Over the past month, four stories about the entertainment industry have made a deep impression on me. The first was Anne-Marie Duff candidly talking about
Over the past few weeks, our news has been preoccupied with the spiralling violence against young people on London's streets this year. Among
In recent years, the Oliviers have often felt at the mercy of the broadcasters, appearing grateful that anyone still wants to put
At this Sunday's Olivier Awards " the West End's biggest night of the year " will there be a David-and-Goliath moment in
More than any other art form, the musical seems to have the ability to cause an extreme reaction " either in support
I have been in Australia and New Zealand for the past few weeks, experiencing the major festival season that runs in both
In recent weeks, the UK was hit by severe weather " blizzards, gales and extreme cold " forcing the Met Office to issue
On a street in Adelaide, two solo shows are currently running in neighbouring theatres. Both take their audiences on a journey into space
The Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) took place in Brisbane last week. It was the final one in this city, which hosted
Two of the top-selling chart albums of the past 12 months were Alfie Boe and Michael Ball's Together Again, and Leading Ladies, featuring West End stars Beverley
Theatre is often compared to a race: which building or company is getting ahead? Which is falling behind? A theatre can end up
In the same week that The Stage published its harassment report, I finished reading Get Me the Urgent Biscuits, Sweetpea Slight's memoir about working as an assistant
Last week, I received the accolade of becoming the first British producer to have opened theatre productions simultaneously in the US and Iran
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet's double-dealing real-estate drama, ends its revival run at London's Playhouse Theatre next week. When the Olivier nominations are announced
James Barber may not be a familiar name to those outside the industry, but he was as great a star as any
Last Saturday, two productions closed in the West End, but with differing fortunes. The first was the long-running Stomp. After 15 years in
We are a nation obsessed with lists. The end of the year brings out the annual countdowns featuring everything from gaffes to
This year, I will be heading to the Pavilion Theatre Gorleston to see Cinderella, perhaps not the most obvious pantomime destination amid the UK's
Venus in Fur, the hit Broadway show by US playwright David Ives, ended its first British run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket last Saturday.
In these globally turbulent times of Trump, Brexit and a myriad of other issues, the social purpose of theatre has never been more
Theatre finds itself between a rock and hard place. The past couple of months have left many of us with a mix of emotions and
Two new plays, Labour of Love and Ink, are currently running at the Noel Coward and the Duke of York, neighbouring theatres
We all know how competitive the theatre profession is. "How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?" I heard
Ask theatre devotees what first sparked their love of the stage, and many will answer that it was a show at their
Can lyrics be literature? That was the subject of a platform event that took place during the recent Old Vic run of Girl