Thursday, February 16, 2012
A piano virtuoso, Robert Lockhart turned to writing music after finding the rigours of live performance to be overwhelming. His talent for arranging and conducting in the studio led to many …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMTabard couldn't help being feeling a little bit, well, surprised (and baffled) by the casting of Russell Grant as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. After all, he replaces Michael Crawford, who…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AMLove was very much in the air at the State of the Arts conference. It was Valentine's Day and every speaker reached for some lovers' quip to honour the date. Tabard doesn't mind telling you …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AMWednesday, February 15, 2012
If you’re interested in dating arts-loving singles, there’s no better dating service for you than LoveArts.com.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMThe recent Off West End Theatre Awards, also known as the Offies, saw Howard Hudson pick up the prize for best lighting designer, a category sponsored by ETC.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMDesign Day, the annual fundraising event for Light Relief in the UK and Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada, will take place on Tuesday, April 24.The main fundraising event for the charit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMUnusual Rigging has announced that, with immediate effect, all its NRC assessments will take place at the company's facility in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire, including those originally schedu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMCreative & Cultural Skills is celebrating 1,000 young people being employed as creative apprentices across the UK, since the scheme launched in 2008.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMPLASA Events has extended the PLASA 2012 free registration offer. More than 6,000 people have already registered for this year's show, to be held at Earls Court in London from September 9-12.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMTuesday, February 14, 2012
John Thaxter, who has died aged 84, was a much-valued reviewer for The Stage for more than two decades.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMIn a long and varied career as a television actress, Marion Mathie saved the best to last, playing She Who Must Be Obeyed, the fearsome wife of the aging barrister, Horace Rumpole, in John M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMAfter starting his career as a tap dancer, Ian Abercrombie moved to America at the age of 17 and eventually became an instantly recognisable face in the sitcom Seinfeld (1994-98) and the com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMChris Fox loved everything about pantomime. He wrote and directed dozens and appeared as dame in a long run of pantomimes, which he also directed, at the Civic Theatre in Leeds. He once said…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMPaavo Berglund's tenure as principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1972-79 contributed enormously to the transformation of the south coast ensemble's abilities and for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMFor nearly 60 years, Bob Anderson, a former Royal Marine, choreographed fights and arranged fencing duels for blockbuster movies, often receiving no credit for his work. He learned to fence …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMMonday, February 13, 2012
Bernard Cribbins briefly enjoyed a new career in 1962 as a chart singer with two bizarre comedy songs, Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, both of which were written by composer Ted Dick…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMFriday, February 10, 2012
Bristol Old Vic is in the throes of a major facelift - and with the main auditorium out of commission, the BOV team has been forced to improvise to keep performances going. Eleanor Turney fi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMAs Andrew Lloyd Webber prepares for his fifth television collaboration to find a musical theatre star, Matthew Hemley asks how the industry's perception of the genre has evolved over the yea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:09AMHe has a role in Steven Spielberg's latest film War Horse and has also appeared in hit plays including the Donmar Warehouse's Othello alongside Ewan McGregor and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Natalie Wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:09AMThursday, February 9, 2012
Blackburn-based rental company HSL supplied Electric Fly Productions with lighting equipment for The Darkness' UK tour, working with lighting designer Nick Jevons.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMAdam Cooper may have been a principal dancer at one of the world's most famous ballet companies, but when he first started working with the Royal Ballet in the 1990s, Tabard hears he went ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMTabard has often thought that one cannot get enough of a good thing. Supping on champers and chocs after a three-courser at the Ivy before the liqueurs come round, we have pondered whether '…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMI thought George Hall's obituary for David Blewitt was absolutely spot on (The Stage, February 2, page 45). I knew him from the early 1980's when I was beginning my career in the chorus of O…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMForgive my tardiness in replying to Michael Walters' strange letter (Stage Talk, December 15, page 7) questioning my use of "fulsome" in relation to your obituary of Sir Jimmy Savile.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMIt is good to see Matthew Hemley highlight the general dissatisfaction there is regarding the showing of credits on TV programmes, especially dramatic ones (The Stage, February 2, page 4).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMI am delighted that Equity is finally biting the bullet and now seriously considering reducing the number of council members (The Stage, February 2, page 5). Having previously been on counci…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AMDoremy Vernon (Stage Talk, February 2, page 8) points out that there are some 35,000 actors and actresses advertising in the Spotlight casting directories.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMRegional house managers are part of the Theatrical Management Association. But when house managers in the West End approached TMA they were told that they could not join. So West End house m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMTechnical Marketing has been appointed to plan and implement a marketing campaign to promote the ABTT 2012 Theatre Show, which takes place June 13-14 at The Old Truman Brewery in London.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:11AMAC Entertainment Technologies' video and lighting divisions are to hold exclusive UK open days later this month and early March in conjunction with Green Hippo and PixelRange.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AMAfter 26 years with stage set fabricators Brilliant Stages, John Gittins has branched out as a consultant, offering his design and project management skills on a freelance basis.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AM 
