European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Graham Heathcote the associated press to takes a combination of Bucca Neering and diplomacy to run the world s biggest arts festival according to the Man who s stepping Down As director of Scotland s Edinburgh festival. Quot i try to run the festival like a pirate ship Bucca Neering round the world and bringing Back the loot. You have to have that attitude to be prepared for anything and do any Job Quot Frank Dunlop  from his London office. Eight years in the Job also taught him to be a Diplomat. Quot you really have to establish Strong relationships with. J ministries and authorities in other countries As you Are dependent on them Quot he said. Quot if we did t have their help in paying about a million pounds about $1.7 million in fares and another million in performers fees the festival would t be what it is. We Haven t got that kind of  Dunlop 64, Short bearded and Bulky but As Quick moving As he is Quick witted will step Down when this year s annual festival in Scotland capital ends sept. 1. Quot i wanted to go out after making sure that we had an opera House As Edinburgh has never had one Quot he said. Quot i got a Deal for the City Council to buy the old Empire theater a music Hall which had been used for Bingo for 28 years. Quot it s being rebuilt and will be a Beautiful opera House the finest theater in Britain outside  he said lots of people have suggested that he stay on the Job to run the Empire when it opens in 1993 Quot but i m waiting until i m  a his successor recommended by Dunlop but chosen by the festival Council is 48-year-old Brian Mcmaster. As managing director of Welsh National opera since 1976, Mcmaster made the Cardiff based company one of the most exciting and innovative in Britain. The festival director s salary is secret but Edinburgh gossip puts it at something above $85,000 a year. The three week festival aug. 10-sept. 1, is 45 years old this year and will offer opera music Ballet and drama from banners Fly near the illuminated Edinburgh Castle a focal Point of the City s annual festival. Fees amps the soviet Union United states Canada South Korea and East and West Europe. The budget exceeds $6.8 million for the first time. Five sixths is from local and National government and ticket sales and the remainder from commercial sponsors. A although the festival generates about $136 million to $170 million in spending by visitors in Scotland it has always been Short of Cash. Quot i Learned in a hard school in America that if you wanted to put on things you had to go out and get the Money so i was always part of the fund raising Quot said Dunlop who has directed in los Angeles and on Broadway. The festival always has a wide variety of performances a from fringe theater to top line entertainers. It also has a wide Range of ticket prices. Tickets could Cost up to $44 for Best seats at the kirov opera from Leningrad and a Jessye Norman recital or As Little As $6.80 for some plays. Fringe performances Cost even less. Quot we have managed to keep prices Down. It s an achievement nowadays and i would t want to depart from that policy of cheap and Good Quot Dunlop said. Quot somehow there s a glow around Edinburgh if you get it right. It stops being a refined artistic thing and the whole town takes off. It gets a High without having to smoke anything or sticking anything up its  the wings compiled by Anita Gosch theater Germany Stuttgart entertainment presents the award winning Broadway musical revue Ain t misbehaving based on the music of fats Waller As a dinner theater production aug. 2, 3, 9,10, 16 and 17 at the a Ellingen Community club. Cocktails begin at 6 15 ., a Barbecue dinner is at 7 and Showtime is at 8. Tickets Are $18. Advance paid reservations Are required. Stuttgart presents the Wacky hit musical nonsense sept. 13,14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 and oct. 4 and 5 at 8  At the Stuttgart theater Center 5th general Hospital bad Cannstatt. Tickets Are $8 for adults and $6 for children Ages 5 to 18. Children under 5 Are not admitted. Call ets 420-6148 or civilian 0711819-6148. Hanau s five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern presents a Renaissance dinner production of Shakespeare s comedy a Midsummer night s dream aug. 2 and 10, play goers Are picked up from the Pavilion in front of the Hanau officers club at 5 30  And brought to the Quot Forest of Arden Quot for a feast of Renaissance food cooked Over an open fire. Tickets for the dinner and show