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Amanda Stuart Fisher: 'We need to think about global challenges and theatre’s role in meeting them'

Kaysha Woollery: 'My first job came during the first lockdown. It was a godsend'

Sterre Maier: 'You never know where one job may lead'

Lottie Walker: 'I wouldn’t be doing my current show without my first job'

Danyah Miller: ‘My usherette job taught me lessons that helped me become a theatre manager’

Sound designer Chris Drohan: ‘Being adaptable allows you to develop your practice continually’

by Lyn Gardner

Theatre has become a money-making machine. We have a chance to change

Theatre has become a money-making machine, but we have a chance to change and put our communities, freelancers and audiences first, says Lyn Gardner

by David Benedict

What’s the secret to a great adaptation? Focus on form as well as content

Adapters of stage musicals – take your lead from great musicals such as She Loves Me and Cabaret, and focus on form as well as content, says David Benedict

The Green Room

Does sport get preferential treatment compared to the arts?

Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask: does sport get preferential treatment compared to the arts?

Without swift action it won’t just be Cinderella facing Closure Day

by Richard Jordan

People are more important than art. Theatre must do more to protect them

by Christopher Green

Where is theatre’s promised insurance scheme?

by Alistair Smith

The rules may be relaxing, but that doesn’t mean all theatre audiences are

by Natasha Tripney

‘Freedom’ for the fit, worry for disabled audiences – is this what theatre wants?

by Andrew Miller

Does musical theatre have a big enough following to thrive on screen?

by Howard Sherman

Vaudeville Theatre's access issues continue to be unresolved – your views, July 21

by The Stage

Pros and cons of keeping Covid measures in place – your views, July 14

by The Stage

The Green Room

Does sport get preferential treatment compared to the arts?

Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask: does sport get preferential treatment compared to the arts?

Careers Clinic by John Byrne

Your views

'Actor' or 'actress'? The debate continues (your views, December 14)

by The Stage

Actors' agents need to play a role in addressing harassment allegations (your views, November 7)

by The Stage

Actors are trained to play all roles (your views, February 22)

by The Stage

Amanda Stuart Fisher: 'We need to think about global challenges and theatre’s role in meeting them'

by John Byrne

Kaysha Woollery: 'My first job came during the first lockdown. It was a godsend'

by John Byrne

Sterre Maier: 'You never know where one job may lead'

by John Byrne

Lottie Walker: 'I wouldn’t be doing my current show without my first job'

by John Byrne

Danyah Miller: ‘My usherette job taught me lessons that helped me become a theatre manager’

by John Byrne

Sound designer Chris Drohan: ‘Being adaptable allows you to develop your practice continually’

by John Byrne

Vaudeville Theatre's access issues continue to be unresolved – your views, July 21

by The Stage

Pros and cons of keeping Covid measures in place – your views, July 14

by The Stage

Should I focus on finding a day job or are my priorities wrong?

Dear West End Producer

'Which shows have you seen since theatres reopened?'

Quote UnQuote

Quotes of the Week, July 21: Lucy St Louis, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Felicity Kendal and more

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Big Interviews

The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

“As an artist, you have to promote the kind of work you want to see”

In his 30-year career, Adrian Lester has won awards for heavyweight theatre roles, and become a familiar face on television. As he prepares to perform Hymn in front of a live audience, he tells Theo Bosanquet about the importance of nurturing young talent and reviving the reputation of Ira Aldridge

“I know who I am, what I stand for and I look forward to bringing theatre back”

Sutton Foster

Performer

“Writing Gin Craze! has been a relief – its crisis is safely in the past”

April De Angelis

Playwright

“I want to take the familiar and make it box fresh”

Christopher Haydon

Artistic director

“I’ve become what I hoped to be: a real character actor”

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Adam Cooper

Dancer

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Sarah Frankcom

Director

Sutton Foster

Performer

Christopher Haydon

Artistic director

Adrian Lester

Actor and director

April De Angelis

Playwright

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Adam Cooper

Dancer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Sarah Frankcom

Director

Adam Cooper

Dancer

Clint Dyer

Director, writer and actor

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Long Reads

Many students, few jobs: Is the industry training too many actors?

by Amanda Parker

The great outdoors: How theatres are asking audiences to step outside this summer

by Jo Caird

Fairfield Halls: how renovating the flagship venue turned into a £70 million fiasco

by Tim Bano

After repeated delays and a massive overspend, when Fairfield Halls reopened six months before Covid hit, it was unfinished. With the venue still virtually dormant, Tim Bano investigates how inexperience and mismanagement failed the community and plunged Croydon Council into crisis

Tourist trap or tradition? Reopening the world’s longest-running play

by Tim Bano

Glyndebourne revived: charting the return of Britain’s biggest opera festival

by George Hall

Many students, few jobs: Is the industry training too many actors?

by Amanda Parker

The great outdoors: How theatres are asking audiences to step outside this summer

by Jo Caird

Tourist trap or tradition? Reopening the world’s longest-running play

by Tim Bano

Glyndebourne revived: charting the return of Britain’s biggest opera festival

by George Hall

Features