alist Dublin rockers In Tua Nua tomorrow night. Peking Opera THE vivid and exotic style of China's Peking Opera travels well, tending to transform the most restrained venue into an ornate vision of colour, music and melodrama. When it opens a two-week Singing and instrumental duo with a fine line in jigs, reels and all things folk. Colchester Arts Centre St Mary-at- the-Walls, Church Street (0206-577301) 8.00, 2.50, cones El .50.

ARTURO SANDOVAL Cuban trumpeter, highly rated in jazz circles, with a swinging, funky approacn to saisa ana nop. laying until August 20. Ronnie Scott's 47 Frith Street W1 (01- 439 0747) 8.30. E8-E10, mems 2. Tube: Tottenham Court Road.

DICK MORRISSBY, JIM MULLEN A GUESTS Benefit night for Dick Crouch with a not-so-rare reunion tor Morns-sey-Mullen plus many more funk and fusionists. Bull's Head 373 Lonsdale Road SW13 (01-876 5241) 8.30. 3. BR: Barnes Bridge. ROADSIDE PICNIC A SELF PORTRAIT Fusion-based headliners dabble with Latin and African forms, with support augmented by Nigel Hitchcock upfront.

Purcell Room South Bank Centre SE1 (01-928 3191cc 928 8800) 8.00, 4, cones 2. BRTube: Waterloo. STEVE ERQUIAQA TRIO, BOBBY SHEW QUARTET US jazz night with Erauiaga's mod ern combo, the great swinger Shew and the Jamie AbersoidGeorge Bouchard Quintet. 100 Club 100 Oxford Street W1 (01-636 0933) 8.30, ring for prices. Tube: Oxford Circus.

EDINBURQRAND UNION ORCHESTRA Seventeen-piece outfit, fusing ballads, swing and New Orleans parade styles with the blues. Queen's Hall Clerk Street (031-668 2019) 9.00, 5, cones 2.50. LEAMINGTON SPA LA CLAVE Compelling Latin dance sounds, from salsa to mambo, with a swinging sax and trombone frontline. Worldbeat at Hlntons Augusta Place (0926-37231) 8.30, E4, COncs 3. GLASGOW DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM Opening its only out of London appearance with Dougla, Glen Tet-ley's Voluntaries and Firebird.

Theatre Royal Hope Street (041-331 1234332 9000) Ring for prices. Visual art ART FOR TODAY Gallery's first exhibition, with contemporary ceramics, painting and sculpture. Sheila Harrison Fine Art Jermyn Street SW1 (01-321 0366) Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4 (until September 30), free. Tube: Piccadilly Circus. ARTISTS IN NATIONAL PARKS Commissioned landscapes of 10 National Parks in England and Wales, plus invited contributions from a further 23 artists.

Victoria A Albert Museum Cromwell Road SW7 (01-938 8500) Mon-Sat Sun (until September 4), voluntary donation. Tube: South Kensington. CEZANNE: THE EARLY YEARS 1850-1872 First exhibition devoted to Cezanne's work during the years when his style and techniaue were still developing. Includes self-por- Liverpool Playhouse Williamson Square (051-709 8363). STRATFORD-UPON-AVON ACROSS OKA Robert Holman's latest play, a tale of two families spanning countries ana generations.

The Other Place Southern Lane (0789-295623). THE CONSTANT COUPLE Farquhar's Restoration comedv with a cast headed by Pip Donaghy ana simon uussen ueaie. Swan Theatre Waterside (0789-295623). MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Shakespeare's comedy of love.and intrigue airectea oy ui Trevis. Royal Shakespeare Theatre (0789-295623).

YORK NOISES OFF Michael Frayn's frantic farce-within-a-farce. Theatre Royal St Leonards Place (0904423568). Fringe THE FANCY MAN Comedy by Mike Stott set in the 1920's concerning a married couple living in a small Northern town. Hampstead Theatre Avenue Road NW3 (01-722 9301) 8.00, Sat 4.00 8.00 (Wednesday at 7.00), Mon 5, Tue-Sat mat 6.50, Sat eve 7.50. Tube: Swiss Cottage.

