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Level Up, a show that braids professional and community work together, ends my first season at the Bush. It's one of the
Madonna has just ended a residency at the London Palladium, where audience members were required to place their phones in sealed pouches
Benjamin Britten's adaption of Henry James' novella The Turn of the Screw presents a number of challenges to any director, not least
Arinzé Kene will star as Bob Marley in a new musical based on the musician's life that will premiere in the West
Director Bryan Hodgson stepped in at the last minute to save a reimagined production of The Importance of Being Earnest at the
In 2014, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, a move that not only banned same sex
For more than 25 years, Marjorie Bates Murphy served as The Stage's North West correspondent, contributing always insightful reviews from her first
I Think We Are Alone " King's Theatre, Edinburgh Scott Graham and Kathy Burke co-direct Frantic Assembly's touring production of a new
Who owns Shakespeare? The answer to that, of course, is nobody and all of us. Shakespeare may be English but try telling
Some of the most beloved operas come freighted with the heaviest cultural baggage. Consider Madama Butterfly, Puccini's 1904 opera. Set in Nagasaki,
This week's round-up includes Carrie Hope Fletcher in the lead role of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella. Musicals Carrie Hope Fletcher will star
Vicky Moran's new play aims to highlight the growing issue of homelessness among young LGBT+ in the UK. Following interviews with a
Howard and Stu's last production of Richard II was critically mauled in the local press and the duo don't know how to
The Pleasance has launched a scheme to support artists of colour to take work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Charlie Hartill
Screws are prison officers, whose function is to operate doors. You're only good as a screw if you have respect, which Nicole
The government is being urged to introduce a legal requirement for all child modelling agencies to be licensed before they are allowed
Leicester's Curve has launched a series of initiatives designed to support artists and companies in the Midlands. The theatre has opened a
The University of Cambridge is set to launch its first master's degree in writing for performance. The programme will be devised and
Over his 75-year career, Calvin has performed in 54 pantomimes. He tells Nick Smurthwaite about advising Ian McKellen, rejecting a career in
Carrie Hope Fletcher will play the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennell's new version of Cinderella when it opens
Producer Thelma Holt and children's casting director Jo Hawes are among the figures whose contributions to the industry will be celebrated at
Tim Crouch's I, Cinna (The Poet) is the fifth in his series of shows giving full life to some of Shakespeare's minor
Rufus Hound and Katy Brand have been announced to join the cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie in the West End. Actor,
Jim Beirne, chief executive of Live Theatre in Newcastle, has announced he is stepping down after running the venue for 20 years.
Jay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh to star in Sleepless " A Musical Romance when it runs in London this year. Based on
