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The Lyric Hammersmith panto, now in its ninth year, has never relied on big names or snazzy special effects. Its strength lies
The Octagon Theatre, Bolton has launched a public fundraising campaign to raise £1.5 million towards its building redevelopment. Members of the public
I recently wrote of returning to see Follies at the National Theatre twice, two nights apart, and last week I saw Everybody’s
"I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage," wrote Peter Brook in his famed 1968 book The Empty
The Charity Commission will not be taking regulatory action against the Old Vic Theatre in relation to its former artistic director Kevin
New plays by Carl Grose and Christopher William Hill will feature in the Plymouth Theatre Royal's 2018 season. Grose, whose credits inlude
Everybody really is talking about Jamie. Tom MacRae’s new musical turned heads when it premiered in Sheffield last year, and it’s turning
The Torch Theatre has been servicing west Wales and further afield with classic and new theatre for 40 years. Artistic director Peter
Former Coronation street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh has been cast in the premiere of one of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize-winning plays. Hesmondhalgh is
Nearly 6,000 people have signed a petition to protest cuts to A-level creative subjects at a school in Upminster. Coopers’ Company
The Michael Grandage Company has announced two new productions, which will star Aidan Turner and Alfred Enoch. Artistic director Michael Grandage will
Christmas at Belfast's Lyric Theatre sees comic acting duo Conor Grimes and Alan McKee back in residence with a quartet of dim
It's hard to find fresh ways to stage Charles Dickens' evergreen Christmas fable. The Octagon creative team deserve credit for not trying
Director David Bates brings La Clique, the mix of alternative burlesque and music he invented for the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, back
Theatremakers will gather at the National Theatre in London to march in support of change in the industry, following widespread allegations of
Playwright Jim Cartwright is setting up a theatre company to be based at the University of Salford's new £55 million arts centre. The
Five British cities competing to be the European Capital of Culture in 2023 have been left reeling after it emerged the European
The Unity Theatre in Liverpool has appointed Gordon Millar as its new artistic director and chief executive. Millar is to leave his
November is dark and dank; the world is in a state of perpetual crisis. So to watch the Royal Ballet in Sylvia
The Hackney Empire pantomime has a proud history of innovation and diversity. It's known for good all-round family entertainment. The challenge of
As well as working as a producer at Glasgow's Britannia Panopticon, the world's oldest-surviving music hall, Grant F Kidd also acts and
There’s nothing like a panto dame, to paraphrase the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein song from South Pacific. And the best of them
‘Jukebox musical.’ For musical theatre purists, it’s a term of derision. For producers, it’s the promise of marketing the music of a
Playwright James Graham believes public funding for theatre criticism could help halt the decline in coverage, which he calls a "massive issue"
The Hope Theatre in London has announced that actor and The Stage columnist Paul Clayton will become its new patron. Clayton, who
