739 stories by "Susan Elkin"
Clad in simple brown vests, fawn shorts and turquoise socks, five actors run, freeze, and speak chorally with finely nuanced precision as the story unfolds.
Drama Studio London students at work. DSL’s new degree course includes teaching about arts funding and actor’s finances. Every drama school graduate needs to know exactly h…
John Martin is artistic director of Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells, a 291-seat theatre/arts centre contained within a Decimus Burton converted church,
As an actor who soon realised that she preferred discussing plays to appearing in them, Jacqui Hanlon, director of education at the
Last week two unrelated things happened to make me think hard and afresh about theatre reviewing " of which, of course, I do a great deal.The post Is theatre reviewing teachable? appeared fi…
Michael Volpe is the director of Opera Holland Park but his background is unusual. He spoke to Susan Elkin.
Poor SATS results are putting pressure on a headteacher's job - a new play examines the issues and Susan Elkin meets the playwright.
Annemarie Lewis Thomas is composer, musical director and founder principal of Musical Theatre Academy. MTA has just won the Stage School of the Year (2017) award for the second time. She cha…
Children don’t read enough. They have too little experience of story – through books, theatre or whatever. It leads to diminished imaginative capacity, short concentration …
East Asian actor Eugenia Low has just finished playing Ariel in The Tempest at the Cockpit Theatre, having studied under and worked
The English Folk Dance and Song Society and Cecil Sharp House have long occupied a special place in my heart. My father, Ken Hillyer, led The Southerners band and in the 1960s and 70s they p…
1. National Youth Theatre Rep Company Every year, the National Youth Theatre recruits 15 of its members, aged 18-25, to form a
Lavatories in theatres " or rather lack of them. It's one of my favourite topics and I've lost count of the number of times I've ranted about woeful provision, especially for women. Well, at…
Darren Hart has just completed a run at Hackney Empire in Sleeping Beauty. He started out in youth theatre at Theatre Royal
Is one of your new year resolutions to read more books about whatever aspect of the theatre industry you're involved in or want to be? If not, then perhaps it should be. Whatever your specia…
Sapphire Joy is a London-based actor working in television, film, stage and radio. She trained at Rose Buford College of Theatre and
Robin Hood at Egg Theatre, Bath. Photo: Nick Spratling. It’s that time of year again. It’s customary for critics and others who purport to have some kind of overview to look back…
Annus horribilis it may have been but 2016 has been a good year for youth theatre. There's been some interesting work by actors in training too.
Cruise ships are big business, and the benefit to the entertainment industries is clear. Every cruise employs entertainers and technical crew, and many have full-size theatres in which they …
Imaginative puppetry usually works wonders on a very young audience. The First Hippo on the Moon is full of puppets. The jungle
Jordan Productions has evidently invested in casting this year. The result is a smooth, traditional show with lots of actors who know
What exactly do we expect when we go to the theatre? Something compelling, entertaining, thoughtful or moving to watch and listen to, obviously. But what about the physical surroundings of t…
It's a balancing act, creating a pantomime that is both traditional and fresh, but this fine Aladdin achieves it. The Chinese dragon
Cruise ships are big business, and the benefit to the entertainment industries is clear. Every cruise employs entertainers and technical crew, and
As you'd expect from Qdos this is a pantomime which thinks big. Its real star is Ceri Dupree's glittering beautiful outfits as
