Each Edinburgh Fringe tells its own story. Different themes and narratives emerge every year. One of the threads running through this year’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:18AMWe’re entering the final stretch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this week, but there’s no sense of things slowing, with a whole
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“People have this sense of ownership of this play, ergo I have this great sense of responsibility.” Nadia Fall is in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a place of collision. It’s inevitable – with so many performers crammed into a relatively small city,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMAnother all-Edinburgh series of picks from me – because at the moment nothing else really exists; the fringe has the ability to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“We were making by doing in the first instance.” Andy Field and Ira Brand, two of Forest Fringe’s co-directors (the third, Deborah
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTime works differently up here. I know how that sounds; I know just how that sounds – but Fringe time is definitely
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWe’ve hit the second week of the Fringe and the bubble is firmly in place so this is, by necessity, an all-Edinburgh
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMRight then. Here we go. The vast dark star that is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe erupts into life this week. This year’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us but London never sleeps and there’s still plenty of exciting work opening this week. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“We’re looking for the best work for our stages.” Over coffee in one of the upstairs rooms in Soho Theatre, Steve Marmion,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMOn any given year, the mammoth Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme can feel as overwhelming as it does appetising. As artists and their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThis week, while dominated by Edinburgh Fringe previews (of which I’ve compiled some highlights), also provides the opportunity to revisit (or just
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFor the second week running, everything (well, almost everything) is happening in Manchester. The Greater Manchester Fringe is now well underway and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTheatre began outdoors: stories told under the sun, under the stars. Over the centuries we’ve put walls around it, a roof over
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMSome 4,000 shows are invading the Scottish capital during August. To see it all, you’d have to see over 150 shows a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThis week it’s all happening in Manchester. The programme for this year’s MIF is crammed full of exciting cross-form collaborations. Maxine Peake
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWith the Edinburgh Festival Fringe looming ever closer, theatre companies are prepping their wares and testing their material around the country. Natasha
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThis week, as summer finally, belatedly erupts, it’s a good thing that there’s a rich and varied array of open air work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“Alot of things have come together in Manchester recently,” says Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the city’s Royal Exchange Theatre. “There’s a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWith Secret Cinema’s previous – properly secret – screenings, part of the pleasure was in the game itself, the state of not
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThis week, in addition to openings at Young Vic and National, the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival of outdoor work gets underway
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMAnother full week, particularly in London where there are new openings at the National and the Royal Court, and Soho Theatre begins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTick, tick, tick. The running time for the Almeida Theatre’s current – excellent – production of the Oresteia, the first production in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMSo much excitement happening this week, it’s hard to know where to start. New plays at the National and Royal Court are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMIt’s a relatively quiet week in terms of new shows in London, until Friday at least when the Almeida’s Greek season gets
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“It’s a bit like a play and a gig happening at the same time.” Tristan Bernays is trying to pin down just
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMThere are fewer big openings in London this week because of the bank holiday though these include new shows at the Donmar
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM“The History Boys was a massive part of my life.” When Samuel Barnett talks about his time in Alan Bennett’s iconic production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWith 2015 set to be another strong year for theatre festivals, Natasha Tripney rounds up the best events taking place over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMThe Stage has, as you may be aware, recently launched its Critic Search to unearth new writing talent. It is, I believe,
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