Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Old Red Lion Theatre, London: Christmas fringe shows can be slow burners, but that's not the case with this moving and inventive show from Metal Rabbit Productions. The image that greet…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMThursday, May 15, 2014
Like all musical genres, punk and new wave saw an exciting explosion of new musical wheat, combined with an equal ration of chaff. Firmly in the former camp was New York-created Blondie, f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:05AMMonday, March 17, 2014
March 12 : Entering Brighton's fabulous Proud Cabaret venue, formerly the Hanbury Ballroom, a building with a 200-year history, you just know you are going to be thoroughly entertained…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:18PMMonday, January 27, 2014
King's Head Theatre, London: Ever wondered what really goes on when a group of fortysomething women hit a Butlin's holiday camp to revel in nostalgic tunes, drink the place dry and cop …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMMonday, January 20, 2014
Some film directors are seemingly not happy unless every scene is overlaid with pumping music or sickly sweet anthems – after all, soundtracks can make a lot of money on top of the box-off…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMWednesday, December 4, 2013
In the current, CGI world of cinema, it’s difficult to imagine the sweat that went into the set designs of Ken Adam, who created iconic sets for Bond films including Dr No and Goldfinger, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:19AMTuesday, November 26, 2013
Beverley Parks, Paignton: The final session of this year's annual showcase couldn't have opened with any more drama, The <b>High Seas</b> pirate-themed attraction mixes…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMMonday, November 25, 2013
Beverley Parks, Paignton: It's not often that afternoon showcase sessions are packed, but then again few midday events offer such a generous, complementary buffet. Plus there was also, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMThursday, November 21, 2013
Beverley Parks, Paignton: One thing that Anne George, the MD of Trevor George Entertainments, knows how to do is greet clients in style. Those arriving at Beverley Parks are met by the tower…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMWednesday, November 13, 2013
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: The final session of this year's showcase at the Riverside boasts two comperes, the first being the always confident Chris Smeed.
Read the full r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:16PMTuesday, November 12, 2013
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Afternoon showcase sessions are notoriously tricky affairs to get right - it is difficult to generate enough interest within the industry to make sure…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:27PMMonday, November 11, 2013
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: This agency, run by John and Dot Howe, unlike some has kept faith with presenting an annual showcase, and estimates that it has, to date, presented so…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMFriday, November 8, 2013
Garrick Theatre, Lichfield: Given the impressive standard of the acts appearing the previous evening, the final show was eagerly anticipated and with compere Des Coleman as bubbly and chatty…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMTuesday, November 5, 2013
Garrick Theatre, Lichfield: The Agents Association deserves plenty of plaudits for having managed to get the inaugural National Tribute Awards off the ground, and choosing a pretty ideal, ce…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMFriday, October 18, 2013
The Concorde Club, Cranford: Unfazed by the last minute changes to the day's packed schedule and the need to fit in ad hoc sound checks wherever possible, compere Steve Walls was finall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AMWednesday, October 16, 2013
The Concorde Club, Cranford: On the morning of the John Mills showcase at the multi-purpose Concorde Club, tucked under the flight paths to Heathrow Airport, a crash on the M4 motorway meant…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMMonday, October 7, 2013
Flagged up as an insight into how creative professionals make a movie sound as good as it looks, BBC Radio 1’s Stories – Secrets of the Soundtracks featured a leading cast of contributor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:38AMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Criterion, London : Postgraduate drama school showcases are traditionally less well attended by the industry than three-year, full-time graduation productions, so it was highly encouraging t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMFriday, July 12, 2013
Watford Palace Theatre: The final Epic showcase session had 11 acts on the running list, plenty to entertain the audience - a mix of ticket buying locals and a healthy number of industry VIP…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMFriday, July 5, 2013
Watford Palace Theatre: Afternoon showcase sessions are notoriously tricky affairs to get right, not least getting enough VIP derrieres on seats at 4pm in the afternoon to make up a healthy …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PMThursday, July 4, 2013
Watford Palace Theatre: Two great sights met guests arriving for this two-day, three-session Epic 2013 showcase. The first was the venue itself, the glorious 600-seat Edwardian Grade II list…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMMonday, July 1, 2013
These days, listeners of radio programmes can be forgiven for taking their diverse, rich but often varied quality of output for granted. However, for those born in the 1940s and 1950s, and e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, June 24, 2013
Bournemouth Pier - Key West Restaurant: Not so much a case of 'wind beneath my wings,' more a case of severe gusts along the pier, but if the venue where this showcase was taking p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:14PMMonday, May 20, 2013
If you’re going to produce an extensive, two-part programme about an iconic music producer, you’d be hard pushed to get anyone more qualified than Nile Rodgers to front it. In the first …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, April 18, 2013
The Key Theatre (Studio), Peterborough: This is a creative, fun but inconsistently entertaining take on some Aesop tales by fledgling, unfunded, Peterborough-based company Small Nose Product…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMMonday, February 11, 2013
You can never know quite enough about the making of truly great films. On the Waterfront (1954) is a case in point – a stunning example of cinema, for which the term ‘stellar cast’ cou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:02AMFriday, November 30, 2012
Beverley Parks, Paignton: The annual Trevor George, two-day showcase, otherwise known as Singin' In The Rain - the Paignton production, due to the inclement weather that usually coincid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMFriday, November 23, 2012
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Upmarket vocal duo Diva Voce (aka Karen Holmes and Angus MacMillan) claim to 'bring together the world of opera and musical theatre.' And, i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMTuesday, November 20, 2012
King's Head, Islington: There's something in the air at Islington's iconic fringe venue, The King's Head, that always makes a trip there a little bit special. If they could bo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMMonday, November 19, 2012
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Known rather unkindly, and not always accurately, as the 'graveyard shift', afternoon showcase sessions have always a bit of a gamble, for o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMThursday, November 15, 2012
Riverside Caravan Centre, Bognor Regis: Having run the business for some 27 years now, John and Dot Howe - the dynamic duo behind John Howe Presentations - have always known how to put on a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM 
