Well, I started when I sixteen see, working that is, I got lucky cos my uncle, he was a Key Grip in Ealing Studios and my Aunt Renee she was head Seamstress, so I fell on me feet.
Ooh it were hard work though, no slouching or hoping the wag, you had to be there on time and make sure you carried out your duties cos the film see, if it was in production they couldn't afford to be mucked about, it c...
It's been a long time coming, but theatregoers will be literally on the edge of their seats with the news that Andrew Lloyd-Webbedfeet and Tim Ricekrispies are releasing a new musical.
Entitled Le Pissoir, it is a romantic tale set in the 1930s ab...
Police raided the Isandlwana Road Community Centre last night and arrested several people allegedly at the centre of a human trafficking scheme.
Officers from Dorking Central Division, accompanied by dog handlers and an armed response unit, descen...
News that Shakespeare had a collaborator when he penned the comedy All's Well That Ends Well has astounded the literary establishment.
But a row has broken out over who the co-writer might have been.
Literature boffins at Oxford University reck...
London UK: Abigail Crispy's new play "Murder at the Tesco Express" opened at a small theater in the west end last evening to mixed reviews.
This new murder mystery begins with the brutal murder of Nanny McFee, while she was standing on the quick q...
Atheist fundamentalist and evolution fruitcake Richard Dawkins yesterday sensationally walked out from his debut performance in 'The Princess and the Rock', his latest indoctrination project aimed at brainwashing the gullible and stupid.
Dawkins,...
A storm is brewing over a performance of Shakespeare's classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing featuring TV favourites David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
Tennant and Tate appear as the bickering couple Benedick and Beatrice, who are "tricked" into an...
It is time once more to pay tribute to the stars of silent radio, those heroic pioneers who blazed the trail for all who followed. Indeed, it could be said that, without these trail-blazers, today's all-singing all-dancing radio would simply not be what it is.
We are revisiting again those far-off days before modern full-colour, sound radio, when "digital broadcasting" meant splendid performers...
Amateur theatre groups throughout the UK are facing huge losses following Denmark's decision to ban Marmite.
Community centres and civic theatres up and down the country are currently advertising performances of Shakespeare's Hamlet but authoritie...
Portland, Ohio - "The Tragedy of Macbeth" was performed by local residents in the town of Portland, Ohio. The play went smoothly besides the man playing the character of Macbeth.
Jeremy Lang played the role of Macbeth in his sixth grade play, and...
Controversial British comedian Jim Davidson has had to cancel a nationwide tour of his show "Stand Up And Be Counted" after only 4 weeks due to poor ticket sales.
On his website, Davidson reluctantly announced that "the current economic climate ma...
Once again Oprah Winfield has recreated herself. Announcing today that she has decided to curl her hair and sit in Daddy Warbuck's lap in a rendition of the 1982 Broadway production of Orphan Annie. In the original play, the character of Annie was...
In a sudden turn of events, it was announced today that Eva-Marie Westbroek will no longer play the eponymous lead in the opera, Anna Nicole. Citing creative differences, Ms. Westbroek, has been released from her contract, according to enfant terrib...
Hello luvvies, this is Cecil Poofburger, and here is this week's summary of theatrical happenings in London's West End.
This Thursday marks the opening of "Bizz", the musical hit show based on the songs of the 1980s band "Bucks Fizz". The show is unusual for a West End production in being only 55 minutes long. It is also unusual in featuring an audience participation segment where theatre-goers...
Builders in Stratford upon Avon excavating the site near Shakespeare's home have uncovered evidence that noted playright William was a dyslexic. Under piles of rubble the found documents and discovered they were original scripts for plays with Editor...
Berlin, Germany: The fourth wall of a Berlin theatre has collapsed during a Brecht play, with many audience members feared injured.
At approximately 20:00 local time the fourth wall of the Palais Theatre collapsed dramatically during a performance...
Off Broadway, NY - The critically acclaimed hit show "The Rapture-Capital T Capital R" has suffered a major setback this week when the entire cast disappeared mysteriously, without a trace. Many understudies have turned up missing as well, putting an...
Seaton Carew, famous local man and failing entrepreneur, has agreed to give The Spoof! a sometimes fascinating insight to his daily life, his friendships and his colourful background.
We met with Mr Carew (age indeterminable) on the set of a new period drama series being filmed in the small Somerset town of Shepton Mallet as he tried to wheedle his way onto the camera at every opportunity.
D...