 | Bolton Octagon - New Season Northwest 28 April 2013 With the new season the Bolton Octagon plays to its strengths but without any sign of complacency. There are ten plays on offer including Shakespeare, musicals, a festive show, co-productions and play.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Maria Miller basks in Ruth's Olympic glory WOS 26 April 2013 Culture secretary Maria Miller met with high-flyers in the arts for the second day running yesterday, following her British Museum cry for highlighting the economic benefits of subsidy with a steady a.... More... |
 | 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... |
 | Michael Coveney: Dominic lights up, Vicky opens doors and Fergus takes charge WOS 23 April 2013 Dominic Dromgoole shimmied down the staircase in the foyer at Shakespeare's Globe yesterday - and the steps didn't light up one by one, as they did in the West End for Michael Crawford in Billy, direc.... 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... |
 | Michael Coveney: Crazy girls descend on the Crazy Coqs WOS 18 April 2013 I was remarking, if not exactly complaining, the other day that the cabaret scene in London, such as it is, is slightly inward-looking. There's rarely anyone on the bill that you've heard of, and cert.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Tim Rice bats on both sides in memorial week WOS 16 April 2013 There's a very big memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral this morning, and tomorrow there's Mrs Thatcher's. And attending both of them, and speaking at the first, is none other than Sir Ti.... More... |
 | Michael Coveney: Barbican blues and other musical matters WOS 15 April 2013 I went twice to the Barbican Centre last week for two ground-breaking productions: Cheek by Jowl's Bunuelesque new version of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, and ENO's 3D opera, Sunken Garden, by novelist Dav.... More... |