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Sea Wall/ A Life review at Public Theater, New York – ‘two transfixing performances by Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal’

Mother Courage and Her Children review at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester – ‘brutal and brilliant’

Chichester Festival Theatre. Photo: Philip Vile

Chichester Festival Theatre to build spiegeltent for season featuring Hugh Bonneville, Sheila Hancock and John Simm

Maggie Smith to return to stage after 12 years for London play

Castings based on number of Instagram followers a ‘disheartening’ trend, actors warn

Joanna Riding in rehearsals fro Follies. Photo: Johan Persson

Follies’ Joanna Riding: ‘Imelda Staunton has left big shoes to fill, even if they contained little feet’

Editor's Picks

Interviews

Owen Sharpe and Kevin Trainor in rehearsals for the UK touring production for Stones in His Pockets. Photo: Nobby Clark

Stones in His Pockets: ‘As relevant and timeless as it was 20 years ago’

Feb 15, 2019

Opinion

Mark Shenton: Theatre should be a phone-free experience and technology can provide the answer

Feb 15, 2019

News

News

Patti LuPone in Company. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Patti LuPone, John Partridge and Cleve September win at Acting for Others’ Golden Bucket Awards

Feb 15, 2019

News

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off to return to Lyric Hammersmith after 40 years

Feb 15, 2019

News

Southwark Playhouse will now accept donations in Bitcoin

Graeae and Hijinx criticise ‘disappointing’ use of puppet in autism play

Feb 15, 2019

News

BBC criticised for under-representation of British East Asian writers on TV series about Chinese family

Feb 15, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Bottled review at the Vaults, London – ‘promising, powerful new writing’

Feb 17, 2019

Reviews

Ubu the King review at the MAC, Belfast – ‘a no-holds barred reworking’

Feb 15, 2019

Reviews

Rattled review at Old Red Lion, London – ‘meaty and unsentimental’

Feb 15, 2019

Reviews

Carmen review at King’s Head Theatre, London – ‘punchy new version of Bizet’s tragedy’

Feb 15, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

The cast of The American Clock at Old Vic, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan

The American Clock starring Clarke Peters at the Old Vic – review round-up

Feb 15, 2019

Opinion

Mark Shenton: Theatre should be a phone-free experience and technology can provide the answer

Feb 15, 2019

Features

Obituaries

Obituary: David Ponting – actor, writer and teacher who portrayed Dylan Thomas more than 700 times

Feb 15, 2019

Interviews

Owen Sharpe and Kevin Trainor in rehearsals for the UK touring production for Stones in His Pockets. Photo: Nobby Clark

Stones in His Pockets: ‘As relevant and timeless as it was 20 years ago’

Feb 15, 2019

Interviews

Steve Dearden. Photo: Ella-May Dearden

The Writing Squad’s Steve Dearden: ‘We support those who face the blank screen and keep doing it’

Feb 14, 2019

Features

From Our Archive: 35 years ago in The Stage (February 16, 1984)

Feb 13, 2019

Advice

Advice

West End Producer

Dear West End Producer: ‘How can I tell good acting advice from bad, potentially sabotaging, advice?’

Feb 13, 2019

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers clinic: How can I balance directing and acting?

Feb 13, 2019

International

Features

Paris small theatre tax row: ‘Even the mafia doesn’t take your money and give nothing in return’

Feb 4, 2019

News

International news round-up: January 24

Jan 23, 2019

Broadway

Opinion

The cast of The Prom. Photo: Deen van Meer

Howard Sherman: Broadway’s The Prom landed ‘money’ reviews, so why haven’t sales taken off?

Feb 15, 2019

Opinion

Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale and Jeremy Jordan in American Son at Booth Theatre, New York. Photo: Peter Cunningham

Poll: Do you welcome Netflix’s move into filming theatre productions?

Feb 4, 2019

In case you missed it

Features

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

Jan 31, 2019

News

The Stage Awards 2019: The winners in full

Jan 25, 2019

Features

The Stage 100 2019: The full list

Jan 3, 2019

News

West End toilets survey: exclusive research reveals Theatreland caught short by sub-par toilet provision

Jan 2, 2019

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