32 stories by "Ak Bennett-Hunter"
Graeme Cruickshank was one of a generation of stage managers and technicians whose careers covered major changes in theatre practice and who
Tara Arts' reconfigured base was made possible when Network Rail granted the south London theatre company a lease on a small plot
How do you bring a hit television programme to the stage? It's a question that's been asked before and successfully answered on
As a result of the success of the Roundabout portable theatre, its designers, Lucy Osborne, Emma Chapman and Howard Eaton, formed a
There are a number of obstacles to attracting a wider and more diverse workforce into the expanding creative industries. The range of
To describe Francis Reid as a lighting designer fails to do justice to a man who has been described as "a theatremaker
The problem of presenting evermore technically demanding shows is faced by many of our older theatre buildings and the independently owned grade
The next time you consider turning down a tour because of a split week between Hull and Taunton, think about the Shakespeare's
In the past few years developments in digital recording and broadcasting technology have advanced with speed. One result has been the opportunity
When did you last see a sound technician operating sound-effects cues on a show? This question, posed by Stage Management Association executive
Scene painting has this in common with Mark Twain: reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. Of course the nature of
You might think that those aspiring to a career backstage have sufficient information available to them to understand not only what jobs
If your seasonal fare is confined to pantomime then it would be easy to think that technical theatre has not made many
Foster Wilson Architects is no stranger to designing theatres in schools and educational establishments, having completed a dozen or more over the
On November 10, the TheatreCraft event was held for the fourth time at the Royal Opera House. It was crowded with young
The star trap may no longer be the standard method of entry for pantomime's Demon King, but he still usually gets a
In 1972, the Theatre Royal in Portsmouth was seriously damaged by a fire believed to have been set off by children lighting
Damian Robertson, lighting improviser on the West End run of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, tells me: "I'm not really suited to long
Recently, sound design seems to have entered a new era, with greater use of binaural techniques in recording and reproduction and the
There is a Scottish endurance challenge whereby you have to visit every peak of the Cairngorms in three days. There was a
AK Bennett-Hunter reports on the recent Theatres Trust conference on Valuing Theatres, where the focus was firmly on the importance of theatre
The ABTT Theatre Show is in its 36th year and, in defiance of some cynics in the past, has survived competition from
Home in Manchester has been formed by the merger of Cornerhouse art gallery and cinema and the Library Theatre Company, and officially
If Alan Ayckbourn’s Way Upstream is not so often performed as some of his other plays then it is less to do
If you want to go to the opera then the Science Museum is not the most obvious place. Neither is an IMAX
