... mean that we are all master chefs. Frankly I can think of nothing bet ter than to watch a master chef at work in his own kitchen. Julie Hobbs Hillsborough Oxford Street Ramsbury Marlborough Wiltshire ...

... you know and five per cent talent. Sad, but then showbiz like life ain't fair. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen might well apply here. Richard Harcourt--Vaughan 'Lynwood' Elmbridge Avenue Berrylands Surbiton, Surrey ...

... No amateurs in the Kitchen SIR In a recent article, Equity defends use of amateurs (The Stage and Television Today, February 24) it was suggested that the wait resses in our current production of The Kitchen were amateurs. They are in fact either members ...

... Dictionary gives profes sional: undertaken as a means of subsis tence, as opposite to amateur. The amateurs in the The Kitchen may have a professional attitude but engaged as professionals they are not. They are given a courtesy amateur handout which ...

... justifiably indignant against Phil Gibby's use of the word amateurs with regard to unpaid actors in his production of The Kitchen. rhat is provided we accept his definition that the members of the Royal Court Young People's theatre and recent graduates ...

... News from The Kitchen SIR This is to clarify the situation: the Royal Court Theatre would not consider transferring The Kitchen to The Roundhouse unless all the actors were on full Equity contracts. This decision was not in response to pressure from Equity ...

... expense As a young actor I worked at the Royal Court in the early days. Having been in the original production of Wesker's The Kitchen and John Osborne's plays 1 know the rewards of being in good work of which one can be proud. However, in my experience one ...

... consid ered would be adequate to replace in its entirety, and not over zealous when you con sider fittings such as bunks, kitchen, lounge etc, my pol icy was adjusted in line with this estimate. When pay-out time came my insurance company con cluded its ...

... and hope to still be reading your excel lent newspaper, The Stage, when I'm 96. Keep going and enjoy what you are doing. RN Kitchen Windsor KarK Marton Mere Mythop Road Blackpool ...

... therefore, is if you want to sit on Everest you have to make the ascent, but if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. Tom Holbrook Administrator The School of the Science of Acting Seven Sisters Road London ...

... Jim Davidson, as Buttons, suddenly flew up to the dress circle and back, at speed and without warning at the height of the kitchen scene. A coup de theatre indeed. The firm that organised these flights was Hi-Fli. Humphrey Stanbury Compton Close Kinver ...

... excellent production of Gormenghast, the evil Steerpike was given a sym pathy plug with a bogus speech about being sent as a kitchen slave when he was six. While harmless Nannie Slagg was given bogus speeches in which she sneered at Steerpike and the Bright ...