Since it was established 60 years ago, the National Youth Theatre has provided a launchpad for, among others, Daniel Day-Lewis, Helen Mirren,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe National Youth Theatre is often described as the best drama school we never had, but it has always fulfilled a very
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMNot all rookie set designers struggle to earn a living. After he’d graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 1982
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMIt was the indifference of local authorities in the post-war period to the fate of their old theatres that led to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMEast Suffolk’s HighTide Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with a programme of new plays, innovative comedy and special events that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMOne of regional theatre’s longest-serving chief executives, Peter Wilson, leaves the Theatre Royal, Norwich, this December after 25 years. Don’t imagine for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThough he grew up in what he calls an atmosphere of “cultural aspiration”, Mark Dakin has had more than his fair share
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMEven for those at the top of their game, designing productions can be a precarious existence. Award-winning designer Max Jones tells Nick
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMIt is 22 years since Malcolm McKee and Christopher Luscombe had the idea for The Shakespeare Revue, which started out as a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTragedy and comedy jostle for position in the plays of Sean O’Casey. Though he took his inspiration from the harsh realities of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMOne of the UK’s most prolific and accomplished sound designers, Rick Clarke started out as a roadie and mix engineer for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMGawn Grainger was off to Tuscany to work on his memoirs when he got the call from his agent, saying: “How would
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWhile he may not have attained household-name status, Alan Dossor, who has died aged 74, was a major influence on some of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:50AMStephen Sondheim says there were two shows that shaped his professional life – West Side Story, of which everyone has heard, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWhat he lacked in stature (5ft 5ins), US theatre owner and producer James M Nederlander Sr more than made up for in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMThe enduring appeal of Beatrix Potter’s animal stories, as well as the author’s 150th anniversary, is celebrated in a new musical at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMGentleness and modesty may have prevented Owen Holder, who has died aged 95, from becoming a bigger star, but he sustained a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMReaders who grew up in the 1970s will have fond memories of The Adventures of Black Beauty. It was essential Sunday afternoon
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMThe benefits of the great Victorian boom in theatre construction are still being felt today. These buildings were not only made to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMChristopher Hampton describes 36-year-old French playwright Florian Zeller, whose new play, The Truth, he has translated for UK consumption, as “half my
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:04AMRain has already stopped play at Sudbrook Park, home of the Stage Golfing Society on the borders of Richmond Park. But the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe best advice Robert Atkins could offer his successor David Conville at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 1962 was: “Don’t look
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMFor sheer authenticity, you couldn’t find a company more committed to the Shakespearean template than the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Not only does
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMFor sheer authenticity, you couldn’t find a company more committed to the Shakespearean template than the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Not only does
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMCovent Garden’s most celebrated flower seller returns to her roots on Sunday in an all-star performance of My Fair Lady to mark the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMJust one month after the Queen’s 90th birthday, her erstwhile impersonator celebrates the same milestone. Like our sprightly monarch, Stanley Baxter remains
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThough his is not a name well known to musical theatre lovers, composer Richard Taylor currently has two major shows up and running:
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIf the Bristol Old Vic has discovered the secret of eternal youth, Bristol Hippodrome is content to grow old gracefully. While it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIt was during the press launch for new Disney musical Aladdin that designer Bob Crowley said he’d never designed a panto before.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAny conversation with Ian Stickland is going to be challenging for someone who struggles to work the remote control on his TV.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThanks to the success of The Lion King and War Horse, theatrical puppetry has undergone a radical image transformation over the past
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