835 stories by "Paul Vale"
People have long speculated about the nature of the friendship between Jean Armour and Nancy Maclehose, one the wife and the other
It seems incredible to conceive how big the entertainer Michael Barrymore was in his heyday. He was the undisputed king of Saturday-night
Birdie lives on her own, surrounded by the detritus of her life. She is a hoarder, clinging desperately to the objects that
When Michael was eight, his father died as a result of motor neurone disease, leaving his mother to bring up four children
The life and assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is as unlikely a topic for a cabaret dissertation as you are going to
When Jade Byrne was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as the age of four, her life changed irrevocably. Ahead lay a lifetime
Car Crash Productions was founded in 2016 and aims to present fresh talent in contemporary shows. A public toilet may not be
If you've ever wondered why shoe repair shops also sell keys, this is the musical for you. Gigglemug Theatre may have created
Unlike most big Broadway successes of the 1950s and 1960s, Sweet Charity was set in the period in which it was written.
The adaptation of animated movies to the stage has had a chequered history. For every Lion King and Shrek that has conquered
This year for the first time, Arts Ed joined forces with The Stage Scholarships to offer a selection of awards including places
The results are in at the Spirit Young Performers Company and The Stage Scholarships 2018 have been awarded to eight lucky students.
Fantasia, the third full-length feature to spring from the Walt Disney Studio, was a commercially daring piece for the company. Unlike the
The Stage Scholarship 2018 at Liverpool Theatre School has been awarded to 20-year-old Samuel Craig from Manchester. The award, valued at £31,500,
The winners of The Stage Scholarships at Read College have been announced. Sally Rudd, who is 18 years old and from Swindon,
Launched in 2009, Grindr is the popular geo-social dating app geared specifically to the gay community that paved the way for things
Since its founding in 2008 the Faction have developed a reputation for reimagining classic texts as physical theatre. Having tackled A Midsummer
The winner of The Stage Scholarship at Sylvia Young Theatre School 2018 is 11-year-old Taziva-Faye Katsande from Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The openings scene of The Unexpected Guest features a corpse, a beautiful woman with a smoking gun and a stranger who arrives
Nobody was more surprised by the success of her Helene Hanff’s memoir 84 Charing Cross Road than the author herself. Probably best
Bob Carlton’s Return to the Forbidden Planet first landed in the West End in 1989 where it surprised many by beating Miss
It’s not surprising that a play by the man considered by many to be the spiritual successor to Alan Ayckbourn should focus
In Italy in 1938, fuelled by Mussolini’s obsession with maintaining a pure and healthy race, known and suspected homosexuals were rounded up
After much planning, Above the Stag has finally opened the doors to its new venue in Vauxhall. As the only full-time LGBT+
The winner of The Stage Scholarship 2018 at Youth Music Theatre UK is Noah Cochrane, aged 12 from Portadown, Co Armagh in
