2,435 stories by "The Stage"
I recently visited The Curve at Leicester to see Caroline O'Connor in Gypsy. I was very impressed with the comfort and ambiance of the auditorium and the huge stage.
I wonder if I was alone in subconsciously thinking that in seeing Wonderful Town last night I was actually seeing On The Town. That would have been a very different production.
Can anything be done about the spread of the usage of 'creative'? It crops up in programmes now with credits of 'cast', followed by those of 'the creative team'. Now it has become a noun, wi…
I am very disappointed at how little national coverage was given to the centenary of the birth of Kathleen Ferrier. She was, is and always will be, one of our greatest national treasures.
I read the April 19 review of The Phantom of the Opera (page 16) with great interest, and agree with the main thrust.
While watching the BBC red-button coverage of the Olivier Awards recently I was gutted when the title clip for Billy Elliot's Covent Garden Piazza performance went live spelt incorrectly.
Understudies have long discarded the second-best tag and are now regarded as key players in any production, tasked with the demands of delivering the best performance, often with little or n…
As Written on the Heart opens in the West End, Al Senter talks to playwright David Edgar about setting aside political plays to put forward his take on the creation of the King James Bible
In another life, we wonder whether we might have made a good politician. All the lovely pomp and circumstance of 'Right Honorable' and 'the minister', the expenses and, of course, the gossip…
Pesky journalists - they are always causing trouble. You just have to look at the goings on of the Leveson inquiry at the moment to see what a naughty bunch they are. And someone who knows a…
AC Entertainment Technologies Ltd has announced the appointment of four new members of staff as well as a number of role changes within the company - the changes being part of the AC-ET's ph…
Liverpool-based sound, lighting and AV rental specialist, Adlib, recently celebrated moving into its new warehouse in Speke, Merseyside, after what it reports has been another strong trading…
White Light, which supplied the lighting equipment to the recent 2012 Olivier Awards and sponsored the Lighting Design Awards, had a number of successful award nominees in its own right.
Unusual Rigging is providing the infrastructure to help ensure that Cameron Mackintosh's new touring production of The Phantom of the Opera plays around the UK without a hitch.
The first changes in two decades to senior management positions at The Stage have been announced.
The Brighton Fringe, now in its sixth year, has earned its place on the national cultural map as the biggest arts festival in England. Natasha Tripney talks to managing director Julian Caddy…
Actor Neal Foster is the man at the helm of one of the most successful children's theatre outfits in the industry. As he talks Horrible Histories, the Birmingham Stage Company's latest proje…
For Wendy Scozzaro of Felix de Wolfe, one of London's oldest theatrical agencies, every day is a whirlwind of deal making but, Jason Holmes finds, her clarity of purpose and dedication are e…
Tabard has always felt there is something missing from the Olivier Awards, and this week it finally became clear what that something is.
From one Chicago to another now as we take you on a whirlwind adventure to that toddlin' town (a Frank Sinatra reference - if you didn't get it, shame on you). This month the mayor of the Am…
After reading your article on 'legal ticket touting' (page 2, March 29), I can suggest a solution to the problem.
I was interested to read Tony Smith's letter regarding Gypsy at Leicester's Curve (April 12).
I was shocked to see the range of booking fees applied (April 12).
As the breakfast DJ on the first offshore pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, Tom Lodge helped to change the way in which rock music was broadcast in Britain.
I read with interest your articles on West End ticket prices (April 12).
