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2010 Spotlight Prize winner is Andrew Gower
It’s one of the most prestigious awards going. The Spotlight Prize showcases some of the most talented young actors and attracts fierce competition.
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Latitude Live: VIDEO – Theatre503 production of PLAYlist
It was another busy day for The Drama Student crew yesterday down at Henham Park. The highlights are presented here.
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Latitude Live: AUDIO from Masked Ball and various companies
Quick round up from our guys, Rhys and Alex, as they tweet (sorry bleat!) on the old twitter feed, at the legendary festival.
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Latitude Live: The aventures continue
Yesterday was chaotic in terms of getting to the festival, setting up and planning. All we had time for was to get a flavour. A lovely flavour, but a brief one, writes Rhys Jennings.
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Competition: WIN! £50 of Theatre Tokens!
Have a night at the theatre or treat someone to an evening of live entertainment with one of our 5 Theatre Tokens prizes.
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Old Vic New Voices on the search for hot new talent
Old Vic New Voices have announced that applications are now open for the fifth annual The 24 Hour Plays.
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Reader Offer: Liza Live is coming to London
The ultimate, part-parody, part-endearing tribute show is coming to The New Players Theatre in May and we’ve got a fantastic reader offer!
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Theatre Review: Wolfboy – Trafalgar Studios 2, London
Matthew Bannerman heads down to Trafalgar Studios 2 for Wolfboy, the psycho-sexual musical thriller.
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Theatre Review: Ballets Russes – A Stage Kindly
Benjamin Potter reviews A Stage Kindly’s latest production, Ballets Russes, and discovers a creative piece of work with some delightful performances.
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Theatre Review: Translations – Tobacco Factory, Bristol
As the set slowly disintegrated in the closing scene of Brian Friel’s tale of language and conquest, the power behind his simple story delivered its telling message.
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Theatre Review: Twelfth Night – Filter Theatre
Rupert Bridgwater is swept away with the hedonism of Filter Theatre’s Twelfth Night at Theatre Royal Bath’s Main House.
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Introducing… Neerja Naik
Fresh from hosting the Asian Film Festival, Neerja Naik talks to Daniella Gibb about her journey from a credit-crunching City worker to successful starlet.
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Get ready for Summer Schools 2010
A sizzling summer is on its way and now is the time to be planning your programme to develop your skills and expand on existing talents.
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Interview: Paul Spicer
He seems to have it all. An amazing West End job, his own company producing concerts and theatre, his own Summer School, and time for holidays.
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Interview: Martin Harvey – Dirty Dancing
Martin Harvey first performed at the Aldwych Theatre at the age of six. Now 24 years later he is back playing the lead in Dirty Dancing. He drops in for a chat.
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News: Wilson Leads RSC Twelfth, Cooke Revives Arabian
London’s Royal Court will make double inroads into the Royal Shakespeare Company later this year, with Court artistic director Dominic Cooke helming the RSC’s Christmas production of Arabian Nights, and[readmore]
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Feature: Helena Blackman On … Sondheim & Saturday Night
Helena Blackman became familiar to millions as the runner-up on BBC casting show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? in 2006. Since then, she’s starred in productions of[readmore]
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News: Nicholas Hoult & New Boy Cast Get Laughs at Q&A
Whatsonstage.com took over Trafalgar Studio 2 last night (24 March 2009), selling out to full capacity the 100-seat theatre – and prompting a desperate queue for returns – for our Outing[readmore]
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Review: Dido, Queen of Carthage
As the RSC seems to have given up on Shakespeare’s precursors and contemporaries, it’s great news that the National is reviving Christopher Marlowe’s first play, and in such a fine,[readmore]
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News: Enlightenment & Homecoming Theme for 2009 EIF
Festival director Jonathan Mills has announced the programme for the 63rd Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) – the parent to the larger Edinburgh Fringe – which runs this year from 14[readmore]
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News: David Hare Resurrects Wall for Ten Performances
After three sell-out dates last week, playwright David Hare (pictured) will next month reprise his script-in-hand reading of Wall, his meditation the Israel-Palestinian conflict, for ten more performances at the[readmore]
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News: Latitude Festival Announces Fourth Annual Line-up
The genre-defying Latitude Festival – which was awarded Special Achievement in Regional Theatre at last year’s TMA Awards (See News::E8821225034326, 26 Oct 2008) – has announced the line-up for its[readmore]
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£30,000 prize for UK photographer
British photographer Paul Graham is awarded the 2009 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, winning £30,000.
Thursday 26th March 2009
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Yale fight over Van Gogh painting
Yale University is taking legal action to keep one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous works, The Night Cafe.
Thursday 26th March 2009
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Artist in sculpture tragedy fined
The creator of an inflatable artwork which blew away killing two women will be sentenced later for safety breaches.
Thursday 26th March 2009
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/wear/7964916.stm
