http://members.quintessentially.com/insider Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:17:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/19/broadway-to-the-west-end-and-back/ http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/19/broadway-to-the-west-end-and-back/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:44:25 +0000 David Villiers http://www.quintessentially.com/insider/?p=1855 British plays are now opening with American casts, and vice versa. What kind of precedent is this setting? And how, exactly, is Sir Cameron Mackintosh involved? ]]> http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/19/broadway-to-the-west-end-and-back/feed/ 0 http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/13/you-say-goodbye-i-say-hello/ http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/13/you-say-goodbye-i-say-hello/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:03:05 +0000 David Villiers http://www.quintessentially.com/insider/?p=1853 So, as the champagne bubbles and fireworks fade into distant memory, we bid a farewell to the theatrical year of 2009. I feel overjoyed to be in London's West End, but with the prospect of even more to come, the feeling is elysian.]]> http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2010/01/13/you-say-goodbye-i-say-hello/feed/ 0 http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/12/04/noises-off/ http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/12/04/noises-off/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:51:20 +0000 David Villiers http://www.quintessentially.com/insider/?p=1418 The actor Ian Hart is reported to be facing possible police investigation after allegedly attacking a theatregoer at the Duke of York's theatre who he claimed was disrespecting him. An extreme reaction like this makes me reflect on the various reports, particularly in recent years, where actors have not taken too kindly to something in the audience.]]> http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/12/04/noises-off/feed/ 0 http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/25/back-to-reality/ http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/25/back-to-reality/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:55 +0000 David Villiers http://www.quintessentially.com/insider/?p=1285 So, as Lord Lloyd Webber launches his latest hunt for a new West End leading lady (and her dog, if we are to believe the rumours) with Over the Rainbow, I am sunk into a further state of depression for my poor professional performer friends, desperately struggling to get their 'big break'.]]> http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/25/back-to-reality/feed/ 0 http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/12/darling-i-was-marvellous-the-theatre-awards-begin/ http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/12/darling-i-was-marvellous-the-theatre-awards-begin/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:04:49 +0000 David Villiers http://www.quintessentially.com/insider/?p=954 With the Evening Standard publishing the shortlist for their annual theatre awards, tongues have started wagging among the theatrical community. Of course, those in the know are all too aware that the winners have already been decided, and the powers that be are already trying to ensure that the right bums are on the right seats come the 23rd November.]]> http://members.quintessentially.com/insider/2009/11/12/darling-i-was-marvellous-the-theatre-awards-begin/feed/ 0