In this week’s issue of The Stage:
Insight: With television programme investment in retreat, Maggie Brown asses culture secretary Andy Burnham’s response to the situation and asks which solutions will be palatable to a nation bracing itself for financial hardship
Michael Coveney talks to theatre critic Michael Billington about his decision to direct a Pinter triple bill at LAMDA and questions whether it is wise for reviewers to turn their hands to staging work
Dear John: “As an actor, is it worth having my own website or is being listed on online casting sites enough?”
With the new stage adaptation of Tracy Chevalier’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring playing at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, actors Adrian Dunbar (Johannes Vermeer) and Niall Buggy (Master van Ruijven) talk to The Stage about their performing backgrounds and the challenge of taking on both real-life characters and roles that have already been played in the 2003 film
Composer Charles Strouse has had a huge influence on the world of musical theatre, penning hits such as Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and Applause. Yet despite popular acclaim, he still finds it hard to knowledge his evident achievements
Jonathan Harvey tells Matthew Hemley about writing Beautiful People, his new BBC2 sitcom about a teenager’s dreams to escape suburban Reading for London based on Simon Doonan’s memoirs
A co-founder of the Boomtown Rats, Gerry Cott have up music for a life in the country, where he established a farm and started to train his own dog, Bobby, who recently starred as Toto in The Wizard of Oz and the Royal Festival Hall
As technical director of Sadler’s Wells for 43 years, Paul Richardson has witnessed many changes backstage. He tells The Stage why he remained loyal to the company and why the recent West Side Story was the best show to bow out with
Richard Alston looks back on his 40-year career as one of the UK’s leading dance choreographers and says he is looking forward to producing further innovative work in the future
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