Friday, August 3, 2012
Talking of robbery, Tabard hears reporters at The Stage felt a little robbed this week. The newsdesk team had been looking forward to a launch party at the New Wimbledon Theatre to herald tw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMITV will soon be screening the drama Mrs Biggs, the true story of Charmian Biggs, ex-wife of the great train robber Ronnie. Tabard hears the broadcaster held a press screening of the drama t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMFurther to Samuel West's rallying cry to save theatres from demolition (News, July 19, page 4), he should know that supporters of the Futurist Theatre are ahead of him, and are fighting the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMReading James Grout's obituary (July 19, page 45), I was reminded of his appearance as Menenius Agrippa in Coriolanus at the Bath Assembly Rooms in 1953. The production, staged in the main R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMWith regards the Theatre Royal Margate and its problems (Stage Talk, July 26, page 6), recent events provide an excellent example of leaving well alone.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMYour report on the Subsidy, Patronage and Sponsorship conference at London's Victoria and Albert Museum (News, July 26, page 2) advises that arts organisations should use "the language of go…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMWednesday, August 1, 2012
Working with the likes of Vera Lynn and Mantovani, Roland Shaw was one of Britain's most popular and prolific musical arrangers. As a boy, he taught himself to play the piano and then studie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMWhen he was cast in Richard Attenborough's epic film Young Winston in 1972, the dashing Simon Ward seemed destined for stardom. But, although he had a career of which any actor would have be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMOn the brink of a career as a film director, Nataasha van Kampen made just one picture - Nocturne (2009), starring her stepfather Mark Rylance, one of Britain's most gifted Shakespearean act…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMWorking with Alan Bennett and the broadcasters Sue MacGregor and Brian Redhead, Gillian Hush was an eminent and prolific producer for BBC Radio.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMThe success in both Britain and America of two 1960s television series, Dr Kildare and The Man from UNCLE, was largely due to the London-born producer Norman Felton.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMTaught to dance by the great Marie Rambert, Leo Kersley was a founder member of the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. His father, known as "Puff", earned his living from a wide variety of jobs,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMMonday, July 30, 2012
Ah, August again, and the streets of Edinburgh are alive with the sound of its various festivals. Tabard hopes to make it up there this year, funds permitting - work has been scarce of late,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMThat cheeky Joanna Page. Tabard was amused to read - on this esteemed publication's website, no less - that the actor has a few gripes with TV talent shows, in particular ITV's Superstar, wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMWhy is it there are always revivals of My Fair Lady, Kiss me Kate and all those kind of shows, as nice as they are?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:02PMDerry Jordan bemoans the loss of Eric Sykes to British TV (Stage Talk, June 19, page 8). However, this is certainly not the case - the series Sykes has been running on Gold for some time now…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:02PMI was sad to hear of the recent death of comic genius Eric Sykes (Obituaries, July 12, page 45), last of the vaudevillian entertainers.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:02PMI disagree with Michael Darby of the "day seat fraternity" (Stage Talk, July 12, page 7). Book in advance or queue on the day and take your chances with the seats remaining. As a publicly fu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00PMI am on the committee of the March and District Amateur Operatic Society, a well known dramatic group in Cambridgeshire celebrating its 52nd year. However, despite many successes, it is in d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00PMI was interested to read about Creative Scotland calling for theatres to produce and tour more (News, July 19, page 5). For years, those involved in Scotland's theatre have been saying that …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:58PMI was interested to read Bernard Hanson's letter about membership schemes (Stage Talk, July 26, page 6). The Theatre Royal Applause Club is an independent charity that supports the Theatre R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:58PMFriday, July 27, 2012
As awe-inspiring open-air street dance production Freerunning@ hits stately homes and cultural venues across the UK, Kevin Berry talks to some of the key players bringing this spectacular ur…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMAs a veteran of Shakespeare and musicals, who better to take on one of the great masterpieces of musical theatre than director Trevor Nunn? He talks to Natalie Woolman about his revival of K…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMMonday, July 23, 2012
I was deeply upset to read that the Theatre Royal Margate is again threatened (News, July 5, page 3).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMIt's that time of year again, when establishments of repute share details of their financial performance and other achievements from the last year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMThe Olympic Games may be just about to begin in London, but Tabard hears the real excitement is happening further north - in Blackpool. As if that place weren't exciting enough, the seaside …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMFurther to James Grout's obituary (July 19, page 45), I wonder if readers recall him playing Frank Benge in the ITV series Born and Bred - not to be confused with the BBC series of the same …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PMLooking at the photo of the Superstar judges (Hopefuls on mission to amaze the lord, July 19, page 21), I was reminded of the comment by the Tory grandee on the new intake of Labour MPs: "Th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PMYorkshire-born dramatist Kay Mellor is set to unveil a blue plaque to mark the 100th birthday of the oldest cinema in Leeds.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PMThe cost of the various schemes to be a friend of the Birmingham Hippodrome has increased by 40% this year, with a £35 fee for single membership. On the other hand, to be a friend of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMYou are to be congratulated on your article Radio's Renaissance (July 12, page 30), in which Jeremy Howe and Gwyneth Williams voiced their hopes that this will happen.
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