35,882 stories from The Stage
Theatre finds itself between a rock and hard place. The past couple of months have left many of us with a mix of emotions and
This year's Courtyard pantomime is a determinedly de-Disneyfied Sleeping Beauty, pleasingly free of schmaltz and crass commercialisation. Lyndsay Maples' script is true
London's New Diorama Theatre has formed a three-year partnership with entertainment company Underbelly to help emerging and mid-career artists and companies take
Frantic Assembly has appointed Kerry Whelan as its new executive director and joint chief executive. Whelan joins the theatre company from Ballet
Absolutely Fabulous actor Joanna Lumley will embark on her first nationwide tour with her new autobiographical show It's All About Me. The
Around 40 performing arts and theatre-related organisations are taking part in a nationwide charity match-funding campaign this week.Around 40 performing arts and
The first season at the National Theatre of Scotland from artistic director Jackie Wylie will celebrate "the brilliance of Scottish work", featuring
Cillian Murphy is to star in an adaption of Max Porter's Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Enda Walsh. Walsh will
Encouraged by the reception of High Society last year, the same creative team has returned to the Mill at Sonning, with Lerner
Local authority funding for national portfolio organisations has fallen by £14 million in the past year, according to new data from Arts
Before the first preview of Follies at the National Theatre back in August, one of the show's performers, Philip Quast, texted me
If nothing else, the world premiere of Steve Martin’s latest Broadway play Meteor Shower is testament to the power of celebrity: not
Andrew Lloyd Webber's foundation has awarded £75,000 to the National Youth Theatre Rep Company in its latest round of grants. Awarded over
Higher ticket prices and increased sales have helped drive box office income for UK theatres up by 18% over the past three
There comes a time in every stage manager's career when the one thing we work to avoid becomes necessary. We check lights,
Five stories this week speak vividly of the changing face of theatre in the UK. Two detail record box office for UK
Matthew Warchus' staging of Charles Dickens' never-more-timely morality tale brings the magic of a carol service to the West End. Staged in
This lovely and surprising play by Gowri Ramnarayan looks at the interconnected plights of endangered tigers and exploited indigenous peoples living cheek-by-jowl
Annie Fox, Sonya Hale and Tatty Hennessy have been named as winners of the inaugural Heretic Voices competition, a writing prize that
The National Theatre of Scotland's new artistic director launches her first programme this week with the aim of extending the company's reach
The creative industries grew at twice the rate of the wider economy in 2015-16, new government statistics have claimed. Now worth £91.8
Greenwich Theatre's Cinderella is a slick and spirited show with local appeal. The heroine, played with winning directness by Louise Young, lives with
Traditional can often mean stale but Paul Hendy knows panto too well for that. His latest, immaculately well-targeted pantomime for the Marlowe is
In his ninth consecutive appearance in Motherwell panto, Iain ‘Sheepie’ Smith gives a real spark to Bev Berridge’s basic Jack and the Beanstalk script as Jack&#…
Sheila O'Neill was one of the most accomplished British dancers of recent times, with a reputation for stopping the show in countless
