2,435 stories by "The Stage"
Forty years have passed since a time capsule was buried beneath the foundations of what was to become the Farnham Redgrave Theatre. On September 9, 1972, Michael Redgrave got to his knees an…
I am so glad the Queen did not join Equity (Chit Chat, August 23, page 7), as I am, and have been for many years, a member, and I may have found I was no longer wanted.
The idea of the Olympics Opening Ceremony was good, and it was brilliantly orchestrated. But like the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, overall it was a failure.
I feel strongly about a subject that affects young people. A Night Less Ordinary was a nationwide pilot scheme, set up in February 2009 by Arts Council England and the Department for Culture…
Playwright Kaite O'Reilly is seeking to confront and confound people's perceptions of disability with her latest production, writes Derek Smith
Soul Sister star Emi Wokoma talks to Jonathan Watson about portraying Tina Tuner as the show transfers to the West End
Just the other day Tabard was surveying the classical music landscape and wondering why there isn't an oratorio based on one of Coronation Street's most famous residents, Ken Barlow. Well lo…
The Edinburgh International Television Festival once again saw the great and good from the world of broadcasting descend on a conference centre for three days to celebrate their industry. We…
It was inevitable that Tracy Reed, who has died at the age of 69, would follow a career in the performing arts. She was born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier in London on September 21, 1942, he…
Despite appearing in just six episodes of Doctor Who - as the Time Lady Romana during Tom Baker's tenure in the title role - it left a stamp on Mary Tamm's career that proved almost impossib…
As a producer of such shows as Beadle's About and TFI Friday, Stephen Joel was a highly popular figure in the television entertainment industry. He began his career in stage management worki…
Internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer and inspirational teacher Nigel Charnock was very much his own man. He hated the word dance, was frequently scathing in his criticism of most …
Two Robert Juliat products will be making their PLASA debut at Earls Court - the new Tibo and Zep profile spotlights expanding its spotlight range with new LED and tungsten solutions. Zep is…
Kinesys has appointed Cristiano Giavedoni as its marketing and business director as part of its on-going business development plan.
Entertainment lighting specialist, White Light, is to hold its first Amateur and Schools Lighting Open Day on Sunday, September 30 at its base in Wimbledon, south west London.
Colour Sound Experiment recently supplied lighting for five main operated stages and about 30 other performance areas dotted around the Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire site for the 2012 Secret Ga…
Marcus Romer, artistic director of Pilot Theatre, explains how his latest project - a six-camera interactive live stream of the York Mystery Plays - has the potential to change how audiences…
The expensive and sophisticated BBC/HBO co-production Parade's End delivers a call to arms to costume drama. As Maggie Brown discovers, it also presented challenges for the woman at its helm…
Both Mark Shenton and Joanna Page raise valid points about the reality TV casting process (Casting doubt on TV talent shows, August 16, page 6; Page against the machine, August 16, page 20),…
We have seen historic events over the last few months, whether it be the Queen's Diamond Jubilee or the Olympics. Musicians were, of course, involved in both these activities, from the wonde…
New York has created a structure for classification of its theatres that assists the theatregoer. There are the main Broadway houses, then Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and even Off-Off-Off…
Never let it be said that winning Britain's Got Talent doesn't lead to wonderful things. Tabard hears that last year's winners of the ITV talent series, Ashleigh Butler and her dancing dog P…
Poor old Hugh Grant. When he isn't suffering stage fright on the sets of his movies, he's being refused entrance into Edinburgh Fringe shows.
As a leading theatre advertising agent in the West End, Joan Fry had clients in both the commercial and subsidised sectors of theatre. She was a director of Mentor, an agency where she had s…
In studios boasting state of the art acoustics and mixing desks, Keith Grant was much in demand as a recording engineer. During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked with some of the most popular m…
