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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

From Bette’s burlesque to New York’s new burlesque…

Shenton’s View: I ended my stint in Vegas on Thursday night by returning to Bette Midler’s The Showgirl Must Go On at Caesar’s Palace, which I first saw soon after she began her residency there back in February, and I reported...

Published on 12 Oct 2008 at 17:01 by Mark Shenton

An actress rests…when?!

Grads’ Club: Now at the beginning of the week, I began to write this blog. It was then entitled “An actor rests”. It was Monday morning and I was sat alone in my flat doing what I hate doing most in...

Published on 10 Oct 2008 at 10:43 by Rebecca Hutchinson

Union = cheap drinks, right?

Grads’ Club: Being a member of the Student Union was highly unremarkable; the only benefits were a) Student discounts in many favourite high street stores b) A cheap pint c) Best curly fries around sold in the union bar. I was...

Published on 9 Oct 2008 at 02:27 by Sarah

Is theatre heading for an economic crash?

Newsblog: With newspapers reporting daily of the worsening global financial situation it’s only natural that we in the theatre world should start wondering about how it is going to affect us? Will people start reigning back their spending on theatre...

Published on 10 Oct 2008 at 18:01 by Alistair Smith

Square Eyes 10-12 October

TV Today: The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama (Friday 9pm, BBC2) Simon Schama brings his richly textured tones and accessible (yet still highbrow) style to this eye opening curtain raiser to the forthcoming presidential elections in America. The historian...

Published on 10 Oct 2008 at 16:42 by Mark Wright

Emmerdale’s extras deserve better

TV Today: Life as a walk-on or background artist is not particularly glamorous. As I experienced myself when I went on to the set of Midsomer Murders , there is a lot of hanging around - usually in the cold -...

Published on 10 Oct 2008 at 16:02 by Matthew Hemley

Strictly Come Dancing, week 4: You be the judge

TV Today: It’s the final week with only half the couples in competition, as the ladies and their male professional partners take to the floor with either a quickstep or a rumba. Jessie and Darren are the lowest-scoring couple still in...

Published on 9 Oct 2008 at 16:37 by Scott Matthewman

Turn off the TV: What’s on radio, 11-17 October

TV Today: Our radio sister to Square Eyes continues. Most BBC radio programmes are available online for 7 days after their first broadcast — click on the programme names below for more information. Saturday Play: Conclave Radio 4, Saturday 2.30pm After...

Published on 9 Oct 2008 at 17:18 by Scott Matthewman

Girl with a Pearl Earring to close early on West End: Girl with a Pearl Earring is to become the second production in a row to close early at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, after it was announced that it would end its run two weeks earlier than planned on October 18.
I’d Do Anything runner-up Buckley to join Lipman in A Little Night Music: Maureen Lipman, Hannah Waddingham and I’d Do Anything runner-up Jessie Buckley have been announced among the cast of the forthcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Channel 4 drops plans to launch three commercial radio stations: Channel 4 has withdrawn plans to launch three UK commercial radio stations, claiming the move is part of a strategy to save £100 million, following a downturn in core revenues.
Wainwright opera leads line-up for MIF 2009: Manchester International Festival has unveiled its first three commissions for the 2009 event, including a new opera written by singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright.
Miscount casts doubt on Equity election procedure: Equity’s presidential election - in which incumbent Harry Landis was defeated by Graham Hamilton by a margin of 11 votes - has been thrown into doubt after it was revealed that 13 ineligible ballot papers were mistakenly counted.

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