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How did you start off in theatre? At school I was always keen to get involved backstage rather than up front. I
Performers and stage managers working in subsidised theatre will see rates of pay increase by just 2% over the next three years,
Immersive productions are increasingly popular, but safeguarding issues remain thorny. Anna James speaks to theatremakers about how to keep audience members and
Writing during a furnace-like heatwave has been making me think, unsurprisingly, about being really hot. This year I've worked on quite a
I spend most of my working time directing plays, musicals and operas, often abroad. The cultural circumstances are markedly different but the
Moving from the cloister of an 18th-century manor to a geodesic dome in the 18th-century gardens of Belcombe Court seems to have
In James Corley's debut play World's End, global events and intimate histories collide to create a deeply affecting queer love story from
Operatically speaking, David Blake is best known for two substantial works premiered by English National Opera: Toussaint in 1976 and The Plumber's
From playing drums in a punk band to being sound supervisor at the National Theatre, Christopher Shutt has worked on countless high-profile
There's a dark paradox to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: while more and more shows are focusing on feminist issues, there are serious
Ropetackle Arts Centre in West Sussex has warned it will be forced to close unless it can raise £50,000 a year for
Emily Gray has been announced the new executive director of Mercury Musical Developments. She will take over from Victoria Saxton in November
A scheme that helps young people from low-income households access drama school training is expanding its course to three new locations in
This fast-paced, hour-long triple bill at the Grimeborn Festival brings together three pieces linked by the theme of chance. Barber's nine-minute A
The final show of Elizabeth Newman's impressive debut summer season as artistic director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre bears all the hallmarks of
Sex is rarely nailed well on stage. There's the full gamut of fully-clothed bums awkwardly reared in the air and mimed trouser-refastening
Last week, musical star Rebecca Caine criticised a trend for belting in musical theatre, claiming it has led to a "generic sound"
UK audiences were introduced to the Public Theater's Public Works programme through Kwame Kwei-Armah's production of Twelfth Night at the Young Vic
There's a car in Lord of the Rings, racing around Middle-earth. Gladiator has at least one gas-powered chariot and, going by a
Two Trains Running " Royal and Derngate, Northampton Nancy Medina directs a revival of August Wilson's play set in a diner in
Just as the Edinburgh festivals were coming to an end, I read an interview with actor Lindsay Duncan in which she said:
Musical theatre is good for your health. Look at Jule Styne, composer of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gypsy and beyond. He was working
Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! is being lined up for a second summer run in the West End. Producer Jamie Wilson
This week's production news includes an announcement that Marianne Elliott's gender-swapped production of Company is to transfer to Broadway, starring Patti LuPone.
