Sunday, April 17, 2016
When most of the rest of the theatre world was either at the Olivier Awards or glued to them on TV, I
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Yes, there has been the odd play about football " and I have a theatre producer friend who keeps trying to get
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Our industry should be open to everyone with talent, irrespective of any disabilities. Access must also be available to people of all
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Last week I had the pleasure " and it really was " of seeing Lago Theatre's No Help Sent at Etcetera Theatre
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It could be that our industry attracts more than its fair share of people with mental health issues. Or maybe working in
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I am cosying up to Frankenstein's Monster. He is going to be a life-size 6ft 3in puppet who will need three actors
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Touring is a key part of an actor's life. Everyone does it at some time, whether it's a first job theatre-in-education tour
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Britain is training too many actors. Everyone in the industry knows that. What is said much less often is that, once trained,
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Stage fright " both the dread and the actuality of it " looms very large in the lives of many, if not most, actors. And occasionally it becomes headline news. Remember Stephen Fry and Cell M…
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Last week, I interviewed two very different playwrights. First I met Evan Placey (author of Pronoun, Consensual, Holloway Jones), and the next
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Graduate showcases, as we know them, have probably had their day. I, and several colleagues, have said this more than once. Drama school
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When I was teaching A level English, examiners would set questions such as "Is Henry a war criminal?" or "How important are
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When actor Peter Bowles, 79, currently appearing in BBC2's Murder on Thursday nights, was a RADA student, he washed dishes all night
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Two things strike you when you open a conversation with Michael Earley. One is his eclectic background. The other is his indefatigable
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I caught Thingamajig Theatre's engaging touring production of The Ugly Duckling at The Lighthouse, Poole, a couple of weeks ago. It was
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It's time to sing the praises of the Actors Centre very loudly. I've been to several events there recently and each time
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Traditionally, degrees have been awarded by universities. In general, any other organisation " a drama school, for instance " wanting to run
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Do different sectors of this industry talk to each other enough? We're all strapped for time and cash and sometimes we miss
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I see a lot of theatre, including work for young audiences. My favourite young audience pieces are always those featuring actor-musicians. This
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Actors have to survive in a world that offers them no job security and the prospect of frequent unemployment, along with heady
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]For decades now, I have seen dozens of student graduating showcases every year. In future, for various reasons, it looks as if
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Drama schools produce shows. Dozens of them, every year. And that, potentially, is a real asset for the communities that surround the
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Whenever children appear on stage professionally, a skim through the programme will almost always reveal that at least some of them are
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I seem to have spent a lot of time in churches lately. And no, before you ask, I haven't suddenly succumbed to
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Of course I want to see lots of excellent black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) actors cast in lead roles. No thinking theatre lover wouldn't. The best and most suitable actors for every p…
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Drama UK is in a pickle. I had a 90-minute meeting with chief executive Ian Kellgren and membership coordinator Jude Tisdall just
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UCAS forms were sorted last month, and most other applications are in. So it's about now that invitations to audition start dropping
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It's always good to hear of a scheme which helps newly graduated actors and others to get going professionally. So well done
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Is it ever okay to troll a critic online over a negative review. The Stage critic Susan Elkin warns of the consequences after several run-ins with pantomime artists over the holidays.
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This is my last column of 2015 so I'm in a reflective mood. It's been quite a year for this blog. I've
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I was quite academic and sporty at school. The local amateur groups in Devon where I grew up wouldn't have me "
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