The Stage

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.

Newsblog [RSS]

The Stage’s news team look behind the big stories of the day.

Podcasts [RSS]

An occasional series of interviews with names from the world of theatre, broadcasting and all avenues of the performing arts.

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

Torchwood Week: Square Eyes Special Preview

TV Today: I’ve had a somewhat uneven history with Torchwood . The first season, broadcast in 2006, didn’t do much for me. It started well enough, but within a few episodes had descended into a juvenile mess that really didn’t become...

Published on 2 Jul 2009 at 16:41 by Mark Wright

July 2: Neil Bartlett and Sally Lindsay talk bingo

In The Paper: In this week’s issue of The Stage , writer/director Neil Bartlett suggests it may be the first time that many theatregoers have been inside a bingo hall, but that’s exactly where they will find themselves when attending his new...

Published on 2 Jul 2009 at 12:19 by Scott Matthewman

Torchwood Week: Eve Myles

TV Today: And so, as we enter into the home straight of our Torchwood Week here on TV Today , we follow up yesterday’s interview with Gareth David-Lloyd with a sit-down with Eve Myles , who plays Gwen Cooper. As with...

Published on 2 Jul 2009 at 12:00 by Scott Matthewman

The power of 4,700 voices

Education and Training: Last night I was at O2 Arena for the launch of Voices for a Better World , a project to raise funds for dedicated children’s charities Global Angels and Arts by Children - two international organisations which work at...

Published on 2 Jul 2009 at 11:18 by Susan Elkin

Torchwood on radio: What did you think of Asylum?

TV Today: So the first of three Radio 4 Afternoon Plays featuring Cardiff’s least secret top-secret organisation, Torchwood: Asylum , has just finished. If you missed it, it’ll be available on iPlayer for seven days , and for UK licence fee...

Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 15:05 by Scott Matthewman

Matthew James Thomas: The Stage Podcast #32

Podcasts: With screen roles including Stephen Poliakoff’s The Lost Prince and West End parts in Whistle Down the Wind and Fame , Matthew James Thomas’s highest profile role to date has been Jez Tyler on ITV1’s performing arts school-based musical...

Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 14:30 by Scott Matthewman

Torchwood Week: Gareth David-Lloyd

TV Today: As part of our ongoing week of interviews and features about BBC1 science fiction drama Torchwood , today we interview Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones. As with our previous interview with the show’s writer and producer Russell T...

Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 12:00 by Scott Matthewman

Torchwood Week: Win a set of Torchwood novels

Equity minimum wage proposal will ‘destroy’ fringe theatre: Fringe theatre companies have warned that the sector will be “destroyed” if proposals by Equity seeking to enforce the National Minimum Wage for all actors become law.
Robin Hood dropped by BBC: BBC1 family drama Robin Hood has been axed by the Corporation after three series.
Twofour’s Wright joins Foyle’s War company Greenlit: Jo Wright, currently head of drama at independent company Twofour, is to join Foyle’s War production house Greenlit Rights as an executive producer.
Lulu Baker children’s books dramatised by BBC: CBBC has commissioned a new sitcom based on the Lulu Baker series of books by Fiona Dunbar.
Comedy actress Sugden dies: Mollie Sugden, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in the BBC1 sitcom Are You Being Served?, has died aged 86.

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