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HELLO UK THEATRE AND FILM NETWORKER
SKY NEWS AND PHIL TUFFNELL
This week was Sky News week again, so last night I had the usual pleasure of a chauffeur driven trip to the studios in Osterley where Sky and Five share a building....and a green room. Phil Tuffnell was due to appear on Ian Wright's show on Five and we had a laugh at some of the stories being discussed and his relaxed and pleasant nature really put me at ease in advance of my monthly guest slot on Sky News.
Facebook Gets Revenge On Spammer
Sky's Martin Stanford chats to Douglas McFarlane from uktheatre.net, about the stories moving up across the internet. Including, how facebook took revenge on a spammer.
Sky News, Friday 30th October, 7pm
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UK THEATRE IN SEARCH ENGINES
The new site has taken most of this year to recover, after the loss of data by my previous service provider, so I was delighted to see that it was gaining ground again in the search engines.
First in Microsoft's BING.COM
Second in Yahoo
Third in Google
Source: http://www.url.com/search/meta?query...
Have a great week and please keep sharing links and pictures with your friend online, the UK Theatre Networking team value your support.
Douglas McFarlane
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THE REAL MACGUFFINS AND GUESTS
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Saturday 31st October 2009 09:10am
THE REAL MACGUFFINS AND GUESTS
Remember remember the 2nd of November
A personal message from The Real MacGuffins to all of you lovely people at UK Theatre:
"Hello, how are you?...Oh,we're glad to hear that...so what are you up to this Monday?...You're free? That's great, how about two hours of top sketch comedy from the UK's finest comedians to keep you happy and warm? ...Yes that's right...the next show looms large on the horizon and we at MacGuffin Towers are proud to say that it is looking mighty fine - and we would like you, yes YOU, to be part of that mighty fine-ness. You'll also get to see some scrumptious special guests - the Pros from Dover (HUGE CHEER), Colin Hoult, currently being brilliant on the BBC's "Russell Howard's Good News", (EQUALLY HUGE CHEER) and a special guest off the telly (A HUGE BUT NOT QUITE SURE WHO YOU'RE CHEERING CHEER) oh and us,of course, doing a whole load of sketches.
So looking forward to seeing you (and any friends who may be accompanying you) on Monday 2nd November at the Albany at 7.30pm.
LOCATION: Lowdown at the Albany,240 Great Portland St, right next to Great Portland St Tube.
TIME: 7.30pm
BOX OFFICE: 020 7387 5706
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The Winter's Tale
Published by: Steve Burbridge on Wednesday 28th October 2009 08:10pm
The Winter’s Tale
The Royal Shakespeare Company at Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
Shakespeare’s play of love, paranoia, betrayal and reconciliation – The Winter’s Tale – is brought vividly and stunningly to life by the Royal Shakespeare Company at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal.
King Leontes of Sicilia (Greg Hicks) is the man with the perfect life. Powerful, wealthy and surrounded by a loving family he should be content, but instead he is ill at ease with the world around him. Isolated by a destructive jealousy, he lashes out at those closest to him.
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A Child Made Of Love – Tron Theatre, Glasgow – 20th-24th October 2009
Published by: Jon Cuthbertson on Monday 26th October 2009 11:10am
A return to the Glasgay Festival for playwright Matthew McVarish, after the success of last year’s “To Kill A Kelpie”, with another issue based theatrical piece.
Having reviewed To Kill A Kelpie last year, and being extremely impressed by this new author, I was intrigued to see a piece that was billed as not written by, but created by Matthew McVarish. On further reading it appears this p0 Comments 7 days
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UK Theatre Weekly - News, Reviews and Opportunities
HOT THEATRE TICKETS MAKING NEWS THIS WEEK
Her Majesty the Queen was spotted sneaking in and out of The War Horse
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Baywatch’s Pamela Anderson arrives in the UK for some panto fun
http://www.ambassadortickets.com/928...
Walkouts and boos at Sadler’s Wells
http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/Spi...
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LES MISERABLES UK TOUR - Urgent.
The 25th anniversary tour of LES MIS is opening in Cardiff in December and touring to Manchester, Norwich and Birmingham.
UK Theatre Network are agents working for the Casting Director of Les Miserables.
The casting director is looking for boys to play the role of Gavroche.
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http://www.uktheatre.net/forum/topic/53
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Entertaining Angels, starring Penelope Keith.
Richmond Theatre, Monday October 5th 2009
I found the set to ‘Entertaining Angels’ absolutely delightful.
Penelope Keith, who plays Grace, receives a huge round of applause from the audience as she makes her first entrance. Grace is trying to hold down a telephone conversation when her sister Ruth (Polly Adams) comes on stage mowing the lawn.
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A Christmas Carol
Published by: Sue Marks on Friday 16th October 2009 10:10am
Northern Ballet Theatre Presents A Christmas Carol
Reviewed by Sue Marks at Milton Keynes Theatre on Tuesday 13th October 2009.
