Moviestar Cameron Diaz has announced that she would never tread the boards despite the vast amount of movie actors who have gained accolades, respect and legitimacy for performing in the theatre. Her reason is she believes she would be far too scared and nervous to be able to handle the stresses of performing. Well normally I would say 'What a shame' but I think its probably all for the best considering I cannot remember a single memorable performance from her. For more info on this story please go to the Daily Telegraph website here.
The co-founder of Stage Electrics Maurice Marshal MBE has passed away at the age of 76. Maurice Marshal trained many of the top theatre technicians in the country through his apprentice courses at the Northcott Theatre Exeter. For his obituary from the Exeter Express and Echo click here.
In Wales a new production called The Beach will be performed from tomorrow until Sunday at Prestatyn. Performed on the Beach this production is essentially an interactive game for 36 audience members, designed by games and play designers Hide&Seek which looks at what has happened to Wales' lost generation. For more info please follow the link to the wonderful WalesOnline website here.
Regular TFMH readers will know I hate it when Theatres close but here is some good news regarding The Picturedrome in Gloucester which has just been given support from the council to run and has a great team behind it. To read more on this great news please click here.
Another wonderful story is the re-opening of Scarboroughs open air Theatre this summer season as reported on the BBC website here.
As part of their articles on Working Life the Guardian wrote about the Theatre Director Ivan Cutting. Its a very good read about the life of a theatre director/artistic director of a medium sized theatre company. To read it please click here.
www.broadwayworld.com has announced that they are launching their own fan choice awards for the theatre. Ballots will open in August and the awards will happen in December. Whether this will make much of a splash in the theatre world, I cannot say but it is good to see awards voted for by the paying public who at the moment are paying through the nose for theatre tickets. Allowing them to reward their favourite performers will hopefully mean that more populist pieces and performers will get the recognition that many snobs in the industry deny them. Hopefully this will eventually become a very prestigious event in the vein of the Oliviers and Evening Standard Awards. For more info please click here.
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