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I have never been what you would describe as 'down with the kids', so when one of my excellent colleagues on Quiz
The end of a show run is never easy. Whether you've been working on a it for three years or three weeks,
Working in the arts is hard. It can be beautiful, rewarding, inspiring and often we couldn't dream of really doing anything else.
Fourteen years before he won the Pulitzer Prize for August: Osage County, Tracy Letts made his playwriting debut with Killer Joe, a
As a sound designer and composer Isobel Waller-Bridge works across stage and screen. She tells Catherine Love about the skills theatre has
Pulse is an important event, one of a dwindling handful of regional festivals focussed firmly on early-career theatremakers and dedicated to nurturing
A performance of Julie at the National Theatre was disrupted in its final moments after two audience members became embroiled in a
Happily-ever-afters are so ubiquitous in work for children that a story that embraces ambiguity is a refreshing experience. Based on the picture
Euripides' tragedy, a long wail by the women left behind after the sacking of Troy, has seen innumerable adaptations but none, perhaps,
Sophie Stone was the first deaf student to gain a place at RADA and is co-founder of deaf and hearing theatre company
Just as Shakespeare has his problem plays, Mozart has Cosi Fan Tutte " one might translate the title as That's What Women
Last year, hip-hop company Boy Blue Entertainment presented the searing triptych Blak Whyte Gray in London and Edinburgh, a performance that brought
The West End doesn't get much weirder than this. A bilingual staging of Moliere's 1664 comedy Tartuffe, relocated to contemporary California, translated
Ex-English teacher and poet Caleb Femi has had a hell of a life. He spent his early childhood in Nigeria, followed his
Ballet Now will launch 10 new works in five years, pledging to expand its classical repertoire with fresh offerings. Neil Norman finds
The intensive summer repertory schedule at Pitlochry Festival Theatre bears an extra weight of expectation this season, with long-standing artistic director John
People-watching is recreated as theatre in director Wils Wilson’s engaging production of Peter Handke’s dialogue-free play The Hour We Knew Nothing of
A column in The Stage this week argues that gendered job titles, such as wardrobe mistress and wardrobe master, should be ditched
Full casting has been announced for Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe, starring the previously announced Mark Rylance and Andre Holland. They are joined
The perfect juxtaposition of country-house charm in venue and urban sophistication in material, this joyous revival of Frank Loesser’s 1950 Broadway classic
Channing Tatum is bringing a live show based on the film Magic Mike to London's Hippodrome Casino. Magic Mike Live begins previews
Garsington has a long track record with Richard Strauss, and in their 30th season, they return to his operatic will and testament,
Sewing tends to be thought of as a quiet, meditative activity performed by women in peaceful surroundings. The men’s prison in which
Much like Jennifer Lawrence and and Marilyn Monroe, Tanya Burr does not have any formal acting qualifications. Unlike those two, the YouTube
I spent part of last week at the Edinburgh International Children's Festival. It's one of an increasing number of children's arts and
