2,435 stories by "The Stage"
I assume the North-West London Equity Branch is in touch with the producers of Viva Forever!, insisting that 50% of the Spice Girls are played by men?
I was desperately sad to learn that the front row of the stalls at the Olivier, National Theatre are henceforth - despite a solemn undertaking given by Peter Hall before the move from the Ol…
Amid all the claims and counter claims about groups and factions within Equity, following on from Ian Seale's self-satisfied letter (Stage Talk, June 14, page 8) and Barbara Hyslop's somewha…
Anthony Field cites the plight of would-be graduates wishing to enter the arts world (Stage Talk, June 28, page 8) as it now stands. Indeed, where are these jobs? There appears to exist a no…
I have been bemused in recent weeks by the opinions expressed on factions within our union. In politics, religions, quangos, banking, boardrooms, clubs, pubs and management teams the self-in…
I have read the responses to my letter (Stage Talk, June 14, page 8) from representatives of the two current Equity Factions - Barbara Hyslop, on behalf of the Members' Group (Stage Talk, Ju…
Tabard loves a little lyricism in life. We feel there isn't enough of it. Recently, we were greeted by the disembodied voice of Boris Johnson at London Bridge station (unfortunately, pressin…
A West End revolution takes place tonight, with the live final of the online talent competition Search for a Twitter Star, organised by our friend and fellow anonymous theatrical cognoscente…
Joe Penhall's new play explores attitudes toward pregnancy by depicting how different things would be if men could give birth. He tells Al Senter why personal experience inspired this latest…
Jeremy Irons has enjoyed an Oscar-winning film career but he's returning to his roots as he tackles one of Shakespeare's most acclaimed history plays in a new BBC adaptation of Henry IV, wri…
Eric Coverdale, part of the international apache act Yvonne Michel and Erik died on June 26.
West London live music venue, Bush Hall, has gone digital, having recently invested in a Midas PRO2 console.
British loudspeaker manufacturer, EM Acoustics, has announced the appointment of Stage Electrics as a UK dealer for the independent brand.
London-based Pharos Architectural Controls has restructured its management team - Simon Hicks being promoted to the post of technical director, and Chris Hunt, previously commercial director…
Unusual Rigging has won a Royal Institute of British Architects award for excellence for its Garsington Opera Pavilion project, which puts the structure among the RIBA award winners from whi…
A Central Saint Martins graduate, Libby Todd, has been selected by the Exhibition Road Show to design the costumes for The Exhibitionists, a specially created ensemble of 24 recently graduat…
Two episodes in, and Line of Duty is shaping up rather nicely, if you like your crime thrillers reeking of corruption, filmed through a fog of moral ambivalence and generously sprinkled with…
Pantomime producer Pele Productions has gone into administration, citing its move into musicals along with bad weather as major factors in its financial difficulties.
Comedian and actor Eric Sykes has died at the age of 89, following a short battle with illness.
Norman McVicker was the founder of and, for than 35 years, director of Sydney's renowned Pocket Playhouse theatre.
Although Alec Guinness won widespread praise for the BBC television adaptation of John le Carre's cold war thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Anthony Bate had a hand in its success t…
Together with Jerry Ross, Richard Adler wrote the songs for two of the most popular musicals of the 1950s, The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955). Both shows won Tony awards, but the…
Faith Hines' "put that in your pipe" insult (Stage Talk, June 28, page 8) shows you exactly what the Representative Group actually stands for. "We are the guys that get things done," she say…
The recent incident involving the Olympics minister Hugh Robertson, who was refused entry to London 2012's new media centre without a pass, reminded me of the time the film star Gary Cooper …
It's disgraceful that The Stage, the serious chronicler of the profession, should write only of Anita Dobson's appearance in EastEnders (News, June 28, page 3).
