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Here you can find backstage and technical news, features, and interviews to keep up to date with the latest industry developments. Discover more about backstage and technical with articles on set, lighting and sound design, trends in technology and more.

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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Theatre’s greatest strength is that we must experience it together

One of theatre’s supreme attributes is that it provides a collective experience, suggests Lyn Gardner – the opportunity to feel something together
Amanda Parker
by Amanda Parker

Would it be a crime to kill a sacred cow to free up a West End theatre?

The Mousetrap has been a guaranteed seat-filler for nearly 75 years, but is it time to reassess its right to a prime theatre spot in perpetuity? asks Amanda Parker

Editor's View

Andrew Lloyd Webber is right about Broadway – but the West End could be next

Andrew Lloyd Webber is right to worry that Broadway is now financially unviable for producers, says The Stage editor Matthew Hemley, but this has implications for UK producers too

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The Stage Interview

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

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Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Sutton Foster

Performer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Jane Asher

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Nancy Carroll

Actor
Es Devlin
“I'd be lost without theatre”

Es Devlin

Designer
Designer Es Devlin – who has created sets for shows ranging from The Lehman Trilogy to Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour to the Super Bowl half-time show – details her career journey and the importance and future of design
Chloe Lamford
“I’m getting more succinct”

Chloe Lamford

designer
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
“A Christmas Carol feels relevant”

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

Writer
Tom Piper
“I create spaces that focus on performance”

Tom Piper

Designer
Mark Dakin
“Ultimately, it's about setting values and living those values”

Mark Dakin

Technical director

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Sutton Foster

Performer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Michael Sheen

Actor and artistic director

Annilese Miskimmon

Artistic director

Lynette Linton

Director and writer

Akram Khan

Choreographer

Sutton Foster

Performer

Michael Pennington

Actor, director and writer

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Jane Asher

Actor

Nancy Carroll

Actor
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Long Reads

Women in tech: what’s blocking the path to equality?

Women in tech: what’s blocking the path to equality?

by Holly O'Mahony
The gender imbalance backstage is a long way from fixed, but women who have smashed the glass ceiling tell Holly O’Mahony that they are optimistic for the sector’s future
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Features

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Looking back to 1988: the National Theatre’s drum revolve finally makes its debut

Looking back to 1988: the National Theatre’s drum revolve finally makes its debut

by Nick Smurthwaite
It was the expensive tech that was rumoured to be faulty – until designer William Dudley proved them wrong. The Stage looks back at the debut of the NT’s drum revolve
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Craig Tye

Craig Tye

Technical director
Russ Spencer

Russ Spencer

associate director and company manager
Nigel Lilley

Nigel Lilley

musical director
Ollie Jones 

Ollie Jones 

creative director and writer
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