Tim Pigott-Smith’s sudden death at the age of 70 has robbed British theatre of one of its most intelligent and intuitive actors.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMWhen, at the height of his success in the 1970s, The Stage described Duggie Chapman as the “Delfont of the North”, it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe son of German-Jewish parents who fled the Nazis to England at the outbreak of the Second World War, Michael Tuchner became
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMAlthough Jane Freeman will forever be associated with the redoubtable cafe owner Ivy in Roy Clarke’s long-running The Last of the Summer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMA fine singing voice and quick-witted stage presence honed by six shows per day at London’s legendary Windmill Theatre took Barry Martin
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMA Yorkshire coal miner’s son, sometime professional rugby league player, student of the Slade School of Fine Art and teacher, David Storey
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMPlans to create a “Greek style” open-air theatre in Dublin using stonework from the city’s original Abbey Theatre building have been announced.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMTributes have been paid to the child actor turned leading variety promoter and producer Duggie Chapman, who died on April 1, a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMJohn Forgeham carved something of a niche on television playing gruff, opinionated characters bolstered by machismo and exuding an alluring sense of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMKen Bennett-Hunter was one of the most experienced and well-respected figures in British theatre over the last half-century. Had he been an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMThe playwright and Booker prize-winning novelist David Storey has died aged 83. His death on March 27 was confirmed in a statement
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMDerek Walcott decided to become a poet at the age of eight and published his first poem at 14 – to find
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMA seasoned performer on stage and screen, Tony Haygarth was a character actor of enormous resource and variety, whose lived-in face and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMKen Bennett-Hunter, a former president of the Theatrical Management Association and long-time contributor to The Stage, has died at the age of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:58PMThe Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott has died at the age of 87. His death earlier today (March 17) at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMDrama programmes dominated the BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service in February 2017, taking a clean sweep of all top-20 places in the list
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMA singer-songwriter and pianist who eventually became a priest, Peter Skellern’s most famous song was the 1972 hit single You’re a Lady.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMTributes have been paid to actor Tony Haygarth following his death on March 10, aged 72. His death was confirmed by his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMOne of the most innovative directors of his generation, Philip Saville was responsible for a number of television firsts and the era-defining
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMAn aspiring journalist who turned her theatregoing “hobby” into a successful career as one of the leading casting directors of her generation,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMDublin’s Abbey Theatre has won in four categories at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, including best play for David Ireland’s Cyprus Avenue.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMVictor Platt was an unsung hero of television and film in the second half of the last century. A conscientious and reliable
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMIn 1948, aged 16, Keith Salberg left school, spent six months in a variety of jobs at the King’s Theatre, Gainsborough, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMTogether with Ray Galton, Alan Simpson helped define the tone of television comedy for 20 years with the hugely popular Hancock’s Half
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMTributes have been paid to two leading casting directors who died within hours of each other on February 19. Maggie Lunn, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMA leading figure in Irish theatre, Barry Cassin’s career spanned seven decades as both an actor and director. As co-founder of Dublin’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AMTrish Arnold pioneered an innovative approach to the teaching of movement and dance specifically designed for actors that is now widely employed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMFew actors were as consistently intelligent and engagingly relaxed on stage and screen as Alec McCowen. They were qualities that shone through
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMIreland’s regional theatres and arts centres are to benefit from new capital funding of €9 million (£7.6 million) in what was described
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMCraggy-faced and with a distinctive, cracked voice, John Hurt was an actor of immense resources and a deep emotional wellspring that forged
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMOf all the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death last year, for many of a certain age none will have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM
