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Claire Price and Joseph Arkley in The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Photo: Ikin Yum

The Taming of the Shrew review at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – ‘inventive gender-flipped production’

Judy Craymer. Photo: Micha Theiner

Producer Judy Craymer: ‘Mamma Mia! was the dark horse that surprised everyone’

Rachel Edwards and Fawn James at the Boulevard Theatre. Photo: Ellie Kurttz

Soho’s Boulevard Theatre to reopen after 25 years with ‘revolving’ auditorium

Disney’s Frozen confirms London run at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The Color Purple performer accused of hypocrisy over ‘homophobic’ Facebook post

Tyrone Huntley among nominees for 2018 Ian Charleson Awards

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Martin Askew: Young working-class people are crying out for a ladder to the arts

Mar 21, 2019

Features

Meet the artists representing the UK at Prague Quadrennial design festival

Mar 20, 2019

News

News

The Kenneth More Theatre in Ilford

Closure threat for Ilford’s Kenneth More Theatre as shows cancelled from July

Mar 20, 2019

News

Adam Garcia, Clare Louise Connolly, and Peter Bowles in The Exorcist at Phoenix Theatre, London. Photo: Robert Day

The Exorcist announces UK tour

Mar 20, 2019

News

Rachel John (centre) with Rachelle Ann Go (left) and Christine Allado (right) in Hamilton. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Shaw Theatre launches ‘evening with’ series for musical performers

Mar 20, 2019

News

Justine Simons and Sadiq Khan

Online map of London’s theatres, dance venues and rehearsal spaces launched

Mar 20, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Interference review at City Park, Glasgow – ‘chilling trilogy set in the near-future’

Mar 20, 2019

Reviews

Claire Price and Joseph Arkley in The Taming of the Shrew at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Photo: Ikin Yum

The Taming of the Shrew review at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – ‘inventive gender-flipped production’

Mar 20, 2019

Reviews

Penelope Wilton in The Bay at Nice at Menier Chocolate Factory, London. Photo: Catherine Ashmore

The Bay at Nice review at Menier Chocolate Factory – ‘Penelope Wilton is superb’

Mar 20, 2019

Reviews

Goodbye Norma Jeane review at Above the Stag, London – ‘enjoyable, but slight’

Mar 19, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Martin Askew: Young working-class people are crying out for a ladder to the arts

Mar 21, 2019

Letters

Work-life balance is a myth for all theatre workers (your views, March 21)

Mar 20, 2019

Features

Interviews

Dancer Oti Mabuse: ‘I’m bringing everything I’ve learned from Strictly to the rehearsal room’

Mar 20, 2019

Features

Vanuatu’s Wan Smolbag – celebrating 30 years of Pacific Islander theatre

Mar 20, 2019

Obituaries

Obituary: Michael Ross – ‘gifted playwright whose work tackled contemporary issues’

Mar 20, 2019

Interviews

Judy Craymer. Photo: Micha Theiner

Producer Judy Craymer: ‘Mamma Mia! was the dark horse that surprised everyone’

Mar 20, 2019

Advice

Advice

Dear West End Producer: ‘Should the press attend understudy runs – just to celebrate understudies?’

Mar 20, 2019

Scholarships

The Stage and Spirit Young Performers Company scholarship winners from 2018, from left: Billy Vale, Layla Armstrong-Hughes, Hannah Hutchins and Imaan Guthrie.

The Stage Scholarships 2019: Spirit Young Performers Company

Mar 20, 2019

International

Features

Vanuatu’s Wan Smolbag – celebrating 30 years of Pacific Islander theatre

Mar 20, 2019

Features

Same Same But Different, Ghent – the festival tackling Belgium’s murky colonial past

Mar 18, 2019

Broadway

Interviews

Writer and director James Lapine. Photo: Terence Patrick for Variety

Into the Woods writer James Lapine: ‘Creating a road-trip musical like Little Miss Sunshine was a fun challenge’

Mar 19, 2019

Opinion

Howard Sherman: Issues raised during Women’s Day on Broadway need to be heard every day

Mar 15, 2019

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The Royal Opera House is appealing against a court judgement that the hearing of a viola player was damaged during a rehearsal of Die Walküre. Photo: Alex Rumford

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

Feb 27, 2019

Features

The Stage Podcast: Vault Festival, Lyn Gardner’s 2019 top picks and Showstopper!

Jan 31, 2019

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The Stage Awards 2019: The winners in full

Jan 25, 2019

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