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Editor's Picks

Opinion

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (February 17-23)

Feb 17, 2020

Opinion

The Taming of the Shrew at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2019. Photo: Ikin Yum

Lyn Gardner: The Shakespeare police, not ‘woke’ artists, threaten the playwright’s legacy

Feb 17, 2020

News

News

Production news round-up: Carrie Hope Fletcher to play lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella

Feb 14, 2020

News

The Pleasance bar in Edinburgh

Pleasance announces fund to bring work by artists of colour to Edinburgh Fringe

Feb 14, 2020

News

Photo: Shutterstock

Government urged to tighten regulations for child modelling agencies

Feb 14, 2020

News

Leicester's Curve theatre

Curve creates new talent development schemes for Midlands artists

Feb 14, 2020

Reviews

Reviews

Madam Butterfly at Artsdepot, London – ‘a fresh, inventive take on Puccini’s opera’

Feb 14, 2020

Reviews

No Sweat review at Pleasance Theatre, London – ‘moving but unfocused drama about homelessness’

Feb 14, 2020

Reviews

The Six Wives of Henry VIII review at King’s Head, London – ‘dad jokes and catchy songs’

Feb 14, 2020

Reviews

Screwdriver review at Lyric Hammersmith, London – ‘lively new writing’

Feb 14, 2020

Opinion

Opinion

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (February 17-23)

Feb 17, 2020

Opinion

The Taming of the Shrew at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2019. Photo: Ikin Yum

Lyn Gardner: The Shakespeare police, not ‘woke’ artists, threaten the playwright’s legacy

Feb 17, 2020

Features

Features

Wyn Calvin, in his younger days, performing on the BBC Radio’s Workers Playtime

Wyn Calvin: pantomime hero and Welsh prince of laughter

Feb 14, 2020

Interviews

Actor Danny Mac

Actor Danny Mac: ‘Strictly Come Dancing helped me to get leading roles’

Feb 14, 2020

Interviews

Director Amy Leach: ‘Integrated access is not an add-on tool – I think about it as a creative layer’

Feb 13, 2020

Features

Is experimental theatre ‘a lot of silly nonsense’? 50 years ago in The Stage (February 12, 1970)

Feb 12, 2020

Advice

Advice

The Stage Scholarships: Get a degree with Fourth Monkey

Feb 12, 2020

Advice

Dear West End Producer: ‘Has ‘the pre-show’ had its day?’

Feb 12, 2020

International

Opinion

Richard Jordan: What does coronavirus mean for the theatre industry?

Feb 6, 2020

News

Coronavirus forces UK companies to cancel international shows

Feb 5, 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

News

The Stage Awards 2020: The winners in full

Jan 31, 2020

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

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