THEATER : A champagne toast celebrates a potpourri of autumn productions.

With Labor Day marking the pending arrival of autumn, South Bay theaters are sweeping the aisles and clearing the wings for the fall performance season.

Comedy and magic will be on the program, as well as dance and music from around the world. Here is a selective preview of what’s in store at three South Bay venues:

The Norris Theatre for the Performing Arts will celebrate its 10th anniversary with the opening of the 1993-94 season on Oct. 2 and 3. Audiences are invited to a champagne gala including performances by magician Harry Blackstone, singer Banu Gibson and the New Orleans Hot Jazz Band.

Visitors will be able to browse in the lobby, decorated with memorabilia from the theater’s first decade, as they sample champagne, cappuccino and gourmet hors d’oeuvres. Tickets for the gala are $50.

David Birney, an award-winning actor and director, will present “The Diaries of Adam and Eve” at the Norris Theatre on Oct. 27-29. Birney’s adaptation from Mark Twain’s “Extracts from Adam’s Diary” and “Eve’s Diary” tells the oldest love story, the story of the “first wife, the first husband, that first love, that first loss.” Tickets for the Oct. 27 preview are $17.50. Other tickets are $27.50.

The Nouveau Norris series offers an upbeat, eclectic program that includes the comic a cappella routine of The Edlos on Nov. 14, gospel from The Mighty Clouds of Joy on Feb. 13, political satire from the Capitol Steps and irreverent dance from Les Ballets Trockadero Monte Carlo next spring.

Information on all Norris Theatre events: (310) 544-0403.

The Torrance Cultural Arts Center presents the Shakti Foundation Festival of Classical Indian music and dance Sept. 17-19. “Festival ‘93: Synergy World Dance and Music,” will feature six groups from the United States and India in the Armstrong Theatre. Tickets range from $10 to $30.

On Sept. 25 the Faith Baptist Church will present “Preacher on Trial,” a new musical gospel drama, in the Armstrong Theatre. Tickets are $10 and $15.

On Sept. 27 the theater will present “Aristo: From Smyrna to Buenos Aires.” The show chronicling the journey of young Aristotle Onassis as he travels from Greece to Argentina is accented with music and dance from the two countries. Tickets are $30. Information on cultural arts center events: (310) 781-7171.

The Norris Theatre and the Torrance Cultural Arts Center both have shows that organizers expect to captivate young audiences.

The Norris Theatre opens its fall children’s series Oct. 17 with “Mur Mur” (The Wall), an acrobatic musical event about children and what they face as they grow up. Tickets are $12. The children’s series also includes a musical version of “101 Dalmatians” on Jan. 9 and a dramatic adaptation of the children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” on Feb. 6. Information: (310) 544-0403. At the cultural arts center, children can visit the exotic world of the Arabian Nights when Greater Los Angeles Children’s Theatre presents “Aladdin and His Magic Flying Carpet” Oct 7-10. This new version of the classic tale features a cast of more than 250 South Bay youngsters. Tickets are $10 for children and $12 for adults.

Among the highlights of the El Camino College Marsee Auditorium fall season is Dance Theatre of Harlem in its only Southern California appearance, Oct. 22-24. Tickets range from $22 to $34.

Also at El Camino, Patty Lovelace will bring her distinctive country style to the South Bay with one show only on Oct. 30. Tickets are $23 and $20. And comedian Victor Borge is scheduled to celebrate his 85th birthday with a show at the auditorium Nov. 6. Tickets for the events are $26 to $39. The auditorium is at Crenshaw and Redondo Beach boulevards in Torrance. Information: (310) 329-5345.