Events

TORQUAY TO TOKYO: Transitions Dance Company, based at the Laban Centre, starts an international tour in late March with performances at Portsmouth College; the Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent; Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor; Strode College, Street. Details: Sara Winnington, press officer, Transitions Dance Company, the Laban Centre, Laurie Grove, New Cross, London SE14 6NH. Tel 0181 692 4070.

ROEHAMPTON INSTITUTE

Morna Hooker, Lady Margaret professor of divinity at Cambridge University, will speak on "The Prophetic Actions of Jesus" at a lecture on March 13 organised by the Chaplaincy Theological Society in conjunction with the Roehampton Institute of Theology and Religious Studies. The lecture starts at 5pm in the senior common room, Southlands College, Wimbledon Parkside, London SW19. Details: Judith Patten, public relations at Roehampton Institute, tel 0181 547 1566/fax 547 1143.

BERLIN

Student composer, Tim Spencer, has written a musical entitled Berlin which will be performed at Birmingham Conservatoire's Adrian Boult Hall on March 17. Tickets from the Town Hall Box Office, tel 021 236 2392/3889. Details: Marilyn Seeckts, publicity manager, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG, tel 0121 331 5929.

IEE MEETINGS

The Institution of Electrical Engineers will be holding the following meetings at the IEE, Savoy Place, London WC2.

March 14 - a colloquium on "Measurement on coplanar and microstrip lines" at 2pm.

March 15 - a discussion meeting on "Materials and design limitations in power cable systems" at 2pm.

March 16 - "French conversation circle" at 6pm.

March 23 - a divisional lecture "New lamps for old - the history of electric lighting" by Brian Bowers at 5.30pm.

March 30 - a half-day colloquium on "High frequency electromagnetic modelling techniques".

Details: Margherita Gulotta, assistant press officer, tel 0171 344 5446.