The Stage

Pride review at the Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, London

News: Pioneering Theatre Royal Brighton manager Ellen Nye Chart given blue plaque

News: Production company launches teasing Matthew Dunster and Marisha Wallace projects

The Stage Interview: Danielle de Niese

Opera Special 2026

News: Royal Ballet and Opera to cut 64 roles to ‘remain financially sustainable’

News: Avenue Q introduces hydration breaks for cast as theatres battle heatwave

Appointments: Punchdrunk Enrichment appoints Randel Bryan as chair

News: New Diorama unveils season including Ugly Bucket and piss/CARNATION

News: Royal Court to double pay for directors and designers at downstairs theatre

Appointments: LW Theatres boss elected president of the Society of London Theatre

News: Freelancers Make Theatre Work wins funding from Lloyd Webber and Mackintosh

News: ATG Entertainment in line for sale to events giant that bought TodayTix

Production News: Paddington the Musical to transfer to Broadway

Exclusive: Shaftesbury Theatre to be renamed Judi Dench Theatre

A Life in Four Seasons review at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London

News: Nick Bagnall named creative director of Oldham Coliseum

News: A-level drama entries fall to new low in ‘disturbing decline’

Opinion: Creativity and AI are not opposing forces – this is evolution, not revolutionI

News: Proposal for a national arts bank raised in House of Lords

Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Watermill Theatre

News: £8m capital funding to benefit Welsh arts organisations

News: Arts Council of Wales announces £140k support for dance sector

Production News: Hadestown to embark on first UK and Ireland tour

News: Edinburgh Fringe venues roll out commission-free ticketing scheme

News: Michelle Terry addresses texting audience member during performance

Features: Rufus Norris on returning to directing with a Turkish take on Arthur Miller

News: Universal theme park to open with performing arts roles among 28,000 jobs

News: ATG Entertainment to continue as operator for Stoke-on-Trent venues

News: Global-majority representation project launches at EdFringe

News: Dawn Airey appointed chair of Arts Council England

News: EdFringe artists hit by ‘utter confusion’ over outdoor advertising fiasco

News: Rosamund Pike calls out audience member for texting during Inter Alia

News: Children’s theatre leaders welcome Reeves’ VAT cut but appeal for more action

News: Michael Sheen’s theatre company unfairly benefitting from ‘celebrity’, letter claims

Editor's view: Access and diversity – the future? No, they’re issues right now

News: RSC to expand touring work thanks to £2m funding boost

News:ATG Entertainment in line for sale by private equity owner

News: LAMDA boss: Students don’t have time for a job – it’s making theatre less diverse

Production News: Giovanna Fletcher to star in Before I Go To Sleep world premiere

Production News: The Housemaid to be adapted for the stage by Lionsgate

Welsh arts sector welcomes funding pledge from new government

Production News: Rent returns to West End to mark 30th anniversary

News: Judi Dench painting raises nearly £7k at Yvonne Arnaud fundraiser

News: Lloyd Webber, Mackintosh and Blavatnik make Sunday Times Rich List

News: AI face and voice imitation a ‘growing concern’ for performers – government

News: Women in the arts to be surveyed for five-year research project

News: Newspaper that initially refused to review Jewish play accused of discrimination

News: Equity calls on new Welsh government to bolster cultural workforce

News: Little Angel Theatre marks 65th anniversary with marionette revival project

Production News: Starlight Express reveals details for world tour

Opinion: Carrie Hope Fletcher on audiences filming the curtain call

News: Edinburgh festivals can be ‘living laboratories’ for AI – report

News: Front-of-house protocols for racist behaviour needed in theatres – performers

News: Actors to be shielded from ‘back-door’ AI deals with Equity contracts

News: Reform UK is ‘biggest threat to our industry’ – Equity

News: Tributes paid to actor Michael Pennington following death aged 82

News: Strike could cost West End bosses hundreds of thousands of pounds a day – Equity

News: Durham Pride agrees minimum pay deal with Equity

News: Technician on Layered Reality shows speaks out following company collapse

News: Hamlet to be performed in London Waterstones as part of workshop series

News: Andrew Lloyd Webber donates £500k to music trust after selling wine cellar

News: Edinburgh festivals in line for £500,000 boost under tourist tax plans

News: Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2026: full list of nominations

