Thursday, February 9, 2012
After 26 years with stage set fabricators Brilliant Stages, John Gittins has branched out as a consultant, offering his design and project management skills on a freelance basis.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AM[SHARE]Bradford-based audio and lighting rental specialists Stage Management Company will again join up this summer with theatre company Punchdrunk, Manchester International Festival and the BBC to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AM[SHARE]Many performances by Nicol Williamson led critics and audiences alike to view him as potentially one of the most brilliant stars of 20th century British theatre. But his wayward behaviour ev…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM[SHARE]Monday, February 6, 2012
Cast in a minor role as the accident-prone scullery maid, Ruby Finch, in the drama Upstairs Downstairs, Jenny Tomasin often stole the scene.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AM[SHARE]Friday, February 3, 2012
As Joe Hill-Gibbins' version of The Changeling runs at the Young Vic Theatre in London, the deputy artistic director of the venue chats to Matt Trueman about how he approaches projects and w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PM[SHARE]Charles Dickens created some of the most iconic novels and characters in English Literature. Nick Smurthwaite paints an intimate portrait of the writer and looks at some of the great adaptat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PM[SHARE]Ted Loveday, managing director and custodian of Brunskill and Loveday Theatrical Scenery Archive donated £500 to the winner of our joint set design competition. AK Bennett-Hunter talks…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:23AM[SHARE]David Whitaker's death at the age of 81 saw the Kingston-upon-Thames-born composer, songwriter and arranger hailed as "a genius" in France, where he was regarded as an all-rounder of conside…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]For the generations of Irish singers that followed her, Bridie Gallagher was a flag carrier, a pioneer, and, to many of them, a veritable saint.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AM[SHARE]Basil Payne was 48 by the time he gave up his day job as a health insurance administrator to become a full-time writer in 1971. By then he was established as a poet, with two international p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AM[SHARE]For many of the greatest singers of the last century, Martin Isepp was, professionally speaking, 'the other half', accompanying great names such as Janet Baker, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisab…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 2, 2012
Last week, the BBC held its inaugural Audio Drama awards, and managed to entice some top performers to attend and present the prizes. Among them were June Whitfield, Niamh Cusack, Richard Wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PM[SHARE]Talons are out on Broadway, if reports are to be believed. According to the New York Post, Scott Rudin, who was due to produce Clybourne Park in the city, has pulled the plug on it after som…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PM[SHARE]The review of the musical Big Society (The Stage, January 26, page 18) mentions, among the cast recreating the bill of a music hall, a "duff magician". It's sad (but interesting) that so man…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PM[SHARE]My reaction on reading your article Back from the Brink (The Stage, January 26, pages 6-7) was to wonder whether staging (among other things) three musicals and a Terence Rattigan revival at…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM[SHARE]It is brilliant that you've written such a great article about Equity's recent survey (The Stage, January 26, page 1). This survey came about because of the work of Equity's Lesbian, Gay, Bi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PM[SHARE]Les Miserables - one of the most successful musicals of all time - is now going to be made into a film. Last year theatre productions made over £25 million. I wonder how much Les Miser…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]I still can't quite believe it, but very soon it will no longer be a criminal offence to entertain a roomful of people without having to obtain a licence from the authorities. The Live Music…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 1, 2012
David Blewitt, for many years The Stage's chief opera critic, and a former honorary secretary of the music section of the Critics' Circle, has died aged 76.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AM[SHARE]Theatre restoration specialist Theatresearch has been appointed to lead a major project at the Globe Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]Theatrical suppliers Hawthorns recently supported the Breakin' Convention International Festival of Hip Hop Dance at Sadler's Wells Theatre with a charitable loan of nine Clay Paky 1200 Prof…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]West London's Tech Music School, celebrating 30 years in music education, has announced the launch of three BA (Hons) degrees: Music Business, Music Production and Songwriting, all starting …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]Lester Cobrin has joined XL Video UK as its senior project manager, bringing some 20 years of experience and professionalism in the lighting and live production industry to the company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]Hampshire-based Lee Filters' new website is now live. "The site is the result of extensive research undertaken with lighting professionals to find out exactly what our customers want from ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 26, 2012
As ITV crime drama Whitechapel's third series is about to hit our screens, Matthew Hemley talks to the show's writers and one of its stars about why the show strikes such a chord with viewers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PM[SHARE]I have, somewhat belatedly, just come across the letters regarding the loud sound levels in the West End musicals.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AM[SHARE]I feel it is a great shame that the Music Theatre Academy should have been awarded School of the Year in the Stage 100 Awards 2012 (The Stage, January 5, page 19), as it is an organisation t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AM[SHARE]As Josie Rourke and Kate Pakenham begin their new jobs at the Donmar, they talk to Alistair Smith about how they intend to make their marks at the Covent Garden venue
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