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Fourthwall’s Favourites: February
Fourthwall’s round-up of what to see this coming February.
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Training: ALRA North launches online TV station
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts are launching a new online TV station from their Wigan base.
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Greenwich Playhouse loses home in first casualty of the Olympics?
Curtain down on Greenwich Playhouse after thirteen years.
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War Horse film drives demand for stage version
The hype surrounding the release of Spielberg’s film, has triggered huge interest in the award-winning stage production.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #10
Up and running, there’s time for Gareth to find amusement in the smallest details.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #9
All three Faction shows are now up and running and Gareth has a second to take a moment’s pause to contemplate this achievement and to ruminate on Miss Julie.
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Greenroom Gossip: Mulligan on drama school auditions
Last month actress Carey Mulligan told an American newspaper that she was rejected from every drama school she auditioned for.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #8
Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction’s rep season, might be suffering from ‘third-child’ syndrome.
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Review: The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola ****
Amy Stow reviews a near-perfect revival of Phillip Ridley’s seminal play, The Pitchfork Disney, at the Arcola.
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Review: The Bee, Soho Theatre *****
As part of its world tour, The Bee returns to its original home, The Soho Theatre, London. David Richards reviews.
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Review: The Faction’s Miss Julie, New Diorama ***
David Richards is drawn into The Faction’s mesmerising blend of physical action and theatricality in the final play in their rep season, Miss Julie.
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Review: The Faction’s Mary Stuart, New Diorama ****
Simultaneously innovative and traditional The Faction’s Mary Stuart, at the New Diorama, impresses Alice Anderson.
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Training: The wicked whispers of agent “interest”
Signing with an agent is the final piece in the ‘actor training’ jigsaw. Yet what type of agency is right for you?
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #8
Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction’s rep season, might be suffering from ‘third-child’ syndrome.
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Comment: My First Time
Editor JBR recalls his first time, and offers readers the opportunity to win £50 in Theatre Tokens
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Gender, Race, Sexuality – Is what you can’t help holding you back?
Hannah Berry looks at the thorny issue of stereotyping in the industry.
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Banksy visitors overwhelm gallery
Almost a quarter-of-a-million people file through Banksy’s homecoming exhibition at Bristol museum since it opened in June.
Monday 17th August 2009
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News: Opening: Soho Six Pack, Present, No Way, HSM 2
Amongst the major London openings this week are:
Monday 17th August 2009
OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 17 August 2009 (previews from 14 August), the National Youth Theatre returns to the Soho Theatre with Six Pack,[readmore] -
‘Take a chance’ on book festival
More than a third of events at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival have sold out, but organisers call on visitors to try something new.
Monday 17th August 2009
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The Drama Student team have landed in Edinburgh
The Drama Student Magazine team has landed in Edinburgh for a weekend of theatrical fun.
Friday 14th August 2009
Putting the gloomy weather aside, we'll be out meeting young performers involved in the delights[readmore] -
Clouds and crochet for 2012 art
“Cloud” sculptures and crochet lions are among ideas in the running for an art project to celebrate the London Olympics.
Friday 14th August 2009
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Turner and his Welsh inspiration
Three Welsh paintings by landscape artist JMWTurner are going on show with the works which inspired them at Tate Britain.
Friday 14th August 2009
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Dame Kiri ‘to retire from opera’
Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is to retire from opera, after a career spanning four decades.
Friday 14th August 2009
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‘Provocative’ work opens festival
The Edinburgh International Festival begins later with a work celebrating the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden.
Friday 14th August 2009
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Plinth nudist ordered to cover up
A man participating in Antony Gormley’s fourth plinth art project is made to cover up by police after he strips off during his slot.
Friday 14th August 2009
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Woman throws cup at the Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa has come under attack from a woman who hurled a cup at the portrait in Paris.
Friday 14th August 2009
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/8196538.stm
