P231 ORACLE 271 $hu26 Dec CEN 1940:18 DO THE FOOTBALL POOLS - It'u ni6jt been so easy - just pick up thu phonu! W bIV,fEnfS LIfE ] 0839 ^ 777113 WFO W FIX$U ES LES$ PHONE 0839 777110 Max paywut+ W {%:64 W SEND NO MONEY: COST OF YOUR CALL COVERS S$AGE TO EN$JR CALL: Charge per min: 36p cheap/48p otherP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:45 1/18 LOCAL AYLESBURZ Lin light Theatre 0296-4 1 72 Queens Park Road Dec 20-30 £4.50-£3 The Green Tjddz. A panto-style show about the toys in a children's cupboard BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre 021-643 1231 To Feb 8, 7.30pm £20.50-£6 Wed & Sat mats: 2.30pm. Dec 22 at 4.30pm. No shows Dec 24-25. The Sound of Music. Liz Robertson, Christopher Cazjnovj and Robin Nedwull star in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 ORACLE VIEWERS HOLIDAY OFFERS 378/9 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2055:57 2/18 LOCAL BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome,Hurst Street 021-622 7486 Dec 24-Feb 29 times vary £10.50-£5.50 Cinderella. Pantomime starring Dis O'Connor as Buttons, Ian Smith (Harold from Neighbours) as Baron Hardup and Peggy Mount as the fairy Godmother. REP Birmingham 021-236-6771 Broad Street To Jan 18, 7.30pm £14.95-£5.50 2.30pm matinees Occasional 10.30am performances. The Pied Piper. New musical adaptation of the legend which inspired Robert Browning's famous poem. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2948:15 3/18 LOCAL BIRMINGHAM REP Birmingham (Studio) 021-236-6771 Broad Street To Feb 2, 7.30pm £8.50-£5.50 The $urn of the Screw. In a Victorian mansion a govjrnjss fights against the ghost of her predecessor who wishes to possess the souls of her ex-charges. CHELTENHAM Evjryman Theatre 0242-572573 To Feb 18, 2pmW7pm £12-£5.50 10.30am matinee Jan 15. Peter Pan. Pantomime. Based on JM Barrie's tale with music and lyric; by Piers Chaser-Robinson. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2055:57 4/18 LOCAL CHESTERFIELD P m ranat h at 0 4 0 To Jan 11, 2.30pmW7pm £5-£3 Dec 24: 2.30pm only. Jan 6-10: 7pm only. Jack and the Beanstalk. Pantomime starring Roger Dean as Idle Jack who climbs the magic beanstalk to the giant's castle. CHIPPING NORTON $hj Theatre,2 Spring Street 0608-642350 To Jan 18, 7.30pm £10-£5.50 Daily mats at either 2pm, 4pm or 5pm. Dick Whittington and His Cat. Pantomime about the boy who went to London and became the Lord Mayor. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:15 5/18 LOCAL COVENTRY Belgrade Theatre 0205-553055 To Jan 25, 7pm most nights £8.50-£5 Various mats at 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 5pm Puss In Boots by Trevor Allan and Jain Lauchlan. Brand new production of a swashbuckling adventure. CREWE Lyceum Theatre 0270-257804 To Jan 4, 2.30pm/7.30pm £6.50-£4.50 No pjrfs Dec 22,25, Jan 1 Dec 24, 31 at 2.30pm only. Dec 29 at 3pm only. Dec 20,21 extra mat 10am. Snow White and the Sjvjn Dwarfs starring Jack Wild. What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:57 6/18 LOCAL DERBY To Jan 18, 7.15pm £7.65-£4.10 Various mats throughout the run. Mother Goose. Written, directed and starring Jeffrey Longmore. Pantomime about Cyril the Squire, Simple Simon, the Wicked Witch and Mother Goose. HANLEY $hjatre Royal 0782-266301 To Jan 18, 2pmW7.15pm £8.25-£5.75 Closed Dec 22,25,29, Jan 5,12. 