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Obituary: Nicholas Parsons – popular host of Radio 4’s Just a Minute, comedian and actor with a substantial showbusiness CV

Sara Bareilles. Photo: Shervin Lainez

Sara Bareilles: ‘Theatre people work harder for less money than anybody else’

Remaking a West End landmark – how Cameron Mackintosh transformed the Queen’s into the Sondheim Theatre

Editor's Picks

Interviews

Vault Festival's head of theatre and performance Bec Martin-Williams

Vault Festival’s Bec Martin-Williams: ‘Vault should be a platform for people who want to take risks’

Jan 29, 2020

Opinion

Nicholas Serota and Darren Henley. Photos: Hugo Glendinnig/Arts Council England

Editor’s View: Is Arts Council England’s 10-year strategy really radical?

Jan 29, 2020

News

News

The Swansea Grand Theatre could go dark for a month each year

Swansea Grand to house community hub aimed at boosting diversity

Jan 29, 2020

News

Music venue the 100 Club has been granted special status by Westminster City Council, qualifying for 100% relief from business rates. Photo: Shutterstock

Iconic Soho music venue the 100 Club granted 100% businesses rates relief

Jan 29, 2020

News

Secret Cinema to bring Disney films to life under major new partnership

Jan 29, 2020

News

Tamara Rojo moves into choreography with new work for English National Ballet

Jan 28, 2020

Reviews

Reviews

Hannah Rudd (centre) in Aisha and Abhaya at London's Linbury Theatre. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Aisha and Abhaya review at Linbury Theatre, London – ‘adventurous collaboration between Rambert and the Royal Ballet’

Jan 29, 2020

Reviews

Void review at the Vaults, London – ‘a harrowing one-woman show’

Jan 29, 2020

Reviews

Faustus: That Damned Woman review at Lyric Hammersmith, London – ‘ambitious, idea-filled, if uneven’

Jan 29, 2020

Reviews

The Sugar Syndrome review at Orange Tree Theatre, London – ‘strong revival of Lucy Prebble’s debut play’

Jan 29, 2020

Opinion

Letters

Rufus Norris. Photo: Brinkhoff-Moegenburg

Responses to Rufus Norris’ ‘reasons to be cheerful’ – your views, January 30

Jan 29, 2020

Opinion

Nicholas Serota and Darren Henley. Photos: Hugo Glendinnig/Arts Council England

Editor’s View: Is Arts Council England’s 10-year strategy really radical?

Jan 29, 2020

Features

Interviews

Vault Festival's head of theatre and performance Bec Martin-Williams

Vault Festival’s Bec Martin-Williams: ‘Vault should be a platform for people who want to take risks’

Jan 29, 2020

Obituaries

Obituary: Nicholas Parsons – popular host of Radio 4’s Just a Minute, comedian and actor with a substantial showbusiness CV

Jan 28, 2020

Interviews

Actor and writer Temi Wilkey: We rarely see queer women on stage – especially if they’re not white

Jan 28, 2020

Features

IF: Milton Keynes International Festival – how Graeae is helping festivals to engage communities

Jan 28, 2020

Advice

Advice

Foundation students at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Could a foundation course be your way into the theatre industry?

Jan 28, 2020

Advice

Dancer Ryan Felix: ‘My apprentice contract with Birmingham Royal Ballet was a dream come true’

Jan 28, 2020

International

Opinion

Theatremaker Nastazja Somers: The UK has a lot to learn from Polish political theatre

Jan 28, 2020

Features

IF: Milton Keynes International Festival – how Graeae is helping festivals to engage communities

Jan 28, 2020

Broadway

Interviews

Sara Bareilles. Photo: Shervin Lainez

Sara Bareilles: ‘Theatre people work harder for less money than anybody else’

Jan 27, 2020

Opinion

Actor Cynthia Erivo at the press night for Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre. Photo: David Tett/Disney

Richard Jordan: Cynthia Erivo’s success shows that in theatre you never know what’s around the corner

Jan 23, 2020

In case you missed it

Features

The Stage 100 2020: The full list

Jan 7, 2020

News

Ian McKellen. Photo: Sarah Dunn

The Stage 100 2020: Ian McKellen first actor to be named theatre’s most influential figure

Jan 2, 2020

News

Slow progress on diversity exposed as The Stage survey shows 92% of top theatre bosses are white

Jan 2, 2020

Features

Philip Cairns as Peter Gynt at the National Theatre, Lucy Phelps and Sandy Grierson in Measure for Measure, Keegan Joyce in Solaris. Photos: Manuel Harlan/Helen Maybanks/Mihaela Bodlovic

Show reports 2019: a comedy of errors

Dec 16, 2019

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