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News: New York theatre critic Clive Barnes dies

Long-serving Stage columnist and legendary New York theatre and dance critic Clive Barnes has died, aged 81, after a battle with cancer. Born in London in 1927, Barnes was dance critic for both The Times and The Spectator, before moving to the US, where he served as dance and theatre critic for the New York Times and then the New York Post. He...

News: People’s choice Sergeant quits Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing contestant John Sergeant has quit the BBC1 Saturday evening show, claiming there was a "real danger" he might have gone on to win the competition. Sergeant, who has been repeatedly saved by the public despite receiving the lowest score in the competition from the show's judges for the last three weeks, said: "I am sorry to...

Firsts Programme 2: Hambre/Canon for Duet/Beautiful Dance/Illuminate Georgia

Review: Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio, London

The Tragedy of Thomas Hobbes

Review: Wilton's Music Hall, London

Silly Season

TV Today: Words fail me, really (which might be a blessed relief for some of you). Yes, John Sergeant...

Toilet training

Education and Training: Today (19 November) is World Toilet Day. So it’s a jolly good time to air the age-old...
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Silly Season

TV Today: Words fail me, really (which might be a blessed relief for some of you). Yes, John Sergeant steps down from **Strictly Come Dancing **, saying: “The trouble is that there is now a real danger that I might win...

Toilet training

Education and Training: Today (19 November) is World Toilet Day. So it’s a jolly good time to air the age-old problem of lavatory facilities at performance venues or lack of them - especially for women. And yes, this is a training issue...

November 20: The light entertainment issue

In The Paper: This week’s issue of The Stage is a bumper light entertainment special. Featuring our first ever wraparound cover (see above), we lift the lid on all sides of this lucrative, but undervalued, sector of the performing arts. We invited...

Always had a fondness for you, I did…

Shenton’s View: The West End transfer of Sweeney Todd to Drury Lane in 1980 - in a shamefully short-lived transplant of Hal Prince’s Broadway production - was the first Sondheim musical I ever saw in a version of its original production,...

Let John Sergeant Face the Music…

TV Today: and Dance! Oh good grief, it comes to something when the brouhaha over John Sergeant and **Strictly Come Dancing ** is being discussed on the Jeremy Vine Show on Radio 2. What next, a Panorama expose into the scandal...

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