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Sweet Charity review starring Anne-Marie Duff at Donmar Warehouse, London – ‘an exuberant production’

Royal Opera House loses appeal against viola player who suffered ‘acoustic shock’

Daniel Kramer. Photo: Tristram Kenton

English National Opera’s Daniel Kramer to step down as artistic director after three years

Deborah Warner. Photo: Claire Egan

Director Deborah Warner: ‘I thought opera was absurd, impossible, but then I got it’

Robert Glenister (Dave Moss) in Glengarry Glen Ross. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Hundreds of actors at risk of ‘losing homes’ as HMRC wins landmark tax case against Robert Glenister

A German Life review at Bridge Theatre, London – ‘Maggie Smith is spellbinding’

Claire Warden, ITI co-founder, and intimacy assistant Zev Steinrock demonstrating intimacy choreography

UK branch of Intimacy Directors International set up to safeguard actors during sex scenes

Faust review at Royal Opera House, London – ‘a fascinatingly vital production’

West Side Story review at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester – ‘intimate and resonant’

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag, Soho Playhouse, New York

Already missing Fleabag? Read the Phoebe Waller-Bridge columns for The Stage

Meet ‘living legend’ Pamela Howard, the godmother of British theatre design

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Richard Jordan: I’m gutted the new Evita isn’t a Brit – she could have been the new Elaine Paige

Apr 18, 2019

Opinion

Claire Booth and James Laing in the Royal Opera House’s production of Handel’s Berenice, which was sung in English, at Linbury Theatre in March 2019. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Librettist Amanda Holden: Translating opera is the art of making ever y syllable count

Apr 18, 2019

News

News

Pet Shop Boys will reunite with writer Jonathan Harvey for a new cabaret musical, Musik

Production news round-up: Pet Shop Boys create new musical and HighTide announces programme of new writing at Edinburgh Fringe

Apr 18, 2019

News

BECTU and UK Theatre at loggerheads in dispute over pay

Apr 18, 2019

News

Royal Exchange’s West Side Story to return in 2020

Apr 18, 2019

News

Royal Opera House loses appeal against viola player who suffered ‘acoustic shock’

Apr 17, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Hillary and Clinton review at Golden Theatre, New York – ‘Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow bring political royalty to life’

Apr 19, 2019

Reviews

Night of 100 Solos review at Barbican Centre, London – ‘playful celebration of Merce Cunningham’s legacy’

Apr 18, 2019

Reviews

The Butterfly Lion review at Barn Theatre, Cirencester – ‘magical and moving’

Apr 18, 2019

Reviews

Funeral Flowers review at the Bunker, London – ‘engagingly performed and smartly written’

Apr 18, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Fiona Shaw in Beckett's Happy Days in 2007. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Howard Sherman: Theatre pop-ups, such as Fiona Shaw in New York, bring varied audiences

Apr 19, 2019

Opinion

Richard Jordan: I’m gutted the new Evita isn’t a Brit – she could have been the new Elaine Paige

Apr 18, 2019

Features

Interviews

Ria Zmitrowicz

Actor Ria Zmitrowicz: ‘Being challenged by the artists I work with – that excites me’

Apr 18, 2019

Features

The Stage, April 17, 1969

A brilliant Berenice at the World Theatre Season, Aldwych Theatre, 50 years ago in The Stage

Apr 17, 2019

Interviews

Deborah Warner. Photo: Claire Egan

Director Deborah Warner: ‘I thought opera was absurd, impossible, but then I got it’

Apr 17, 2019

Promoted

Could musical theatre showcase at Joe Allen provide food for thought for producers?

Apr 17, 2019

Advice

Scholarships

Last year's The Stage and Rose Bruford scholarship winner Yadel Gebeyehu

Kick-start your acting career with a Scholarship to Rose Bruford College

Apr 17, 2019

Advice

Lucy Aarden. Photo: Ruth Crafer

Actor Lucy Aarden: ‘My gender-flipped audition monologue secured me my first job’

Apr 16, 2019

International

Interviews

Jackie Hagan on performing her work overseas: ‘People get really emotional about the show’

Apr 15, 2019

Features

Attendees at the IETM plenary meeting in Hull. Photo: T Arran

IETM conference in Hull: ‘UK theatre is far ahead on inclusion – but you also have issues yet to be worked on’

Apr 15, 2019

Broadway

Reviews

Hillary and Clinton review at Golden Theatre, New York – ‘Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow bring political royalty to life’

Apr 19, 2019

Reviews

Burn This review at Hudson Theatre, New York – ‘a sublime performance from Adam Driver’

Apr 17, 2019

In case you missed it

News

Olivier Awards 2019: the winners in full

Apr 7, 2019

Features

The Stage Podcast: Theatre magic with Ben Hart and the secrets of stage animal wrangling

Mar 28, 2019

Features

The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Photo: Alex Rumford

Royal Opera House legal case: the shocking story that could change orchestra pits forever

Feb 27, 2019

News

The Stage Awards 2019: The winners in full

Jan 25, 2019

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