Get the feed!
rageoffstage
-
Recent Posts
- Stroke of Genius: My Perfect Mind at the Young Vic
- That name rings a bell: Lionel Bart’s Quasimodo at the King’s Head
- Alice in Wordy-land: Peter and Alice at the Noel Coward Theatre
- The importance of being certain: David Auburn’s Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- Not exactly Chekhov: William Boyd’s ‘Longing’ at the Hampstead Theatre
- Fruit cake on the menu at the Cafe France: Jerry Herman’s ‘Dear World’ enjoys a sojourn at the Charing Cross Theatre
- Rising up the pecking order: Julian Bird is appointed Chair of Drama UK
- Losing his marble: One Touch of Venus at Ye Olde Rose and Crown
- Desert Mirage: Robert Lepage takes a gamble with ‘Playing Cards’ at the Roundhouse
- Tom Hooper’s movie puts the misery back into ‘Les Miserables’ and takes the ‘musical’ out
- Parading his privates: Michael Grandage sets up camp at the Noel Coward Theatre
- The theatre-goers guide to the galaxy: Going Dark at the Young Vic
Categories
Links we like
- A Civilian's guide to theatre
- Actorsminimumwage
- Broadway world – UK site
- Dress Circle showbiz shop
- Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals
- Guardian Stage Blog
- Guide to Musical Theatre
- Ken Davenport – the producer's perspective
- Madam Miaow Says
- Off West End
- Offical London Theatre
- Sans Taste
- Stagescan
- The Stage newspaper
- Theatremonkey
- There Ought To Be Clowns
- West End Geek
- West End Wendy
- West End Whingers
- Whatsonstage
Tags
Andrew Lloyd Webber Any Dream will do Arts Council Betty Blue Eyes Cameron Mackintosh Danielle Hope David Burt Franchise musicals Hampstead Theatre Hannah Waddingham Howard Goodall How do you solve a problem like Maria Hugh Jackman I'd Do Anything James Wolstenholme John Barrowman King's Head Les Miserables London's Little Opera House Mark Shenton Mastercard Menier Chocolate Factory Musical Musicals Musical Theatre National Theatre Nicolas Kent OperaUpClose Over the Rainbow Phantom of the Opera Polly Teale review Reviews Royal Shakespeare Company Shakespeare Shared Experience SOLT Southwark Playhouse Stephen Sondheim Theatre The Stage Tricycle TV Casting shows West End Young VicArchives
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Meta
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Theatre of the disturbed: Misterman at the National Theatre
Saturday 21st April 2012, evening There’s one in every village. And if you don’t know who it is, it’s you. In this case it’s Thomas Magill, Cillian Murphy’s evangelist loner, plying his religious trade in the fictional Irish village of Innisfree, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Adam Silverman, Cillian Murphy, disco pigs, Enda Walsh, Gregory Clarke, Innisfree, Lyttleton Theatre, Misterman, National Theatre, review
2 Comments
Small is beautiful: a study of theatre pricing as if theatre mattered
In his book ‘The Undercover Economist’, Tim Harford investigates the question, why can you never seem to get a decent meal in a tourist area. His answer is interesting. It is not just to do with the obvious connection between … Continue reading
Posted in Lucky dip!, Theatregoers short-changed
Tagged Advertising, Economics, premium pricing, The Stage, ticket prices, Tim Harford, West End Theatre
2 Comments
Misery Loves Company: Uncle Vanya ‘entertains’ at the Print Room
Saturday 7th April 2012, matinée One of the pleasures of seeing a new show in a flexible theatre space is wondering what the new layout will be. In the case of Uncle Vanya at the Print room, designer William Dudley … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Anton Chekhov, Charlotte Emerson, David Shaw-Parker, David Yelland, Iain Glen, Lucy Bailey, Marlene Sidaway, Print Room, review, Uncle Vanya, William Houston
1 Comment
Knit two together: Charing Cross Theatre brings us ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ – the musical
Charing Cross Theatre, 6th April 2012 It’s easy to see why ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is so appealing as a subject for a musical. Yet up until now, only one Dickens novel, Oliver Twist, seems to have hit the musical … Continue reading
Monsieur, with this show you are really spoiling us: Richard Herring asks ‘What is Love Anyway?’
Bloomsbury Theatre, 31st March 2012 Having enjoyed Richard Herring’s Christ on a Bike last year, which explored his relationship with Jesus, we were intrigued to discover whether he has managed to find a subject even more controversial than the last. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Bloomsbury theatre, Christ on a bike, comedy, review, Richard Herring, What is love anyway
1 Comment
