CONTENTS
RSC Dream 16
John Chapman gives his last account of an eighteen-month Dream-come-true as he shows his Bottom to the RSC one final time.
Your News Our newspaper-style section brings all of your local stories, articles & news items.
Heritage for Hire After an eight-year gap, Paul Johnson re-visits Khaki Devil, military supplier to the theatre, film & TV industry and discovers some ambitious plans.
All Aboard for Entertainment Richard Evans follows up last year’s popular article ‘A Theatre Lover’s Guide to New York’ with a look at the world of cruising.
Derek Jacobi - cover story Pat Jones teams up with Editor, Paul Johnson to interview one of the world’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed actors - with whom she has been friends for 56 years.
Smoke and Mirrors Two years ago Nick Bennett offered some space in his ‘man-cave’ to his brother-in-law. For Nick it was the start of a strange journey.
University Challenge Phil Lowe pops over to Nottingham University to speak with Laura Jayne Bateman and Nick Gill of the uni-based Nottingham New Theatre.
One Step Beyond! - No.1 Stamp Your Feet! The Musical came from humble beginnings, to a sell-out performance last year, but it took over four years of hard work to get it on the stage.
One Step Beyond! - No.2 Neil Knipe of ‘Bite My Thumb’ - an amateur theatre company - tells how they took their production of Jim Cartwright’s Two on the road.
Cabbage Soup! What is the perfect recipe when it comes to making theatre for the sternest critics on the market? We ask the experts...
Making It Up As You Go Along Imagine performing a show without a well-rehearsed script. No lines, no directions - just you and your ensemble. Angelini Castellini looks at the growing popularity of improvisation.
I’ll Be in My Trailer! Continuing our focus on Improvisation, Paul Johnson speaks with Ruth Bratt & Philip Pellew from West End performers The Showstoppers.
Hands Off! Vulnerable Venues These are potentially worrying times for societies that don’t have the convenience of running their own performing space. Chris Abbott takes a look at the growing issue of vulnerable venues.
Strike Up the Band! Raymond Langford Jones’ final round-up of activity in professional musical theatre.
New Books, Plays, Musicals New publications and performing rights from Samuel French, Nick Hern Books, Bloomsbury, Josef Weinberger, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Oberon, R&H... and more.
Your News Our newspaper-style section brings all of your local stories, articles & news items.
Heritage for Hire After an eight-year gap, Paul Johnson re-visits Khaki Devil, military supplier to the theatre, film & TV industry and discovers some ambitious plans.
All Aboard for Entertainment Richard Evans follows up last year’s popular article ‘A Theatre Lover’s Guide to New York’ with a look at the world of cruising.
Derek Jacobi - cover story Pat Jones teams up with Editor, Paul Johnson to interview one of the world’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed actors - with whom she has been friends for 56 years.
Smoke and Mirrors Two years ago Nick Bennett offered some space in his ‘man-cave’ to his brother-in-law. For Nick it was the start of a strange journey.
University Challenge Phil Lowe pops over to Nottingham University to speak with Laura Jayne Bateman and Nick Gill of the uni-based Nottingham New Theatre.
One Step Beyond! - No.1 Stamp Your Feet! The Musical came from humble beginnings, to a sell-out performance last year, but it took over four years of hard work to get it on the stage.
One Step Beyond! - No.2 Neil Knipe of ‘Bite My Thumb’ - an amateur theatre company - tells how they took their production of Jim Cartwright’s Two on the road.
Cabbage Soup! What is the perfect recipe when it comes to making theatre for the sternest critics on the market? We ask the experts...
- As a children's author David Walliams has had enormous critical and commercial success and, since 2008, has taken the children’s literary world by storm. Diane Parkes looks at Gangsta Granny’s adaptation to the stage.
- Freelance journalist, author and former teacher, Susan Elkin, specialises in education and performing arts which includes a lot of theatre for children.
- Neal Foster launched the Birminham Stage Company in 1992. Since then the BSC has staged over seventy productions and become one of the world’s leading producers of theatre for children and their families.
- Regular columnist, Richard James, takes time out from performing on Gangsta Granny’s UK tour to give his opinion on how to master the art of keeping children on the edge of their seats for two hours.
- Julia Donaldson has been the UK’s top-selling children’s author for the sixth year in succession. Two companies have successfully adapted her stories for the stage such as The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man.
Making It Up As You Go Along Imagine performing a show without a well-rehearsed script. No lines, no directions - just you and your ensemble. Angelini Castellini looks at the growing popularity of improvisation.
I’ll Be in My Trailer! Continuing our focus on Improvisation, Paul Johnson speaks with Ruth Bratt & Philip Pellew from West End performers The Showstoppers.
Hands Off! Vulnerable Venues These are potentially worrying times for societies that don’t have the convenience of running their own performing space. Chris Abbott takes a look at the growing issue of vulnerable venues.
Strike Up the Band! Raymond Langford Jones’ final round-up of activity in professional musical theatre.
New Books, Plays, Musicals New publications and performing rights from Samuel French, Nick Hern Books, Bloomsbury, Josef Weinberger, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Oberon, R&H... and more.
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