Letters of the week by The Stage

Setting the record straight on DaDAs I welcome Susan Elkin’s piece “The real barrier isn’t funding” (April 30), which redresses the recent

Competition: Win tickets to see Teddy at Southwark Playhouse by The Stage

Snapdragon Productions and Theatre Bench presents the world premiere of Teddy by Tristan Bernays with music by Dougal Irvine. Elephant and Castle.

Competition: Win tickets to a session in SohoCreate by The Stage

SohoCreate returns to London from 3 – 7 June with a week of talks, chats, drinks and performance with 100 of the

The Stage critics talk about their first reviews by The Stage

With the first round of The Stage Critic Search 2015 coming to the final straight, we asked our critics to share the

Poll: Have you ever felt exploited at a casting? by The Stage

An Equity working group is to be established to investigate casting practice, which will create guidelines to prevent actors being exploited. Have

Letters of the week: May 14 by The Stage

Perhaps it’s time to change tack In response to your article ‘Just 10% of actors are working class’ (May 7, front), perhaps

In The Stage newspaper this week: May 14 by The Stage

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

Competition: Win tickets to Now This is Not the End at the Arcola Theatre by The Stage

“They’re just stories. There’ll come a point when nobody can remember” Six decades ago, Eva lived in Berlin. She remembers her house

Poll: Should BAME theatre have its own version of the MOBO Awards? by The Stage

Theatre Royal Stratford East artistic director Kerry Michael has called for a new awards ceremony to celebrate black, Asian and minority ethnic

In The Stage newspaper this week: May 7 by The Stage

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

Letters of the week by The Stage

Get thee to drama school I have been pondering the much discussed question: ‘‘Do actors need drama school?” to which the answer

Competition: Win a DVD bundle from Icon by The Stage

Starring Pitch Perfect’s Anna Kendrick and Smash’s Jeremy Jordan. The Last Five Years by Tony award winning composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown is a

Poll: Should there be more age-blind casting in theatre? by The Stage

Derek Jacobi is to play Mercutio in Kenneth Branagh’s production of Romeo and Juliet. Should directors follow Branagh’s lead with more age-blind casting in

General election: arts policies by The Stage

With the UK general election just around the corner, Matthew Hemley, Georgia Snow, Thom Dibdin and David Hutchison questioned each of the

In The Stage newspaper this week: April 30 by The Stage

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

The Stage Critic Search 2015 by The Stage

What is The Stage Critic Search? The Stage Critic Search 2015 – in association with TheatrePeople.com – is a competition to find the

Competition: Win tickets to Thriller Live by The Stage

Now in its record breaking 7th year, Thriller Live is a spectacular concert created to celebrate the career of the world’s greatest

Letters of the week by The Stage

Stop propagating funding myth I’ve been following the debate in The Stage regarding the lack of working-class actors at drama schools with

Competition: Win tickets to see The Sound of Music on tour by The Stage

One of the greatest musicals of all time returns to the stage in a magnificent new production to enchant and enthral the

Poll: Could low-paid work destroy the theatre industry? by The Stage

Actor Samuel West has claimed a culture of low and unpaid work in the arts is stifling diversity and “building a time

Competition: Win tickets to Twelve Angry Men on tour by The Stage

Twelve Angry Men follows twelve jurors who have murder on their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate

Watch now: National Theatre’s London Road film trailer by The Stage

In The Stage newspaper this week: April 23 by The Stage

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

Letters of the week by The Stage

Choreographers need bigger role I am writing in response to Hofesh Shechter, Lloyd Newson and Akram Khan’s concerns over the standards of

Competition: Win tickets to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None on tour by The Stage

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, And Then There Were None returns to the stage to follow in

Poll: Is Lloyd Webber right to say some West End theatres are not fit for purpose? by The Stage

Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed a number of West End theatres are “not fit for today’s purpose” and should be replaced. Do

Tessa Ross quits as National Theatre chief executive by The Stage

Tessa Ross has quit as chief executive of the National Theatre after less than six months in post. Ross was appointed in

Competition: Win a copy of Fall of an Empire – The Story of Katherine of Alexandria by The Stage

In one of the biggest British independent films for decades, multi-award winning and academy nominated Peter O’Toole is joined by a glittering

Letters of the week by The Stage

‘Paid amateur’ is an oxymoron In claiming that Equity is “totally missing the point” by “ensuring that amateur actors get paid, instead

Competition: Win a pair of tickets to Ah, Wilderness! at the Young Vic by The Stage

The first show in the Young Vic’s hotly anticipated new season is Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! O’Neill’s warmest, most delightful play is

Poll: Are dancers in the UK being outclassed by those trained overseas? by The Stage

Leading choreographers Akram Khan and Hofesh Shechter have launched a stinging attack on the quality of contemporary dance training in the UK,