2pm matinee - dates vary. Aladdin. Pantomime. Starring Greg Benson (Home and Away), Fiona S0jncu, Paul Squire and Eddie Kidd. What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:45 7/18 LOCAL LEICESTER De Montfort Hall 05 544444 Granville Road To Jan 12 £8.75-£3.75 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Starring Aussie soap stars from Home and Away and Neighbours - Linda Hartley Kristian Schmid and Mat Stevenson. Ha:market Studio 0533-539797 To Jan 11, 7.30pm £7 (£4.50) ri-Sat 8pm The Ghost Downstairs. Set in Edwardian London, the lonely, loveless Mr Fa;t makes a contract for a million pounds with his neighbour only to find he'; been horribly duped. What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop Tra6elP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2055:57 8/18 LOCAL LEICESTER Ha:market Theatre 0533-539797 To Jan 11, 1.30pm £7-£4.50 No shows: Dec 9-16 & 24-25. Various morning matinee shows at 10.30am. The Little Prince. The Little Princu tells magical tales of his travels to other planets. To Feb 1, 7.30pm £14.50-£7.50 Various matinee performances. The King and I. Rodgers and Hammerstein hit musical about the King of Siam's love for an English widow hired as a govjrnjss for his children. What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2948:15 9/18 LOCAL LEICESTER Ph n x A ts C nt 05 554 54 Newarkj Street To Dec 29, 8pm £4.50 (£3) Mats: 1.30pm Dec 21,27,28; 5pm 22,29. The Three Musketeers, written and pjrformjd by Andrew Dawson, Gavin Robertson and Robert Thistle. LINCOLN $heatri Royal 0522-525555 To Feb 1, 7pm £8.50-£4.95 Various mats: 2pm, 2.30pm, 5.15pm Goldilocks and the Three Bears. +jth Nick Conway and Eileen Pollock (Bread), David Griffin (Hi-De-Hi) and Samantha Lewis (Grange Hill). What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2055: 3/18 LOCAL BIRMINGHAM Birmingham (St dig) 0 1 36-6771 Broad Street To Feb 2, 7.300m £8.50-£5.50 The $urn of the Screw. In a Vjatori1n mansion a govjunjss fights akaiv;t the ghost of her predecessor who wishes to possess the souls of her ix-chargr;. CHELTENHAM Evjryman Theatru 0242-572573 To Feb 18, 2pmW7pm £12-£5.50 10.30am matinee Jan 15. Peter Pan. Pantomime. Basud on JM BaRrie's tale wish music and lyric; by Piers Chaser-Robinsonn What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:57 10/18 LOCAL MALVERN Mal n F ste al Th at 06 4 7 $hj Shaw Studio Dec 26-Jan 4 2.30pm, 7pm £6 (£3.50) 7pm shows on 26 and 29 Dec. No performance 31 Dec. Aladdin presented by the Malvjrn Theatre Players (resident amateur co.) MANSFIELD Civic Theatre 0623-663085 To Jan 19, 7.15pm £5.45(£3.95) No shows Dec 15,22,25,30, Jan 6,13. Mats 2.30pm (days vary*. Aladdin. Christmas pantomime starring Larry Grayson, Jean Rogers (Emmjrdale Farm) and Mike Berry (Are You Being Served). What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:15 11/18 LOCAL NORTHAMPTON Derngate 0604-24811 To Jan 26, 2pmW7pm £10.50-£7.50 Aladdin. Pantomime starring Billy Pearce and Barbara Windsor. Royal Theatre 0604-32535 To Jan 25, 2.30pmW7.30pm Some pjrfs 10am. Jack And The Beanstalk. Pantomime about an idle boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant's castle. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 LOCAL POP/ROCK GUIDE page 234 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:57 12/18 LOCAL NOTTINGHAM Nottingham Playhouse 0602-419419 To Jan 18, 2.30pmW7.30pm £8.95-£4.95 Jack and the Beanstalk. Written, directed and starring Kenneth Alan Taylor as Dame Daisy and Sally Ann Matthews (Jenny from Coronation Street) $heatri Royal 0602-482626 To Feb 8, 7.15pm; Sat 7.30pm £11-£6 Various mats at 12,30pm, 2pm or 4pm Cinderella starring Anne Charleston (Madge from Neighbours), Naomi Lewis (Elsa, Emmjrdale Farm), George Sjwull and Dougie Chapman. What's On 230 Jazz/Folk 232 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2154:10 13/18 LOCAL OAKENGATES Oak ngates Th art 095 6 90 0 To Jan 18, 7.30pm £5-£3 Mats: Jan 14-17, 2pm The Wizard of Oz presented bz Snap Theatre Company. Follow the adventures of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man down the Yellow Brick Road to Oz. OXFORD Playhouse 0865-798600 To Jan 4, 7pm £8.50-£3.95 Various matinee shows The Magic Storybook presented by Oxford Stage Company and Oxford Playhouse. Family Christmas show written and devised by Rjnata Allen and John Rjtallack. