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Sackler Trust suspends all new UK donations amid opioid allegations

Talent agency Global Artists drops listing of Seyi Omooba after anti-gay post

Local Hero review at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘charming musical version of a much-loved film’

Standing at the Sky’s Edge review at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – ‘a glorious musical tribute to an iconic Sheffield building’

Editor's Picks

Interviews

Jay Miller

The Yard artistic director Jay Miller: ‘As soon as theatre becomes formulaic, it’s dead’

Mar 26, 2019

Opinion

Catherine Kodicek: ‘Why is costume designers’ vital work seldom credited in reviews?’

Mar 26, 2019

News

News

Rosalie Craig (centre) and the cast in Company. Photo: Tristram Kenton

Company recognised for ‘groundbreaking example of cross-gender casting’ at Tonic Awards

Mar 25, 2019

News

The special performance will take place at the Let Them Roar matinee of the show on April 24 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Photo: Shutterstock

West End’s first known parent and baby performance to take place at Emilia in April

Mar 25, 2019

News

The Billy Elliot effect has made a difference but more needs to be done. Photo: Alastair Muir

Liverpool Theatre School to hold boys-only taster day to encourage male performers into training

Mar 25, 2019

News

‘Commercial theatre for children is like a McDonald’s Happy Meal: unsatisfying’, says Imaginate boss

Mar 25, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Gaslight review at Perth Theatre – ‘cleverly cast, but lacking in chills’

Mar 25, 2019

Reviews

Whitney – Queen of the Night review at Savoy Theatre, London – ‘a rousing tribute’

Mar 25, 2019

Reviews

Creditors review at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick – ‘a superb staging of Strindberg’s tragicomedy’

Mar 25, 2019

Reviews

Local Hero review at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘charming musical version of a much-loved film’

Mar 24, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Catherine Kodicek: ‘Why is costume designers’ vital work seldom credited in reviews?’

Mar 26, 2019

Opinion

The Alison Lapper statue that featured at the 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony. Photo: Annie

Theatremaker Nickie Miles-Wildin: Organisations must act to remove barriers facing disabled people

Mar 26, 2019

Features

Interviews

Jay Miller

The Yard artistic director Jay Miller: ‘As soon as theatre becomes formulaic, it’s dead’

Mar 26, 2019

Interviews

Designer Frankie Bradshaw: ‘I’ve always had a yearning for the beauty in the natural world’

Mar 25, 2019

Interviews

Amelle Berrabah in Club Tropicana

Sugababes’ Amelle Berrabah on her musical theatre debut: ’I had no idea how to get all of that book into my head’

Mar 22, 2019

Features

From Hamlet to Lear: How acting genius Richard Burbage inspired Shakespeare with ‘divine fury’

Mar 22, 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

Opinion

Ana Scotney in The Contours of Heaven, which featured at the Hawke's Bay Arts Festival in 2017

Richard Jordan: Producers shouldn’t worry about distances and always look to expand their horizons

Mar 21, 2019

Features

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

Mar 20, 2019

Broadway

Interviews

Broadway performer Laura Benanti: ‘If I could wave a magic wand, theatre would be affordable for all’

Mar 22, 2019

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

In case you missed it

News

Olivier Awards 2019: the nominations in full

Mar 5, 2019

Features

The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. 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

News

The Stage Awards 2019: The winners in full

Jan 25, 2019

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