Thursday, December 10, 2015
Our front page story manages to be both encouraging and deeply disappointing at the same time. It’s great news that progress appears
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, December 3, 2015
In the arts world, the only noise that could be heard above the popping of champagne corks after last week’s comprehensive spending
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMThursday, November 26, 2015
When I first started writing for The Stage, a little over a decade ago, there was a definite perception that the Evening
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, November 19, 2015
Magic was once a mainstay of the West End, but for decades it has been largely out of fashion in theatre. This
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, November 12, 2015
Speaking in our Big Interview this week (pages 12-15), Gregory Doran highlights one of the key differences between him and his predecessor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, November 5, 2015
On the face of things, British theatre is enjoying a golden period. This week, we discovered the first accurate estimates for total
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, October 29, 2015
As someone about to open a new theatre in London, former National Theatre executive director Nick Starr does not come from a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMThursday, October 22, 2015
Last Sunday’s UK Theatre Awards was, as ever, a joyous celebration of the quite incredible standard of theatre that is produced up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Should we have an awards ceremony devoted to black theatre? Don Warrington, soon to appear on stage as King Lear at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, October 8, 2015
Les Miserables chalks up a remarkable 30 years in the West End today. It is a phenomenon, a juggernaut of a show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, October 1, 2015
Theatre can be a funny place. It is generally regarded as a bastion of liberalism, populated by nice, progressive, broadly left-wing people.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, September 24, 2015
The business of running a theatre gets more and more complicated. Long gone are the days when an artistic director’s principal, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, September 3, 2015
Tim Roberts is not the first, and he certainly won’t be the last, person to get in trouble because of something he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, August 27, 2015
Does London need any more theatres? This is a pertinent question in light of the announcement by Nicks Hytner and Starr that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, August 20, 2015
We celebrate producers in this issue of The Stage – the people in theatre who get things done and without whom, frankly,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, August 13, 2015
The National Youth Theatre has got itself into something of a pickle over the cancellation of Homegrown, its planned play about radicalisation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, August 6, 2015
It’s the beginning of August, which can only mean one thing for UK theatre types: Edinburgh. The festival is a traditional rite
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, July 30, 2015
The arts sector has been preparing itself for cuts since the general election. In fact, it has been preparing for cuts since
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMSaturday, July 25, 2015
Last week, I attended a launch event at the Shard – that shiny phallic temple to capitalism on the south side of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThursday, July 23, 2015
This week, we’ve announced the three grand finalists of The Stage Critic Search – our competition to find undiscovered theatre critics across
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, July 16, 2015
The Equity versus McAlinden case has never really been about money – or not about the money involved in this specific case.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, July 9, 2015
While the West End is not short of theatres, it has been a long-held complaint that it is short of certain types
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Ticket prices in the West End are up, ticket prices
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:23AMThursday, June 25, 2015
I’d hazard a guess that the vast majority of us who work in and around theatre were first introduced to theatregoing while
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, June 18, 2015
Former Royal Shakespeare Company boss Adrian Noble’s revelation that he is able to earn five times as much for his work abroad
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, June 4, 2015
Darren Henley, Arts Council England’s new chief executive, is an impressive operator and he’s clearly sensed the way the wind is blowing.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThursday, May 28, 2015
Musicals are the workhorses of the UK theatre industry. In last week’s paper, we revealed that they account for 60% of total
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMMonday, May 25, 2015
As job opportunities in theatre dry up on land, cruise ships are pouring money into productions out on the high seas
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMAs regional playhouses wrestle with funding cuts, touring companies are more crucial than ever before. Time to applaud
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMFrozen dessert and a baking auditorium aren't the most obvious of partners, but at some point in the last 150 years the half-time ice-cream became a British institution. When ... and why?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMThe swell of internet reviews and unpalatable prices mean theatre previews no longer benefit producers or customers. So what's the point?
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM 