Firstly congratulations to the Northern Ballet Theatre on their 40th birthday. It is productions such as this that has enabled them to survive to maturity. If you enjoy contemporary ballet then you will love this rendition. If you are not particularly fond of ballet then the subject material makes this performance particularly accessible and I believe you will enjoy it in spite of yourself. Naturally Dickens’ dialogue is missing and it definitely helps if you know the story but for the most part the Company has kept close to the tale Dickens told. You might ask why bother with ballet; why not deliver the performance in prose? The answer is simple; dance is a more emotive medium and can inform this story in ways that cannot be achieved by players alone.
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Dancing In The Streets
Published by: Steve Burbridge on Wednesday 14th October 2009 12:10pm
Dancing In The Streets
Darlington Civic Theatre
The magic of Motown is sensationally celebrated in this spectacular show that includes hits by The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight. Okay, so the format’s a bit like Motown meets Matthew Kelly in the sense that the performances are delivered in a Stars In Their Eyes style. However, that didn’t stop the audience at Darlington from ‘gettin’ on down’ and having a great night to remember.
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Punk Rock by Simon Stephens at Manchester Royal Exchange
Published by: Caroline May on Wednesday 14th October 2009 12:10am
Simon Stephens’ latest play arrives in Manchester after opening in London last month. Punk Rock is set in the upper-school library of a Stockport Grammar School where the sixth-formers are suffering from the pressures of mock A’ Levels, looming university applications and a surfeit of hormones. In the ancient library’s hermetically-sealed environment, the long-established pecking order is challenged by the arrival of new girl Lilly (Jessica Raine). Resident odd-ball William (Tom Sturridge) takes a shine to her, but when golden boy Nicholas (Nicholas Banks) wins her heart0 Comments 20 days
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UK Theatre Network - Coming soon to the West End
Hi there
Indie Film Night was good fun on Wednesday, if you missed it, I hope you can make the next one in November. I was at the Graham Norton Show on Thursday on the South Bank. It's on BBC on Monday, look out for my excited face in the front row as I was pleasantly surprised when talented Paisley boy Paolo Nutini performed live three feet away.
Meantime there's lots of new theatre hitting the West End and some exciting touring productions around the UK.
Enjoy what's on where you are.
Douglas
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Legally Blond The Musical
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 06:10pm
Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davison, Aoife Mulholland, Susan McFadden and Alex Gaumond lead the cast in Legally Blonde The Musical, which previews at the Savoy Theatre from 5 December 2009 and is currently booking until 23 May 2010.
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Avenue Q - Fantastic Autumn Offer
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 06:10pm
AVENUE Q is now in its 4th sensational year as London’s funniest show!
With its hugely talented cast of performers and puppets - you’ve never seen a show like AVENUE Q before! So don’t let your life suck - book your tickets today!
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The Misanthrope
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm
Damian Lewis leads an outstanding ensemble with Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley and Dominic Rowan inMartin Crimp's blistering version of Molière's greatest comedy, The Misanthrope.
Seats for this glittering comedy range from £20 to £49.50, but why not spoil yourself and enjoy the very best seats in the house, our Premium Seats available in the stalls or dress circle, for £65.
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Jerusalem comes to the West End
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm
Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Jez Butterworth's new play is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. Starring Mark Rylance in 'a performance of rare virtuosity' (Daily Mail) and Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem transfers to the West End from January 2010 following a sell-out run at the Royal Court Theatre.
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Love Never Dies (Phantom)
Published by: Douglas McFarlane on Friday 9th October 2009 05:10pm
LOVE NEVER DIES, the highly-anticipated sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, is set to begin performances in the West End in March 2010.
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We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Published by: Steve Burbridge on Friday 9th October 2009 01:10pm
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Direct from its success in the West End this summer, Sally Cookson’s stage adaptation of ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’ by Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen is brought vividly, noisily and colourfully to life on stage at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
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Ladies' Day by Amanda Whittington
Published by: James Martin Charlton on Thursday 8th October 2009 12:03pm
Ladies' Day, Queen's Theatre Hornchurch.
Amanda Whittington's play, about a group of women fish-packers who spend a day at the Ascot races, was such an enormous success when first produced by Hull Truck in 2005 that it merited a sequel, Ladies Down Under0 Comments 29 days
Hello Dahling,
Please remember that our wee show COPACABANA is on from 17th -- 21st November 2009 at the King's Theatre, Glasgow and tickets are available now:
* Online, at http://www.pantheontheatre.co.uk/sho...
* From The King's box office: 0871 297 5454 (booking fee)
* In person from any Pantheon Club member
Ay, Ay, Ay caramba, at the Copa, Copacabana.... it was the hottest spot north if Havana... YEAH!
Auntie P
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HELLO DOLLY workshop for kids aged 9-16, Saturday 17 October, 1.30-3pm, Linlithgow Academy
Following the success of our 'Pirates' workshop and 'Me and My Girl' workshop, LAMP are running another kids workshop for their forthcoming production of HELLO DOLLY.
Participants will learn music, dance and acting from the show with our Director, perform onstage, get a FREE ticket to see the Tuesday performance AND get a backstage pass to meet the cast!... All for just £5!
