 | Samuel West: Is Maria Miller leading the arts into a trap? WOS 25 April 2013 In response to Culture Secretary Maria Miller's first keynote speech on the arts, actor/director Samuel West, chair of the National Campaign for the Arts, has written the following (republished with k.... More... |
 | Guest Blog: Peter Michael Marino on making Bloody Marys from rotten tomatoes WOS 25 April 2013 Peter Michael Marino's Desperately Seeking the Exit, about his experience as the writer of flop musical Desperately Seeking Susan, is currently at the Leicester Square Theatre. Here, he reveals the jo.... More... |
 | Chris Grady: Scratching it better - the five phases of show development WOS 24 April 2013 My blog focus today is a subject that Heather Doole, an independent producer, and I explored in our recent Surgery - the path of a new work from commission to acclaim through all its possible stages o.... More... |
 | Guest Blog: How Orpheus & Django Reinhardt became bedfellows at BAC WOS 18 April 2013 Award-winning Little Bulb Theatre are currently staging an epic, jazz-infused production of Orpheus at Battersea Arts Centre (until 11 May 2013). Here, company member Dominic Conway gives us an insi.... More... |
 | Guest Blog: Equity president Malcolm Sinclair on why My Theatre Matters - and what you should do about it WOS 15 April 2013 Malcolm Sinclair is president of Equity, the UK trade union for actors and creative practitioners, and a long-term sponsor of the Whatsonstage.com Awards. He has just finished playing opposite Rowan.... More... |
 | Class Consciousness in Manchester Theatre - MIF Northwest 14 April 2013 The programme for the Manchester International Festival (MIF) looks interesting. The Albert Hall is being brought into use and the Mayfield Depot is being turned into a performance space. But this is .... More... |
 | Chris Grady: What's in the artistic Potting Shed and Greenhouse.... WOS 12 April 2013 Last week I looked at the growing role of the freelance independent producer, and this week I have been running around seeing how things happen. Audiences hopefully end up seeing a glorious theatrical.... More... |
 | Spring Awakens: Top Fringe Tips Northwest 9 April 2013 If you have read my blogs before you know I am a big supporter of the Manchester Fringe Scene, I own Vertigo which is one of the most successful fringe companies in the city and I also review and atte.... More... |
.jpg) | Delicate & Perfect - Octagon's Glass Menagerie Northwest 7 April 2013 Yesterday afternoon, I got to see The Octagon Theatre's perfect production of Tennessee Williams' classic The Glass Menagerie. Having seen three different productions previously, you would imagine the.... More... |
 | Chris Grady: Do you like SOUP... WOS 4 April 2013 There’s a new energy in the air and it is caused by the buzz of independent creative producers working together and separately to bring new theatrical ideas to life. I was at an Open Space Te.... More... |