Monday, July 9, 2012
I have read the responses to my letter (Stage Talk, June 14, page 8) from representatives of the two current Equity Factions - Barbara Hyslop, on behalf of the Members' Group (Stage Talk, Ju…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMTabard loves a little lyricism in life. We feel there isn't enough of it. Recently, we were greeted by the disembodied voice of Boris Johnson at London Bridge station (unfortunately, pressin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:17AMA West End revolution takes place tonight, with the live final of the online talent competition Search for a Twitter Star, organised by our friend and fellow anonymous theatrical cognoscente…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMThursday, July 5, 2012
Joe Penhall's new play explores attitudes toward pregnancy by depicting how different things would be if men could give birth. He tells Al Senter why personal experience inspired this latest…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMJeremy Irons has enjoyed an Oscar-winning film career but he's returning to his roots as he tackles one of Shakespeare's most acclaimed history plays in a new BBC adaptation of Henry IV, wri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMEric Coverdale, part of the international apache act Yvonne Michel and Erik died on June 26.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:28AMWednesday, July 4, 2012
West London live music venue, Bush Hall, has gone digital, having recently invested in a Midas PRO2 console.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMBritish loudspeaker manufacturer, EM Acoustics, has announced the appointment of Stage Electrics as a UK dealer for the independent brand.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMLondon-based Pharos Architectural Controls has restructured its management team - Simon Hicks being promoted to the post of technical director, and Chris Hunt, previously commercial director…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMUnusual Rigging has won a Royal Institute of British Architects award for excellence for its Garsington Opera Pavilion project, which puts the structure among the RIBA award winners from whi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMA Central Saint Martins graduate, Libby Todd, has been selected by the Exhibition Road Show to design the costumes for The Exhibitionists, a specially created ensemble of 24 recently graduat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMTwo episodes in, and Line of Duty is shaping up rather nicely, if you like your crime thrillers reeking of corruption, filmed through a fog of moral ambivalence and generously sprinkled with…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMPantomime producer Pele Productions has gone into administration, citing its move into musicals along with bad weather as major factors in its financial difficulties.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AMComedian and actor Eric Sykes has died at the age of 89, following a short battle with illness.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:09AMFriday, June 29, 2012
Norman McVicker was the founder of and, for than 35 years, director of Sydney's renowned Pocket Playhouse theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMAlthough Alec Guinness won widespread praise for the BBC television adaptation of John le Carre's cold war thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Anthony Bate had a hand in its success t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMTogether with Jerry Ross, Richard Adler wrote the songs for two of the most popular musicals of the 1950s, The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955). Both shows won Tony awards, but the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMFaith Hines' "put that in your pipe" insult (Stage Talk, June 28, page 8) shows you exactly what the Representative Group actually stands for. "We are the guys that get things done," she say…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMThe recent incident involving the Olympics minister Hugh Robertson, who was refused entry to London 2012's new media centre without a pass, reminded me of the time the film star Gary Cooper …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMIt's disgraceful that The Stage, the serious chronicler of the profession, should write only of Anita Dobson's appearance in EastEnders (News, June 28, page 3).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMThe Dear John article (June 21, page 12) contained the statement, "it is true to say the fact that the art of storytelling is not exclusively a kid's medium can be forgotten".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMI read Barbara Hyslop's letter (Stage Talk, June 21, page 8) with a certain degree of puzzlement. She says that the Members' Group has "never had a meeting".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMNothing is more insidious than opinion presented as fact. I refer to the shockingly inaccurate and downright mischievous letters from Ian Seale (Stage Talk, June 14, page 8) and Barbara Hysl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMBest known as one of the Smack the Pony trio and as Bridget Jones' foul-mouthed friend, Sally Phillips has made a name for herself as a comedy actor. She talks to Matthew Hemley about her ro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMCan Elliot Davis and pop's James Bourne turn Loserville into an original winner of a British musical? Mark Shenton finds out where the show came from and how it is being brought to the stage…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMThursday, June 28, 2012
Sennheiser UK has become the official distributor for Avalon Design products in the UK and Ireland.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMPLASA states that visitors to Nashville from July 12-14 can enjoy having access to two simultaneous business events - Summer NAMM (www.namm.org/summer/2012) and PLASA Focus: Nashville (www.p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMS+H Technical Support - the Devon-based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialists - has again supplied its innovative LED Video Floor to the latest series of the television game …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:58AMXL Video is continuing to supply Coldplay's current Mylo Xyloto world tour with LED screens, cameras/HD PPU, media servers and control plus crew, taking in stadium show dates in the UK and a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMI was interested to read about the long-lost Curtain Theatre and the mystery of its location (News, June 14, page 5). My ancestor, the Jacobean playwright John Webster, was known to work for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMAn active supporter of the [Equity members'] Representative Group, I take offence at what your carping correspondent Ian Seale had to say (Stage Talk, 14 June, page 8).
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