Triple bill of British movies produced by the Children's Film Foundation. In 'Supersonic Saucer' (1956) an alien from Venus befriends a group of children and helps them to fend off a band of thieves. In 'Kadoyng' (1972) three youngsters team up with an extra-terrestrial being in an attempt to stop their village being demolished. In 'The Glitterball' (1977) two boys help a young alien get back to its mothership with the Air Force and a petty criminal hot on their heels.

The play is a musical reconstruction of incidents relating to the East End murders which took place between Friday, August 31st and Friday, November 9th, 1888. A solution of Jack the Ripper's identity is hinted at, but the play is an atmospheric commentary rather than an historical re-enactment, shifting between reality and artificiality, with characters representing "real" people as well as members of the music hall audience and players.8 women, 8 men