35,882 stories from The Stage
A charity has been launched in Edinburgh to support Scottish students who cannot afford to train in the performing arts. The MGA
Edinburgh’s ruling panto triumvirate " Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott " return in a Cinderella that is big on laughs,
Set in 1940 in London and combining Hollywood glitz with wartime drab, this Blitz-era ballet is steeped in tenebrous nostalgia and inspired
What advice do you wish someone had given you starting out? "Someone advised me to train, and I did. If a young
Men directed 100% of Hull Truck and Oldham Coliseum in-house shows in year studied Male directors outnumbered women at 21 out of
"I think life can be basically divided into two things: suspense and surprise. I prefer surprise to suspense. But that's basically because
The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week's highlights include opening nights
Alan Ayckbourn’s The Divide was not a divisive show. It was panned by pretty much every critic who saw it after opening
Theatre can be made anywhere and everywhere " as Peter Brook famously put it: "I can take any empty space and call
Over past years, Ferneham Hall has strived to make its Christmas productions a little different. This year’s Aladdin is a case in
As theatres around the country sparkle up with sequins and dial up their dames for panto season, Rufus Norris' National turns to
There is much mirth in Le Navet Bete's take on A Christmas Carol. Yet, despite the efforts of the four versatile performers,
Charles Dickens' The Chimes was published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. Like the better-known festive tale, The Chimes is
Pearl Mackie, who played the first openly gay Doctor Who companion, will be returning to theatre in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party.
The rock 'n' roll panto format has served the Stafford Gatehouse well for several years now. This year it delivers the goods
The story of Robin Hood, with its broadly painted heroes and villains, makes a good basis for a family pantomime. Writer Alan
Building on the success of last year's Down the Rabbit Hole, Sink the Pink is back in the basement of Selfridges with
Theatre Royal Stratford East’s pantomime will be live-streamed to nearby hospices and a hospital next week. Rapunzel will be broadcast live from
Love is all around in Joanna Carrick's delightful The Elves and the Shoemaker. It's just sometimes, as Elvira the shoe maker discovers,
Iain Lauchlan and Sam Kane's great script for this Cinderella follows the Charles Perrault version of Cinderella pretty faithfully, while squeezing in
Director Andy Manley has re-imagined the story of Black Beauty using just two actors and a ramshackle horsebox. This is home to
Elf – The Musical starring Ben Forster is to be shown live on Channel 5 this Christmas. The production, currently running at
The Spectacular Aladdin is well named. Ireland has not seen its like before " an arena pantomime in a vast, wide open
Oh, the innocent fun to be had with a cucumber. Paul and Barry Elliott, aka children’s television favourites the Chuckle Brothers, have
In Jack London's 1906 novel White Fang, the eponymous wolf puppy loses his family, is brutalised by the society he joins but
