1,125 stories by "Natasha Tripney"
Some 4,000 shows are invading the Scottish capital during August. To see it all, you’d have to see over 150 shows a
This week it's all happening in Manchester. The programme for this year's MIF is crammed full of exciting cross-form collaborations. Maxine Peake
With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe looming ever closer, theatre companies are prepping their wares and testing their material around the country. Natasha
This week, as summer finally, belatedly erupts, it's a good thing that there's a rich and varied array of open air work
"Alot of things have come together in Manchester recently," says Sarah Frankcom, artistic director of the city's Royal Exchange Theatre. "There's a
With Secret Cinema's previous " properly secret " screenings, part of the pleasure was in the game itself, the state of not
This week, in addition to openings at Young Vic and National, the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival of outdoor work gets underway
Another full week, particularly in London where there are new openings at the National and the Royal Court, and Soho Theatre begins
Tick, tick, tick. The running time for the Almeida Theatre's current " excellent " production of the Oresteia, the first production in
So much excitement happening this week, it's hard to know where to start. New plays at the National and Royal Court are
It's a relatively quiet week in terms of new shows in London, until Friday at least when the Almeida's Greek season gets
"It's a bit like a play and a gig happening at the same time." Tristan Bernays is trying to pin down just
There are fewer big openings in London this week because of the bank holiday though these include new shows at the Donmar
"The History Boys was a massive part of my life." When Samuel Barnett talks about his time in Alan Bennett's iconic production
With 2015 set to be another strong year for theatre festivals, Natasha Tripney rounds up the best events taking place over the
The Stage has, as you may be aware, recently launched its Critic Search to unearth new writing talent. It is, I believe,
Festival season is still in full swing " in Brighton, Norwich and Bristol " but the main event of the week is
This week is full of festivals. The Brighton Festival and Fringe enter their second week, as does the Norfolk and Norwich Festival,
"We need to find a way of focusing on parents working within the arts," David Mercatali insists. Having separate conversations about the needs
In the first in my weekly round-ups of new writing and work from the subsidised sector, there's a double dose of political
"What we're doing here is world-building," says Oliver Lansley. Together, with co-director James Seager, his company Les Enfants Terribles is in the
Now a major milestone in the international cultural calendar, the Brighton Festival " complemented by the Brighton Fringe, one of the largest
The 2015 Olivier Awards felt like a solid reflection of the excellent work that has been filling our stages – albeit a
"It felt like I was writing from the subconscious," Ross Sutherland explains over black coffee in the Electric Elephant cafe in south
"This year is our 10-year anniversary so we thought, 'lets do 10 shows', which is obviously a very sensible thing to do