Review: The Psychic at York Theatre Royal

News: Sadler's Wells boss: Barclays funding is uncomfortable – but we need it

News: Helen George: Touring is important to counter expensive London prices

News: Open letter urges government to act on workplace injuries in theatre

News: British talent is riding a wave – the Tony nominations tell us so

News: Tony Awards 2026: full list of nominations

News: ACE chair answers criticism of geographical 'imbalance' in grants

News: Broadway Cabaret investor files additional lawsuit against producers

News: Fire closes Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre

News: Theatre leaders urge Starmer to progress crackdown on ticket touting

News: Nearly half of creative freelancers regularly work unpaid hours – report

News: London's Bridge Theatre in line for sale

News: Stage managers no longer ‘left in wings’ after Equity and Opera North agreement

Opinion: Andrew Lloyd Webber: A PR’s nightmare? Not this time

News: Daniel Kaluuya: Indifference to the arts is more harmful than cuts

News: Hereford theatre to ‘diversify income streams’ with 1,400-seat big top

News: Kristin Scott Thomas: Drama school experience was brutal

Production News: Old Vic's Arcadia to transfer to the West End produced by Sonia Friedman

Production News: Stephen Merchant’s wrestling film Fighting with My Family adapted into musical

Production News: English National Opera reveals nine productions in latest season

News: ACE’s Darren Henley defends distribution of new Creative Foundations Fund

News: Seven Dials Playhouse leaves £156k of debts following liquidation

News: Evita’s Broadway transfer unlikely to have external balcony – Lloyd Webber

News: John Proctor Is the Villain lands West End transfer

News: David Byrne: I don't agree politically with everything we stage

News: National Theatre confirms use of dynamic pricing to maintain cheaper tickets

News: Andrew Lloyd Webber reveals he is a recovering alcoholic

News: ‘Leicester Square is absolutely dead’: one year on from the busking ban

News: Theatres across England to receive caption equipment for deaf audiences

Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the Old Vic Theatre, London

News: Nancy Medina: Industry views global-majority work as mediocre

Production News: Ben Whishaw and Thelma and Louise musical lined up in Young Vic season

News: Edinburgh’s Pleasance in fresh row about noise complaints from residents

News: Arts Council of Wales accused of ‘bending rules’ for Michael Sheen’s theatre company

News: Margaret Hodge: ACE needs a protocol to address cancel culture

News: ‘Touring in crisis’: Number of plays drops 64% since 2019 – report

News: Francesca Moody's Shedinburgh to have first London run post Edinburgh

News: Seyi Omooba loses bid to reopen Color Purple case against Curve in Leicester

News: RBO boss: Timothée Chalamet comments boosted ticket sales

News: Oliviers 2026 pulls in 600,000 viewers on the night of BBC broadcast

Opinion: The Oliviers enjoyed a welcome return to prime-time TV – long may that continue

News: RSC, Lowry and Brighton Dome land share of £96m ACE funding

News: Munya Chawawa on curtain calls and pandering to social media

News: Indhu Rubasingham: We need more women on the country's bigger stages

News: ENO star: Timothée Chalamet is opera’s boyfriend now

News: James Graham: Theatre should not apologise for telling local stories

News: Paddington creatives: Bear casting shows we can be more accommodating in theatre

Opinion: Curtain calls: To film or not to film, that is the question

News: Paapa Essiedu urges government to keep funding theatre access schemes

News: Rachel Zegler: Theatre is more demanding than screen acting

News: Jack Holden: I'm slightly anxious about bringing Kenrex to the US

News: SOLT president: We must give back to local theatres – the future isn’t London

Production News: Olivier award-winning Into the Woods transfers to West End

News: Edinburgh International Festival says protesters’ vandalism ‘crossed a line’

Production News: Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods take over as Cabaret leads in West End

News: Pop star P!nk to host this year's Tony awards

News: Andrew Lloyd Webber teases new musical about Mona Lisa theft

Opinion: Self-tapes should be a starting point for casting, not the whole process

Production News: Aimie Atkinson joins Beetlejuice in West End as full cast revealed

News: Labour vows to give Scottish creatives a living wage

News: Lesley Manville: Audiences taking photos during curtain calls is insulting

News: Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and Mountview launch musical director scheme

News: Vanessa Williams and Ryan Calais Cameron complete Future of Theatre line-up

News: Nathan Lane: Arts funding and education are under attack in the US

News: Actor Michael Patrick dies aged 35