OEDIPUS Ted Hughes' adaptation of Seneca': Oedipus with John Shrapnel in the title rote. Almeida Theatre Almeida Street N1 (01-359 4404) 7.30. (Thursday at 7.00), E8.50, 6.50. Tube: Angel. 038 PLEASURE LIFE A story of modern day Japan where technology threatens human relationships.

Presented by tne Kyoto-oasea expermimentai group, Dumb Type Theatre. ICA The Mall SW1 (01-930 3647) 8.00, Mon 4.50, Tue-Sat 5.50, 4.50 cones. Tube: Piccadilly Circus. THE TUNNEL SOLDIERS Robin Brockman's Vietnam War play depicting the harrowing battles that took place beneath the earth in the VietCong tunnels. Instmit Francais Queensberry Place SW7 (01-589 6211) 8.00, 3.50, cones 2.50.

Tube: South Kensington. Classical Gerald Barry's Chevaux-de-frise is the third of the BBC commis sions to be premiered at the Proms. Ernst Kovacic plays the Eigar violin Concerto and Vernon Handley also conducts Sibelius's Fifth Symphony. Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore SW7 (01-589 82129465) 7.30, 1.50-10. Tube: High Street Kensington.

FRANZ SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET Quartets by Beethoven (in Op 18 no l) ana uvoraK (in up 106), Wolfs Italian Serenade and Webern's Five Pieces. The Lakes School (05394-39340) 8.00, 5. EDINBURGH NEW LONDON CONSORTPICKETT Philip Pickett's team of early music specialists, led oy singers Cather ine Bott and Simon Grant, present a selection of Carmina Burana, the 13th century compendium ot schol arly verse-settings and lusty Ballads. Queen's Hall Clerk Street (031-668 2019) 11.00am, E4-E10. ORCHESTRA OIOVANILE ITALIANA Conducted by Piero Belluei.

the first of the festival's Italian visitors play two parts of Sylvano Bussot-ti's 11 Catalogo Questo, Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante K364 (with Andrea Cappelleti and Olga Arzilli) ana uranms sympnony no i. Usher Hall Lothian Road (031-228 1155) 8.00, E3.50-E10. GLASGOW NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLANDLOUGHRAN James Loughran conducts Arnold's Overture Tam O'Shanter. Kacnmamnov rano uoncerto no 3 (with John Lill) and Shostakovich's Symphony No 5. CKy Hall Candleriggs (041-227 50155511) 7.30, 3, OAPs 1.50.

other cones free. Opera THE YA spirited burst of Gilbert and Sullivan In the Hew D'Oyty Carle's current season. With Philip Creasy, Thora Ker and Deborah Rees. Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street WC2 (01-379 5299) 7.30. 7.50-17.50.

Tube: Covent Garden. OLYNDRAVEL DOUBLE BILL L'heure espaenole and L'enfant et les sortileges, with Martine Mahe and Theodore Baerg making their UK debuts. Olyndebourne Festival Opera House (0273-541111) 5.40. E25-E60. RockFolk ERIK Master of goodtime Cajun and western swing, not averse to touches of humour, headlines.

Cricketers Kennlngton Oval SE11 (01-735 3059) 8.00, 3.50. Tube: Oval. HAJI AHKBA QUARTET New York jazz-funk brass blower and former James Brown sideman fronts a young turks combo boast ing Ike Leo on bass. Jazz Cafe 56 Newington Green N16 (01-359 4936) 8.00, 2, cones 1. Bus: 73141171a.

STUMP Decidedly offbeat rockers Flann Hnen aream Dana currently plugging their new single, Charlton Heston. OfngwaJla Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Road NW1 (01-267 4967cc 240 7200) 8.00, E4. Tube: Camden Town. BILUNQHAM FOLKLORE FESTIVAL Week of traditional music and dance from the UK and overseas, including Ceilidh bands, clog dancers, Spanish and Portuguese troubadours, Maori singers and dancers from Togo. Folklore Festival Office Town Centre (0642-558212).

Beyond the realm David Hie A SI Ta Br CONDUCTOR Jeffrey Tate has pointed out, Iritten's profound sympathy as a performer for Schubert's music came close to creation. Listening to his accompani ments for Pears in the Lie-der, one senses the significance of one composer for the other: both, as outsiders, charting realms beyond the reach of everyday experience. The idea of linking the two together may not be a new one Britten's Aide-burgh programmes reflected this special affinity but Tate's Schubert and Britten Festival, which starts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Thursday, is the first to compare and contrast so thoroughly both composers' mastery in a range of musical forms. Tate's adaptability broad ens the field still further. As a conductor, he is as much at home in the opera house as in the concert hall the fes tival opens with a rare staged performance of Schubert's final work for the stage, Fierrabras and ends with the Ninth Symphony.

