Monday, January 19, 2015
Puppet Theatre Barge, London: It's refreshing to see a traditional all-marionette show for once. Since puppetry went mainstream, audiences have become more used to mixed-bag shows. And …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMLittle Angel Theatre in London’s Islington is a purpose-built puppet theatre, one of only three in England. It is also among the country’s oldest theatres presenting children’s wor…
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King's Cross Theatre, London: There is absolutely nothing 'edgy' about this show, but on its own refreshingly old-fashioned terms it succeeds. It oozes charm - and steam - as the w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMLast weekend I read an article by Tom Shakespeare in The Sunday Telegraph. It certainly gave me pause for thought. Is it really okay to laugh at the dwarfs in Snow White in the same…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, January 12, 2015
Whether it’s a course, a website, an app, a book or some other source of learning, this fortnightly dispatch from Susan Elkin sifts through the best training resources on the market fo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Why do most drama schools persist with three short terms over a period of three years on their standard courses? You couldn’t devise a more wasteful way of working if you tried. And please…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, January 5, 2015
In a new series of training-focused interviews, I’ll be getting to the core of modern training, talking to people with a unique insight into this important route into the industry. This we…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, December 22, 2014
Each week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFriday, December 19, 2014
Southbank Centre, London: Tim Webb and <a href="http://www.oilycart.org.uk/early_years/current/tour_dates/" target=_blank>Oily Cart</a> have, over the years, developed …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AMPit, Barbican, London: We're in a deceptively simple world of imagination in which soldiers, a donkey, mouse, rhinoceros and spider - among other unlikely things - explore and create a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:27AMThursday, December 18, 2014
Central Theatre, Chatham: Few versions of Aladdin make much of the Emperor, but Paul Bentley's operatic take on it is both refreshing and successful. He sings well, plays the whole role…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMBrook Theatre, Chatham: This is an excellent example of interactive, promenade theatre for very young children, which strikes a well-judged balance between watching, listening and taking par…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:39AMIf you were to pick up this week’s (December 18) bumper Christmas issue of The Stage, you would find – among a plethora of other fascinating articles – a feature on cruising and its ro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTuesday, December 16, 2014
Vaudeville, London: We're in a reductive world - fresh from Potted Potter and Potted Pantos - of silly wigs and hats, much farce-style dashing on and off, and a deal of nonsense that ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMonday, December 15, 2014
Garrick Theatre, London: Horrible Histories is a very reliable product, now so well established that it has almost become a theatrical sub-genre. Barmy Britain Part Two is the usual slick se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMLost Theatre, London: This episodic, quest story is a cross between Candide and Alice in Wonderland. It includes wicked, money-grabbing monks, a sleepy Captain Loris, a quasi Red Queen whose…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMEach week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFriday, December 12, 2014
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge: Jules Verne's famous story of Phileas Fogg's crazy 1880s attempt to travel around the earth in 80 days makes a deliciously fresh Christmas show. And …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMThursday, December 11, 2014
Why are some actors so reluctant to tell us where they trained? Yes, I know some didn’t have formal training but the majority did and I, for one, would like to know about it. My…
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Cambridge Arts Theatre: Cambridge Arts knows how to do glitzy. This Aladdin sports a fine five-piece band, some sparky flying effects, an inventive slosh scene with washing machines and some…
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Greenwich Theatre, London: After a rather nervously wooden and over-acted start, this show for very young children who sit on the floor in Greenwich's intimate studio space, develops in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMEach week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFriday, December 5, 2014
Chelsea Theatre, London: Billed for those aged three and over and based on a fairly well-known children's story, this show presents Mr Tiger (Tom Penn) and his friend Mr Deer (Sheldon G…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:03AMThursday, December 4, 2014
Last week I went to Chickenshed in Southgate to review their joyful, imaginative, inclusive and elegantly traditional Peter Pan. And I came away, as ever, deeply moved by what Chickenshed h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury: Paul Hendy knows his Canterbury audience well and as usual provides a luxury product including plenty of spectacle: flying across the auditorium, a near life-siz…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMMonday, December 1, 2014
Rayne Theatre, Chickenshed, Southgate: It's a real joy to see a Peter Pan with many of JM Barrie's original words spoken by an unseen narrator using an authentic Scottish accent. U…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMEach week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, November 27, 2014
Unicorn, London: This version of ETA Hoffmann's story provides an entertaining world of mice catapaulted out of holes, swans on roller skates, a magnificently terrifying multi-headed, r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:58AMFourth Monkey Theatre Company is on the road with a touring production of The Elephant Man. So far, so normal. But this is more than just another touring company and it strikes me that they&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, November 24, 2014
Little Angel Theatre, London: This spare and original resetting of Cinderella to Mousetown, where characters lend each other a paw, oozes charm and humour, as well as highlighting the talent…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:27AMEach week, Susan Elkin scours the market of learning resources to find the best books, apps, websites… just about anything, in fact, that can help students, performers and other theatremak…
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