16-457: The Lana Sisters were a British vocal group formed by Iris Long in 1958, with Lynne Abrams. They put an advert in The Stage for a third member and got a reply from Mary O'Brien, who would go on to solo success a few years later as Dusty Springfield . They were managed by Evelyn Taylor , and toured around England . Initial publicity for the group claimed they were three actual sisters with
32-598: A Welsh theatre and Alexandra Burke stated in an interview "My mum used to buy The Stage all the time for auditions for me. That's how I got to go on [BBC TV talent show] Star for a Night with Jane McDonald ." Olivier Award-winning actor Sharon D. Clarke found her first role at Battersea Arts Centre through an audition advert in the paper. Lisa Scott-Lee revealed that pop band Steps were formed through an advert in The Stage . Sir Michael Caine stated in an interview with Steve Wright on BBC Radio 2 that at
48-744: A play after applying to a job ad in the paper. Harold Pinter gained his first job after responding to an advert and Kenneth Branagh landed the lead in The Billy Trilogy , in the BBC Play for Today series, after it was advertised in the paper. The creation of Internationalist Theatre was first announced in the Stage editorial in April 1981. Ricky Tomlinson responded to an ad for United Kingdom , another Play for Today , in 1981 and Sandi Toksvig landed her first television job playing
64-617: A video audition function. In May 2019, The Stage partnered with the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and UK Theatre to launch Get Into Theatre, a website dedicated to theatre careers. In 1956, writer John Osborne submitted his script for Look Back in Anger in response to an advertisement by the soon-to-be-relaunched Royal Court Theatre . Dusty Springfield responded to an advertisement for female singers in 1958. Idris Elba got his first acting role in
80-486: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe . Organised by the theatrical newspaper The Stage , the initial award categories of Best Actor and Best Actress were joined by a Best Ensemble award in 1998. In 2006, an award for Best Solo Show was given for the first time. Award winners are chosen by a panel consisting of the newspaper's principal Fringe reviewers and are usually announced in a ceremony on
96-619: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe . In 2004, 96-year-old contributor Simon Blumenfeld was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest weekly newspaper columnist. The column continued until shortly before his death in 2005. The Stage Awards were launched in 2010. They are given annually and recognise outstanding organisations working in theatre and beyond in the following categories: London theatre, regional theatre, producer, school, fringe theatre, theatre building, unsung hero and international. In August 2013, The Stage launched The Stage Castings, an online casting service with
112-759: The Royal Albert Hall and toured with Cliff Richard , Adam Faith , and Morecambe & Wise . Their cover of the Marv Johnson song " You Got What It Takes " became a Top 10 hit in Ireland in 1960. Mary O'Brien left the Lana Sisters in 1960, taking the stage name Dusty Springfield and joining her brother Tom Springfield and another friend ( Tim Feild ) to make The Springfields . She went solo in 1963. The Lana Sisters continued until 1963, when Lynne Abrams left to get married. Riss Long then formed
128-574: The Chantelles with two friends, Sandra Orr and Jay Adams. They appeared in the 1965 music film Dateline Diamonds . This article on a United Kingdom pop music band is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Stage The Stage is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry and particularly theatre. Founded in 1880, The Stage contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at those who work in theatre and
144-404: The beginning of his career he applied for acting roles he found in The Stage . The paper's full content from 1880–2007 is available digitally via subscription. Stage Awards for Acting Excellence The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence are a set of Scottish theatre awards which were established in 1995 to recognise outstanding theatre performances by individuals and companies on
160-637: The lead role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ) got his first professional job, working on a cruise ship, through a recruitment ad in the paper. Television presenter Ben Shephard auditioned for GMTV children's show Diggit following an advert in The Stage . While he did not get the part, he met Andi Peters , who subsequently hired him for the Channel 4 youth strand T4 . Charles Dance landed his first role in
176-620: The part of Ethel in No. 73 after answering an ad in The Stage . Television presenter Maggie Philbin won her first major role, as a co-presenter of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop , after answering an advertisement in The Stage . A number of pop groups have recruited all or some of their members through advertisements placed in the newspaper, most notably the Spice Girls in 1994, Scooch in 1998 and 5ive in 1997. Lee Mead (the actor who won BBC One talent show Any Dream Will Do to gain
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#1732790321065192-443: The performing arts. The first edition of The Stage was published (under the title The Stage Directory – a London and Provincial Theatrical Advertiser ) on 1 February 1880 at a cost of three old pence for twelve pages. Publication was monthly until 25 March 1881, when the first weekly edition was produced. At the same time, the name was shortened to The Stage and the publication numbering restarted at number 1. The publication
208-620: The price of the paper to one penny ; soon it became the only remaining title in the field. The newspaper has remained in family ownership. Upon the death in 1937 of Charles Carson's son Lionel, who had assumed the joint role of managing director and editor, control passed to the Comerford family. In 1959, the newspaper was renamed The Stage and Television Today , incorporating the Television Today pull-out supplement dedicated to broadcasting news and features. Derek Hoddinott, who
224-516: The surname Lana: Iris (or Riss), Lynne, and Shann (or Shan). (Iris Long and Lynne Abrams were Riss and Lynne Lana, Mary O'Brien was Shann Lana.) They appeared on the BBC 's Six-Five Special and Drumbeat with Adam Faith and John Barry , and later took part in a Christmas special " Tommy Steele ’s Spectacular" with the song " Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat ". They appeared twice at
240-560: Was a joint venture between founding editor Charles Lionel Carson and business manager Maurice Comerford. It operated from offices opposite the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane . Carson, whose real name was Lionel Courtier-Dutton, was cited as the founder. His wife Emily Courtier Dutton later founded several theatrical charities. The Stage entered a crowded market, with many other theatre titles (including The Era ) in circulation. Undercutting their rivals, Carson and Comerford dropped
256-454: Was the existing TV editor of The Stage , was retitled as editor of the Television Today supplement. The overall name and pull-out supplement remained until 1995, when broadcasting coverage was re-incorporated into the main paper. The name on the masthead reverted to The Stage , but in 2006, the paper introduced a blog concentrating on television, named TV Today . From 1995, the newspaper has awarded The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at
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