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Posted: Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Next Stage's production of Jerusalem appeared in a National newspaper for the second time this weekend. In January we were featured in an article in the Independent: "The Johnny-come-latelies who want to rule the roost" which focussed on the amateur performers…
Click here to read the full article.Posted: Monday 19 March, 2012
Ten older members of Next Stage Youth flew the flag for the company at this year's Mid-Somerset Speech and Drama Festival with a ten-minute scene taken from His Dark Materials Part 2. The group was made up of members of the Blood Brothers cast, who had…
Click here to read the full article.Posted: Thursday 26 January, 2012
Ruling the roost: The amateur actors who are taking on the role of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron Jerusalem owes its success to Mark Rylance's turn as Johnny 'Rooster' Byron. But, says Tim Walker, you should see what amateur actors are doing with the role. It…
Click here to read the full article.Posted: Wednesday 25 January, 2012
This play was a smash hit in both London and New York and astonishingly it has come to Bath within a couple of weeks of finishing its run in the West End. Critics raved about the play and theatregoers queued all night for a chance of return tickets for…
Click here to read the full article.Posted: Thursday 19 January, 2012
Next Stage is one of the first amateur companies to do Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem that opened at the downstairs theatre of the Royal Court in London in 2009. In fact the play opens in Bath only a week after the professional show closed in London.…
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