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Fairview review at Young Vic, London – ‘stunning production of an extraordinary play’

Cumbernauld Theatre staff face redundancy as venue prepares to go dark

Spotlight under fire for ‘hypocritical and discriminatory’ joining rules

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Opinion

Strictly Arts’ Corey Campbell: For a regional theatre to survive, its communities need to be part of the story

Dec 6, 2019

Opinion

Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan in Slave Play. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Howard Sherman: The post-play discussion that went viral shows theatre can really touch a nerve

Dec 6, 2019

News

News

Production news round-up: Nicola Roberts to make stage debut in City of Angels

Dec 6, 2019

News

The number of GCSE drama students in England has fallen by 4%. Photo: Wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock

Arts education experts welcome UK’s improved academic rankings, but say creative subjects must not be overlooked

Dec 6, 2019

News

Exeter Northcott boss steps in to save pantomime press night

Dec 6, 2019

News

Photo: Sean De Burca/Shutterstock

First casting certification course launched in bid to ‘demystify’ the craft

Dec 6, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Christmas Carol – A Fairy Tale review at Wilton’s Music Hall – ‘a feminist twist on Dickens’

Dec 6, 2019

Reviews

Patrick Ryecart and Nuwan Hugh Perera in A Christmas Carol at the Barn Theatre. Photo: Evoke Pictures

A Christmas Carol review at Barn Theatre, Cirencester – ‘stunning technical wizardry’

Dec 6, 2019

Reviews

Lauren Waine and Hannabiel Sanders in the Snow Queen at Northern Stage. Photo: Pamela Raith

The Snow Queen review at Northern Stage, Newcastle – ‘packed with pleasing touches’

Dec 6, 2019

Reviews

Cath Whitefield in The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse at the Unicorn Theatre. Photo: Robert Day

The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse review at Unicorn Theatre, London – ‘warm and witty’

Dec 6, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Strictly Arts’ Corey Campbell: For a regional theatre to survive, its communities need to be part of the story

Dec 6, 2019

Opinion

Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan in Slave Play. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Howard Sherman: The post-play discussion that went viral shows theatre can really touch a nerve

Dec 6, 2019

Features

Promoted

Christmas comes early for Stagecoach student with lead role in Sainsbury’s commercial

Dec 6, 2019

Features

Musical director George Francis: ‘I’ve never felt comfortable telling people my age until now’

Dec 4, 2019

Features

‘I’d like to get out of theatre by the time I’m 50’ – remembering Jonathan Miller, 38 years ago in The Stage

Dec 4, 2019

Features

Lyn Gardner speaks to Nigel Farnall and Angelica Puscasu, winners of the inaugural Achates Philanthropy Prize. Photo: James Allan

‘I never ask for money, I always ask for change’ – How transforming philanthropy can transform theatre

Dec 4, 2019

Advice

Advice

West End Producer

Dear West End Producer: ‘How necessary is it for aspiring directors to have an MA to break into the industry?’

Dec 4, 2019

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: Am I suited to overseas work?

Dec 4, 2019

International

Interviews

Cabaret artist Leah Shelton: ‘It’s about how you should behave sexually as a man or a woman’

Dec 2, 2019

News

Farnham Maltings to merge with Visiting Arts exchange programme

Dec 2, 2019

Broadway

Reviews

Jagged Little Pill review at Broadhurst Theatre, New York – ‘some scorching moments’

Dec 6, 2019

Opinion

Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan in Slave Play. Photo: Matthew Murphy

Howard Sherman: The post-play discussion that went viral shows theatre can really touch a nerve

Dec 6, 2019

In case you missed it

News

Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2019: the winners in full

Nov 24, 2019

Opinion

The top pantos to look out for in 2019, from the Palladium’s Goldilocks to Belfast’s Beauty and the Beast

Nov 14, 2019

Features

Conductor Pascale Van Os and orchestra at the Royal Opera House. Photo: Danielle Patrick

Long Read: Access all arias – does opera have a gender problem?

Nov 6, 2019

Features

Inside story: Theatre in prisons and the fight for rehabilitation

Oct 30, 2019

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