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Dapper style, disillusion, desire, a dildo in the filing cabinet " The Butch Monologues explores different aspects of queer experience and gender
Proposed government tax changes under which low-income theatre staff could face a 500% hike in National Insurance payments have been delayed. Equity,
Few plays capture the devastating nihilism of depression quite as acutely as Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Andrew Upton’s intense new version " originally
This week's top theatre jobs and auditions on The Stage Jobs include auditions for Warner Leisure Hotels, chief electrician at Bolton’s Octagon Theatre, production
Boundless Theatre has unveiled details of a new playwriting project to develop and translate work by young people, in collaboration with companies
Ask theatre devotees what first sparked their love of the stage, and many will answer that it was a show at their
In the course of four days recently I saw two productions of Kander and Ebb’s 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret " first the
The casting of Kelsey Grammer in Big Fish, a slight musical about tall tales, is quite a coup for Andrew Lloyd Webber's
I spent 15 years as a professional actor " often I would be the only deaf actor in the company. In that
As allegations of sexual assault and harassment mount against Kevin Spacey, they include claims of misconduct during his time as artistic director
The man at the helm of New York's Public Theater is one of the most admired artistic directors in the US, with
Tom Stoppard has won the 2017 David Cohen Prize for Literature, awarded for lifetime achievement. The prize, now in its 25th year,
Bristol Old Vic is to stage a new version of The Cherry Orchard, translated by Rory Mullarkey and directed by Michael Boyd,
Ahead of Barrie Kosky's new production of Carmen, due at Covent Garden in February, the Royal Opera House's Jette Parker young artists
Equity is launching an official investigation into the "sexual harassment crisis" in the entertainment industry. Following a meeting of its ruling council
Jeremy Irons and Isabelle Huppert have been announced as the joint winners of the 16th Europe Theatre Prize, which they will receive at
The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein " performance artist, dancer and academic " has much to say about representations of femaleness and self-determination
Hit immersive show Alice's Adventures Underground is poised to entice a whole new audience next month when it opens in Shanghai. The
What happens when an annoying force meets a useless object? Users of Twitter (the former) were lucky enough to find out last
Ah, the world of bad audience behaviour. There were the mobile phones, the e-cigarettes, even the McDonalds' chicken McNuggets. Now, venues hosting
I read with interest your Editor's View on employment practices ('All theatre workers need HR support', November 2, p6). Speaking from experience,
Roger Gellert’s only play, Quaint Honour, received its world premiere in 1958 at the Arts Theatre, where it was able to dodge the
Comedy writing duo Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong share an impressive CV " sketch writers for Mitchell and Webb, co-creators of the
When he stood down as general secretary of Equity in 1991, the American entertainment bible Variety described Peter Plouviez as "probably Britain's
