Lucy Bailey is one of the hottest directors around at the moment, and Stratford audiences have been giving The Taming of the Shrew at Hampstead, has been dividing critics and audiences. Frankly, we thought it was everything you’d expect from a collaboration between Simon Stephens and Katie Mitchell – precisive writing, forensic direction, and a couple of frankly astonishing performances from Nikki Amuka-Bird and Kate Duchêne. And No More Shall We Part will hopefully be lighting up Shaftesbury Avenue for years to come.
It’s also award season, so look out for the Offies being announced on February 5th, the What’s On Stage Awards on February 19th, the Fringe Report Awards on February 6th and the London Cabaret Awards on February 16th What a wonderful industry where the theatre going public, as well as a panel of experts, come together to reward not only our most talented performers on the big stages, but also those who bring theatre to our pubs, studios and smaller theatres. Congratulations to everyone nominated this year, and good luck.
Signing with an agent is the final piece in the 'actor training' jigsaw. Yet what type of agency is right for you? Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction's rep season, might be suffering from 'third-child' syndrome.
acclaimed cabaret revue “Everything the Traffic Will Allow”), but the monumentally difficult role of Rose has tested many a Broadway star including Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and, of course, its originator, Merman.

He always wore his original one as a cast member of the Emmy-winning detective show “Cagney & Lacey,” starring Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless. When he wore it out while on the show, the high school sent him a new one, Novak said.
The casts have always sported recognizable faces, from the off-Broadway originals (Tyne Daly, Rosie O'Donnell) to the Europeans. (Bérénice Bejo, Hollywood's current It Girl for her role in "The Artist," was in this show in Paris.)
(Among those who have performed the play in New York are Rosie O'Donnell and Tyne Daly.) For the Manila version, apart from Escalante and Glorioso, the cast also includes Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Liza Robinson and Cathy Azanza-Dy – all veteran stage
Is an insight into the life and loves of Maria Callas, the iconic opera singer whose turbulent private life and fiery temperament were as astonishing as her formidable talents. Inspired by her master classes of the early 70s, this is a riveting, hilarious and intensely moving portrayal of the sacrifice and heartache behind the artist, the diva and the legend.
Gerard took time out from the play to answer a few questions.
What were your first experiences in performing arts? I like to do both. No performance is exactly like the one preceeding. So, whether I am reinterpreting a role, or ‘creating’ it, there are the same challenges and the same rewards.
You performed as Historian and Prince Herbert in Spamalot at the Palace Theatre. What was it like performing in this fun Monty Python ‘spin-off?