A sneak preview into the world of The Stage, the UK’s newspaper for the entertainment performing arts industry.
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: Have I Got News For You (Friday 9pm, BBC1) Bill Bailey is tonight’s guest host, with BBC political editor Nick Robinson joining the regulars for what will likely be some incredibly witty banter about the week’s events. Benidorm (Friday...
Shenton’s View: The West End is forever in danger of being turned into a giant TV variety studio: three West End musicals, of course, have already had their original leads cast by public vote on reality television, with a fourth on...
TV Today: So ITV has received a record fine from Ofcom in the aftermath of the regulator’s investigation of a series of phone-in scandals across various shows broadcast by the network, two of which are hosted by Ant and Dec. The...
Shenton’s View: The last musical of the current Broadway season that opened officially on Tuesday night has also become the first to close: the opening night for Glory Days , that arrived on Broadway after premiering at the Signature Theatre in...
TV Today: So Davina McCall has finally decided to quit Big Brother following the end of the next series, if reports doing the rounds are to be believed . While nothing official has been issued on this subject from McCall, Endemol...
In The Paper: In this week’s edition of The Stage : Since taking up the position of Arts Council England chief executive, Alan Davey has had to deal with a lot of angry clients, outraged at their funding cuts. He talks to...
Shenton’s View: Even though the arrival of the summer, at last, means that we have to start suffering the curse of unventilated, non air-conditioned theatres again, we were at least spared one result of that yesterday: the shirt of the Evening...
TV Today: Ready, Steady, Cook Tuesday 4.30pm, BBC2) Denise Van Outen and John Barrowman bring a bag of shopping for Ainsley’s chefs to have a crack at making into something edible. Is there anything that John Barrowman won’t appear on? Waking...
TV Today: As various Doctor Who forums go into a paranoid meltdown as the ratings for this weekend’s episode fell to 5.9 million, the rest of us get on with enjoying what was another fast and fun episode. So what if...
TV Today: Apologies again for the delay in this week’s review — the bank holiday and dodgy internet connections conspired against me this week. As with previous weeks, the BBC’s YouTube videos are now available in a handy compilation player ,...
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