In between come a cluster of relatively unfamiliar orchestral works by both composers and a series of cham ber concerts which bring together an impressive array of soloists including Mitsuko Uchida and the Endellion String Quartet, who repeat their triumphant Britten cy- over the original Chekovian insignts. Curzon Mayfair, Curzon Street W1 (01-499 3737) Perfs 1.15, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30, 4.50-5. Tube: Green Park. EMPIRE OF THE SUN (PG) (Steven SDielbera. US 1987) 152 mins j.

ij. Baiiaras ncn taie ot cnua- hood innocence is given a hugely accomplished rendering by Spielberg. Partiallv over-sentimental but the director's ability to narrate through film is so assured that it captures the imagination much as the young boy was captivated by his wartime experiences. Warner Weat End, Leicester Square WC2 (01-439 0791cc 494 3001) Progs 1.35. 4.45, 8.00, 4.

Tube: Leicester Square. FATAL ATTRACTION (18) (Adrian Lyne, US 1987) 119 mins (G) Michael Douglas philanders and Glenn Close is not amused. Plaza, Lower Regent Street SW1 (01-200 0200) Progs 12.05, 2.25, 4.45, 7.10, 9.30, 4-5. Tube: Piccadilly Circus. HAIRSPRAV (PG) (John Waters, US 1987) 88 mins (G) Reneging on his previous disposition toward trash and tack, John Waters comes clean with a PG feature about racism and rock and roll in 60s Baltimore.

In his last screen role, Divine rails against aerosol overdose and adolescent dance fever while Riki Lake is effortlessly charming as the overweight teen hooked on hoofing. Cannon Chelsea SW3 (01-352 5096) Progs 1.35, 3.35, 5.35. 7.35, 9.40, 4. Tube: Sloane SquareSouth Kensington. Cannon Haymarket SW1 (01-839 1527) Progs 1.55, 4.05, 6.20, B.35, 4.

Tube: Piccadilly Circus. Cannon Oxford Street W1 (01-636 0310) Progs 1.50, 4.05, 6.20, 8.35, 4. Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Screen on Baker Street W1 (01-935 2772) Progs 3.20, 5.10, 7.10. 9.10, 3.50.

Tube: Baker Street. HAWKS (15) (Robert Ellis Miller, UK 1988) 109 mins Two terminally-ill patients, an irreverent Timothy Dalton and a macho Anthony Edwards, conspire to drain their lives ot tne last vestiges of fun before the dying of the light. A would-be black comedy which lacks both pathos and humour, chronically disabled by an uninspiring narrative. Odeon Haymarket SW1 (01-839 7697) Progs 12.40, 3.10. 6.00, 8.40, 3.S0-5.

Tube: Piccadilly Circus. THE JUNGLE BOOK (U) (Wolf gang Reitherman, US 1967) 78 mins (6) Disney's marvellous animation among the animals, based on Kipling's tale of a jungle childhood. Cannon Oxford Street W1 (01-636 0310) Progs 1.20. 3.45, 6.10, 8.35, 4. Tube: Tottenham Court Road.

Odeon High Street Kensington W8 (01-602 6644tec 602 5193) Progs 12.25, 2.30, 4.35, 6.40, 4, cones 2. Tube: High Street Kensington. Odeon Marble Arch W2 (01-723 2011cc 723 8072) Progs 1.30, 3.45, 6.00. 8.45, 4-5. Tube: Marble Arch.

Odeon Swiss Cottage NW3 (01-722 5905) Progs 11.30, 1.30, 3.30, 6.00, 3, cones 1.50. Tube: Swiss Cottage. Warner Weat End, Leicester Square WC2 (01-439 0791cc 494 3001) Progs 1.10, 3.00. 4.55, 6.45, 8.40, 4. Tube: Leicester Square.

