412 stories by "Tabard"
Tabard has often thought that being a director must be a bit like being a shepherd " keeping the flock (or actors)
What happens when an annoying force meets a useless object? Users of Twitter (the former) were lucky enough to find out last
Ah, the world of bad audience behaviour. There were the mobile phones, the e-cigarettes, even the McDonalds' chicken McNuggets. Now, venues hosting
Tabard hears that Irish actor and director Kenneth Branagh has been granted the honour of immortalising himself in concrete at Grauman's Chinese
One of the never-ending laments of modern life is the lost art of letter writing. Real letters, sent through the post, not
London versus New York, Lloyd Webber versus Sondheim " the musical theatre rivalry between the UK and the US is well-trodden ground,
We all know the ancient Greeks to be the pioneers of theatre as we know it today " not least because of
Winter has come to the Theatreland. But it's not quite the epic stage adaptation of George RR Martin's Game of Thrones we've
Phoebe Waller-Bridge isn't known for her shy and retiring nature, even less so in her work, which has been characterised by the
For those who can't afford a ticket to see The Phantom of the Opera, Tabard may have found a cheaper alternative. The
He's usually busy tweeting advice to his 60,000 cult followers, writing his weekly column for The Stage, or even occasionally producing some
Comedian, musical theatre writer, producer " Mel Brooks is surely one of the most 'been there, done that' figures in global entertainment.
Have you ever wondered whether an opera singer can really shatter a wine glass with their piercing voice alone? Tabard certainly has!
Giles Coren, eh? He really set the cat among the pigeons last week when he said he doesn't really go to the
Theatrical dame, movie royalty " Judi Dench is a bona fide national treasure. No one can argue with that. Other than Dench
Tabard enjoyed attending The Stage's very first Debut Awards last weekend, and listening to industry giants recall fond memories of their favourite
A theatre company in the North East has made an unusual request for its latest production, asking patrons to donate their odd
A new West End show has gained an unlikely following " of London taxi drivers. The Knowledge, directed by Maureen Lipman, was
If there's anything that serious theatregoing folk will say separates them from the uncouth hoi polloi, it's theatre etiquette. A favoured "
Oh those Russians, as Boney M once said. What have they been up to this time, Tabard hears you ask? They have
An actor's pre or post-show ritual can offer you a window into their soul. Whether you want to look or not is
Every year in Edinburgh, for one performance only that attracts thousands of people, a young man dressed as a gorilla dressed as
Tabard learned this week of an appalling crime that Carmarthen's Lyric Theatre was victim to back in April. Late one Friday night,
It's not often that theatre features so highly on the cultural hot property list, but with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
It's deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra once said. While there is no shortage of extraordinary anecdotes about Bill Murray
