Thursday, May 3, 2012
Tabard was excited to hear that former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt is taking the lead in the West End's new dance show Revolution, alongside that ugly coyote star Adam Garcia.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:28PMEven though I am fully aware that I can book online through various different companies or through TKTS, I choose to book my tickets through the actual venue because I wish to make sure my h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AMWednesday, May 2, 2012
I realise that it's incredibly costly to mount a West End show, especially a musical, and ticket prices appear high plus booking fees as highlighted in The Stage (April 12).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMWhat a great pity we have to read such sad comments made by 'Mrs Spratt' about the Oliviers (online comments, and April 26 page 9) particularly as the artists concerned received standing ova…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMA confluence of events has prompted this letter. Equity has launched a low pay/no pay campaign. The Musicians' Union has issued a Fair Play Guide. Equity has been asking its members if they …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMAs much as we are always delighted to be mentioned in The Stage, we feel we have been somewhat short-changed in the April 26 issue.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:27PMAfter reading the letters concerning the Royal Shakespeare Company's acceptance of BP as a sponsor of the World Shakespeare Festival, I am reminded of a comment by the founder of The Salvati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PMPLASA's 2012 European AGM and Members' Lunch is scheduled for May 29 at BAFTA in central London.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMManchester lighting and rigging rental specialist, dbn, created three giant truss crucifixes used as a dramatic backdrop for the BBC's Easter live broadcast of The Preston Passion, a histori…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMFour LED fixtures on the market have been sold to the National Theatre of Scotland by ETC's Edinburgh-based dealer, Black Light, soon after going on sale.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMWest London-based rental company, Entec Sound & Light, recently supplied full technical production - including lighting and sound equipment and crew - for a recent high profile show at Wembl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMHampstead Theatre has revealed it will be forced to close its education department at the end of this academic year, following a 100% cut to its funding from Camden council.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMTuesday, May 1, 2012
Writing it is only half the challenge - if you want people to read your book, maximum publicity is paramount. Former Stage reporter Nuala Calvi, co-author of bestseller The Sugar Girls, offe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMFriday, April 27, 2012
Musician, composer, and author of arguably the most influential guide for aspiring guitar players, Bert Weedon was the inspiration for a generation of guitarists.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:46PMMatthew Hemley talks to Jack Davenport and Megan Hilty about starring in new Sky Atlantic drama Smash and whether the Steven Spielberg-produced show really is Glee for grown-ups
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:25PMAs one of the most expressive banjo players of his generation, Barney McKenna stamped an indelible mark on the sound of the Dubliners, who changed the direction and fortunes of Irish traditi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMMichael Diskin's death at the age of 49 has robbed Ireland's theatre of a formidable managerial talent, whose sensitivity to the needs of artists was married to boundless support of them, an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMIt is heartening to see artists as respected as Mark Rylance, James Bolam and Sue Jameson publicly campaigning against the Royal Shakespeare Company's acceptance of BP as a sponsor of the Wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMI was surprised to see that Harriet Harman did not take the opportunity presented to her by The Stage to put forward Labour's policies for the arts. I still do not know what they are, and I …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMCouncillor David Jeffels' letter does little to reassure those who recognise a need to retain and develop the Scarborough Futurist as a place of live entertainment (page 8, 19 April).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMI recently visited The Curve at Leicester to see Caroline O'Connor in Gypsy. I was very impressed with the comfort and ambiance of the auditorium and the huge stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMI wonder if I was alone in subconsciously thinking that in seeing Wonderful Town last night I was actually seeing On The Town. That would have been a very different production.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMCan anything be done about the spread of the usage of 'creative'? It crops up in programmes now with credits of 'cast', followed by those of 'the creative team'. Now it has become a noun, wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMI am very disappointed at how little national coverage was given to the centenary of the birth of Kathleen Ferrier. She was, is and always will be, one of our greatest national treasures.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMI read the April 19 review of The Phantom of the Opera (page 16) with great interest, and agree with the main thrust.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMWhile watching the BBC red-button coverage of the Olivier Awards recently I was gutted when the title clip for Billy Elliot's Covent Garden Piazza performance went live spelt incorrectly.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMUnderstudies have long discarded the second-best tag and are now regarded as key players in any production, tasked with the demands of delivering the best performance, often with little or n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMAs Written on the Heart opens in the West End, Al Senter talks to playwright David Edgar about setting aside political plays to put forward his take on the creation of the King James Bible
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AMThursday, April 26, 2012
In another life, we wonder whether we might have made a good politician. All the lovely pomp and circumstance of 'Right Honorable' and 'the minister', the expenses and, of course, the gossip…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMPesky journalists - they are always causing trouble. You just have to look at the goings on of the Leveson inquiry at the moment to see what a naughty bunch they are. And someone who knows a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMAC Entertainment Technologies Ltd has announced the appointment of four new members of staff as well as a number of role changes within the company - the changes being part of the AC-ET's ph…
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