THE KITCHEN TOTO (15) (Harry Hook, UK 1987) 100 mins A first feature of considerable merit, set against the Mau Mau uprising in '50s Kenya. Plays in a double-bill with Spicy Rice. Cannon Premiere, Wardowr Street W1 (01-437 2096) Perfs 4.00, 7.15, 10.30, E4. Tube: Leicester square Piccadilly Circus. PLANES.

TRAINS AND AUTO MOBILES (15) (John Hughes, US 1987) 92 mins Steve Martin vehicle which sets off at a cracking pace before flagging A selection of forthcoming events. many of which have to be boohed In advance. AUCTION OP ROCK AND FILM MEMORABILIA Phillins the auctioneers are hold ing their biggest ever sale of items irom the rocK, pop ana screen world on August 24. Amongst the stage clothes under tne nammer are two Elvis suits (one worn at Madison Souare Gardens in 1972, one from a tour of Hawaii). Hand written Springsteen lyrics, the Sex Pistols' drumKit, a Micnaei jacK-son shirt and an original Cecil Bea ton costume design tor tne mm Funny Girl are also on offer.

Details on: 01-629 6602. WESTMINSTER AND LONDON HORSE SHOW Free family event taking place dur ing the Bank Holiday weekend, Au gust 27-29 in Hyae umaon. Over 50 equestrian events mciua-ine international show iumping. a Shetland Pony Grand National and a Heavy Horse Musical urive. Details on: 01-798 25512529.

OUTSIDE IN Jazz and new music festival at The Hawth Art Centre in Crawley from September 2-4. The emphasis is on rising young uk talent pius Dig names in free jazz and fusion from the US. Appearances Dy ower Tools. Cecil Taylor. Alan Skid- more, Andy Sheppard, Loose Tubes among others.

Details trom: me Hawth, Hawth Avenue, Crawley (0293-553636). MAUREEN LIPMAN Maureen Lioman will play Joyce Grenfell in a new show opening at the Fortune Theatre on September 8. Many ot tne iamous Grenteli monologues win oe iea-tured. dIus extracts from her dia ries, letters and autobiography. De tails from: The Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, London WC2 (01-836 2238).

BD0E88 A festival of artists working "on the experimental edge of the visual arts" oeing new ior two weens from September 13. Performance art. installations, video work and sculpture will be featured in a van etv of venues dotted around Cler- kenwell in London among them an art-deco swimming pool and a converted slaughterhouse. Details from: The An- Gallery, Koseoery Avenue, London EC1 (01-837 5294). Events PEKING OPERA Acrobatics, dance, traditional music and comedy from this spectacular Chinese company.

Royal Festival Hall South Bank Cen tre SE1 (01-928 3191cc 928 8800) 7.30, Sat 3.00 7.30. E4-E14. BRTube: Waterloo. Cinema (G) On General Release ANNA (15) (Yurek Bogayevicz, US 1988) 100 mins () A once-successful Czech actress (Sally Kirkland), now struggling to survive in New YorK, ana ner vicarious relationshiD with a young fan cum-aspiring film star (Paulina PorizKova), is tne iocus oi an oao-ball examination of displacement and identity. Authenticity is aided bv the Polish directorscreenwrit- ing team, and Kirkland excells as a woman shunted towards a oreais-down by her grand, mocking past.

Metro, Rupert Street W1 (01-437 0757) Progs 2.20 (not Sat-Tues), 4.40, 7.50. 9.20, 4, cones E2.50. Tube: Piccadilly CircusLeicester Square. A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (BREATH LESS) (15) (Jean-Luc Godard, Fr 1959) subtitles 90 mins A welcome re-release, nearly thirty years on, for Godard seminal chunk of French New Wave. Jean-Paul Belmondo as the shuffling French fugitive appears to have the copyright on style as he gets bound up wun emu ttmeiiuaii juuuiwwl i.Tean Sebenri.

Their brittle, sensu ous repartee is typically Gallic, and tne mnvs ngni-neaaeaness is jusi as overwhelming as the title suggests. Curzon Phoenix, Charing Cross Rd WC2 (01-240 96612) Perfs 1.15, 3.30, 6.00, 8.20, E4.50. Tube: Tottenham Court RoadLeicester Square. Everyman NW3 (01-435 1525) Progs (including three Godard shorts) 3.00, 5.35, 8.20, 3. Tube: Hampstead.

