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Nicola Walker and Alun Armstrong in The Cane at Royal Court. Photo: Tristram Kenton

The Cane review at Royal Court, London – ‘Mark Ravenhill’s tense and slippery new play’

Aladdin review at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford – ‘panto perfection’

Snow White starring Julian Clary and Dawn French review at London Palladium – ‘sumptuous and showy’

Sonia Friedman, the Young Vic and Nottingham Playhouse nominated for The Stage Awards 2019

Feuding Fawlty Towers producers in dispute again over Only Fools and Horses live shows

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Snow White at the London Palladium. Julian Clary as the Man in the Mirror. Photo: Paul Coltas

Snow White starring Dawn French and Julian Clary at the London Palladium – review round-up

Dec 14, 2018

Opinion

Barn Theatre, Cirencester and the Menier Chocolate Factory, London

Mark Shenton: My new discoveries and neglected old haunts for 2018

Dec 14, 2018

News

News

Production news round-up: Hamilton’s Giles Terera cast in The American Clock and the Yard in London to stage a female-led version of The Crucible

Dec 14, 2018

News

Sadiq Khan at the London Borough of Culture launch

Sadiq Khan announces London’s £11m creative enterprise zones

Dec 14, 2018

News

Nuffield Southampton Theatres executive director Caroline Routh to step down

Dec 14, 2018

News

Giles Terera joins cast of Old Vic’s The American Clock

Dec 14, 2018

Reviews

Reviews

Beauty and the Beast review at the Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy – ‘superbly-executed’

Dec 14, 2018

Reviews

Snow White – Edward-Hole, Kuran Dohil, Matthew Cavendish and Eloise Secker. Photo: The Other Richard

Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon review at Ovalhouse, London – ‘Catchy original songs and a witty script’

Dec 14, 2018

Reviews

The Elves and the Shoemaker review at Nottingham Playhouse – ‘endearing tale of kindness for young kids’

Dec 14, 2018

Reviews

Film review: Love on BBC2 – ‘Alexander Zeldin’s raw and unsparing play on screen’

Dec 14, 2018

Opinion

Opinion

Snow White at the London Palladium. Julian Clary as the Man in the Mirror. Photo: Paul Coltas

Snow White starring Dawn French and Julian Clary at the London Palladium – review round-up

Dec 14, 2018

Opinion

Barn Theatre, Cirencester and the Menier Chocolate Factory, London

Mark Shenton: My new discoveries and neglected old haunts for 2018

Dec 14, 2018

Features

Interviews

ROH’s Hansel and Gretel director and designer Antony McDonald: ‘Creative tension can be good’

Dec 14, 2018

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: Innovation award

Dec 13, 2018

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: International award

Dec 13, 2018

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: School of the year

Dec 13, 2018

Advice

Advice

How to fill out the perfect UCAS application for a drama course

Dec 11, 2018

The Green Room

The Green Room: What do you want for Christmas?

Dec 11, 2018

International

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: International award

Dec 13, 2018

Features

New York’s Lark theatre laboratory: ‘We ask writers for raw, personal work. We don’t care if it’s good’

Dec 10, 2018

Broadway

Opinion

Soft Power at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre

Howard Sherman: I just can’t get into the festive spirit of Christmas best-of lists

Dec 7, 2018

Reviews

Bryan Cranston in Network. Photo: Jan Versweyveld

Network review at Belasco Theatre, New York – ‘Thrillingly inventive and chillingly prescient’

Dec 7, 2018

In case you missed it

News

The Stage Awards 2019: Shortlist in full

Dec 13, 2018

Interviews

Natalia Osipova. Photo: Rick Guest

Prima ballerina Natalia Osipova: ‘I don’t like it when artists get involved in politics’

Dec 7, 2018

Opinion

What are the best pantomimes of 2018?

Dec 4, 2018

Features

The Stage Podcast: Panto special with Sharon D Clarke, Susie McKenna and Lyn Gardner

Dec 3, 2018

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