Monday, May 20, 2019
Philip Osment’s play This Island’s Mine was originally performed by theatre company Gay Sweatshop in 1988. The government had just introduced the
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Andrew Norris’ musical began life in 2004 as a nostalgic pastiche of the Australian soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away, set
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The play A Belly Full started life as a screenplay by Canada-based authors Marcia Kash and Mary Colin Chisholm. It failed to
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Jonathan Harvey’s plays have frequently graced the stage at Above the Stag. The new venue opened with a production of his play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMImmersive dining experiences are on the increase. Companies such as Gingerline and Funicular are carving out a space for themselves, offering elaborate
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The Pedley Street Station venue has been operating for a year now, delivering theatrical dining experiences on board a fake Pullman carriage
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As its name suggests, Tales Retold is a company that attempts to find alternative ways to explore classic texts. It scored a
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When Oscar Wilde published his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1891, it caused a scandal. The anti-hero of the title
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Producer Christopher Clegg knew he had a hit on his hands with a drag tribute to Girls Aloud, but trying to secure
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Artists working on some of the UK’s biggest shows tell Paul Vale how they got into the business and offer advice for people
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThough the title of Rob Hayes’ 2014 play is unashamedly provocative and unquestionably memorable, the piece itself is a fraught, often funny
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Join the likes of Gary Oldman and Rosalie Craig by studying at Rose Bruford College, which is offering a full scholarship worth
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The ageless, enigmatic Torsten first appeared at Above the Stag in 2016 as part of the dramatic song-cycle Torsten: The Beautiful Libertine,
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Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb should probably be consigned to anonymous ignominy. Two young men from wealthy families in the 1920s, they
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMIn 1969, as the conflict escalated in Vietnam, John Lennon and his new wife Yoko Ono staged their bed-in for peace. This
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Razzamataz is celebrating its ninth year offering scholarships with The Stage. This year it has a record number of 43 places for
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Actor-turned-playwright Tariq Jordan delivers a fresh take on a familiar story with his debut play. Set in the West Bank, Ali and
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Jonathan O’Boyle’s production of the 1960s countercultural musical Hair opened at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester in 2016. A semi-immersive run
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Best known for a handful of Disney films in the 1960s, the life of British actor David Tomlinson might not seem like
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Spirit Young Performers Company is offering three year-long scholarships across its dance and musical theatre courses. Paul Vale speaks to the company’s
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Tom Wright’s debut play My Dad’s Gap Year, which opened last month at London’s Park Theatre, concerned the exploits of a dysfunctional,
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Out-of-work actor Beth Buckingham believes she was born to play the role of Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown. When
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With a wide range of part-time courses on offer for all ages, Arts Educational Schools London is once again teaming up with
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The term ‘gaslighting’ – the psychological manipulation of a person carried out with the intention of making them doubt their sanity –
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In his ambitious and articulate first play, which had its London premiere at the Vaults in 2016, Tom Ratcliffe explores the evolution
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Award-winning playwright and novelist Nigel Williams wrote My Brother’s Keeper in the mid-1980s, not long after his own father had died of
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It takes confidence to tinker with Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Earlier this year, LKT Productions relocated it to a council
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Forty years on from Bent, renowned playwright Martin Sherman, now celebrating his 80th year, wanted to examine the changing face of the
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Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen’s autobiographical musical gains perspective with age. Originally written in 2004, it’s a quirky, navel-gazing piece that touched
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Director and producer Phil Willmott has proved himself a past master of the musical reinvention. But though his Essential Classics season at
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Following a UK tour and a brief stint at the Palladium last year Rip It Up – The 60s gets a limited
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