ARTS COUNCIL MUST CHANGE
Angry meeting at Young Vic condemns Arts Council England’s “isolated and high-handed” approach to decision-making and sets out the artistic community’s demands for a more transparent and fairer funding process
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ROWAN ATKINSON: REVIEWING THE SITUATION
As Rowan Atkinson returns to the stage in Oliver! Martin McGrath talks to him about his career, his relationship with Equity and how Cameron Mackintosh finally persuaded him to take the role of Fagin when he doesn’t like musicals and he once swore he’d never return to the West End or a long run in […]
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DAVID PROWSE: THE MAN IN BLACK
Martin McGrath talks to David Prowse on being Darth Vader and how performers should be careful think about protecting their future when they sign a contract,
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MARK STIRTON: WRITER/DIRECTOR OF “THE PLANET”
Making any film is hard work. Making a film with just £8,000 is very hard work. Making a film with just £8,000 and setting it on an alien world filled with vast and deadly aliens is a labour that would make Hercules think twice. But doing it all in Scotland? Martin McGrath talks to Mark Stirton, creator of The Planet.
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ON THE ART OF BURLESQUE
Often criticised by those who have never seen a performance Martin McGrath discovers that burlesque is not a dirty word when he talks to three performers about how they discovered their artform, their pride in their work and the controversy that has threatened to drive this thriving entertainment scene off the stages of London.
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JIM FITZPATRICK MP: ON ROGUE AGENTS
Rogue agencies are fleecing the unwary of their money. Martin McGrath asks DTI minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP what the government is going to do about it.
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RONNIE CORBETT: NATURAL BORN STORYTELLER
After almost 60 years as an entertainer, Ronnie Corbett remains one of the most instantly recognisable faces on British television. Martin McGrath talks to him about life in the union, comedy and his only disagreemnet with Ronnie Barker.
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THE STRANGE RESURRECTION OF PHILIP K DICK
Over the weekend of 24-26 June, Philip K Dick held court in San Francisco – and no one seemed to mind that Hollywood’s favourite science fiction author had been dead since 1982.
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TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF FEAR
His acting career had barely begun when it was cut short by stage fright, but you don’t have to be a victim of terror, Martin McGrath looks at what can you do to fight back and how you can get help.
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DIGITAL BRITAIN: OPPORTUNITY MISSED
The publication of the government’s Digital Britain strategy, compiled by Lord Carter and released to a great deal of media attention and hype in June 2009, represents a most serious missed opportunity for a country seeking to play a major role in the future digital economy.