How To Guides

Ever wanted to know how to write a musical or make your living as a make up artist or a working singer? The Stage's How To Guides tell you where to start.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Stage is often asked similar questions ranging from how to get started in the industry, where to go for information etc to what are the international equivalents to Equity. Here is a list of the questions and the most suitable answers.

Legal Eagle

D Michael Rose is a retired entertainment law consultant and former partner in Tarlo Lyons (now Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons). The archive of questions devoted to different aspects of UK entertainment law is available here.

Dear John

The regular showbiz advice column by agony uncle and author John Byrne.

Focus

How do other people get started? How did they get that job? What sort of experience have they had? We ask people in the industry about what they do.

EXTRActs

In conjunction with publishers A&C Black, we are pleased to present a series of extracts from publications related to the performing and theatre arts which we hope will prove useful to our readers.