2,435 stories by "The Stage"
Rufus Norris has been appointed to succeed Nicholas Hytner as director of the National Theatre. Below, we feature a selection of industry reaction from Twitter. Rufus Norris? Brilliant news.…
Casting service fees, My Theatre Matters!, Shakespeare Day campaign, awaiting Urinetown and Phoenix friends
Paying up to save theatres, call for friends of the National and Old Vic, charity regulation, friendly tigers, congratulating Elaine Paige and memories of Gerard Murphy
Theatres from Devon to the Lake District have been revealed among the shortlisted nominees for the My Theatre Matters! most welcoming theatre award. The prize will be presented at the UK The…
Ticketmaster released the infographic below to illustrate their State of Play: Theatre report, published today.
Ben Seale answers questions about Spotlight, Octagon Bolton's September season and new models of backstage training
Searching for a Pierrot, more booking fees, remembering David Jacobs and The Stage's role in the rise of Frost
The need for technical training, lobbying the mayor for independent theatre, more questions of funding, dressing Dora Bryan and memories of Berry's Sidney Robertshaw
Public voting has now opened to find the UK's most welcoming theatre, as part of the My Theatre Matters! campaign. My Theatre Matters! was launched earlier this year by The Stage, Equity and…
The Stage Castings is an online casting service that will transform the way you find performance work thestage.co.uk/castings We know how difficult it is to stand out from the crowd of talen…
Cutting-edge video audition technology will make the free to use Stage Castings an indispensable tool in your casting activities, says Jennifer Reischel thestage.co.uk/castings When it comes…
Debating the dullness of Shaw, vicar overuse and memories of Mike Winters
Acting is a craft, not a thesis Delighted as I am about Rose Bruford's place in the recent National Student Survey, I take issue with Michael Earley's suggestion that drama schools must now …
We will fight until the last I refer to Nicola Merrifield's story, "Future looks bleak for Scarborough venue" (News, August 8, page 4). This is a plain and straightforward report of the pres…
Janet Suzman and former winners David Calvitto and Theatre Ad Infinitum are among the nominees for this year’s Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Now …
Equity and Edinburgh, tribunal fees and more mobile mis-use
Theatres across the UK will be able to put themselves forward to be recognised as the country's most welcoming venue as part of the My Theatre Matters! campaign. My Theatre Matters! was laun…
National Shakespeare Day support from No 10, paying musicians what they're worth, the return of gobbledegook and nothing like a dame
Funding the Dudley Hippodrome, honouring Joan Littlewood, engaging youth in theatre and the value of understudies
Plea for BAME data, sign language correction, call for Equity expenditure ideas and memories of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
My Theatre Matters! is looking for audience members and theatre employees to become MTM! campaign champions. Thousands of people have already signed up to support the campaign, which was lau…
Two bards not better than one Further to Annie Bright's letter (Stage Talk, July 4, page 8), this is an 'all stations alert'. As readers will know from Annie's letter, a petition in person r…
The future of the Futurist Theatre, Northern Ballet still en pointe, bookshop horror is best, audience etiquette and heavyweights back in the West End
Showing support for summer seasons by the seaside, petitioning for Shakespeare Day, value of understudies, group theatre booking cancellations and call for Latin music
Ballet funding, venue evictions, West End ticket prices, fond memories of Michael Earl and under Barnum's shadow