In this week’s issue of The Stage:
Singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, returning to perform in London for the first time in three years, talks to Mark Shenton about his passion for preserving the Great American Songbook
Actor John Barrowman, who as Captain Jack returns to Torchwood in two weeks, talks to Matthew Hemley about working on the show and its parent, Doctor Who, and his hopes that his TV work will show audiences how good West End actors are
Curtain Up: Alistair Smith previews Afrika! Afrika!, the circus-style celebration running alongside the O2 from January 17
The RSC has enjoyed a remarkable rise in visitor numbers to Stratford. Sofie Mason looks at the marketing techniques which the industry as a whole could emulate
The recent unsuccessful High Court action against Jerry Springer - The Opera means that theatre and television shows are unlikely to be successfully prosecuted under Britain’s blasphemy laws, writes legal expert Lindsay Dawson
Cirque du Soleil’s Dominic Champagne talks to Nick Smurthwaite about the revival of his 2002 production Varekai, which returns to the Royal Albert Hall this month
Nick Smurthwaite meets Paul Potts, winner of ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent, and finds a natural talent who get a break at just the right time
We meet the winner of our recent competition to win training at The Plumbing Academy
Maggie Brown on media: How ITV1’s new schedule is make-or-break for the broadcaster - and the demise of the newspaper TV critic in the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday
Dear John: We start 2008 with a look back at some of the most useful advice our weekly column has provided in 2007
Training: Susan Elkin meets Gavin Henderson, principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama
Backstage: Flyman suggests some new year resolutions for stagehands
Backstage Focus: Michael Sell examines how one Czech architectural team is successfully reviving the traditional European model of the combined theatre/hotel
Rodney Wood remembers theatrical visionary Stephen Joseph
Plus all the usual news, reviews, national UK theatre listings and recruitment ads.
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