Young artists in Tyneside are getting ready to
tread the boards to raise cash for charity.
A homegrown actress is set to
tread the boards at this month's Edinburgh Festival.
Underworld star Michael Sheen, who was raised in the Port Talbot area, just like Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins, before him, last night told viewers of S4C's i Dot show the acting legends had made it easier for him to
tread the boards too.
And Hollywood stars are trading Broadway for London with Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow and Glenn Close all set to
tread the boards here this year.
Not only did the PM's wife
tread the boards at Clwyd Theatr Cymru where her father Tony starred as Brutus in Julius Caesar in 1978, she was also wearing a gold ring once owned by her stepmother Pat Phoenix alias Elsie Tanner from Coronation Street.
NOW everyone will be able to
tread the boards in the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford.
The contest has seen the likes of Stan Boardman, Bob Carolgees and Rick Astley
tread the boards of the Floral Hall.
CLOSET thespians are being invited to
tread the boards and let their theatrical skills shine.
He's a Hollywood film star, a literary giant and he's about to
tread the boards at Newcastle's Theatre Royal.
But when Charles II issues a royal decree, at the behest of his mistress Nell Gwyn (Tapper), permitting women to act and forbidding men from taking their roles, Ned watches forlornly as his dresser, Maria (Danes), becomes the first woman to
tread the boards.