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"Rufus: we've got a problem with some flying stuff." The opening night of Emily Lim's Pericles at the National Theatre is in
The most powerful piece of theatre at last year's Edinburgh Fringe was Hannah Gadsby's devastating, deconstructed confessional Nanette. Despite the lavish praise
Since Jason Donovan left the soap opera Neighbours in 1989 for a career in music, he hasn’t really looked back. The darling
The Stage's joint lead critic Tim Bano has won the features prize at this year's Allen Wright Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
1. The smell of Toast in Nigel Slater's Toast at the Traverse. The lemon meringue pie was pretty good too. More fringe
Within only a few years of Marilyn Monroe’s death, conspiracy theories began to evolve. Her links with mafia figures were well known,
There has been no shortage of gig theatre up in Edinburgh this year. There's been gig romcoms, gig documentaries, gig dramas, and
This week, Broadway musical Waitress announced it is to transfer to the West End next year, while Hollyoaks actor Duncan James has
The Stage Edinburgh Awards recognise outstanding performances at the Edinburgh Fringe and have been awarded throughout August, with winners including individual performers
Nick Starr, the co-founder of the Bridge Theatre in London, has been announced as the new chair of the board for the
Tim Bano Mistero Buffo " Underbelly This monologue was Dario Fo's party piece for around 30 years, so it takes guts to
There’s lashings of fun and heaps of inventive adventure to be had in Gobbledigook Theatre’s hands-on adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five.
As a new book throws a revealing, fresh light on Bob Fosse's life, Michael Quinn traces the legacy of the innovative and
Thank God for the orchestra. Tchaikovsky's blazingly inventive ballet score receives a well-rounded interpretation by the English National Opera orchestra under the
Edward Hall has announced he is stepping down as artistic director of Hampstead Theatre early next year. Hall joined the north London
Le Gateau Chocolat and Pussy Riot are among the winners of the 2018 Total Theatre Awards. The awards, which celebrate innovation in
Scathing wit and the most unflattering self-pity vie for prominence in Simon Callow’s performed recitation of Oscar Wilde’s letter to his former
The final batch of The Stage Edinburgh Awards have been announced, with winners including performers from Mistero Buffo and It’s True, It’s
Five regional theatres are to share more than £20,000 in capital grants from the Theatres Trust. The awards, made through the UK
The number of GCSE students sitting creative subjects this year has slipped by 10% on last year, prompting yet further warnings that
For a moment, it seems like Stuart Laws' The Journey might be the worst thing ever " a lame, loosely structured romcom
For every gram of cocaine snorted on the UK’s streets, criminals profit, communities suffer, ecosystems are destroyed, and people die. That's the
There are buckets of blood in Michael Boyd's production of Tamburlaine. Literally. This gripping staging of Christopher Marlowe's telling of a lowly
Much has been written about the breaking of the fourth wall, that imaginary barrier at the edge of a proscenium stage, clearly
"It's time to free ourselves from the obsession with the perfectly formed, beautifully diverse audience," declared Nicholas Hytner in the Sunday Times
