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Tom Stoppard to premiere new play Leopoldstadt at West End’s Wyndham’s in 2020

Actor David Morrissey: ‘I have to choose roles that challenge me – really frighten me’

Present Laughter review at Old Vic, London – ‘Andrew Scott is magnificent’

Royal Opera House and English National Opera among 60 organisations promising gender parity by 2022

‘Murky world’ of London theatre scrutinised by Lords in wake of ticket-price hike

Selladoor plans to launch new south London theatre as springboard for West End shows

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Anne Marie-Duff. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Richard Jordan: Why are audiences fine with classical actors ‘giving it a go’ in musicals?

Jun 27, 2019

Opinion

Andrzej Lukowski: Have London’s venues left middlebrow plays without a home?

Jun 27, 2019

News

News

An artist's impression of the £90 million complex in Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells council puts £90m theatre complex on ice after objections

Jun 26, 2019

News

Derby and Bradford theatres to pilot scheme to develop new work and boost local talent

Jun 26, 2019

News

An artist's impression of the Kings Theatre regneration

Kings Theatre in Portsmouth announces £4 million renovation proposals

Jun 26, 2019

News

The Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford

Council plans to demolish Kenneth More Theatre and build 900-seat venue

Jun 26, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Unleashed review at Sadler’s Wells, London – ‘radiantly danced’

Jun 26, 2019

Reviews

Hamlet review at St Paul’s Church, London – ‘conceptual excess’

Jun 26, 2019

Reviews

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review at Arundel and Ladbroke Gardens – ‘breezy open-air Shakespeare’

Jun 26, 2019

Reviews

Present Laughter review at Old Vic, London – ‘Andrew Scott is magnificent’

Jun 26, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Anne Marie-Duff. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Richard Jordan: Why are audiences fine with classical actors ‘giving it a go’ in musicals?

Jun 27, 2019

Opinion

Andrzej Lukowski: Have London’s venues left middlebrow plays without a home?

Jun 27, 2019

Features

Interviews

Meet the man who brings the drama (and acrobats) to Glastonbury

Jun 26, 2019

Features

The Half Moon Shania – a punk rock gig theatre show from Burnt Lemon that will be at Incoming Festival

Incoming Festival: ‘Supporting emerging theatre is about putting your money where your mouth is’

Jun 26, 2019

Features

Margaret Thatcher wields the axe with £1m cuts to the arts – 40 years ago in The Stage

Jun 26, 2019

Obituaries

James Supervia. Photo: Sean Conroy-Hargrave

Obituary: James Supervia – ‘charismatic dancer, choreographer and actor’

Jun 26, 2019

Advice

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: How do I prep a ‘topical’ show in advance?

Jun 26, 2019

Advice

Victoria Wood, Ann-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag. Photos: Chris Lobina/BBC/Tristram Kenton

Dear West End Producer: ‘Should I do ‘big’ monologues for auditions (Lady Macbeth, Fleabag, Victoria Wood) or obscure ones?’

Jun 26, 2019

International

Features

Robert Aird and Elisabeth Roche in Bliss. Photo: Andrey Parfyonov

Meet the artists using theatre to reconnect Russia and Britain

Jun 21, 2019

Reviews

Three Sisters review at Vaudeville Theatre, London – ‘heart-wrenching, acutely perceptive retelling’

Jun 20, 2019

Broadway

Interviews

New York Theatre Workshop artistic director James Nicola: ‘The stakes are higher than ever for the artistic community’

Jun 24, 2019

Opinion

Howard Sherman: Digging behind the stats that say celebrity casting doesn’t boost the box office

Jun 21, 2019

In case you missed it

Features

The Stage Podcast: Musical theatre company SpitLip and actor Bally Gill

Jun 20, 2019

Features

Against all odds: the secrets of how a fringe show makes it to the stage

May 22, 2019

Interviews

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Pierce: ‘Willy Loman is as exhausting a role as Lear. I’m knackered’

May 8, 2019

Interviews

Stage and screen actor Bill Pullman: ‘I trained as a director, but I was too shy – I wasn’t a natural’

May 7, 2019

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