The idea of four modern-ish children improvising a story is not particularly original but it works splendidly in Mike Kenny’s adapatation of The Snow Queen for a cast of four.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMHollywood film director and acting coach Michelle Danner has been coaching for 27 years, working with actors privately as well as on set.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe flood myth is common to most cultures and John Agard, originally from Guyana, gives it strong African undertones with lots of African resonances in the language which often rhymes. At th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTraditional can often mean stale but Paul Hendy knows panto too well for that. His latest, immaculately well-targeted pantomime for the Marlowe is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMI have followed the success of Fourth Monkey Training Company, which launched in 2010, almost since before it was a twinkle in Steve Green’s eye.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMBest of all though, are the articles. This time there’s a new one by Bruce Wall (wonderful man who changes lives every day) about his pioneering work in prisons and one by Anthony Holmes o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFor those wishing to pursue a career as a stage manager, a wide range of courses is available, as well as occasional
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMFollowing the success of Pied Piper Theatre’s Burglar Bill last year, this new two hander for very young children follows a similar
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMLou Stein became artistic director of Chickenshed in 2016. He was founding artistic director of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI continue to appreciate the work of theatre people like Max Stafford-Clark, Kevin Spacey – and no doubt others yet to come – too. We have to hold on to a balance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM“Pray you, undo this button: thank you Sir” is probably not the most memorable line in the play although it’s a neat example of Shakespeare tucking his stage directions into the script…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMDilek Rose, 31, trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on its three-year degree course when she was in her early 20s.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFew bits of theatre news have delighted me more this year than hearing that Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, has taken possession of the Poor Priests Hospital in Stour Street – a large, iconic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThings and times change and there are plenty of newer schools doing things differently but worth considering even though they don’t yet qualify for funding so students have to be self-fina…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMVocal tutor Jane Maudsley is the founder and managing director of Little Voices, a national drama and education company for children aged
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThough the quality of teaching is a vital foundation for training, the standard facilities is a key factor in preparing for professional
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThe problem is that there’s a very fine line between enthusiastic engagement and disruptive behaviour. And if one person’s enjoyment of a show spoils someone else’s by, for instance, m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMA Day by the Sea is beautifully written, nicely observed, often witty and very compelling in the hands of director, Tricia Thorns and her cast.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIt’s time to sing the praises of Theatre Centre – the new writing company specialising in young audience work, based in Shoreditch Town Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSonum Batra has a degree in music from King’s College London, after which she took private piano lessons because she couldn’t afford
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMLast week I attended an event at Royal Opera House. In effect, it was a press briefing to introduce the new season and raise awareness of the range of ROH’s other work. So I was mildly amu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:45PMAdam Stadius is one half of Both Feet, which trains actors in the Meisner Technique. He is currently head of acting and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIn his 1903 play Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw famously observed that 'He, who can, does. He, who cannot, teaches'. And it still hits the nail on the head.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMIf venues take money from the theatregoing public for children’s shows, then they have a moral duty – it should be a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AMIf you really want to perform, or become a theatre technician, then you almost certainly need the hands-on approach of a drama school with at least 30 hours tuition a week, people with prope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLaunched four years ago, Michael Grandage’s MGCfutures charity is committed to giving tomorrow’s creative talent a leg-up in the theatre industry, through
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMI sometimes wonder why we eccentric British persist with open air theatre – a triumph of hope over experience if ever there was one. We do not have Italian weather and I’ve often been ve…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWorking in pairs – and swapping in and out at Adam Stadius’s direction – the students were working on repetition techniques which involves very concentrated focus on, and listening to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAfter training in business and management, and working in New York and Norway, Corinne Delacour decided she wanted to realise a childhood
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI write in praise of Chichester Festival Theatre’s Learning, Education and Participation (LEAP) department. Led by Dale Rooks, it reaches 800 young people and I think it is one of the best…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAndrew Wright is an award-winning director and choreographer, whose work has been staged worldwide. His current projects include Half a Sixpence and
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