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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Letter: Funding was not cut through lack of merit by The Stage

Loathe as I am to contradict the minister for culture, I should point out that not all the organisations that lost their arts council revenue funding from April 1 did so on the basis of "art…

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Backstage: Lighting up Dickens by The Stage

Entertainment lighting specialist, White Light, recently supplied equipment and support services to Mr Dickens and the Actors - a production marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cha…

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Backstage: VisuaLies supplies Sort Sol by The Stage

Danish lighting designer, Kasper Christiansen of VisuaLies, recently used a combination of Clay Paky Shotlight Washes and Alpha Profile 1500s on pioneering punk band, Sort Sol's, recent Dani…

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Letter: Does it matter where you come from? by The Stage

I'm an author and playwright and wanted to submit a script to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, because the play is about a (fictional) Irish genius. To my surprise theatre staff informed me that t…

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Letter: Clooney condemnation illogical and absurd by The Stage

A number of points need to be made about Clive Hurst's extraordinary letter seemingly castigating George Clooney's support for human rights in Sudan when he (Clooney) and others supposedly n…

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Letter: David Smiles by The Stage

David Smiles died in Wanganui, New Zealand, on January 30, aged 77.

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Letter: Scarborough Futurist change will be for the best by The Stage

Your correspondent, Patricia David, provides only part of the picture regarding the Futurist (letters, March 22).

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Letter: Dad's Army memories by The Stage

"Don't tell him, Pike!" (letters, April 5) was a fitting memory of Arthur Lowe's guarded advice to his junior in Dad's Army that went adrift when uttered in the presence of (much missed acto…

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

A Welsh wonder by The Stage

Maggie Brown talks to actors and other staff at the BBC's new studio complex in Roath Lock, Cardiff, to find out what they think about relocating there, how they rate the new facilities and …

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Forest Fringe: Evolving Field of adventure by The Stage

As Forest Fringe prepares to take up a two-week residency at the Gate Theatre, Matt Trueman talks to the organisation's co-artistic director, Andy Field, about spreading its wings beyond Edi…

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Caroline Reid: In it for the long haul... by The Stage

Australian comedienne Caroline Reid's sharp-tongued air hostess alter ego, Pam Ann, was born at a fancy dress party back in the mid-1990s. She talks to Tony Cooke about the character's globa…

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Kyle Soller: American dreamer by The Stage

As Long Day's Journey Into Night opens in the West End, Matt Trueman talks to one of its stars, Kyle Soller, about life as an American actor in London and how he is fulfilling an ambition by…

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Chit chat: Stripologically speaking... by The Stage

Living as we do, Tabard is sometimes shielded from the cut and thrust of the world outside. Fiscal deficits, petrol crises and television gameshows all pass us by in the blur of "not interes…

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Chit chat: Seats fail to swivel for Kerry by The Stage

Most people entering TV talent shows do so in an attempt to launch a singing career. Or, maybe unwittingly, put an end to any hopes of a career there and then, with the added embarrassment o…

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Stripologically speaking by The Stage

Living as we do, Tabard is sometimes shielded from the cut and thrust of the world outside. Fiscal deficits, petrol crises and television gameshows all pass us by in the blur of "not interes…

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Seats fail to swivel for Kerry by The Stage

Most people entering TV talent shows do so in an attempt to launch a singing career. Or, maybe unwittingly, put an end to any hopes of a career there and then, with the added embarrassment o…

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Letter: Enough to make a reviewer blanch by The Stage

I was intrigued to read in your Reviews section (15 March, page 16) that Blanche Marvin is directing The Seven Year Itch at Salisbury Playhouse.

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Letter: Don't hide the Bard from the kids by The Stage

Since you published our two Shakespeare United 2012 letters (March 1 and March 8), we have received loads of letters and emails from Stage readers and Equity members from all parts asking fo…

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Letter: The minister knows best by The Stage

It is very important that Ed Vaizey, minister for culture at the Department for Culture Media and Sport, should take time out of his hugely busy life to write to us, via The Stage, to tell u…

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Letter: Equity played key role by The Stage

When I read Natalie Woolman`s report on the Live Music Bill (page 5, March 15), I was disappointed to see that she had made no mention of the part played by Equity in the campaign.

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Letter: Clash of bodies by The Stage

I was interested in the two letters published from Nicholas Prosser (March 29) and Roy Radford (March 15) discussing the possible changes of the two organisations that cover the stage manage…

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Letter: Do not exaggerate ACE cuts by The Stage

Your article on Arts Council England cuts paints an unduly negative picture of arts funding, and is completely one-sided (front page, March 29).

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Obituary: Johnny McCauley by The Stage

Singer-songwriter Johnny McCauley secured his place in posterity in his native Ireland as the creator of the popular country and Irish sound, and made his mark wider afield as the man who ga…

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Obituary: James Gaddarn by The Stage

As conductor of the London Orpheus Choir for 58 years, music director of the Ealing Choral Society for four decades, a professor at Trinity College of Music (now Trinity Laban) for 35 years,…

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Obituary: Peter Wolff by The Stage

My father, Peter Wolff, who died on Friday 16 March at the age of 81, was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, who went on to run one of the largest clothing suppliers in the UK, before becom…

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Caroline O'Connor: Crowd-teaser by The Stage

Leading lady of musicals Caroline O'Connor talks to Mark Shenton about returning to a favourite theatrical home in Leicester as Momma Rose

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Living the Dream by The Stage

Two years after Elaine C Smith made a throwaway remark about playing Susan Boyle on stage, a musical about the singer's life has opened with Smith in the lead role. Matthew Hemley discovers …

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Mellor magic by The Stage

Despite being one of the UK's most successful screenwriters, creating hit television drama series such as Band of Gold, Fat Friends and Playing the Field, Kay Mellor has remained true to her…

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Fighting for their lives by The Stage

Independent Theatre Council chief executive Charlotte Jones investigates how companies working in the small and mid-scale sector have fared following Arts Council England funding cuts

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Letter: Arts council can do more for rural touring by The Stage

I read the article describing Northumberland Theatre Company's struggle to continue touring March 22, page 4) with great sadness. Didn't this newspaper recently print a piece reporting that …

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Letter: Sorting out the facts on Ayr's Gaiety Theatre by The Stage

We welcome your positive coverage of the recent developments at the Gaiety (Ayr's Gaiety Theatre moves closer to reopening, Stage online, March 27), and would like to add a few more details …

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