Tuesday, December 22, 2015
I was quite academic and sporty at school. The local amateur groups in Devon where I grew up wouldn’t have me –
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I was recently bowled over by Evolution Pantomimes’ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. I wrote a five-star review
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Drama schools do their students no favours by dismissing pantomime as beneath their station. For many of their graduates, panto will be
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Drama school is not for the faint-hearted. It requires dedication, maturity, self-knowledge and the ability to learn fast and to collaborate continually
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In May 2016, a show called If is due to run for two and a half weeks at the 1,200-seat Royal Court,
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I recommend Brian Blessed’s memoir, Absolute Pandemonium, which has some graphically entertaining anecdotes, written in the actor’s inimitable boom. In childhood he
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When Drama UK was formed in 2012 from a merger of Conference of Drama Schools and National Council for Drama Training, it
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Yet another burst of emotive publicity last week informed us that the performing arts industries – and the training routes which lead
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Christmas is hard work. And not just for the kitchen slave, present wrapper and tree decorator. Ben Roddy, an Evolution Pantomimes regular
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Those who can, do and those who can’t, teach. Well, not if you’re an actor, because you can, and many do, run
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My mind is firmly off the stage this week. November 19 sees the publication of The Stage’s technical theatre issue. Then, on
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I’ve long been intrigued by the permeable boundaries between teaching and theatremaking. And a recent conversation with Erin Sullivan, senior lecturer and
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My highlight of last week was attending the annual Action for Children’s Arts awards ceremony, hosted by the BBC in Portland Place,
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How much do buildings really matter? It seems to be the year, indeed the decade, of new premises and facilities for drama
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Drama UK accredits 18 schools in England. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama now make their
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Last week, I had the pleasure of seeing Honk! at Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone, courtesy of Gillingham Dramatic Society. The standard was high
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Four years ago, Alice King-Farlow set out to buy a book for her young niece. She wanted one about theatre and how
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Speaking recently to an audience of theatrical teenagers and their parents, I was asked a fascinating, cut-to-the-chase question by a mother. The
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There was never any doubt in David Wood’s mind that he wanted a career in the entertainment industry. He caught the bug
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I am a Stomp virgin no longer. I saw the show on Monday for the first time and, like almost everyone else
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Rewind about 20 years and I’m in the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury, seeing a jolly little play about a dog. It’s for
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So what do we think about careers fairs, such as Surviving Actors this Saturday at Manchester Central Convention Complex or TheatreCraft at
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I’ve been thinking about language. When you’re an English teacher turned journalist and professional theatre attender, it goes with the territory. I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMLast Sunday I spoke to 40 teenagers and quite a few of their parents about performing arts work options. Of course I’ve
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It’s okay if you’re Eddie Redmayne, Nicola Benedetti or Summer Strallen. Presumably your agent is on the phone every day and your
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I like violins. I started playing at the age of seven in a primary school class encouraged by my violin-playing father. My
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In 1965, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry launched an idealistically cutting-edge theatre in education project. And it was, it seems, the birth of a
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The training industry continues to bewail the number of young male dancers it manages to recruit. Yes, the Billy Elliot effect has
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Last weekend the Royal Albert Hall was brimful of bunting, Elgar, Jerusalem and roof-raising Prommers. This weekend it will be heaving with
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This very large showcase (46 students) includes 21 men, many of whom are pleasingly strong. It is also good to see mixed
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This traditional 16-item, no-frills showcase simply shows each of the 32 students in a duologue after a rather odd devised ensemble opener
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