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Distribution of the print edition of the July 29 issue of The Stage may be disrupted in some areas of the country. We are endeavouring to resolve the situation and apologise to our readers for any inconvenience.

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Exclusive: Arts & Business should be stripped of subsidy - Starr

National Theatre executive director Nick Starr has called for Arts & Business to have its £4 million of public funding removed to help mitigate cuts to front-line cultural organisations in the autumn spending round. Cuts of as much as 25 to...

Scottish government asks national companies to prepare for cuts

Scottish arts organisations are bracing themselves for significant budget cuts over the next three years, although they are unlikely to be as deep as those inflicted in England. Scotland’s five national performing companies - Scottish...

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Arts funding: A time to cull?

Arts funding: A time to cull?

Painful cuts for the arts are an inevitability. Alistair Smith...

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Girl (and gay) power, on and offstage….

Shenton’s View: A recent report in the Independent on Sunday suggested that it is women who are driving the boom in the West End, and producers are duly targeting female-friendly shows derived from the silver screen. “We have read chick lit...

Can’t start believing!

Grads’ Club: You’ve got to hand it to those media savvy types, sitting atop swiss balls in ergonomic offices in Soho, twiddling their branded pencils and wondering what format to butcher next. And then Five pops up with Don’t Stop Believing...

Youth drama at Almeida next week

Education and Training: It’s always good to hear of successful projects for under 21s, many of whom have had little exposure to theatre through their home and school life - both in and out of school time. The Young Friends of the...

July 29: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate Prince, Arnold Wesker

In The Paper: Please note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, newsstand distribution to much of the UK has been disrupted this week. Issues may not reach newsagents until Friday instead of the usual Thursday. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Postal subscribers...

The changing face(s) and challenges of arts journalism….

Shenton’s View: The perennial cry of arts journalists - and a recurring theme of this blog - is how we are going to get paid in the new media economy to do what we do. But who says we should get...

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