Bitter, not better. The joys of a jobbing actor.

From the beginning of the rehearsal process through to final performance, Uncovering The Faction follows one of our most exciting young companies.

Felicity Jackson of The Apprentice 2011 will be taking her event Surviving Actors to Manchester this summer.

Surviving Actors took place in central London on Saturday 22nd January and proved a hit with actors of all ages.

Honour Bayes welcomes the arrival of Galina Volchek and the Sovremennik Company to the Noel Coward Theatre.

JBR lauds the practice of Understudy Runs but decries that they are not a contractual obligation, relying too much on goodwill and chance.

Honour Bayes makes an impassioned plea to save Edinburgh’s Forest Café.

So we say goodbye to another X Factor contestant, Paije Richardson – the little Lenny Henry of the X Factor, or was it a little Marvin Gaye?

“Well, well, well.. Karen Walker. I thought I smelled gin and regret.” It’s the line that made pint-sized Leslie Jordan infamous in the popular US sitcom Will and Grace.

The secret to Downton’s success is simple, it is exquisitely shot, written and acted. The type of water-cooler TV that ITV desperately needs.