Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Invented management techniques have no place in the theatre. That is not because they won’t work, but because there is no need
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, December 14, 2016
The Stage special panto edition (November 24) has come and gone, the flu jabs have been administered and the high-pitched sound of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, November 16, 2016
At the UK Theatre Awards, designer Lez Brotherston complained that theatres were neglecting the importance of design and technical teams. Who are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Thirty years after the miners’ strike and at a moment when TUC members cannot agree on which fragment of the Labour party
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, September 21, 2016
We seem to be under constant pressure to defend the theatre. Is it elitist? Is it old-fashioned? Is it value for money?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, August 24, 2016
Ask a theatre electrician how she or he got interested in lighting and as often as not they will tell you that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, July 27, 2016
Are you on the ‘creative team’? It is fair to say that most of you are, whether you know it or not.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, June 29, 2016
Rufus Norris, director of the National Theatre, recently wrote: “It is every theatremaker’s aim to preserve the magic onstage by concealing the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, June 1, 2016
Regular readers of Backstage will have seen, in the last few weeks, a story about a get-in crew member who did not know
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWednesday, May 4, 2016
The continuing debate on pay in the theatre has so far concentrated on low pay and the notion of exploitation of performers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, March 30, 2016
The Oscars ceremony is the one to which producers of all other awards ceremonies aspire. Fortunately for the rest of us, they
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, February 17, 2016
What’s going on? Only a couple of weeks after our resident careers adviser had been asked “How do I win over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AMWednesday, February 3, 2016
Anyone who has ever witnessed it will know what an embarrassment it is on those rare occasions when members of the crew
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, December 16, 2015
The sound is unmistakable. It is first heard some way off as a faint, high-pitched, continuous noise somewhere between a hum and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
Theatre technicians like their kit. The ABTT product of the year award and the PLASA Innovation Awards attract the attention of experienced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, October 21, 2015
You may have heard of the woman who felt faint while out shopping and was refused a glass of water by the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWednesday, August 5, 2015
Bullying is usually associated with the abuse of power, the biggest boy in the playground or – in the workplace – the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWednesday, July 8, 2015
Ban arts subjects from the school syllabus. Well, maybe not ban them but let’s stop pretending that they are as important as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWednesday, May 13, 2015
“The word on the street is that the Arts Council favours the idea of chief executives running our theatres. We need to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
The Oxford English Dictionary has six definitions for ‘jargon’, none of them flattering. They include twittering, chattering, gibberish and ‘a contemptuous reference
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWednesday, March 18, 2015
Low pay in the theatre is a problem and, while there are some theatre technicians who have job security and high wages,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMThursday, December 19, 2013
Flyman is doing a ‘marvellous’ pant… With apologies to Noel Coward who had only been to a party I’m doing a marvellous panto, with a cast that are really a joy. We’ve a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM 
