Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Our story about the trials of usher body cameras in the West End proved to be one of those rare industry stories
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2019
As with many aspects of British cultural life, the influence of America looms large in commercial theatre. The apparent split in opinion
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMWednesday, July 10, 2019
Two years ago, we launched The Stage Debut Awards. The concept was to recognise the best emerging talent in theatre before they
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMTuesday, July 2, 2019
The legal rights and wrongs of the dispute between the producers of Tree and the young writers who claim to have been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:15PMWednesday, June 26, 2019
David Morrissey speaks obvious sense when he expresses concerns about the increasing difficulty of breaking into the acting profession for people from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, June 19, 2019
Mark Cornell’s forceful words about audience experience mark a welcome intervention from the Ambassador Theatre Group boss. Since joining as ATG chief
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, June 12, 2019
Awards ceremonies can serve to signal, support and cement existing trends. This year’s Tony Awards were no different. New writing is in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMTuesday, June 4, 2019
As August approaches and preparations for the Edinburgh Fringe swing into gear, another chancer emerges trying to squeeze a few pounds out
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, May 29, 2019
This is getting silly now. Back in 2017, I wrote that it was getting increasingly difficult to find anyone apart from schools
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMWednesday, May 22, 2019
Last September, a news story went viral about Geoffrey Owens – a former star of The Cosby Show – who was snapped
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Undertakings like the Sunday Times Rich List always have a finger-in-the-air quality. But, like that measurement technique, what they lack in accuracy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, May 8, 2019
Two American screen stars give big interviews in The Stage this week, with both Bill Pullman and Wendell Pierce talking insightfully about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, May 1, 2019
Nearly three years ago, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation approached The Stage to ask us to help with an embryonic idea that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, April 24, 2019
Our research into West End musical theatre casts makes for some refreshingly upbeat reading. This marks the first time that we have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, April 17, 2019
Theatre has made, and continues to make, commendable strides in improving onstage representation. But, offstage – especially in technical departments – we
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, April 10, 2019
The 2019 Oliviers was a slick and celebratory evening containing only welcome surprises, well marshalled by host Jason Manford. I was delighted
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, April 3, 2019
Season announcements are a hangover from the days when printed brochures dictated a theatre’s marketing strategy. Theatres revealed shows in batches to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWednesday, March 27, 2019
The Sackler Trust’s decision to suspend its UK grants amid growing controversy has helped a few high-profile arts organisations avoid some extremely
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2019
It is hard to see a route to a happy resolution in the case of Seyi Omooba, the young actor at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWednesday, March 13, 2019
Nimax’s new theatre on the site of the old Astoria will make an intriguing addition to London’s Theatreland. The Astoria was demolished
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2019
The latest chapter in the remarkable saga of the Broadway Peterborough emerged this week with the news that Selladoor Worldwide is to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMWednesday, February 27, 2019
The appointment of Talawa as resident company at the soon-to-reopen Fairfield Halls in Croydon marks the end of a long journey for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
Albert Finney’s death is a huge loss to stage and screen, but it has also served as a lightning rod for wider
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
With local authority support for arts funding falling off a cliff in recent years, councils and cultural organisations are looking at ways
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWednesday, January 30, 2019
As recent events have shown, producing a commercial tour can be a tightrope walk. It has become blessedly rare for West End
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Netflix is often considered a rival to traditional screen entertainment produced by HBO, BBC or the Hollywood film studios. But the streaming
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, January 16, 2019
News last week that Shakespeare’s Globe was looking at a substantial number of redundancies due to “a difficult financial year” followed similar
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, January 9, 2019
There is one figure who, for reasons of eligibility, is perennially absent from The Stage 100, our list of the most influential
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Most of the commercial West End is located in the borough of Westminster (a few theatres are in Camden). It is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
The news from Liverpool this week will make for sobering reading for many theatre leaders around the UK. The Everyman and Playhouse
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, December 5, 2018
Designed by WGR Sprague in 1913, the 425-seat Ambassadors Theatre is probably best known today as having been the West End’s long-term
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