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Rosalie Craig: ‘Company’s success is proof that female-led theatre shouldn’t be considered radical’

Giles Terera and other members of the West End cast of Hamilton. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Hamilton star Giles Terera condemns ‘snobbery’ towards musical theatre

Roxana Silbert. Photo: Manuel Harlan

Roxana Silbert announced as Hampstead Theatre’s new artistic director

Rosalie Craig (centre) and the cast in Company. Photo: Brinkhoff Mogenburg

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2018: the winners in full

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Young people performing in the 2017 Shakespeare Schools Festival

Stephanie Street: Schools need to recognise that teaching theatre empowers everyone

Nov 19, 2018

Opinion

Director Simon Stokes (left) with cast member Hannah Traylen in rehearsal for The Kneebone Cadillac. Photo: Emily Appleton

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (November 19-25)

Nov 19, 2018

News

News

Poll suggests widespread objection to screening adverts in theatres

Nov 19, 2018

News

Rosalie Craig: ‘Company’s success is proof that female-led theatre shouldn’t be considered radical’

Nov 19, 2018

News

Giles Terera and other members of the West End cast of Hamilton. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Hamilton star Giles Terera condemns ‘snobbery’ towards musical theatre

Nov 19, 2018

News

Roxana Silbert. Photo: Manuel Harlan

Roxana Silbert announced as Hampstead Theatre’s new artistic director

Nov 19, 2018

Reviews

Reviews

Aladdin review at the Theatre, Chipping Norton – ‘quirky theatricality’

Nov 19, 2018

Reviews

Bullet Tongue review at Big House, London – ‘ferocious and powerful’

Nov 19, 2018

Reviews

Rendezvous in Bratislava review at Battersea Arts Centre, London – ‘fascinating and affectionate’

Nov 18, 2018

Reviews

War Requiem review at London Coliseum – ‘Daniel Kramer directs an unforgettable staging’

Nov 17, 2018

Opinion

Opinion

Stage door workers are among those covered in the UK Theatre and BECTU agreement. Photo: John Gomez/Shutterstock

Poll: Should the theatre industry be more tolerant if employees need to take time off due to mental health issues or stress?

Nov 19, 2018

Opinion

Young people performing in the 2017 Shakespeare Schools Festival

Stephanie Street: Schools need to recognise that teaching theatre empowers everyone

Nov 19, 2018

Features

Interviews

Actor-musician Alice McKenna: ‘Getting your first job is the biggest challenge. After that, you have the confidence you need’

Nov 19, 2018

Features

Could cruise lines offer a seasonal alternative to panto?

Nov 19, 2018

Interviews

Actor Ericka Posadas: ‘Sleeping Beauty is often thought of as the blonde one from Disney’

Nov 16, 2018

Interviews

Berwick Kaler in The Grand Old Dame of York. Photo: Anthony Robling

York’s panto legend Berwick Kaler: ‘The day I can’t bend down to tie my laces is the day I retire’

Nov 16, 2018

Advice

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: How can I maintain my acting career and pay off my debts?

Nov 14, 2018

Advice

West End Producer

Dear West End Producer: ‘How should you rehearse an onstage kiss?’

Nov 14, 2018

International

Features

Could cruise lines offer a seasonal alternative to panto?

Nov 19, 2018

Features

Matt Park, Diana Oh, Ryan McCurdy, and Rocky Vega in My Lingerie Play. Photo: Jeremy Daniel

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: The Off-Broadway new-writing venue transforming itself

Nov 12, 2018

Broadway

Reviews

The Prom review at Longacre Theatre, New York – ‘joyous and affectionate’

Nov 16, 2018

Opinion

King Kong on Broadway

Howard Sherman: US theatre criticism is moving with times but there’s still a way to go

Nov 16, 2018

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Interviews

ATG chief executive Mark Cornell: ‘Theatre’s been slow to embrace the importance of selling itself’

Nov 7, 2018

Features

How can we stop mobile phone usage in theatres? Photo: Shutterstock

Audience etiquette: what is acceptable behaviour in a theatre?

Nov 6, 2018

Interviews

Hayley Atwell. Photo: Faye Thomas

Exclusive interview with Hayley Atwell: ‘I’m proud of my self-doubt, it keeps me vulnerable and questioning’

Oct 31, 2018

Opinion

Jake Gyllenhaal in Sunday in the Park with George, Rosalie Craig in Company and Leslie Odom Jr in Hamilton. Photos: Brinkhoff/Mogenburg and Matthew Murphy

Mark Shenton’s top 50 musical theatre songs: 10 to 1

Oct 26, 2018

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