● Paapa Essiedu, Maggie Steed and Keith Allen to star in Harold Pinter West End season Paapa Essiedu, Maggie Steed and Keith Allen are to star in a West End season of Harold Pinter’s one-act plays. The plays
The Stage Comment this news ● James Hayes: Even after 55 years, nothing prepares you for the thrill of being in a musical After 55 years as an actor I have, somewhat belatedly, embarked upon my first musical. I have done decades of ‘straight’ theatre,
The Stage Comment this news ● New Edinburgh Fringe awards to support shows striving for social impact Two new awards are being established for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with an aim of helping productions achieve a greater social
The Stage Comment this news ● Training course tackling unconscious bias in theatre to launch this year Theatres across the UK will soon be able to access training to address unconscious bias at work, as part of a drive
The Stage Comment this news ● Diary: S&M with Isabelle Huppert at the Southbank Centre This month brought the fearless and – as some interviewers have found – fearsome French actor Isabelle Huppert back to the UK
The Stage Comment this news ● Diary: Race-y Cherry Orchard gets the Chekhov flag Tabard likes a site-specific piece as much as the next man, but a performance of The Cherry Orchard did catch his attention
The Stage Comment this news ● High salaries are rarely the motivation for studying arts degrees (your views, June 21) The report quoted in The Stage article ‘Arts degrees offer worst earning potential, Institute for Fiscal Studies claims’ mentions some...
The Stage Comment this news ● In pictures (June 21): Michael Brandon, Stratford East, Sheffield Crucible, Hampstead Theatre, CSSD The latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the...
The Stage Comment this news ● English National Opera producing director Terri-Jayne Griffin to leave after 19 years English National Opera has lost a key member of its senior management team, producing director Terri-Jayne Griffin, who is leaving after 19
The Stage Comment this news ● The Stage/Sylvia Young Theatre School scholarship winner 2018 The winner of The Stage Scholarship at Sylvia Young Theatre School 2018 is 11-year-old Taziva-Faye Katsande from Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The Stage Comment this news ● Careers Clinic: How can I move my career to the UK? I hope you won’t mind giving some advice on UK theatre careers to somebody living on the other side of the world.
The Stage Comment this news ● Ramin Gray issued with formal warning by ATC after four misconduct claims upheld Actors Touring Company has issued a formal written warning to Ramin Gray following an investigation into claims of inappropriate behaviour by the
The Stage Comment this news ● Competition: Win tickets to see It Happened in Key West at Charing Cross Theatre Do you believe in undying love? Richard Curtis meets Tim Burton. Based on a true story, this brand new Musical Comedy takes
The Stage Comment this news ● BFI reveals details of season dedicated to Harold Pinter Theatre critic Michael Billington will curate a season of screenings and discussions at the BFI dedicated to Harold Pinter’s work, to mark
The Stage Comment this news ● Alexander Hanson and Joanna Riding join NT Follies cast Alexander Hanson and Joanna Riding have been cast in Follies at the National Theatre, when the production returns for a second run
The Stage Comment this news ● Government disability champion vows to fight discrimination in theatre The government’s new disability champion for the arts has revealed his plans to improve the “dismal” under-representation of disabled workers in theatre.
The Stage Comment this news ● Leonard Blavatnik completes £45m purchase of Theatre Royal Haymarket The West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket has been bought by billionaire businessman Leonard Blavatnik. The theatre, one of London’s oldest, has been
The Stage Comment this news ● The Green Room: What should the theatre industry do to make auditioning easier? Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…??????? Gary
The Stage Comment this news ● Grace Smart: Without wider awareness that theatre design is open to anyone, we will never improve diversity Recently, I’ve attended lots of discussions about the current state of theatre design – from the Society of British...
The Stage Comment this news ● Ruth Jones to star in new comedy The Nightingales Ruth Jones will star in the UK tour of a new comedy The Nightingales, directed by Christopher Luscombe. ?As one of the
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