Education and Training [RSS]
Discussions and articles regarding performing arts training.
Grads’ Club [RSS]
A selection of contributors, who have all recently graduated from CDS courses, share experiences on their entry into the performing arts industry
In The Paper [RSS]
A sneak preview into the world of The Stage, the UK’s newspaper for the entertainment performing arts industry.
Podcasts [RSS]
An occasional series of interviews with names from the world of theatre, broadcasting and all avenues of the performing arts.
Shenton’s View [RSS]
One of the country’s leading theatre reviewers, Mark Shenton offers news, opinion, commentary and the occasional anecdote about theatre in the West End, Broadway, and further afield. Mark is also theatre critic for the Sunday Express and other theatrical publications.
TV Today [RSS]
TV Today is the blog you need if your life revolves around television — on either side of the camera, or from the comfort of your sofa. With regular contributions from The Stage’s broadcasting correspondent Matthew Hemley, assistant editor Scott Matthewman and author and all-round TV guru Mark Wright.
Recent posts
Auditions for backstage staff?
Education and Training: Why aren’t applicants for backstage jobs asked to demonstrate their skills practically rather than just presenting a CV and having a jolly chat aka an interview? No director, venue, company or agent would consider hiring a performer without hearing/seeing...
Stage 100: AK Bennett-Hunter’s view
Newsblog: This year, we have asked a number of people not involved with The Stage 100 - our annual list of the most influential figures in UK theatre - for their views on our rankings. Here are the views of...
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham - The Stage Podcast #10
Podcasts: The Stage’s News Editor, Alistair Smith, sat down with Culture Secretary Andy Burnham to discuss free theatre tickets for young people, the effects of the economic recession on arts subsidies, and the Government’s track record on the arts. If...
Caution! Do not anger the actor
Grads’ Club: Trying to remain a happy-go-lucky and cheerful resting actor has had its ups and downs (as I’ve documented pretty much on a weekly basis since beginning my Grads’ Club blogging.) This week, despite seeing a couple of magnificent and...
Robin Hood series 3 is coming, but roll on series 4…
TV Today: TV Today ’s comments about Robin Hood have, in the past, got us into trouble. Mainly with Jonas Armstrong fans, it has to be said, who brook no suggestion that his portrayal of the noble outlaw is far from...
Love for Lark Rise
TV Today: Since the wonderfully traditional, heart-warming and whimsical Lark Rise to Candleford Christmas special was broadcast, I’ve been utterly captivated by the series. The start of the new series last Sunday was equally endearing and lovely, perfect viewing for a...
Stage 100: Richard Jordan’s view
Newsblog: This year, we have asked a number of people not involved with The Stage 100 - our annual list of the most influential figures in UK theatre - for their views on our rankings. First up is regular columnist...
The best time to open a show…
Shenton’s View: It was a back-to-school moment for the critics last night as we formally met for the first time since the Christmas break, at the now traditional first show of the New Year, the annual residency of Cirque du Soleil...
The top 20 names in broadcasting - who’s yours?
TV Today: Regular readers of The Stage will know that every year we publish the Stage 100 — our list of the most influential movers and shakers in British theatre. The full list was in last week’s issue , and we’ll...
Bonne Annee
Grads’ Club: Hello World! First of all I would like to say a big Bonne Annee to everyone, as I am writing from Paris! Yes living it up in the capital of romance, fashion and mugging. But that is another story...
Latest news [RSS]
- Exclusive: Arts must prepare for 2010 funding cuts, warns Burnham
- Culture secretary Andy Burnham has alerted subsidised arts organisations that they are not “immune” from a government savings drive in the face of the global financial crisis and that they should start making “contingency plans” in case current funding levels are cut in 2010.
- Powers misses panto performance in work permit mix-up
- American actress Stefanie Powers, best known for starring in US show Hart to Hart, was forced to miss a pantomime performance at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre after being detained by immigration officers at Heathrow Airport because of a work permit mix-up.
- Watermill to stage Morris’ new musical
- Playwright Ade Morris’ new musical Bubbles will premiere at the Watermill from May 12 to May 16 before travelling to 34 UK venues as part of a nationwide tour.
- UK venues to host French performing artists in six-month festival
- UK venues including Sadler’s Wells, Leicester’s Curve and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh are to take part in the first ever major season showcasing French performing arts companies in Britain.
- Young Vic’s summer season to include musical version of Che Walker play
- Che Walker’s play Been So Long, which premiered at the Royal Court in 1981, has been turned into a musical that will form part of the Young Vic’s summer season.
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