To book a place or for more information, visit our website www.linlithgow-musicals.co.uk
PS You can also buy tickets online to see the show
PPS Rehearsal pics on our Bebo page!
Hi everyone,
Come see 'SIngin' I'm no a Billy he's a Tim' at the Lyceum Edinburgh 14th - 16th of May
A FANTASTIC NIGHT OUT, I PROMISE!!!
STUDENTS HALF PRICE!!!!
BOX OFFICE 0131 248 4848
www.lyceum.org.uk
Hey and Hi UK Theatre Network ! .. poppin in to all my totally awesome friends this day !
Keep the Spirit .. Keep Smiling .. have a totally awesome day and a totally awesome nite !
Two Thumbs Up ... the Theatre reminds me of Venice and Carnival Venice ... style, story, glamour, fashion, and much more ... Totally Awesome !
Dannie
hi doug
kerchoonz is open in beta... still some bugz... but, go check it out if you have second
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Hello my dalhing, just a wee plug for us: tickets are now on-sale for "Boogie Nights"... and WE WANT YOU... not for the Navy: but to PARTAAAY!
BOOGIE NIGHTS the sensational 70s musical is on from 18th to 22nd of November 2008 @ The King's Theatre, Glasgow
http://www.pantheontheatre.co.uk/sho...
Go back to the '70s with Pantheon in The King's Theatre this autumn, for a night of disco nostalgia. BOOGIE NIGHTS tells the hilarious and heart-warming story of Roddy, a Jack-the-lad, whose life of birds, booze and boogie is about to be turned upside down. Packed with all the greatest disco classics, BOOGIE NIGHTS will have you up on your feet doing The Bump and The Hustle, and funking along to the grooviest, chart-topping hits including You Sexy Thing, I Will Survive, Play That Funky Music, We Are Family, Disco Inferno, Boogie Wonderland and many more discotastic tracks!
Bring your friends, family, work night out and blame it on the boogie!
Who luves ya baby
Auntie P
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haha i will!!!
how ru ????
weather is bad down here
Yahhh! hehe i def will be having a blast
hay douglas...
hope things r good
getting pretty busy down my end of the world lol
have a great week
BENT @ Smock Alley Studio in Dublin.
Struts&Frets bold production of Martin Sherman’s ‘BENT’ returns to Smock Alley Theatre Studio. Following a triumphant run in May, acclaimed director Kristian Marken returns with his international cast for a limited run of this award-winning play from August 11th to 23rd.
A talented cast, under the expert hand of Kristian Marken, bring this world of terror, pathos and passion to vivid clarity night after night, culminating with consistant ovations and acclamation.
Performed daily at 8pm, from August 11-23 including Sunday 17th.
For information and bookings contact:
Struts&Frets 086 078 5035 / emma.weafer@gmail.com
Cast: Ruairi O’Gorman, Donncha O’Dea, Eric Keogh, Brendan O’Neill, Graham Boland, Chris Heaney, Alberto Albertino
Director: Kristian Marken Producer: Emma Weafer
Hey Doug, long time no see, what are you up to these days? I hope I'm still entertaining the audiences of Glasgow too - I'm certainly giving it my best efforts
Looking forward to Copacabana, Jonathon is on fire this year with his choreography - another great show for the dancin gals. Maybe if you get a chance you'll be along to see us?
Thanks for the reply Douglas, one is ok,, apart from trying to get rid of one's Cold and a sore throat again!! Grrrrrrrrrrr
Hey Doug, how is one keeping ??
Hey ,
Star-Light is a new Theatre Group Based in Glasgow
Star-Lights First Production will be
"Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens"
A Brand New Musical
Preformed in G12 (Glasgow Uni Theatre)
The Club Auditions Ill be Held on
26th Aug 08
In The
Apollo Rehearsal Studio
on Oxford Street
Please Email the address below for a Audition application form
Email : Star-lightTheatreGroup@live.co.
We are in need of lots of boy and even some more girls applying
so get emailing
thanks
Hello Douglas,
Are there any current shows that you would recommend?
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u were so lucky to be there i bet it was amazing, i wish i could go there some day too 
but glad u must have had a very good time lol bye 4 now lv leah
hey Douglas,
check out my new website
www.nlptheatre.co.uk
augghh you r so lucky going to cannes lol wish i could go with
but well just have to stay in sunny northern ireland 
have a nice time tho xo
Thank you Douglas, for your request to join 'Aspiring Actors' .. This page is for all Up and Coming Guys/Girls in the Acting/Entertainment World. I do hope you enjoy the page as well as any one with the same interest who wishes to join! I do update the page from time to time when i get a chance!!
Productions for the ARCHWAY THEATRE CLUB, near Horley Station for this month.
COPYCATS (Copycat singers)
12 - 13 April 9.30am onwards. [in the studio] plus meal.
EUROS ARE FOREVER
Fri 16 - Sat 17 May
QUARTET by Ron Harwood
Tue 29 April - Sat 3 May & Tue 6 -Sat 10 May open 7pm
For further details contact http://www.archwaytheatre.co.uk