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Actors including West End star Hayley Tamaddon have criticised the rise of castings based on performers' social media followings, claiming the move
As Follies returns to the National Theatre, the Olivier-winning Joanna Riding is taking on the role Imelda Staunton played in the hit
I set up Amplified Theatre in 2015 to combine my two great loves " theatre and music " and create work that
There's a lot of muddle in the debates around identity politics in theatre, whether of gender, sexuality, race or disability. This can
Long before In the Heights and Hamilton brought him to international prominence, Lin-Manuel Miranda was a member of the improvisational comedy hip-hop
As a film, All About Eve is pretty close to perfect. Written and directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz in 1950, it's also one
Though a big hit when first staged, Githa Sowerby's 1912 play went unperformed for decades until a relatively recent resurgence of interest
The casting directors behind Hamilton have won an inaugural award in celebration of their work. Paul Wooller, Felicity French and Trevor Jackson
Southwark Playhouse’s artistic director has defended the decision to use a puppet to represent an autistic child in a forthcoming production at
Blue is the first fully-fledged new production for young theatre company, Chippy Lane Productions. It's a classic premise: a very domestic drama
Former dancer and choreographer Shelley Maxwell fell in love with movement direction after working on the Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet. She tells
Should you take a full degree or just top up an existing qualification? Susan Elkin finds out why the quality of the
How did you start in theatre? While reading English and theatre studies at the University of Lancaster, I was introduced to physical
I didn't speak for two weeks on my first job, and I ended it having a voice. It was career and life-changing
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English National Opera's collaboration with Improbable and its director Phelim McDermott on Philip Glass' 1984 opera returns for its first revival. It
Mr Burns author Anne Washburn's new play tackles the divisive US president. She tells Hugh Montgomery why she unfazed by negative criticism
Having seen the results of brilliant people bringing about social change with swift, direct action for the #MeToo campaign, there are surely
Can we just think for a minute about a friend of mine, who has a gig on March 30 " in Europe.
Theatres need to speed up their efforts on improving diversity in their workforces, Arts Council England’s latest assessment of the industry has
It's great to see this fabulous, uplifting, be-yourself show still smashing it in the West End. Eighteen months after it opened at
This is the first of this year's many Arthur Miller revivals. The next few months will see stagings of his work at
Musicals Michael Ball and Alfie Boe will both return to Les Miserables in the West End later this year for a concert
Cast members, workers and suppliers involved with a collapsed pantomime in Kent claim they have been left tens of thousands of pounds
The scenic resources department at the RSC has to realise a director's vision on time, intact and on budget. Its head, Becky
