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Exclusive: Survey reveals effect of being openly gay on actors’ careers
Almost half of all gay performers have not come out to their agents, with more than a third admitting they have experienced homophobia in the industry. The figures are among the findings of a survey conducted by Equity investigating whether it is...
Finborough and Landor lead Offies nominations
London fringe venues the Finborough and Landor lead the nominations for this year’s Off West End Theatre Awards, with seven nods apiece. The shortlist for the Offies sees the Landor’s production of Ragtime in contention across four...
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The Bee Soho, London
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The House of Bernarda Alba Almeida, London
Theatre: Sartre's Huis Clos, recently revived under the auspices of the Donmar Warehouse, is set in an... -
The Trial Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple
Theatre: Spare, economical yet choreographed with the precision of a metronome, Blackeyed Theatre's...
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Encounters with Yorkshire art
Education and Training: I know I’m sometimes too focused on London and the south-east. It’s partly because... -
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Is acting as gay-friendly as we think?
Newsblog: In the week that Equity publishes the findings of its survey asking performers whether it safe...
Whitechapel: Learning from our ghastly past
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Exclusive: Survey reveals effect of being openly gay on actors’ careers
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Finborough and Landor lead Offies nominations
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BBC Radio drama season features top British writers
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Complaint accusing Asian academy of racism dismissed
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Plymouth Theatre Royal to expand
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ITV commissions new drama about soldiers’ wives
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Stars queue up to participate in new online plays on demand service
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Julia Davis to write and star in Sky Atlantic comedy
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Legally Blonde the Musical to close in the West End
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BBC Trust orders re-think of Corporation’s savings plan
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Downton Abbey wins at National Television Awards
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Julie Walters, Rory Kinnear and Simon Russell Beale all line up for 2012 National Theatre season
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Channel 4 plans record spend on UK content in 2012
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Mark Taylor to leave Wales Millennium Centre
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Actor Nicol Williamson dies aged 75
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Encounters with Yorkshire art
Education and Training: I know I’m sometimes too focused on London and the south-east. It’s partly because that’s where I live and operate and partly because it’s where a huge concentration of fine performance and education happens. But, for the record, I...
Short Shorts 20
Shenton’s View: While SOLT is putting a brave face on the prospects of audiences holding up during the Olympics, whatever Andrew Lloyd Webber may say , it’s possible that one way of meeting the reduced demand will simply be to reduce...
Is acting as gay-friendly as we think?
Newsblog: In the week that Equity publishes the findings of its survey asking performers whether it safe to be ‘out’ as an actor , two performers share their experience of being openly gay in the industry. Sophie Ward: In 1994,...
An actor’s actor
Shenton’s View: The other day I hosted this year’s Critics’ Circle Awards, an event at which actors and artists meet the critics who nightly judge their work. Of course, we’ve come to praise them on this occasion, so it’s an afternoon...
Over and out
Grads’ Club: I’m not quite sure where January went but I hope it was an enjoyable start to the year for everyone. It’s been a month of getting back to routine for me with a good muggle job, teaching and preparations...
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