There have been so many losses over the past few weeks that sometimes it’s hard to find any gains. But maybe space
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMLyn Gardner speaks to writers, artistic directors and literary managers about what companies and individual writers are doing during the coronavirus crisis,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:06AMIn the latest look at a show that should have opened this week but has been forced to close due to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMake no mistake, the cancellation of this year’s Edinburgh festivals, in particular the fringe, is a major blow for independent artists. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMIn a new weekly feature, Lyn Gardner will spotlight a show that should have opened this week – but has been forced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMLast Tuesday, just 10 days after the shutdown of theatres began due to Covid-19, Arts Council England announced a £160 million emergency
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM“Back soon” proclaims the illuminated sign hanging over the front of London’s Royal Court Theatre since it went dark. It’s like a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThis is a very hard blog to write because I love theatre, and I know the sacrifices many working in the industry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMSince directing a string of hits at the Young Vic, Joe Hill-Gibbins has gained notoriety for mud and blood-spattered versions of Shakespeare.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMIn 1606, the bubonic plague spread through London. The Globe on Bankside was enjoying a crowd-pulling season with King Lear, Macbeth and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMTheatremaker Molly Taylor tells Lyn Gardner about making shows with non-theatregoers, how Liverpool Football Club has influenced her writing process and why
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:24PMThe German playwright Friedrich Schiller spoke of theatre as being a moral institution, one that could act as the conscience of society.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM“Producers are like unicorns. They are magic and they have the answers,” was one of the more colourful declarations at the ever-invigorating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFor four decades, London’s Gate Theatre has been the home of dynamic, anti-establishment productions and a springboard for some of the UK’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:12AMWho owns Shakespeare? The answer to that, of course, is nobody and all of us. Shakespeare may be English but try telling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFor last week’s edition of The Stage, I interviewed Frantic Assembly’s co-founder, and now sole artistic director, Scott Graham about the company’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMInfluential British theatre company Frantic Assembly is celebrating its 25th year. Co-founder and artistic director Scott Graham tells Lyn Gardner about making
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMFairview finished at London’s Young Vic a couple of weeks ago, but wherever theatre people are gathered I still hearing it being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMany theatregoers will be familiar with Alice Ayres from Patrick Marber’s play Closer. The character who goes by that name in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI really enjoyed Inua Ellams’ new version of Three Sisters at the National Theatre. It relocates the play to Biafra during the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMJust before Christmas, Arts Council England announced that from next year regularly funded organisations will be required to report not just on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTrailblazing youth theatre group Company Three isn’t afraid to tackle the big issues, encouraging its performers to discuss everything from climate change
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMIt has been a pleasure to see the affection that has greeted the news that Ian McKellen topped this year’s Stage 100,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe past 18 months have seen overdue signs of change in UK theatre and that includes at leadership level. There has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWhat can theatre do to be more useful? It feels an important question to be asking in the wake of a general
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTheatre company Not Too Tame tends to play pubs and clubs rather than traditional theatre spaces. Founder Jimmy Fairhurst tells Lyn Gardner
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMI have seen first-hand the excellent educational work that the Royal Shakespeare Company does, and the passion of Jacqui O’Hanlon, its impressive
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTheatre lovers don’t have to be millionaires to be philanthropists. Lyn Gardner talks to donors, creatives and professional fundraisers about the importance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMEnglish National Ballet has severed its ties with Prince Andrew in the wake of his disastrous BBC interview about his association with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTheatre fetishises the young. It craves young audiences and spends money trying to lure them in. Does anyone recall A Night Less
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTalking with the Bush Theatre’s artistic director Lynette Linton last week, she spoke of her good fortune in directing Lynn Nottage’s Sweat
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