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Julie Walters. Photo: Twocoms/Shutterstock

Working-class actors no more disadvantaged today than 40 years ago – report

Matthew Croke, Trevor Dion Nicholas and cast in Aladdin, one of the West End’s most widely diverse musicals, at the Prince Edward Theatre. Photo: Deen van Meer/Disney

Exclusive: diversity of West End musicals revealed for first time

Billy Budd review at Royal Opera House, London – ‘visually spectacular and musically arresting’

All My Sons review at Old Vic, London – ‘stunning performances from Sally Field and Bill Pullman’

Giles Terera in rehearsal for upcoming Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Photo: Johan Persson

Giles Terera: ‘Shakespeare is a metaphor for life – persistence pays off’

Editor's Picks

Interviews

Gals Aloud and Christopher Clegg (inset)

Gals Aloud producer Christopher Clegg: ‘We’re much more than just a drag show’

Apr 25, 2019

Opinion

Adrienne Warren (centre) in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Photo: Manuel Harlan

Editor’s View: West End musicals lead the way on diverse casting but there are still some major gaps

Apr 25, 2019

News

News

Cameron Mackintosh plans works at Noel Coward Theatre to improve audience experience

Apr 25, 2019

News

Photo: Shutterstock

Female writers are pigeonholed and considered a bigger risk than men – Writers’ Guild

Apr 25, 2019

News

The audience during the baby and parent performance of Emilia at the Vaudeville

More than 170 babies attend West End’s first parent and baby performance

Apr 25, 2019

News

Edinburgh’s first purpose-built performance venue in more than 100 years wins planning permission

Apr 25, 2019

Reviews

Reviews

Beetlejuice review at the Winter Garden, New York – ‘uneasy mixture of the mournful and macabre’

Apr 26, 2019

Reviews

Bach6Cellosuiten review at Sadler’s Wells, London – ‘contemplative pairing of movement and music’

Apr 25, 2019

Reviews

Ghosts review at Royal and Derngate, Northampton – ‘lushly designed and atmospheric’

Apr 25, 2019

Reviews

Ink review at Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New York – ‘James Graham’s prescient and absorbing play’

Apr 25, 2019

Opinion

Opinion

Richard Jordan: RSC’s embracing of understudy performances shows it has come a long way

Apr 25, 2019

Opinion

Adrienne Warren (centre) in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Photo: Manuel Harlan

Editor’s View: West End musicals lead the way on diverse casting but there are still some major gaps

Apr 25, 2019

Features

Interviews

Gals Aloud and Christopher Clegg (inset)

Gals Aloud producer Christopher Clegg: ‘We’re much more than just a drag show’

Apr 25, 2019

Features

Former EIF director bemoans British theatre lagging behind the continent – 20 years ago in The Stage

Apr 24, 2019

Obituaries

Obituary: John Toogood – Theatre administrator and manager who oversaw a series of iconic West End shows

Apr 24, 2019

Interviews

Giles Terera in rehearsal for upcoming Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Photo: Johan Persson

Giles Terera: ‘Shakespeare is a metaphor for life – persistence pays off’

Apr 24, 2019

Advice

Advice

John Byrne. Photo: Catherine Usher

Careers Clinic: Will my ‘stupid’ past online haunt me?

Apr 24, 2019

Advice

West End Producer

Dear West End Producer: ‘How do you deal with a fellow lead who cuts off your lines every time?’

Apr 24, 2019

International

Interviews

Jackie Hagan on performing her work overseas: ‘People get really emotional about the show’

Apr 15, 2019

Features

Attendees at the IETM plenary meeting in Hull. Photo: T Arran

IETM conference in Hull: ‘UK theatre is far ahead on inclusion – but you also have issues yet to be worked on’

Apr 15, 2019

Broadway

Reviews

Beetlejuice review at the Winter Garden, New York – ‘uneasy mixture of the mournful and macabre’

Apr 26, 2019

Reviews

Ink review at Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New York – ‘James Graham’s prescient and absorbing play’

Apr 25, 2019

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Opinion

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag, Soho Playhouse, New York

Already missing Fleabag? Read the Phoebe Waller-Bridge columns for The Stage

Apr 10, 2019

News

Olivier Awards 2019: the winners in full

Apr 7, 2019

Features

The Stage Podcast: Theatre magic with Ben Hart and the secrets of stage animal wrangling

Mar 28, 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

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