Are $16 they must be paid for and picked up at least three Days prior to the performance. Play goers not interested in the meal will be picked up from the Pavilion at 7  Tickets for the show Only Are $6. The performance is staged in a Forest setting and the play is acted around the audience. Call ets 322-8031 or civilian 06181 -88-8031. Giessen s Keller theater s theater underground presents Marsha Norman s blockbuster night Mother about a Young suicidal woman and her Mother aug. 8-10 and 15-17 at 7 30  The Keller theater presents Ira Levin s thriller Deathtrap sept. 6-7,12-14 and 19-21 at 7 30  Tickets Are $5 for. Adults $4 for students and $3 for children Ages 6 to 12. Children under 6 Are not admitted. Keller theater is in Miller Hall Grinberger Strasse 143. Call ets 343-6515 or civilian 0641-402-6515. Heidelberg s Roadside theater presents Neil Simon s musical comedy they re playing our song aug. 16-1 7 and 22 beginning this week stripes Magazine will make it easier for readers wishing to attend a play in London by carrying a list of productions in the City s West end Heaters. The schedule will appear once a month in the on stage listings pages 14-15. 24 at 8  Tickets Are $8 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. Roadside theater is on Stem Cavern off autobahn 656, Between Heidelberg arid Mannheim. Call ets 370-6543 or civilian 06221-57-6543. Aschaffenbur s soldiers theater on Graven Cavern presents the murder mystery a jury of her Peers aug. 23 and 24 at 7 30  Actors will recite lines from a Book. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children 1.2 and under. Call ets 3237316 or civilian 06021-98569. Kaiserslautern performing arts Center presents Alan a Cobourn s comedy seasons greetings. Wine and cheese evenings Are sept. 20 and 26 and oct 5 at 7 15  Tickets Are $10. Dinner theater performances Are sept. 21, 27 and 28 and oct. 4 at 7  Tickets Are $15, regular performances Are sept. 19 and oct. 3 at 8 ., sept. 22 and 29 at 7 ., and oct. 6 at 2  Tickets Are $7. The Center is on Mannheimer Strasse b-37across from Danner Cavern. Call ets 483-8139/7543 or civilian 0631 -411 -8139/7543 weekdays noon to 6  Auditions Germany Hanau s five pfennig playhouse on old Argonne Cavern has auditions for the comedy the Heidi chronicles aug. 5 and b at 7  Performances Are in september and october. Call ets 322-8031 or civilian 06181-88-8031. Aschaffenbur s soldiers theater on Graves Cavern has auditions for the murder mystery a jury of her Peers aug. 12 and 13 at 7  The theater has auditions for the three act musical Apple tree about Adam eve and original sin aug. 1921 at 7  Singers dancers and a stage Crew Are needed. Performances Are scheduled for october. Call ets 323-7316 or civilian 06021-98569. Berlin american Community theater has auditions for the Fant Sticks aug. 29 and 30 at 7  And aug. 31 at 3 and 7  Performances Are in november. The theater is in building 906, Andrews Barracks. Call ets 332-3550 or civilian 030-8193550. Mainz Center stage theater on Mccully Barracks has auditions for Early one evening at the Rainbow bar and Grill sept. 3 and 4 at 7  Parts Are available for five men and two women. The theater is in building 6209. Call cts 334-4786 or civilian 06132-2704. Giessen s Keller theater has auditions for Arthur Miller s drama death of a Salesman sept. 3-5 at 7  Eight men five women and backstage and technical assistance Are needed. Performances Are in october and november. The theater is in Miller Hall Grinberger Strasse 143. Call ets 343-6515 or civilian 0641-402-6515, variety Germany Aschaffenbur s soldiers theater on Graves Cavern has / auditions for its sneak preview variety show aug. 14 at 7  Singers dancers musicians poets and dramatic readers Are Welcome. The performance is aug. 31 at 7 30  Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under. Call ets 3237316 or civilian 06021-98569. Military communities and English language Heaters in Europe May submit information on their theater and music activities Tor publication in this column in the first of apes Magazine of each month information for the september column must be received by aug. 26. Hems must include performance Dales times and Tocaben Cost of tickets and phone numbers to Call for More information. Hems that do not include this information can be run on a Pace available basis Only. Please Send the information to stars and stripes entertainment Apo 09211, or stars and stapes entertainment. Post Tach 11 14 37,6100 Darmstadt 11 Germany. 10 stripes Magazine August 1, 1991