York Theatre Royal's latest joint production with Real Circumstance is Lough/Rain, but sadly performances of the two intertwined plays have had to be cancelled at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival due to flooding.

The play is being staged in a series of brick vaults and after heavy rain overnight, the space flooded, causing problems with technical equipment.

Sadly, the cancellation meant the cast lost out on potentially valuable reviews, but having finally dried out the show has now gone on. Following their Edinburgh dates the play will be back in York for a two-week run at The Studio from September 19. Make sure you bring a brolly.



Nothing is off limits in the art world. Damien Hirst has left animals floating in formaldehyde and Tracey Emin told everyone exactly who she's slept with and now the toilets of a Sheffield nightclub are being immortalised in art. Jacqui Bellamy, the resident photographer of club night Razor Stiletto, is behind the Latrino Gals exhibition which launches at the Forum cinema next Wednesday. "When I've been taking photos at Razor Stiletto, I've inevitably ended up in the ladies snapping the women queuing, chatting, putting on make-up etc," she says by way of explanation.

"It therefore seemed natural to move into the toilet cubicle, using it as a frame for the women's vibrant personalities and dress." The collection will showcase eight specially chosen A1 size prints
and there will be a limited edition book which will be for sale. For those with an exhibitionist streak, there will also be an open shoot in the Forum toilets from 4pm.



Film fans have been giving the Rex cinema, Elland, a bit of a problem. The West Yorkshire town has recently found itself in the grip of Abba mania with hundreds of people arriving each night in the hope of seeing the hit musical Mamma Mia! Sadly, the cinema has had to turn so many away that it has now rearranged its schedule to show the film for at least one extra week.

"Once every few years, we get a film like this," says the Rex's owner Charles Morris. "The last one was Calendar Girls, five years ago, which ran for six weeks. It's a nice situation to be in, for us, but we do apologise to those who have been unable to get in. It is a happy, feelgood film," said Mr Morris, "And the audience has been coming out still singing the songs. I think the film is a welcome antidote to all the depressing news we have around us at the moment. A similar thing happened with The Full Monty in 1997; it came out just after Princess Diana died and I think the nation needed cheering up."



Could we be seeing a little more of God's own country on television screens soon?

It's rumoured programme bosses from Channel 4 and the BBC are leaving their London bolt holes and heading up the M1 in the hope of commissioning dramas set in the North. It's more than a decade since BBC2 scored a hit with Newcastle-based Our Friends in the North and broadcasters, who are on the look out for new scripts, are no doubt hoping history will repeat itself.