Screen on the Green, Upper Street N1 (01-226 3520) Progs 3.50, 5.10, 7.10, 9.10, 3.50. Tube: Angeimgnoury a Islington. COMING TO AMERICA (15) (John Landis, US 1988) 116 mins (G) Eddie Murphy in tepid form as a pampered African Prince who ventures to New York in search of a bride. Shorn of the usual Murphy excesses, but the humour quotient is modest too. Cannon Baker Street NW1 (01-935 9772) Progs 2.30, 5.30, 8.10.

3.50. Tube: Baker Street. Cannon Fulham Road SW10 (01-370 2636cc 373 6990) Progs 2.15, 6.20, 9.15, 3.50. Tube: South Kensington. Cannon Oxford Street W1 (01-636 0310) Progs 1.05, 3.25, 5.55, 8.25, 4.

Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Cannon Shaftesbury Avenue WC2 (01-836 6279cc 836 8861) Progs 12.45, 3.05, 5.35, 8.15, 4. Tube: Leicester SquareTottenham Court Road. Plaza, Lower Regent Street SW1 (01-200 0200) Plaza 1: 12.45. 3.15, 5.45, 8.15, 10.45.

Plaza 2: 2.00, 4.30, 7.00, 9.30, 4-5. Tube: Piccadilly Circus. DARK EVES (PG) (Nlkita Mikhal-kov. ItUSSR 1987) 117 mins (G) Lengthy, poetic, often surreal treatise on lost love delivered in elaborate fashion by Marcello Mas-troianni and loosely based on Chekhov's short stories. Mikha-lov's fixation with the veneer of the costume drama tends to draw a veil Hall tonight, the company will hopefully work its magic to usual effect, using the centuries-old fusion of dance, acrobatics, highly elaborate costumes and opera that have engaged London audiences on previous visits.

Details from Royal Festival Hall box office: 01-9283191. THE legendary master of mime, Marcel Marceau, opens at Sadler's Wells tomorrow The Cornerhouse, Manchester has politically-oriented artist Rasheed Araeen talking about his work More manic mime from Theatre de Complicite, at the Hackney umpire tor a one-on date on Wednesday Har vey, the invisible rabbit, opens at the Cheltenham Everyman on Thursday Angela Thome and Oliver Parker star in Captain Carvello at the Greenwich Theatre from Friday Bumper crop of new film releases this Friday, including Robert Redford's The Milagro Beanfleld War, high-spirited US supernatural romp Beetlejuice and classic conspiracy thriller The Manchu-rian Candidate with Frank Sinatra. WC2 (01-836 61112ec 836 1171) 7.30, Wed 3.00 7.30, Sat 4.00 8.00, 7.50- 13.50. Wed mat (D) Tube: Leicester Square. (S) THE MERCHANT OP VENICE Bill Alexander's RSC production, with Antony Sher's intense and controversial Shylock.

BarMean Theatre Barbican Centre EC2 (01-638 8891) 7.30. Sat Thur 2.00 7.30, E6-E15. () Tube: Barbican-Moorgate. (A) THE RECRUITING OFFICER Humorous and earthy production of George Farquhar's restoration comedy, directed by Max Stafford-Clark. A strong cast includes Jim Broadbent, Lesley Sharp, Linda Bassett and David Haig.

Royal Court Theatre Sloane Square SW1 (01-730 1745cc 836 2428) 8.00, Mon 4, Tues-Sat5-E12. Tube: Sloane Square. (S) STOP! IN THE NAME OP LOVE Musical homage to the female pop groups of the Sixties. Piccadilly Theatre Denman Street W1 (01-867 1118CC 867 1111) 8.00 Mon-Thur, Fri-Sat 6.30 9.00 (today at 7.00), (today all seats 5) Tube: Piccadilly. (A) THE STRANGENESS OF OTHERS Nick Ward's desolate and disturb ing new play, laying bare the harsh realities ot uroan me.

National Theatre: Cottesloe South Bank SE1 (01-928 2252) 7.30. Sat at 2.30 7.30, 7.50, 4. (O) TubeBR: Waterloo. (S) TITUS ANDRONICUS Deborah Warner's acclaimed production, with a magnificent performance from Brian Cox in the title role. The Pit Barbican Centre EC2 (01-638 8891 7.30, Sat Thur 2.00 7.30, 10.