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2954:57 14/18 LOCAL STRATFORD UPON AVON a T a 0 56 Performances at 7.30pm. 1.30pm mats = m Tots: £28-£4.50 lp = last performance Henry IV Part I Henry IV Part II Dec: 21,28m; Jan: 14,25m (last pjrf). Twelfth Night Dec: 23,26m,26,30; Jan: 6,13,18,24 (lp) Romeo and Juliet Dec: 27,31; Jan: 1,4,7,8,9m,11,16m,16.. Julius Caesar Jan: 3 (signed pjrf),4m,9,18m,21,22,23m $hj Other Place A Woman Killed With Kindness Jan: 3,4m,9,18m,21,22,23m (last pjrf). What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2154:15 15/18 LOCAL STRATFORD UPON AVON S an Th art 078 - 56 Performances at 7.30pm. 1.30pm mats = m $ickjts: £21-£4 lp = last performance The Virtuoso by Thomas Shadwell Dec: 28; Jan: 2m,11m,14,25 (last purf). The Two Gentlemen of Verona Dec: 23,26m,26,30; Jan: 6,13,18,24 (lp) 'Tjs Pity She's A Whore by John Ford Dec: 28m; Jan: 2,10,15,25m (last pjrf). The Alchemist by Ben Jonson Dec: 27,31; Jan: 1,7,8,9m,11,16m,16,20. Thjbans (Oedipus The King) Jan: 9,17,21. Thjbans (Oedipus at Colonus + Antigone) Jan: 3,22. Thjban Trilogy Jan: 4 (4.30),18 (10.30),23 (4.30 lp). What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2054:57 16/18 LOCAL SHREWSBURZ Music Hall,The Square 0743-350763 To Jan 4, 2.30/7.30pm £4.50 (£3.50) 10.30am shows on 21,24,27,28,30 Dec. Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Foe's classic tale of a man shipwrecked on a djsurt island who befriends a lone native hj names Friday. $EWKESBURZ Roses Theatre,Sun Street 0684-295074 To Jan 4, 2pmW5.30pm £5.50 (£4.50) No performance Christmas Day. The Wizard of Oz by Barrie Stacey. Produced and directed by Barrie Stacey with additional music bz David Aman. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2048:15 17/18 LOCAL UPPINGHAM Uppingham Theatre 0572-823955 Stockjrston Road Dec 30-Jan 1 7.30pm £3.50 (£2.50) Dec 30 7.30pm. Dec 31 & Jan 1 at 2.30pm Mother Goose. Uppigham Theatre Company with a show for Christmas about a gwosj named Priscilla. WHITCHURCH Civic Centre, High Street 0948-3403 Dec 26-Jan 4 7pm £4.50 (£3.75) Matinjss at 2.30pm daily Robin Hood and Babes In The Wood. Stars Ben Warriss, Aubrey Phillips, Julian Trent, Roslyn Riley, Colin Beach and Gary Broomhjad. What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravelP231 ORACLE 231 Thu26 Dec CEN 2957:57 18/18 LOCAL WOLVERHAMPTON To Jan 26, 7.15pm £10.50-£4.80 Various additional shows at 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm and 5.30pm. No shows 25 Dec, 1,6,13,20 Jan. Aladdin, written and directed by Russul Lane. Starring Gareth Hunt, Lyn Paul and the Krankies. WORCESTER Swan Theatre 0905-27322 To Jan 4, 7.30pm £6-£4.50 Various mats throughout the run. Cinderella by Jjanjtte Ranger and Christopher Lillicrap. Pantomime presented by Worcester Theatre CompanyW What's On 230 Pantomimes 233 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop TravulP231 O ACLETD CEN 1010:14 13/18 Q LOCAL OAKENGATES To Jan 18, 7.30pm £5-£3 Mats: Jan 14-17, 2pm $hj Wizard of Oz presented by Snap h at Com any o low th tu of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man down the Yellow Brick Road to Oz. OXFORD Playhouse 0835-79 500 To Jan 4, 70m £8'5 - [\ Various matinju shows The Magic Storybook presunted by Oxforv Stage Company and O(fk5d Pda)hku35& Family Christmas show written and djvi3jd by AJ What's On 230 Pantomimes 235 Jazz/Folk Cinema Rock/Pop Travul