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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Diary: Haunted Harrogate Theatre calls Ghostbusters by Tabard

Alice? Who the fuck is Alice? That’s the question posed in that charming little number Living Next Door to Alice, made famous

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Diary: Performer’s world explodes in Edinburgh by Tabard

This year’s Edinburgh Fringe is well underway – four weeks of shows in every nook and cranny in the Scottish capital, as

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Diary: Sweet taste of payback by Tabard

There is nothing, absolutely nothing that Tabard likes better than a good “told you so”. And this one is among the best.

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Diary: Young wizard reads Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script at the speed of a snitch by Tabard

Harry Potter. There’s no avoiding him. That boy wizard is just about everywhere you look right now, thanks to Harry Potter and

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Diary: Pokemon Playhouse? by Tabard

Has the world gone Poke-mad? Less than an hour after Tabard’s last column about the Pokemon phenomenon went online, an email arrived

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Diary: Edinburgh show adds two weeks to Chilcot timetable by Tabard

If you’ve ever tried to wade through the programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, you’ll know it can often be hard to

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Diary: Pokemon visiting theatres by Tabard

Theatres have always had a variety of uses, providing space to come together, watch a show, hang out in the cafe or…

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Diary: Biggins, Ball and Babs in Bake Off bun battle by Tabard

There’s a combination in life that can’t be bettered. According to Michael Ball, anyway. And that combination is “cake and musicals”. Tabard

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Diary: The Stage spiced up your life 20 years ago by Tabard

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want: to get this bloody song out of my head, where it

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Diary: Gimme! Gimme! Gossip! by Tabard

Who doesn’t think of Mamma Mia! and picture a Greek island and Meryl Streep doing some of the finest acting with a

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Diary: Judi Dench fishing for attention? by Tabard

You know the feeling. Your birthday comes and you hit another major milestone – another sign of how far you’ve come since birth

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Diary: Lloyd Webber joins catfight over Broadway production by Tabard

Another week, another Cats scandal. First, Nicole Scherzinger chose The X Factor over reprising Grizabella in the show on the Great White Way, then

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Diary: Having a Swale of a time hearing all the gossip by Tabard

Tabard’s attention was focused on women this week – pipe down at the back – as Tonic Theatre held its inaugural event

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Diary: Stars lose favourite sarnies by Tabard

Southampton just won’t be the same again. A sandwich shop that has served stars for years (note, Tabard uses the word stars

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Diary: Windmill Girl tears a strip off venue operator by Tabard

The real-life scandal that was caused when the Windmill Theatre first introduced nude performers in the early 1930s became the basis for

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Diary: Edinburgh’s young hopeful by Tabard

It’s that time of year again, when the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme is released, complete with a predictably inexplicable design – this

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Diary: Was that JK prowling outside the Palace? by Tabard

Tabard took a wander through London last week and stumbled across a new show opening. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, it

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Diary: Falling star spotted at RSC by Tabard

Poor old Mark Lockyer. Press night of The Alchemist at the Royal Shakespeare Company doesn’t seem to have been an utterly pleasant experience for

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Diary: US presidential candidate too trumped up for stage by Tabard

Theatre has taken us to some fairly wild places in 2016: a research base on Pluto, a university of torture, an Indonesian

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Diary: Spread the luvvie by Tabard

The word luvvie has long been a bone of contention for many actors. Many object to it on the grounds that it

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Diary: Policing the aisles has become a serious business by Tabard

Theatres can be troublesome places. Just ask critic Mark Shenton. He seems to be taking on nuisance theatregoers on a nightly basis,

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Diary: Carvel is poetry in motion by Tabard

For the uninitiated (and, in fact, the initiated) Equity’s Annual Representative Conference can feel really quite silly. Performers, stage managers and retirees

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Diary: Wisecracking new mayor just Khan’t be serious by Tabard

Never mind his new role as mayor of London, Sadiq Khan could easily consider a career in stand-up. At least, judging by

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Diary: Technological failures at Theatre 2016 by Tabard

There wasn’t a Jersey Boy in sight. Instead, the stage of the Piccadilly Theatre in London was last week occupied for two

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Diary: Catfight on Broadway by Tabard

Remember when Nicole Scherzinger was in Cats and every critic sharpened their knives in glee, and then she was actually quite good

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Diary: The Sun gets brighter by Tabard

Readers, it’s confession time: Tabard just bought a copy of The Sun. And is planning to do so again. Forgive me The

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Diary: the Breakfast at Tiffany’s cat is a Lott of fun by Tabard

Pixie Lott is starring in a new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and last week, a London launch event for journalists was

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Diary: Doctor who? by Tabard

She’s about to become a household name due to her casting in Doctor Who, but West End heads will know Pearl Mackie

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Diary: Which famous actors are billed in the reruns? by Tabard

The Bill. Remember that classic TV series? More importantly, remember how many now super famous actors it gave to the world? Well,

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Diary: Cumber-who? by Tabard

Oh, to be aged and delightfully carefree. Alternatively: oh, to be Ian McKellen. The legendary actor recently sat down with a veritable

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Diary: Shakespeare app-ocalypse – just swipe left by Tabard

You’d have to have been walking around with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears to escape the fact that

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