Drama graduates: one year on by Paul Clayton

I know what you did last summer is not only the title of a schlock horror film from the 1990s, but also

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00am on July 8, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: Coping with the vicissitudes of the voice-over booth by Paul Clayton

It's early on a Tuesday morning and I'm heading into town to spend an hour or so in a glass booth being

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on July 1, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: Don't knock the West End until you've been to Broadway by Paul Clayton

It's not unheard of when attending a West End theatre to hear the odd audience moan. "I can't find the toilet", "The

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 27, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: How to interview Judi Dench by Paul Clayton

She’s reigned over us for 60 years. We all adore her. We’ve seen her at Balmoral on horseback. We’ve seen her with

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 10, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: The art of forgetting is much harder in the digital age by Paul Clayton

I had cause to write a biog the other day, and rather alarmed myself because I had to turn to IMDb to

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on April 1, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: If directors can't hear us actors, they should tell us to speak up by Paul Clayton

You may have heard the rumours. Actually, if they are being circulated by actors, you evidently can't hear them. The dreaded question

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on March 4, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: True friendship is the best part you can get by Paul Clayton

On leaving drama school in the late 1970s, it was expected of us as actors that we would fall into employment and

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on January 15, 2016☆⚑

Paul Clayton: Don't underestimate the importance of manners by Paul Clayton

"Manners maketh the man." I'd always had that down as advice from Polonius to Laertes, and if it had been, it might

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on December 18, 2015☆⚑

Pack your bags and gird your loins " it's panto time by Paul Clayton

This is the season when actors, singers, dancers, and even 'people off the telly' are reaching into cupboards for their largest suitcase.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on November 27, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: We need to support the Actors Centre to keep it by Paul Clayton

The Actors Centre is an absolutely fantastic place. Ask any actor and they will tell you that. Ask any successful actor where

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on November 6, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: A campaign needs to be more than just a hashtag by Paul Clayton

There's a campaign afoot and I do like a good campaign. It can't have escaped you if you're a member of the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:00pm on October 15, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: how familiarity breeds content by Paul Clayton

It's always nice to go back to a hotel that you have stayed in before and where you had a very good

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:00pm on September 24, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: An actor must master the heat, the cold and toilets by Paul Clayton

Light a cigarette at a bus stop and the bus will come. Book a holiday and your agent will phone with a

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:00pm on July 16, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: Gender should never be a barrier to success by Paul Clayton

I have the honour of being chairman of the board of the Actors Centre, that veritable institution to support working actors. We

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:00pm on June 4, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: There's nothing wrong with stealing the limelight by Paul Clayton

I have a dream. Not the sort that makes me wake up sweating, but frequent enough for me to worry about it.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Paul Clayton: It'll be a sad day when all the laughter has gone by Paul Clayton

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh, all over me". That's the punchline of an apocryphal anecdote concerning John Gielgud, which common decency will not allow

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00pm on March 19, 2015☆⚑

Performer's Perspective: Casting aspersions by Paul Clayton

So performers are calling on the BBC to increase casting opportunities on its drama productions The Stage tells me. Evidently one topic discussed at the recent Equity annual Representative c…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 9:11am on May 30, 2014☆⚑