Thursday, June 28, 2012
An 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).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMHaving recently watched the BBC documentary on the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmonds (Arts Troubleshooter, BBC2, June 2), don't the town's good citizens realise that to have both new seating an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMThe current season at Hampstead Theatre's main stage shows little regard for female performers' right to work or for actual women being represented. The theatre is currently showing Chariots…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMIn this morning's mail, I found a number of enquiries from well-intentioned young graduates enclosing their CVs. They were almost literally begging for some kind - any kind - of work experie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMWhile in London recently, my wife and I saw the new musical at Upstairs at the Gatehouse - Goodnight Mrs Calabash, based on the life of Jimmy Durante and written by Tony Day.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMRegarding Mark Shenton's excellent list of West End leading women (The Stage Online, June 7, page 7), I would like to suggest three of my favourite performers.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMIan Seale (Stage Talk, June 14, page 9) highlights an important issue, but is unfortunately misleading. In contrast to the politically polarised Representative Conference Group, our Members'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMAs an actor and drama coach, I am predictably interested in youngsters studying drama. They are our future, after all. I am therefore rather concerned with what I see in competitive drama fe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMA visually impaired theatregoer, I found the suggestion that audio description could be provided by an understudy both naive and patronising (News Feature, May 31, page 5).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMMark Shenton mentions many stars I love (Stage Talk, June 7, page 7), but he doesn't mention the one I love most of all - Janie Dee. In my humble opinion she can sing, dance and act better t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
Being christened Vivian is the kind of setback any young Australian boy would have struggled to cope with, especially with the release of Gone With the Wind, which irrevocably linked it with…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMOne of my earliest memories is of being taken to the Blackpool Tower Circus, where two teams of dogs, attired in respective sporting colours, played out Manchester United versus Blackpool wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:40PMMonday, June 25, 2012
Born the eldest of six children over a fish and chip shop in Ebbw Vale to Italian-Welsh parents, Victor Spinetti went on to work with Hollywood stars of the stature of Richard and Elizab…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:18AMThursday, June 21, 2012
With Britain in a recession and unemployment remaining high, Parvin Kumar Ramchurn speaks to a cross-section of actors about their survival strategies in an always-uncertain job market
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMRoland Systems Group has launched a dedicated iPad application to control its award-winning M-480 digital console - the app having been designed to control the parameters of the M-480, as we…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMStage 100 award winner Jermyn Street Theatre is making a big noise in the West End, despite its small size. Artistic director Gene David Kirk tells Aleks Sierz how this has come about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMXL Video supplied 200 square metres of LED screen, cameras/PPU, a Catalyst playback system and crew to Fatboy Slim's recent Fifth Beach Bootique show, which was the first entertainment event…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:41AMLiverpool-based Adlib's audio division has designed and installed an Adlib FD sound system into one of the city's iconic live music venues, Eric's, which re-opened for business last year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:29AMThere's something inspirational about the resilience of older performers; actors whose stage presence seems to increase with age, writes Michael Coveney
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMMonday, June 18, 2012
Even when variety theatre was in its death throes in the 1950s, the very best acts still found plenty of work. One such was a song-and-dance troupe, the Trio Vitalites, comprised of Jack Hor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMOne of the stalwarts of intimate revue in the 1940s and 50s, Charlotte Mitchell may be best remembered by television viewers for her portrayal of the housekeeper in the popular Sunday teatim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMA showbusiness jack-of-all-trades, Digby Wolfe turned his hand to acting, songwriting, compering, singing and, especially, writing. In his tireless search for success, he moved first to Aust…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMFriday, June 15, 2012
It is easy to forget that theatre designer Tom Scutt is only 28, such is the calibre of his work since graduating just five years ago - with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Constellati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:46PMNow almost entirely performed in open spaces, the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival has an ambitious, large-scale line-up this year, including the premiere of a work from the pu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:26PMThursday, June 14, 2012
A supportive environment is key to PPA's increasing success, finds Nick Smurthwaite
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:51PMWednesday, June 13, 2012
First off, I must declare an interest - I have worked with ventriloquist and comedienne Nina Conti over seven series of my BBC Radio 4 sitcom Clare in the Community, and my admiration of her…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMMore than 1,400 moving lights were recently employed at the 57th Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Azerbaijan - a brand new multi-purpose indoor arena with a capacity…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:28PMOnly last week, The Stage reminded us that culture, as well as sport, is high on the agenda this summer - but it is rare to see the two areas combine.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:40AMThe Hire Company, which recently moved to its new 4,200 sqft home in two units on Christchurch Business Park, Dorset, is holding an open day on July 5 to highlight its expertise, equipment a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:58AMMartin Professional recently held a special Innovation and Inspiration event for industry professionals at two of London's premiere locations - the landmark BT Tower, and the award-winning h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMLondon-based automation specialist, Kinesys, has announced two July dates for its ongoing product training programme, consisting of two day courses and workshops.
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