35,882 stories from The Stage
As I reach the end of my first year as executive director of the Donmar, I've been reflecting on an exciting first
Comedy is a serious business and Nikolai Erdman's 1928 farce The Suicide takes it very seriously indeed. In her new version of the
This jam-packed historical comedy from Julia Grogan and Lydia Higman is full of unexpected twists. Liberty Whitley (Grogan), orphaned, and brought up
The Marriage of Figaro was premiered in febrile times, in 1786, on the eve of the French Revolution. Emperor Joseph II had
The artistic director of Legal Aliens theatre company, which is staging the UK premiere of Closed Lands, tells Ruth Comerford about the
British theatre is no stranger to staging tales of journalism, from unpicking the lives of reporters who work in the salacious, satirical
Selladoor Worldwide has launched a new app that will allow audience members to order interval drinks to their seats. Called Diva, the
A former parish centre in Sunderland is to reopen as an arts centre, offering classes in stilt-walking and costume-making. The former St
From its charming turn-off-your-phones announcement to its playful 'what next?' last line, The Wolves in the Walls is a reassuringly confident piece
In a quarter of a century, 'kiosk queen' Mary Joseph has become a fixture at London's Almeida Theatre. The winner of this
A show at Welsh National Opera was twice stopped by the conductor after mobile phones went off in the audience. Carlo Rizzi
Buskers and street performers will need licences to work at some of London's most popular tourist sites after a crackdown by Westminster
Producers will have to meet the "hidden" cost of designers' model boxes, under a new pay agreement that will see rates increase
Eight UK performers are quarantined in a hospital in the Wirral having been evacuated from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship. The performers were
Arts Council England has warned that national portfolio organisations could put their future funding in jeopardy if they do not meet "stretching
With their passion for the immediacy of new writing, Paines Plough's new joint artistic directors Katie Posner and Charlotte Bennett tell Kate
"Producers are like unicorns. They are magic and they have the answers," was one of the more colourful declarations at the ever-invigorating
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? " Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol David Mercatali " a director who's something of an expert in intensity
It has been a sobering month. From Laurence Fox to Andrew Sabisky to the recently published Arts Council England diversity report that
Actor Robert Bathurst has spent his career switching between popular TV shows such as Cold Feet and theatre roles around the UK.
This week's round up includes Giles Terera starring as Sammy Davis Jr in Hammersmith Lyric theatre's musical adaptation, and Kate Fleetwood playing
Terry Downes was a world middleweight boxing champion known in his day as the "Paddington Express". James McNicholas, the sports writer, comedian
Troubadour White City Theatre is to close down permanently, less than a year after launching. Troubadour revealed that the 1,000-seat theatre will
A new research project is to take a workshop into schools that aims to introduce students to careers in backstage roles. The
Nicholas Serota has rejected claims that Arts Council England's new 10-year strategy neglects gender equality. The Arts Council chair has responded to