Tube: BarblcanMoorgate. (R) UNCLE VANVA Splendid, luminous interpretation of Chekhov, in Michael Frayn's new translation. A fine cast in cludes Michael Gambon, Jonathan Pryce, Imelda Staunton and Greta Scacchi. Vaudeville Theatre Strand WC2 (01-836 99875645) 7.45, Sat 5.00 8.00, E7.50-E15.00. TubeBR: Charing cross.

(S) THE WINTER'S TALE Shakespeare's disturbing fable of revenge and reconciliation, with a brilliant performance from Tim Pi-gott-Smith. Also with Sally Dexter, Eileen Atkins and Michael Bryant. National Theatre: Olivier South Bank SE1 (01-928 2252) 7.00, Sat 1.00 7.00, E6.50-E14. (D) TubeBR: Waterloo. (S) COLCHESTER TAKINO STEPS Ayckbourn farce with a haunted, decaying mansion inhabited by an odd assortment of people.

Mercury Theatre Balkerne Gate (0206-573948). FARNHAM AN IDEAL HUSBAND Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, with Jeremy Sinden and Belinda Carroll. Redgrave Theatre Brightwells (0252-715301cc 715301). ULASUOW A WEE TOUCH 0 CLASS Adaptation of Moliere's Le Bourgeois Genulhomme with Rikki Fulton and Walter Carr. Kmo'a Theatre Bath St (041-227 5511).

LEICESTER OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR The Great War "celebrated" and exposed through music-hall jokes and songs. Haymarket Theatre Belgrave Gate (0533-539797). LIVERPOOL BE BOP ALULA New musical based on the 1960 Gene VincentEddie Cochrane British tour. cle. If you find the 20th century quartet a problem, don't miss their tremendous performance of Britten's Second.

The list of artists reads like a Who's Who of home-grown or British-based musicians, centred around the English Chamber Orchestra Tate's orchestra now, and very much Britten's in the Sixties and the Seventies. As a token of the festival's generous planning, Song-makers' Almanac founder Graham Johnson has put together a series of late-night Eieder recitals with the likes of Sarah Walker and Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, collectively providing a comprehensive chronological survey of Schubert's massive output. Julia Fordham Rick Glanvill THE inexorable rise of the solo female singer continues, but with a somewhat shifted emphasis. No longer do you have to be a 16-year-old boy toy to crash the charts today's record companies send their scouts out to scour for the next socially-aware, self-contained artist somewhat in the home stretch. Empire Leicester Square WC2 (01-200 0200cc 240 7200) Progs 12.45, 2.45, 5.00.

7.15, 9.45, 4-5. Tube: Leicester Square. THE RUNNER (PG) (Amir Nader), Iran 1984) 94 mins Eloquent, mostly autobiographical, sketch of a young street kid who earns his crust by scouring rubbish tips or harvesting bottles in a sun-drenched Gulf port His attempts to soar above the destitution are invested with much tenderness and doused in powerful cinematography. ICA Cinema, The Mall SW1 SW1 (01- 930 3647) Progs 5.00, 7.00, 9.00, 3.50 (m'ship 75p). Tube: Charing Cross RoadEmbankmentPiccadilly Circus.

SHAQ (15) (Zelda Barron, US 1988) 100 mins (G) Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah and Bridget Fonda star as four Southern teens off to the beach to find some boys, dance the Shag and fool around before the onset of adulthood. Good-natured enough. Shag scores with a quartet ot strong performances ana its nostalgia-ridden 1963 setting. Cannon Chelsea SW3 (01-352 5096) Progs 1.35, 4.50, 7.20. 9.40.

4. Tube: Sloane SquareSouth Kensington. Cannon Haymarket SW1 (01-839 1527) Progs 1.45. 4.00, 6.20, 8.40, 4. Tube: Piccadilly Circus.

Cannon Oxford Street W1 (01-636 0310) Progs 1:15, 3.40, 6.05, 8.30, 4. Tube: Tottenham Court Road. Odeon High Street Kensington W8 (01-602 6644cc 602 5193) Progs 1.40, 4.00, 6.20, 8.40, 4, cones 2. Tube: High Street Kensington. SPICY RICE (PG) (Jan Schutte, Ger 1987) 72 mins Unassuming, low-budget feature abquf a young Pakistani immigrant uyuig iu ene uui a living in ntuu- burg but bedevilled by alienation and the naturalisation authorities.

