Mancunian crooner Gary Barlow is the Eeyore of pop – loveable, but dour – who has of late made a number of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMPicture the scene: the curtain rises on a typical 1950s American home. A woman in her mid-20s – let’s call her Cindy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIt all started with Arlene Phillips announcing, with characteristic enthusiasm, Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip. In the one-woman show, Arlene!
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAs if seeing your favourite star on dry land weren’t enough, the wave of self-publicising shows became a tsunami as news emerged
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMHave you ever wondered if animals enjoy theatre? Nope, me neither. But if ever there’s a question approximately five people have ever
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMTabard was pleased to see a legend from the past stepping once more into the limelight this week to support theatre. Michael
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:25AMThis week in Leicester, a production of Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw has resurrected the dead. They’ve not dug up Richard
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMThe Oliviers are the pinnacle of theatrical achievement. An awards ceremony of this calibre demands only the finest host: someone with poise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMSchools are the focus of Equity’s charity efforts this month, as the union has announced that its latest fundraising endeavour will raise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMLike any theatregoer with a heart, Tabard has been known to well up at the transcendent beauty of some of Shakespeare’s poetry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTabard can’t help thinking that the Bunker in London has overestimated the amount of offstage action that theatre critics get. At the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMSpeaking of critics, poor old Dominic Cavendish is giving a voice to the voiceless, isn’t he? Now, bless him, the Telegraph’s theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMNow, dear reader, you may remember when Tabard recently brought you the news of romantic plans to stage a marriage proposal during
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAudiences can be troublesome, can’t they? Sometimes they just don’t know how to behave. Tabard recalls going to a performance of Dirty
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMLloyd Webber’s tunes may not be a hit in the bedroom, but that hasn’t stopped him branching out into other spheres of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:08AMMusicals have been on Tabard’s mind this week. They’ve a lot to answer for, it seems. In the same week that fast
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThere’s only one thing guaranteed to give you more of a laugh than Julian Fellowes’ comments on diversity, and that’s the comments
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:39AMLook, lively lovebirds, your time to shine has come. Want to get yourself noticed? Want to really make your mark? If you’ve
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMAn expectant mother got more than she bargained for with her ticket to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Bristol Hippodrome, when she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMAnd so to The Stage Awards, the annual celebration of all the great and good in theatre, held at the Theatre Royal,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMWe’ve had Brexit – The Musical, Donald Trump – The Musical, hell, we’ve even had Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott riding a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMTabard has always maintained that the UK needs its own version of Ellen’s Stardust Diner in New York, where you can go
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMJanuary tends to be the month most of us tighten our belts. All that overindulgence and buying presents for loved ones –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMOne might be forgiven for thinking it was the queue for the last ship leaving earth before the apocalypse, but the online scramble
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMNot every Cameron Mackintosh show can be a success. And it’s only natural that some of his shows will misfire and be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMItaly. La Dolce Vita. The country that gave us such greats as Michelangelo, Verdi, Pavarotti, Cornetto. It is arguably the most culturally historic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMEven more festive cheer this week comes in the form of disabled dog Pig, who has been given a starring role in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM’Tis the season to be jolly and all that, so Tabard will resist any temptation to be too scathing about this one.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIt’s like Mischief Theatre’s Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society has become a reality right before our eyes. Just when you thought the mishaps
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMDo you ever get the feeling that playwrights are having you on? Tabard has, many a time. Sitting through the latest Caryl
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMLadies (and indeed, gentlemen), how would you like your boyfriend to pop the question? Many theatrical types, I imagine, would like it
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