412 stories by "Tabard"
Theatrical doyenne Thelma Holt kept an audience at Shakespeare's Globe rapt this week, regaling stories of her many years as an actor
An overzealous couple recently made the news when they landed themselves in A&E after attempting the iconic lift from Dirty Dancing. Now
You would be forgiven for thinking that the world stops turning in August, such is the pull of the all-consuming Edinburgh Fringe.
Now, Tabard is used to bringing you the cutting edge of theatrical insight but this time it's something really special, something so
The audiences flocking to the cinema to see Dunkirk may not immediately spot the influence of Shakespeare, but it is there. It
It never rains but it pours, so they say. Well, the lack of rain was about the only thing that went right
Several London shows have received a critical battering, including AÂ Tale of Two Cities at Regent's Park, and a couple of stinkers at
As August approaches, the air comes alive with the sound of playwrights desperately re-drafting 'urgent' and 'timely' Edinburgh Fringe shows about Brexit
Tabard is sure it will not have escaped your notice, eagle-eyed reader, that last week we enjoyed World Fringe Day, where on
Some things are best left forgotten. Others, it would be a shame to resign to the history books. And when that thing
Fainting, vomiting, arrests: no, it's not a Friday night out in Brixton, but a Broadway performance of George Orwell's 1984. According to
For centuries, theatre has been tackling some of man's biggest questions and now, in an age of political and social uncertainty, surely
Tabard isn't much of a traveller. On the rare occasion that getting on a long-haul flight has been necessary, it's always the
Stage and costume designer Grace Smart recently confessed in an interview with The Stage that she once broke into a theatre at
This week, Tabard finds theatre guilty of a lack of imagination. The evidence, your honours, stretches back for months. Exhibit A: Secret
Reader, you may recall Tabard poking fun at the abundance of Trump-based shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Well, those comedians
In a baffling political climate, those struggling to separate the facts from the fake news are looking to a new source for
Reader, we are fast approaching one of Tabard's favourite times of the year " the Edinburgh Fringe " a smorgasbord of artistic
Mamma Mia! Tabard is tremendously excited to hear about a new temporary venue set to pop up in London. Does your mother
It's summer, Tabard has noticed, and with the change in the seasons comes the annually enticing prospect of spending an evening at
Long-time readers of Tabard, and indeed of The Stage, will know that audience etiquette, or lack thereof, is a topic on which
The worlds of theatre and politics intersect in many ways. One is full of image-obsessed, self-promoting prima donnas delivering lines fed to
The Stage wanted a slice of the action when it entered this year's West End charity bake-off. Competing against teams including Flan-tom
With Donald J Trump the sitting president of the United States, politics has descended far enough into a veritable circus of horrors
We are always told how important it is to make the arts accessible to those living outside the London bubble. Well, Tabard
