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The Stage Debut Awards 2017 presenter Noma Dumezweni with best actor in a play award winner Abraham Popoola

Harry Potter’s Noma Dumezweni: ‘We need The Stage Debut Awards, they say: you’re not alone in this world’

Poldark star Aidan Turner wins Joe Allen Best West End Debut Award

Amara Okereke collecting her award for best actress in a musical. Photo: David Monteith-Hodge

The Stage Debut Awards 2018: From pub theatres to the West End’s longest-running musical, this year’s winners revealed

Editor's Picks

Opinion

Paul Clayton: Should Spotlight advertise theatre jobs that don’t pay Equity minimum?

Sep 25, 2018

Features

The Stage Debut award winners, left to right: Gus Gowland, Akshay Sharan, Katy Rudd, Amara Okereke, Louis Gaunt, Khadjia Raza, Gemma Dobson and Andrew Thompson. Photo: Alex Brenner

The Stage Debut Awards 2018: the winners in their own words

Sep 24, 2018

News

News

Bennetts Associates drawing of the new Shaftesbury Theatre and Princes Circus

Pedestrianised zone outside Shaftesbury Theatre to reintegrate it with ‘the public realm’

Sep 25, 2018

News

David Attenborough. Photo: Lev Radin/Shutterstock

David Attenborough claims BBC ‘does not do enough to promote arts and culture’

Sep 25, 2018

News

James Graham at The Stage Debut Awards. Photo: David Monteith-Hodge

James Graham: ‘Theatres must take more risks on new work’

Sep 24, 2018

News

Former Stoke Newington chapel converted into 120-seat theatre

Sep 24, 2018

Reviews

Reviews

The Other Place review at Park Theatre, London – ‘a compelling play about dementia’

Sep 25, 2018

Reviews

Trial by Laughter review at Watermill Theatre, Newbury – ‘Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s courtroom comedy’

Sep 25, 2018

Reviews

Benidorm Live review at Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘saucy humour’

Sep 25, 2018

Reviews

Das Rheingold review at Royal Opera House, London – ‘savvy stagecraft’

Sep 25, 2018

Opinion

Opinion

Paul Clayton: Should Spotlight advertise theatre jobs that don’t pay Equity minimum?

Sep 25, 2018

Opinion

For freelance theatre workers, getting through the leaner times can take a little help from our friends

Sep 25, 2018

Advice

Scholarships

The Stage Scholarships past winners: where are they now?

Sep 25, 2018

The Green Room

The Green Room: What’s the difference between acting for the stage and screen?

Sep 25, 2018

Features

Features

Institute of Contemporary Arts. Photo: Rob Battersby

How the ICA is bringing performance back and wants to ‘set the agenda’

Sep 25, 2018

Interviews

Touching the Void designer Ti Green: ‘This job is not just choosing the chairs, it’s shaping the narrative’

Sep 24, 2018

Interviews

Kenneth Omole

Barber Shop Chronicles star Kenneth Omole: ‘It’s always a push to be better than I was yesterday’

Sep 24, 2018

Features

The Stage Debut award winners, left to right: Gus Gowland, Akshay Sharan, Katy Rudd, Amara Okereke, Louis Gaunt, Khadjia Raza, Gemma Dobson and Andrew Thompson. Photo: Alex Brenner

The Stage Debut Awards 2018: the winners in their own words

Sep 24, 2018

International

News

International news round-up: September 20

Sep 19, 2018

Features

Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Photo: Guy Bell

Italy’s New Generation Festival: Promoting culture through a galaxy of rising stars

Sep 17, 2018

Broadway

Opinion

Howard Sherman: The incredible 22-year tale of how a new musical finally got to the stage

Sep 14, 2018

Opinion

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Prince Harry with the cast of Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre. Photo: Craig Sugden

Mark Shenton: Will influx of Broadway musicals prove too much of a good thing?

Sep 5, 2018

In case you missed it

Interviews

Nadia Fall. Photo: Hugo Glendinning

Theatre Royal Stratford East’s Nadia Fall: ‘Change is uncomfortable but you have to reinvent and not stagnate’

Sep 12, 2018

Features

Caryl Churchill. Photo: Marc Brenner

Caryl Churchill at 80 – celebrating UK theatre’s ‘ultimate playwright’

Aug 29, 2018

Opinion

Clockwise from top left: Underground Railroad Game, The Basement Tapes, Square Go, Dandy Darkly's All Aboard, Trojan Horse and What Girls Are Made Of. Photos: Ben Arons/Andi-Crown/Mihaela Bodlovic/Atticus Stevenson/The Other Richard/Sid Scott

What were the best shows at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018? Our critics choose their favourites

Aug 24, 2018

Features

Casting Directors’ Guild Awards Committee members Victor Jenkins, Michael Cox, Alastair Coomer, David Grindrod, Debbie McWilliams, Sophie Hallett and Andy Pryor at the Casting Awards launch. Photo: Scarlet Page

What do casting directors look for in auditions? Theatre’s hidden talent spotters reveal the secrets of their trade

Aug 1, 2018

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