A modest but intelligent portrait (black white) of desperation and the diaspora, with a markedly realistic feel and a bitter-sweet tone. Plays in a double-bill with The Kitchen Toto. Cannon Premiere, Wardour Street W1 (01-437 2096) Perls 2.30, 5.45, 9.00, E4. Tube: Leicester SquarePiccadilly Circus. TAMPOPO (18) (Juzo Kami.

Jap 1986) subtitles 117 mins A gourmet cinema experience with Juzo Itami's playful noodle number. Western pastiche meets Eastern reflections on food with delightful results. Egg yolks have rarely been used with such invention. Screen on Baker Street W1 (01-935 2772) Progs 3.50, 6.35, 8.45, 3.50. Tube: Baker Street.

TRACK 20 (18) (Nicolas Roeg, UK 1988) 88 mins Freud's influence weighs heavily on this bold, inventive but not always coherent piece of film-making scripted by Dennis Potter. Gary Oldman stirs it up when he drops in on a sleepy mid-American town to satisfy his Oedipal Complex at Theresa Russell's expense. A mischievous vehicle, guilty, of straying a little. Lumlere, St Martin's Lane WC2 (01- 379 3014cc 836 0691) Progs 2.40, 4.45, 6.50, 9.00, 4.50 (cones 3). Tube: Leicester SquareCharing Cross.

WINOS Or DESIRE (15 (Wim Wenders, FrW.Ger 1987) subtitles 127 mins Crafted niece about spirituality and the human condition. Wenders deposits angels Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander in a beautifully-framed Berlin, where they watch over the inhabitants with a paternal and fascinated eye. Wings of Desire has a lyrical, romantic glaze audacious but convincing, with strong performances from Ganz and Peter alk as a film star encountered along the way. Oate Notttng HHI W11 (01-727 4043) Tube: Pimlico. ABERDEEN JOAN EARDLEV AT WORK Sixty drawings given to the gallery by her sister Pat Black, shown alongside this Scottish expressionist's paintings.

Aberdeen Art Gallery Schoolhill (0224-646333) Mon-Sat 10-5, Thur 10-8. Sun 2-5 (until August 27), free. AYKLEV HEADS BRIAN FROUD Fantasy artist exhibits his book illustrations, models and costumes he designed for the classic fantasy films, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. DLI Museum A Arts Centre (091-384 2214) Tues-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5 (until August 29), 60p, cones 25p. BARNARD CASTLE PICTURES FROM THE LAMBTON COLLECTION Rarely-shown selection including Lawrence's "Red Bowes Museum (0833-690606) Mon- Sat Sun 2-5 (until September 4), 1.50.

BRISTOL FILE UNDER BIFF Modern lifestyle and Donular issues satirised in a retrospective of the ever-popular Biff cartoons, with comment from creators Nick Kidd and Chris Garratt. Watershed Canon's Road (0272-276444) Mon-Sun 9am-11pm (until August 20), free. LIVERPOOL HENRY PEACH ROBINSON 1830- 1001 Major exhibition of works by the devotee of "pictorial" photography, acknowledged by contemporaries as a leader in this field. Walker Art Gallery William Brown Street (051-207 0001) Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5 (until September 18), free. WAKEFIELD JOSEF HERMAN: DOWN TO EARTH Drawings and mixed media 1943-1959.

Elizabethan Exhibition Gallery Brook Street (0924-370211 Ext 540) Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5 (until September 18), free. Listings The Guardian's daily entertainments guide Is supplied by Listings Limited. Information for inclusion should be sent to to Listings Limited, IBC House, 1-3 Mortimer St, London WIN 7RH. 01-837 6277). 7 free, fruitful One World.

on: CND ot Underwood Street, London N1 7J8. Ml nib mraa season at the Royal Festival Perfs 1.00, 3.25, 6.00, 8.45, 3.95. Tube: Nottinn Hill Gate. Renoir, Brunswick WC1 (01- 837 8402) Progs 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 8.35, 3.80. Tube: Russell Square.

