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Interviews

Jenna Russell. Photo: Johan Persson

Jenna Russell: ‘It’s been a lovely career, but it could all stop tomorrow’

Jul 24, 2019

Opinion

David Benedict: Tabby or not tabby – Cats trailer shows film lacks theatrical touch

Jul 24, 2019

News

News

The Olivier Awards red carpet. Photo: Pamela Raith

US investors could pull funding for West End shows over Olivier Awards plans

Jul 24, 2019

News

Boris Johnson. Photo: Frederic Legrand/Shutterstock

Creative industries urge new PM Boris Johnson to support arts sector and revise Brexit plans

Jul 23, 2019

News

Initiative to create blueprint for developing dance work for under-fives

Jul 23, 2019

News

Hampstead Theatre. Photo: Liz Smith

Hampstead Theatre opens year-round submissions window for playwrights under first plans announced by Roxana Silbert

Jul 23, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Latitude Festival 2019 review at Henham Park, Suffolk – ‘a disappointing theatrical programme’

Jul 23, 2019

Reviews

Tuesday review at Saint Augustine’s Church, Manchester – ‘a warm, witty rumination on love and loss’

Jul 23, 2019

Reviews

Il Segreto di Susanna / Iolanta review at Opera Holland Park – ‘an exceptional double bill’

Jul 23, 2019

Reviews

Oklahoma! review at Chichester Festival Theatre – ‘problematic undercurrents’

Jul 23, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

David Benedict: Tabby or not tabby – Cats trailer shows film lacks theatrical touch

Jul 24, 2019

Opinion

Stage manager Katie Jackson: Make the company manager your friend – it’s the smart thing to do

Jul 23, 2019

Features

Interviews

Jenna Russell. Photo: Johan Persson

Jenna Russell: ‘It’s been a lovely career, but it could all stop tomorrow’

Jul 24, 2019

Features

Hans Kesting in The Fountainhead at the Lowry in Salford. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Dutch actor Hans Kesting: ‘The longer I play successful shows, the more nervous I get’

Jul 23, 2019

Features

Blackpool Grand Theatre. Photo: Wikipedia

Grand history: Frank Matcham’s Blackpool masterpiece celebrates 125 years

Jul 23, 2019

Features

Lighting designer Sherry Coenen

Lighting designer Sherry Coenen: ‘You can fulfil artistic vision with a bit of sideways glancing’

Jul 22, 2019

Advice

Advice

City Academy foundation class graduates. Photo: Lotte Ruth Johnson

How to keep your acting career up to date with a short course

Jul 23, 2019

Advice

Rebecca Callard. Photo: Kevin Cummins

Actor Rebecca Callard: ‘I wish I had the same nonchalance in auditions as when I was 12’

Jul 23, 2019

International

Interviews

Brian Merriman at IDGTF this year with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival: an international success that is struggling for funding

Jul 18, 2019

Features

Go big or go home: Grand Shows at Friedrichstadt-Palast – the world’s largest stage

Jul 15, 2019

Broadway

Opinion

Howard Sherman: There’s an eager audience for smart theatrical parodies

Jul 19, 2019

Opinion

Book covers for the Marvel plays: Squirrel Girl, Hammered and Mirror of Most Value

Howard Sherman: Marvel’s student plays bode well for school stages

Jun 28, 2019

In case you missed it

Opinion

A selection of shows from the Edinburgh Fringe

Our critics pick the top shows to see at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019

Jul 16, 2019

Interviews

Joseph star Jac Yarrow: ‘If the audience is looking at my loincloth, I’m not doing my job’

Jul 9, 2019

Interviews

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

Jun 26, 2019

Features

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

Jun 20, 2019

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