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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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