Thursday, March 8, 2012
Just a few lines to pay tribute to Frank Carson, who has died from cancer at the age of 85. When I was a Redcoat at Butlins holiday camp, Pwllheli in 1968, Frank was the resident comedian, a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AM[SHARE]The issue of political matters being the subject of plays is a constant in theatrical debate. The difficulty with this is that those who advocate political theatre always desire plays to be …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM[SHARE]Equity is now supposedly consulting members on a discussion paper circulated a few weeks ago in which a group, a financial stability working party not even identified in the document, sugges…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AM[SHARE]I write in response to Aleks Sierz's article recently, "The necessity of the new" (March 1, page 10).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AM[SHARE]On February 2 the Old Vic hosted a special matinee performance before an invited audience when four of the understudies in the hit comedy "Noises Off" played to a packed house with the rest …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 7, 2012
British theatre producer David King has spoken about how one of his US theatres was partially destroyed when a tornado swept through the resort of Branson in Missouri.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AM[SHARE]Monday, March 5, 2012
As co-founder (with Willie Robertson, who died in 2011) and chairman of the fundraising committee of the Nordoff Robbins charity, agent and producer Andrew Miller made an indelible mark on t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AM[SHARE]Born in South Africa to emigre parents (her father a Yorkshireman, her mother from Northern Ireland) Elizabeth Connell's first ambition was to be a pianist, but it was as a singer - initiall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AM[SHARE]Tabard has never been one for epic tales. We were bored by Lord of the Rings, gave up halfway through Moby Dick and used most of the pages in our copy of War and Peace as tinder after a part…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AM[SHARE]What an educational, literary sort of week it has been. As well as trying our hand at being a playwright (and sneaking a few promotional shots of ourselves at work, feathered quill in hand) …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 1, 2012
Richard Nelson and Roger Michell have been collaborating for nearly 30 years. Their latest work, Farewell to the Theatre, brings to life the extraordinary story of the brilliant, troubled, a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AM[SHARE]With both Upstairs Downstairs and White Heat being screened on the BBC this month, Claire Foy talks to Matthew Hemley about feeling surprisingly comfortable in front of the camera
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AM[SHARE]XL Video provided video production - including LED screens, projection system, PPU and cameras - for the 2012 Brit Awards, staged for the second year running at London's O2 Arena. The event …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AM[SHARE]Gary Wilmot talks to Tony Cooke about starring in the musical A Bowl of Cherries and why he never predicted that he would make it in showbusiness
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AM[SHARE]Artistic Licence Integration, the projects division of Wayne Howell's pioneering Artistic Licence brand, has announced its new web presence. The site is said to emphasise the company's techn…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AM[SHARE]Production Services Ireland's Dublin branch has supplied full lighting production, trussing and associated rigging for two high profile TV series - Take Me Out (Ireland) and Family Fortunes …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AM[SHARE]Manchester-based DBN Lighting has supplied a custom LED and control solution to the city's Whitworth Art Gallery which will run for three months as part of the Cotton: Global Threads exhibit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AM[SHARE]Tabard is spot on about Russell Grant's appearance in The Wizard of Oz (Chit Chat, page 9, February 23).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AM[SHARE]Matthew Hemley's article Living The Dream (February 9, page 20) raises an interesting debate about the profession's attitude to television talent searches.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AM[SHARE]I was very disappointed that the producers of Singin' in the Rain did not see fit to give Katherine Kingsley equal billing with Adam Cooper, Daniel Crossley and Scarlett Strallen, the other …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AM[SHARE]It is sad to read survey reports that a quarter of children have never been to the theatre (23 February, page 4)
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:53AM[SHARE]Friday, February 24, 2012
Casting director Richard Evans offers invaluable advice on how to maximise your impact and success before, during and after participating in a showcase
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PM[SHARE]Millie Williams Bell, who died on January 2, 2012, in Skegness, Lincolnshire, at the age of 97 was a veteran circus star and notable bareback rider in the great travelling circuses of the wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PM[SHARE]As Nicolas Kent bids farewell to the Tricycle Theatre after 28 years at the helm, he tells Aleks Sierz about his proudest achievements and his plans for the future.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PM[SHARE]Although she acted in theatre for years and never imagined herself as a television actress, Sharon Small talks to Matthew Hemley about finally getting comfortable in front of the camera lens
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PM[SHARE]On Monday, February 6, the good and the great of the wonderful world of fringe gathered at the Leicester Square Theatre for the Fringe Report Awards. Sadly, John Park, founder of the Fringe …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AM[SHARE]In responding to Beyond the Barricade (Stage Talk, February 16, page 9), I refer readers to my letter West is Wrong (Stage talk, January 26, page 8). As with Samuel West, the writer fails to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AM[SHARE]I was heartened to see in Susan Elkin's education blog on 15 February that, through Deutsche Bank's sponsorship of the Globe's Education Department, 20,000 school pupils across the whole of …
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