739 stories by "Susan Elkin"
It really is time that successful, prominent actors stopped telling the world that actor training is now impossibly expensive for working-class aspirants.
Lou Stein is a man with vision. Only a few weeks into his new job at Chickenshed, based in Southgate, north London,
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 brochure has arrived. As usual, it's the size of a thumping great telephone directory " an astonishing
Lloyd Hollett is one of the UK's most sought after comedy entertainers. Billed as a “comedy wordsmith”, he is currently on an
NT Connections claims to be the largest youth theatre festival in the world. It's certainly hard to think of anything comparable. In
The strongest argument in favour of part-time training is economic. Training is obviously much more affordable if there is time in the
I'm an eavesdropper. I've never quite known which came first. Did I go into journalism because I'm nosey, or did I get
King Lear in Brooklyn, by Michael Pennington (Oberon Books, 2016) In 2014, actor and author Michael Pennington arrives in New York to
Every theatre and venue in the country is busily doing as much education and outreach work as it can manage and get
George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, arguably the ultimate in dystopian fiction, has been on and off school syllabuses almost since it was
Robert Stuhldreer is a professional dog trainer and exhibitor at championship show level. Following a hugely successful six-month run with his four
I recently visited Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance's Deptford campus to speak to its principal Anthony Bowne about taught degree
Eleanor Jackson is singing a witty, poignant number from Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park With George and she's rivetingly good. I'm
Shout! The Mod Musical runs at the Royal Court, Liverpool, until June 4. But this isn't an ordinary show " it is
1. Come prepared Bring with you everything you need. That includes any music in folders, amps and whatever you need for your
Last Friday I shared some lunchtime sandwiches with veteran actor Stephanie Cole. She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 1957-59
The pathways to directing are many and various. Some fine directors " Gregory Doran and Daniel Evans, for instance " train and
Dance science is a new discipline related to, but different from, sports science. I have to admit I hadn't really heard of
Cross-gender casting is everywhere. It seems to be catching on so fast that I wonder how long it will be before drama
Technical theatre is invisible. It's the swan's busy, muscular, webbed feet paddling along beneath the surface, underpinning the calm, apparently effortless bird
Josh Boyd-Rochford works for Simon and How. With a junior assistant he manages 110 musical theatre clients, many of them in West
Why aren't we telling young people about the writing and writing-related careers that drive our industry? Careers advisers working in secondary schools
Whose idea was RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation? Give him or her an OBE. The whole concept
How do you train to be a director? There are masters degrees, postgraduate diplomas and self-help books, but the best training is
Inclusivity is an absolute term. You can't be inclusive with exceptions. I was chatting to staff at Chickenshed " an organisation that