Screen on the HW, Hiwilock NW3 (01-435-3366) Perfs 3.15. 6.15, 8.30, 3.50. Tube: Belsize Park. (A) Seats at all prices. (S) Limited availability (R) Returns only.

(D) Disabled access BABES IN ARMS The Rodgers and Hart musical -seen on the screen with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland the original of the 'Gee let's put on a genre. Open Air Theatre Regent's Park NW1 (01-486 2431cc 486 1933) 7.45, Sat 2.30 7.45. E4.50-E11. (D) Tube: Baker Street. (S) BLOOD BROTHERS Kiki Dee stars as the mother in Willy Russell's award-winning musical.

Albery Theatre St Martin's Lane WC2 (01-837 1115CC837 1111) 7.45, Sat 4.00 7.45, Thur 3.00 7.45, E6.90-E16.50. (0) Tube: Leicester Square. (S) THE CHANQELINO Richard Eyre's striking production, setting the 17th century tragedy of love and murder in a 19th century Spanish slave-colony. With Miranda Richardson. National Theatre: LytteHon South Bank SE1 (01-928 2252) 7.45, Sat at 2.15 7.45, Wed at 2.15 7.45, 6.50 14.

(0) TubeBR: Waterloo. (S) LE CIRQUE IMAQINAIRE Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thierree fantastical and magical two-person circus. Mermaid Theatre Puddle Dock EC4 (01-236 5568) 7.30. 8.50-12.50. (O) TubeBR: Blackfriars.

(A) DON'T OO AWAY MAD William Saroyan's heart-felt drama deals with five men coming to terms with life and death in a 1940's cancer ward. Donmar Warehouse Earl ham Street WC2 (01-240 8230CC 379 6565) 7.30, Wed Sat 3.00 7.30, 6-11, Wed mat 6, cc-ncs 1 off. Tube: Leicester Square. (A) DRIVINO MISS DAISY Delightful performances from Wendy Hiller as an irascible elderly widow.and Clarke Peters as her black chauffeur in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue W1 (01-437 26634) 8.00, Sat 5.00 8.00, E7-E14.

Tube: Piccadilly Circus. (S) FOLLIES Shaftesbury Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue WC2 (01-379 5399) 7.45, Wed Sat 3.00 7.45, 10-20. (D) Tube: HolbornTottenham Court Road. (A) GREEK Typically explosive work from Steven tterkotr with a new slant on the Oedipus legend. Cast includes Berkoff and Georgia Brown.

Wyndham'a Theatre Charing Cross Road WCZ (01-867 1116CC 887 1111) 8.00, Sat 5.00 8.30, Mon-Fri 5.50-12.50, Sat E6.50-E13.50, Sat mat 5.90. Tube: Leicester Square. (A) HAPOOOD Tom Stoppard's latest intellectual teaser, exploring comparisons between espionage and quantum physics. Nigel Hawthorne, Roger Rees and Felicity Kendal head the cast. AMwyeh Theatre Aldwych WC2 (01-836 6404cc 379 6233) 7.30, Wed 2.30 7.30, Sat 4.00 8.00, (D) Tube: Holborn.

(A) LES LIAISONS DANDER BUSES Deservedly acclaimed dramatisa tion by Christopher Hampton of Laclos's novel revealing decadence and sexual corruption among 18th century French aristocracy. With Greg Hicks and Susan Tracy. Ambassadors Theatre West Street Theatre The opposed East-West military blocs, the North-South, wealth-poverty split, everything emphasises the divisions. It sometimes seems that only the nuclear arms race, from mining to testing and deployment, binds us all worldwide. CND is campaigning for a TRUE One World.

A One World free from the threat of nuclear annihilation. Where more than the arms trade connects North and South. Bruce Kent is walking 1,000 miles from Warsaw to Brussels for One World. On Hiroshima Day, August 6th, a huge rock concert in Edinburgh entertained thousands and raised thousands for the One World campaign. On September 4th, a mass sponsored bike ride from Blackheath to Tunbridge Wells will drive home the One World message.

0) lis You can help create a fear Please send me more information Bruce Kent's One World Walk one World Bike Ride Please find enclosed my donation Name Address PnttffdilB Please return to Jill Cox, CND, 22-24 to.