Thursday, November 6, 2014
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Actor, singer, musician and writer Matthew Floyd Jones is best known as the male half of cabaret duo Frisky and Mannish, but he also appears as solo characters, including Ruth Less. A form…
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One of The Stage’s longest-standing and most prolific contributing editors and dance specialists – and my friend – Kevin Berry died on August 12, aged 68, having been diagnosed with a …
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Saturday, July 5, 2014
Having studied acting, mime, acrobatics and dance in Rome, Italian-American Floriana Frassetto co-founded the pioneering performance troupe Mummenschanz in 1972. The company has toured the w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMFriday, June 6, 2014
Singer/songwriter Natasha Kazmierski trained in performing arts at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Her first contract was “an absolute dream” – she spent almost a year …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMSaturday, May 31, 2014
Gentleman juggler Tom Gaskin has circus in his blood. At 14, he started as a spotlight operator and ring boy at Great Yarmouth’s Hippodrome Circus. A former National Centre for Circus Arts…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMSunday, May 18, 2014
Clown Emile Delbosq comes from a circus dynasty. His parents are Jane Delbosq and Jean Paul Santus and his sister is foot juggler Germaine Delbosq. Having appeared internationally for most o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMSaturday, May 17, 2014
As well as heading her own five-piece band, multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson is a member of prog-rock band Three Friends, and is in demand as a session musician. She has played worldw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMSunday, May 11, 2014
Chanteuse Xara Vaughan has had an interesting life – childhood stardom, teenage rebellion, dancing at Stringfellows and joining a punk band after a spell in a Nepalese nunnery all add to h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMSaturday, May 10, 2014
MD, multi-instrumentalist and composer Robert Lee has written scores for many theatre shows and produced two full-length musicals. He plays with various bands including Herbie Treehead’s D…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMFriday, May 9, 2014
Australian circus artist Alice Muntz joined the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at eight and stayed for 10 years, specialising in aerials and diabolo, and also did a technical traineeship at Hot Hou…
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Welsh actress, singer, cabaret and music hall performer Lowri-Ann Richards trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and also has an MA in actor coaching from Central School of S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:27AMThursday, April 24, 2014
Udderbelly, Southbank Centre, London: When juggling is just about numbers it can be a bit mechanical, but here the numbers - including two women, four tea sets, seven men, nine chairs and 80…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AMSaturday, April 19, 2014
Having made her West End debut at 10, dancer/singer Becky Stone is a child of the stage. Her professional training started at Sylvia Young Theatre School at 11, when she appeared on the Chil…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:37AMMonday, April 14, 2014
Roundhouse, London: Coming from the creative team behind the international smash Cantina, and with a line-up including some of Australia's top circus artists, plus live onstage music fr…
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Comedy monster Red Bastard was created by top US bouffon Eric Davis, with input from Deanna Fleysher and Sue Morrison. Eric appeared in Cirque du Soleil’s Iris, won the 2010 NY Downtown Go…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AMSaturday, April 12, 2014
Circus artist Germaine Delbosq has an exceptional circus background, being descended from multiple generations of performers on both her mother Jane Delbosq’s side and her father Jean Paul…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMFriday, April 11, 2014
Actor Martin Atkinson, who comes from Norfolk, trained in performing arts/acting at City College Norwich. He spent two years in TIE then joined Blunderbus children’s theatre company in 201…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:18PMWednesday, April 9, 2014
Trained in ballet, musical theatre and acting, Laurie Hagen appeared in roles including a plate and napkin in Beauty and the Beast. Then she switched to burlesque. A regular on the capital�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMTuesday, April 8, 2014
Actor Sophie Russell trained in performing arts at Middlesex University and L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Techniques du Theatre in Paris. She’s worked extensively in theatre f…
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National Centre for Circus Arts, London: While the circus industry - both traditional and contemporary - heads towards saturation point, with everyone and their granny wanting to have a go, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMFriday, March 28, 2014
Roundhouse, London: Having already sat through James Thierree's turgid ramblings this week, how refreshing to see a show that is so entertaining. Mistakenly translated as the wolf pack,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMWednesday, March 26, 2014
Sadler's Wells, London: After a four-year absence from London, director/performer James Thierree returns with Compagnie du Hanneton's fifth and biggest show to date. After the one-man R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
Hawth, Crawley: In the same part of the Venn diagram as Tap Dogs and Stomp, the key word in Tap Factory is 'factory' - and in this factory, they produce tap dance and drumming. But…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Barbican Theatre, London: It has long been established that Circa's director Yaron Lifschitz is some sort of virtuoso. Like great writers whose words appear to flow on to the page, he c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Chapiteau Espace, Fontvieille, Monaco: Programme Two opens in similar fashion to the night before with <b>Hans Klok</b> leaping from a box. First up is the Dobrovitsky's 195…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMChapiteau Espace, Fontvieille, Monaco: This month, those whose super power is being in two places at once can enjoy the 38th London International Mime Festival and the 38th Monte Carlo Circu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMThursday, January 9, 2014
L'Apres-Midi d'un Foehn/Vortex: Directed/programmed as ever by the tireless and dynamic duo Joseph Seelig and Helen Lannaghan, the London International Mime Festival opens with a double bill…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMWednesday, January 8, 2014
Royal Albert Hall, London: In Cirque du Soleil's samey repertoire, 1996's Quidam stands out for its bizarre imagery and Michel Crete's innovative arced set. If, like me, you w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMFriday, December 20, 2013
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London: First seen as Plecs (meaning folds) in high summer at the Milton Keynes International Festival last year, Enfila't's show now premieres in L…
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