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Friday, August 5, 2016

Helen Monks: ‘There’s a lot to be said for the community of theatre’ by Catherine Gerbrands

With a second season of Channel 4’s Raised by Wolves under her belt, the writer-performer is turning her attention to Edinburgh, where

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Non-UK artists at Edinburgh: ‘It’s the world’s biggest arts festival. Nothing can match it’ by Catherine Gerbrands

If you could sell it like something out of Silicon Valley it would make billions, but of course the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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Thursday, July 7, 2016

International: The new documentary theatre of Germany’s Rimini Protokoll by Catherine Gerbrands

Who needs actors any more? This year’s London International Festival of Theatre has been dominated by real people onstage: six Falklands veterans,

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Diary: No thanks for the memory Elaine by Catherine Gerbrands

James Corden’s a man in demand. Who would have thought that a performer who began his career at the age of 18

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Alistair Smith: Get schoolkids on theatre trips by Catherine Gerbrands

Most of us who work in or around theatre had our first taste of it on a school trip. In fact, scratch

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Monday, November 9, 2015

In The Stage newspaper this week: November 5 by Catherine Gerbrands

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

In The Stage newspaper this week: October 8 by Catherine Gerbrands

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

In The Stage newspaper this week: October 1 by Catherine Gerbrands

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

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Letters of the week by Catherine Gerbrands

Equity supports directors’ pay rise Equity notes with interest the recent article in The Stage about directors’ fees and conditions of work.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Backstage: A trip to the Amazon rainforest to capture the perfect sound by Catherine Gerbrands

Every now and again a show comes along that challenges the way you work and Complicite’s The Encounter was one of those.

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Thursday, August 20, 2015

International news round-up: August 20 by Catherine Gerbrands

Hawaii Opera rides high USA/HONOLULU The Hawaii Opera Theatre is bucking the US’s national trend of declining opera sales as it reports

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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Letters of the week by Catherine Gerbrands

Who is fighting to save radio? While Lenny Henry’s personal plea to HM government, “Save the BBC goddammit”, is praiseworthy, he, like

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

How the late Nick Darke is still inspiring creativity in Cornwall by Catherine Gerbrands

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the playwright’s death from cancer at 56. With a revival of one of his plays opening

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Kat Nugent: Job satisfaction – happy to be part of the 2% by Catherine Gerbrands

I’ve got it. I’m part of the 2% again. All thanks to a villainous king. Recently, I read that only 2% of

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Letters of the week by Catherine Gerbrands

Stage combat training, Actors' Church lav appeal and pronunciation corrected

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Friday, February 20, 2015

American Stages: American football takes centre stage in US theatre by Catherine Gerbrands

I’m mentioning the world premiere of KJ Sanchez and Jenny Mercein’s X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story) rather late in its run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (it closes next weeke…

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Friday, February 13, 2015

American Stages: Just what is the hottest ticket on Broadway this season? by Catherine Gerbrands

I may have jumped the gun three weeks ago when I said that Grounded with Anne Hathaway at the Public Theatre would be the season’s hottest ticket – but only because there’s another sho…

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Interviews: John Seaward: actor by Catherine Gerbrands

Best known for his role in teenage sitcom The Inbetweeners as the dim-witted Big John (a role he reprised in the 2011 feature film), John Seaward is now preparing for his professional stage …

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Friday, January 16, 2015

American Stages: Ruth Wilson and Jake Gyllenhaal open Broadway premiere of Constellations by Catherine Gerbrands

The cold winter chill has seen numerous Broadway closings, but there’s a glimmer of life this week as not one but two shows make their Broadway premieres. Constellations at the Friedman Th…

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Friday, January 9, 2015

American Stages: The Last Ship leads winter Broadway closures by Catherine Gerbrands

The biggest news of the new year, while hardly a surprise to those paying attention, was that despite the valiant efforts of its composer, Sting, The Last Ship will be hauled into drydock an…

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Friday, December 5, 2014

American Stages: Bradley Cooper opens in The Elephant Man by Catherine Gerbrands

When it debuted on Broadway in 1979, Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man wasn’t positioned as a star vehicle, with the relatively unknown Philip Anglim taking on the title role. Stars s…

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Friday, November 28, 2014

American Stages: Sting tries to stop The Last Ship sinking by Catherine Gerbrands

Rumored for weeks, it was finally confirmed days ago that Sting would join the cast of his Broadway musical The Last Ship, which has been struggling at the box office following mixed reviews…

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Friday, November 14, 2014

American Stages: Up Here musical to premiere at La Jolla Playhouse by Catherine Gerbrands

Exciting news abounds in New York theatre at the moment, as we find out where Up Here (the musical from the writers of Disney’s Frozen) will premiere next year, and the celebrity casting r…

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Friday, October 24, 2014

American Stages: Al Pacino to star in China Doll by David Mamet in 2015 by Catherine Gerbrands

The big news this week has been the controversy surrounding the Met Opera’s The Death of Klinghoffer, which has attracted protests amid accusations of glorifying terrorism. For all the pre…

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Interviews: Helen Goalen: actor by Catherine Gerbrands

Performer Helen Goalen is a founding member of award-winning theatre company RashDash, which she started with Abbi Greenland after they studied together at Hull university. Their new show, O…

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Friday, September 26, 2014

American Stages: Steve Martin’s new musical and America’s top ten plays by Catherine Gerbrands

Howard Sherman’s fortnightly dispatch from Broadway is your essential catch-up guide to all the latest news, rumours and castings on the other side of the Atlantic. In this edition, Wolf …

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Friday, September 12, 2014

American Stages: Broadway’s first female-penned play in two years by Catherine Gerbrands

Howard Sherman’s fortnightly dispatch from Broadway is your essential catch-up guide to all the latest news, rumours and castings on the other side of the Atlantic. In this edition, he cel…

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Friday, July 18, 2014

American Stages: Song catalogues continue to woo producers and bullets for Broadway shows by Catherine Gerbrands

Above and beyond the Broadway closings already announced, and in many cases already completed, two more shows announced this week that they’d be calling it quits. The Tupac Shakur musical …

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Friday, July 4, 2014

American Stages: Les Mis reinvented by Catherine Gerbrands

Javert in militaristic police garb. Valjean in an orange jumpsuit. Thenardier in dreadlocks. Student revolutionaries in camouflage fatigues. Just a glimpse at photos from the Dallas Theatre …

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Friday, June 20, 2014

American Stages: Chicago picks up the slack for Broadway’s summer lull by Catherine Gerbrands

As awards season in New York theatre has wound down, the summer reduction on Broadway begins – whether according to the schedule of limited runs or shows just running out of steam at the b…

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Friday, June 6, 2014

American Stages: Californian premieres, busy Rees and Off-Off-Broadway finally hits Broadway by Catherine Gerbrands

While Broadway has been holding its breath since the end of April, afraid to exhale until after Sunday’s Tony Awards, a spate of new productions of note are happening along the California …

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