Talking with the Bush Theatre’s artistic director Lynette Linton last week, she spoke of her good fortune in directing Lynn Nottage’s Sweat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOne of the intriguing things about Matthew Warchus’ revival of Duncan MacMillan’s Lungs at the Old Vic is how the two-hander effortlessly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMCamden People’s Theatre Handle With Care festival, exploring issues around no-platforming, safe spaces, offence-giving, micro-aggressions and sensitivity, couldn’t have landed at a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIn early September, Richard Howle wrote that “ticketing is an industry that acts as a canary for the economy”. He indicated that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe news that Madani Younis has left his role as creative director at the Southbank Centre after fewer than 10 months in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMWhat makes theatre different from watching Netflix or going to the cinema? The obvious answer is its ‘liveness’. The audience and performers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMUntil three years ago, Battersea Arts Centre’s artistic director was working for the NHS. As he announces his first season at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMLet’s hear it for the mums. And the dads. We certainly did at The Stage Debut Awards last month, when winner after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has finally capitulated to pressure and ended its sponsorship deal with BP, which was due to run until
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMHalloween has come early to Chichester, where witches rise from under the stage as if crawling through a crack in the earth
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AMLast week, I was at the Incubator Ideas Festival at the Egg Theatre in Bath, which presents and produces work for young
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMDo the politics and self-interest of arts institutions stand in the way of the wider transformations they are trying to achieve? Does
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAt London’s Royal Court two Saturdays ago, Clean Break, the remarkable company that works with women who have experience of the criminal
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI always love the first couple of weeks of September when theatre has a back-to-school vibe. There is nothing like the start
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMJust as the Edinburgh festivals were coming to an end, I read an interview with actor Lindsay Duncan in which she said:
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM1. It was the year of guerrilla marketing Demi Nandhra’s heartfelt blog about needing a payday loan to come to Edinburgh blossomed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs we head into the final weekend of the fringe, artists will be totting up their gains and losses. Some will have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMResident director Emily Lim is the driving force behind the NT’s community engagement programme Public Acts. Its first year’s work culminated in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMA lot has changed in terms of support offered to artists on the fringe in recent years. The programme, backed by the
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThere is undeniably something odd about the fact that those bringing a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from New Zealand or
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOne of the pleasures of seeing the multi-talented 1927 performing its latest show, Roots, in the Edinburgh International Festival programme is in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI went to see a great show at Summerhall the other evening called The Afflicted. Produced by Scottish company Groupwork, the show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMSometimes I think almost everything I know about the world, I know from theatre. Of course, I read books, listen to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIf you felt annoyed by your neighbours would you write something down and pop it through their letter box, and also the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMToday marks my 13th day at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. I haven’t totted up exactly how many shows I’ve seen, but it’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhat would you do if your house was on fire? You probably wouldn’t pop to the Edinburgh Fringe to either see a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMDarting between the fringe and the Edinburgh International Festival, the difference in resources and scale is striking. The gloss of some EIF
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AMEdinburgh Festival Fringe only officially started on Friday, but already you can see the shine rubbing off for some people. It’s hard
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhat two things do you need to come to the fringe? Financial clout and bravery would be high on my list, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe officially opens today, but lots of shows have been up and running since Wednesday. I love the first
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