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Editor's Picks

Opinion

Sharon D Clarke in Caroline, Or Change. Photo: Helen Maybanks

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (December 17-23)

Dec 17, 2018

Opinion

Ofsted's Amanda Spielman

Lyn Gardner: Arts courses must not sell students short

Dec 17, 2018

News

News

ENO's home at the London Coliseum.

ENO takes ’seismic leap’ with scheme offering under-18s free tickets to Saturday night shows

Dec 17, 2018

News

Designers seek better pay and working conditions under new claim

Dec 17, 2018

News

Lin-Manuel Miranda. Photo: Howard Sherman

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Mary Poppins Returns could boost audiences for stage musicals’

Dec 17, 2018

News

An audience giving a standing ovation – could they be the future of criticism? Photo: Christian Bertrand/Shutterstock

Poll: How many productions do you think you’ve seen in 2018?

Dec 17, 2018

Reviews

Reviews

A Christmas Carol review at Newcastle Castle – ‘a stunning setting’

Dec 17, 2018

Reviews

Tinderella review at Canal Cafe, London – ‘irredeemably feeble’

Dec 17, 2018

Reviews

Robin Hood review at Milton Keynes Theatre – ‘an infectious sense of fun’

Dec 17, 2018

Reviews

Peter Pan review at Richmond Theatre – ‘a winningly villainous performance from Robert Lindsay’

Dec 17, 2018

Opinion

Opinion

Sharon D Clarke in Caroline, Or Change. Photo: Helen Maybanks

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (December 17-23)

Dec 17, 2018

Opinion

Ofsted's Amanda Spielman

Lyn Gardner: Arts courses must not sell students short

Dec 17, 2018

Features

Obituaries

Obituary: Ralph Koltai – ‘the most influential stage designer in British theatre in the latter half of the 20th century’

Dec 17, 2018

Interviews

ROH’s Hansel and Gretel director and designer Antony McDonald: ‘Creative tension can be good’

Dec 14, 2018

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: Innovation award

Dec 13, 2018

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: International award

Dec 13, 2018

Advice

Advice

How to fill out the perfect UCAS application for a drama course

Dec 11, 2018

The Green Room

The Green Room: What do you want for Christmas?

Dec 11, 2018

International

Features

The Stage Awards 2019 shortlist: International award

Dec 13, 2018

Features

New York’s Lark theatre laboratory: ‘We ask writers for raw, personal work. We don’t care if it’s good’

Dec 10, 2018

Broadway

Opinion

Soft Power at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre

Howard Sherman: I just can’t get into the festive spirit of Christmas best-of lists

Dec 7, 2018

Reviews

Bryan Cranston in Network. Photo: Jan Versweyveld

Network review at Belasco Theatre, New York – ‘Thrillingly inventive and chillingly prescient’

Dec 7, 2018

In case you missed it

News

The Stage Awards 2019: Shortlist in full

Dec 13, 2018

Interviews

Natalia Osipova. Photo: Rick Guest

Prima ballerina Natalia Osipova: ‘I don’t like it when artists get involved in politics’

Dec 7, 2018

Opinion

What are the best pantomimes of 2018?

Dec 4, 2018

Features

The Stage Podcast: Panto special with Sharon D Clarke, Susie McKenna and Lyn Gardner

Dec 3, 2018

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