Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Tabard enjoys a happy ending. Get your mind out of the gutter – a story with a happy ending. Especially at Christmas
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Might 2019 be the year that mobile phone use is completely eradicated? Will Mark Shenton finally start his one-man policing scheme against
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There was a buzz in the air at the Other Palace last week. What’s the buzz?, Tabard hears you ask. Well, here
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Tabard has been thoroughly dismayed with the political snafu of late – with the cabinet exodus and general debacle over Theresa May’s
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Long term visitors to The Stage’s annual new year’s shindig at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane may remember being greeted at the
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Tabard has lost count of the number of times one has spoken with performers who have been angered at the casual use
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There was a ghost in the machine at a performance of Nativity the Musical last week. Or rather, a ghost in the
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As times change, and people get more into their smartphones, Netflix series and social media, you can’t blame someone for trying to
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The Pinter at the Pinter season included a one-off gala night earlier this month to mark what would have been the playwright’s
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Where would we be without Sonia Friedman? Well there would be fewer two-part shows in the West End, that’s for sure. No
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A press release caught Tabard’s eye immediately this week. “Learn how to insult like Shakespeare”, the subject screamed, and Tabard opened the
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And the award for most humiliating news story this week goes to Kent Online, for shaming one of the 1980s’ most iconic
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Bloody musicals. They have a lot to answer for. Not least Jason Gardiner in drag in Ruthless! The Musical. The less said about
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It doesn’t take a genius to work out what irritates theatregoers the most, but, fortunately for us, website Super Break has carried
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Our associate editor Mark Shenton is a prolific campaigner. If he’s not doing his bit to stamp out unruly behaviour at the
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London’s Drury Lane may be home to one of the West End’s biggest theatres, but now also one of its smallest. With
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBrexit has been the source of inspiration for many an artist since the fateful referendum on June 23, 2016. Countless theatremakers have
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As the Edinburgh Fringe continues to bulldoze us through August, spare a thought though for the weary critics, who are truly an
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“The pound of flesh, which I demand of him, is deeply bought. ’Tis mine, and I will have it,” says Shylock in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AMTabard enjoys a good selfie. Who doesn’t? But who have thought that a mum’s ‘toilet selfies’ would end up inspiring the Mayflower
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Spare a thought for those unfortunates who can’t escape the heat this summer. Tabard knows there are some poor creatures who just
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Andrew Lloyd Webber has tried it – twice. Madonna has tried it, and no one was particularly impressed. What is Tabard talking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTheresa May is normally busy running the country and trying to negotiate a Brexit deal. Good luck with that one, by the
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Abba-mania hit the UK this week, with the follow-up film to the hugely successful Mamma Mia!, based on the stage show of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThere was much excitement down at Tower Bridge in London this week, when a 25ft-tall, bare-chested statue of a Hollywood legend appeared
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Spare a thought for the dancers of the Australian Ballet company, who this week found themselves plunged into darkness mid-performance. How so,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTabard likes a happy news story. They’re few and far between in this day and age, let’s be honest. So when something
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Matt Hancock. He’s a daredevil isn’t he? As the former culture secretary – now health secretary – he was not afraid of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTheatre and football don’t sit together that well. When they do, things don’t always hit the back of the net. Take The
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And so to Leicester Curve, where last weekend a fundraising event was held to raise money for the venue as it marks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWho doesn’t love a retirement do? Or, in this case, a non-retirement do. Tabard hears that a bash was held last month
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