... Forever young Seeing the picture of Anthony Field, with Robert Breckman, at The Stage New Year Party (February 3, Stage Party, page 24) and now reading that he worked at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1946 (March 2, Backstage, page 26), I would be pleased ...

... Westminster claim refuted We were very sorry no one from The Stage was able to join us at the launch party for The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres. If you had you would have seen that our trustees and staff and the members of the Save London's ...

... requests for children's party entertainers. When I contact suitable per formers they are always keen to ascertain the nature of the audience. As the tradition, in this country at any rate, is for the fours to 1 1 s to have a party with tea, games and other ...

... the Govern ment is powerless to remove it. Gordon Brown confirmed this in his first Budget Speaking on the Conserva tive Party's imposition of VAT on fuel, he said: I'd like to remove it altogether, but it can't be done. It was the Labour Government ...

... became a major recording artist. Thanks for the melodies, the inspiration and the sheer fun Russ and God bless. Tony Gavle Ace Parties Wilmslow Cheshire Heydays letters can also be found on The Stage's Web site at: www.thestage.co.uk ...

... t was announced in late June 1999, it was made clear that he would be immediately ending his relationship with the Labour Party. The governors also set a deadline for Mr Dyke to dispose of particular media shareholdings, including that in (iranada to ...

... Westminster. Last October, the Home Office accepted that the public entertainment license laws were unsatisfactory to all parties, and that the two- in-a-bar rule would eo. Hamlsh Birchall Crestview Dartmouth Park Hill London Letters should be addressed ...

... wish to fund a civilised society, or it should admit that what many of us regard as essentials in life are still subject to party political whims or politicians' careers. Anthony Field Cromwell Tower Barbican London ...

... his pointing out this state of consciousness was construc tive and from the heart. I have found plays such as The Birthday Party and No Man's Land moving and inspiring for this reason. But it seems that the heart has gone and a permanent state of hopelessness ...

... past may have hobnobbed with the great and good but it isn't my nature. I shall declare open season on politicians of all parties for the disgraceful way in which performers and their colleagues are treated in Britain. Many working, living and dying in ...

... advocate its demolition? As it originally appeared in the Friends of the Theatres Trust newsletter, perhaps he has to follow the 'party line' that the Westminster must be sacrificed to provide a home for trustee Yvonne Brewster' s company Talawa. Bird describes ...

... com pared to the unbelievable Tory announcement that spending on the arts increased 35 per cent above inflation during that party's 18 years in power. A second cheer for his concern about the survival of regional theatre and his and the Arts Council of ...