| IMPRESARIO | Organiser of musical and theatrical events (10) |
| BLERTA | New Zealand musical and theatrical group which had a 1972 hit with Dance All Around The World (6) |
| TOPSIDE | Cut current, restricting theatrical events |
| MATCHMAKER | Organiser of mixed doubles? (10) |
| RINGLEADER | Telephone the chief organiser of the gang (10) |
| MASTERMIND | Object after a term's misused for organiser of racket (10) |
| REVOLUTION | Cycle the route the organisers of the Easter Rising took (10) |
| KENNELCLUB | Organisers of Crufts (6,4) |
| INEVITABLE | It's bound to happen in musical and ballet regularly (10) |
| BIGSPENDER | Song written for a 1966 musical and recorded by Peggy Lee the same year, and which became a signature tune for Shirley Bassey (3,7) |
| VAUDEVILLE | Musical and comedy entertainment |
| GLAM | ___ rock, 1970s style of music associated with glitter and theatrical clothing and typified by bands like Slade and Sweet (4) |
| STAGEPLAY | Pace and place enshrining a good theatrical event (5,4) |
| MASSPRODUCTION | Theatrical event in RC church pioneered by Ford? (4,10) |
| QUAYLE | Sir Anthony --, 1913-89, actor and theatrical producer (6) |
| BRECHT | Bertolt --, German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer (6) |
| CAMP | Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style (4) |
| CAMPY | Exaggerated and theatrical |
| DRAMA | Drink's served before a theatrical event (5) |
| VARIETYSHOW | Reveal diversity first in theatrical event (7,4) |