British Council hires former LAB chief Former London Arts Board director John Kieffer has been made head of performing arts at the British Council, in suc cession to Simon Gammell. GammeH's departure was confirmed upon his appoint ment as director of the British Council in Austra

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Dancers' foreign contract fiasco By CAMERON ROBERTSON Choreographer Jennie Thomas is threatening legal action against agent Tony Ferre after a contract dispute left four young dancers stranded in Tanzania and out of pocket by £700. Thomas said that a £2,000 contract was agreed fo

Apollo's Leggett teams up with Anne Chudleigh By PHIL GIBBY Apollo Leisure director Adrian Leggett is to join entertainment consultancy Hazemead to team up with one of the industry's best known agents, Anne Chudleigh. Under the agreement, Leggett who will take up his new post on

Alabama Showboat tops Blackpool 'Oscars' Alabama Showboat was voted the resort's top entertainment venue in Blackpool's first ever Tourism Awards. Dubbed the Blackpool Oscars, the awards were launched to honour the excel lence within the resort's tourism industry, said Blackpool'

Television schedulers have come to resemble latter-day alchemists. They have the power, we are led to believe, to turn programming's base metal into the gold of audience ratings and company profits, by means we ordinary mortals cannot hope to comprehend. And yet has anyone witne

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Georgie Fame/ BBC Big Band Queen Elizabeth Hall Georgie Fame's roller-coaster career kicked off 40 years ago and has encompassed rhythm and blues, tributes to Gershwin and Carmichael, and a lengthy stint as musical director for vocalist Van Morrison. Now, he is back to his roots,