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Obituary: Lynne Verrall — Actor whose career spanned more than 50 years and included roles at London’s Royal Court and the Royal & Derngate in Northampton and, on the small screen, in Coronation Street 👇
Obituary: Lynne Verrall – stage and screen actor
Actor whose career spanned more than 50 years and included roles at London's Royal Court and the Royal & Derngate in Northampton and in Coronation Street
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November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Obituary: Lynne Verrall — Actor whose career spanned more than 50 years and included roles at London’s Royal Court and the Royal & Derngate in Northampton and, on the small screen, in Coronation Street 👇
Obituary: Margaretta D’Arcy — Irish actor, playwright and peace campaigner whose activism permeated her work in theatre 👇
Obituary: Margaretta D’Arcy – actor, playwright and activist
Irish actor, playwright and peace campaigner whose activism permeated her work in theatre
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November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Obituary: Margaretta D’Arcy — Irish actor, playwright and peace campaigner whose activism permeated her work in theatre 👇
★★★ Review: Cinderella – Unconventional twists sprinkle fresh fairy dust over classic tale 👇
Cinderella at Shakespeare North Playhouse – vibrant
Read our review of Cinderella review at Shakespeare North Playhouse: Unconventional twists sprinkle fresh fairy dust over classic tale
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
★★★ Review: Cinderella – Unconventional twists sprinkle fresh fairy dust over classic tale 👇
Scotland’s theatre sector has reacted positively to the review into Creative Scotland, with leaders welcoming its calls for less bureaucracy, closer collaboration and greater risk-taking.
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Theatre leaders hail Creative Scotland review as ‘important moment’ for sector
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Scotland’s theatre sector has reacted positively to the review into Creative Scotland, with leaders welcoming its calls for less bureaucracy, closer collaboration and greater risk-taking.
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Producer and Society of London Theatre board member Patrick Gracey has claimed MPs should be allowed free tickets to shows, because it helps them make “informed decisions” on areas such as investment and education.
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Producer Patrick Gracey: MPs are entitled to free theatre tickets
Producer and Society of London Theatre board member Patrick Gracey has claimed MPs should be allowed free tickets to shows, because it helps them make ‘informed decisions’ on areas such as investment and education
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Producer and Society of London Theatre board member Patrick Gracey has claimed MPs should be allowed free tickets to shows, because it helps them make “informed decisions” on areas such as investment and education.
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★★★★ Review: David Copperfield – Guildford Shakespeare Company deploys its signature charming, chaotic style in this bubbly comic adaptation of Dickens’ tale of personal growth 👇
David Copperfield review at Jermyn Street Theatre: charming and chaotic
Read our review of David Copperfield at London's Jermyn Street Theatre. Guildford Shakespeare Company deploys its signature charming, chaotic style in this bubbly comic adaptation of Dickens’ tale of personal growth
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
★★★★ Review: David Copperfield – Guildford Shakespeare Company deploys its signature charming, chaotic style in this bubbly comic adaptation of Dickens’ tale of personal growth 👇
Demands the theatre sector made on the government aimed at stabilising the sector have been frustrated in the Autumn Budget, with no hoped-for boosts to tax relief across theatre, opera or dance announced.
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Theatre snubbed in Autumn Budget
Demands the theatre sector made on the government aimed at stabilising the sector have been frustrated in the Autumn Budget, with no boosts to tax relief across theatre, opera or dance announced
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Demands the theatre sector made on the government aimed at stabilising the sector have been frustrated in the Autumn Budget, with no hoped-for boosts to tax relief across theatre, opera or dance announced.
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★★★★ Review: Ballet Shoes – Anoushka Lucas stars in the return of the hit show based on Noel Streatfeild’s beloved children’s book 👇
Ballet Shoes review at National Theatre, London: nimble and twinkling
Read our review of Ballet Shoes at London's National Theatre. Anoushka Lucas stars in the return of the hit show based on Noel Streatfeild’s beloved children’s book
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
★★★★ Review: Ballet Shoes – Anoushka Lucas stars in the return of the hit show based on Noel Streatfeild’s beloved children’s book 👇
Placing movement directors at the centre of theatre ecosystems would make the next stage of growth possible, writes Ayşe Tashkiran 👇
Ayşe Tashkiran on movement direction's need for recognition
A lack of embedded roles and development programmes for movement direction within theatre risks squandering the artistic expertise on offer, says Ayşe Tashkiran
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November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Placing movement directors at the centre of theatre ecosystems would make the next stage of growth possible, writes Ayşe Tashkiran 👇
David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa have spoken out against the use of AI in audio drama and narration.
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David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa among audio drama stars condemning AI voice actors
David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa have spoken out against the use of AI in audio drama and narration
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November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
David Tennant and Ncuti Gatwa have spoken out against the use of AI in audio drama and narration.
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Bristol’s culture budget could be cut by hundreds of thousands of pounds in the coming years under cost-cutting proposals put to the public by the city council.
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Bristol reinstates plans to slash arts fund by 50%
Bristol's culture budget could be cut by hundreds of thousands of pounds in the coming years under cost-cutting proposals put to the public by the city council
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November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Bristol’s culture budget could be cut by hundreds of thousands of pounds in the coming years under cost-cutting proposals put to the public by the city council.
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Actors Will Close, Sharon Small and Oscar Conlon-Morrey have been made ambassadors of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, with directors Matthew Dunster and Rachel Bagshaw also appointed.
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Sharon Small and Matthew Dunster among new Mountview ambassadors
Actors Will Close, Sharon Small and Oscar Conlon-Morrey have been made ambassadors of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, with directors Matthew Dunster and Rachel Bagshaw also appointed
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November 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Actors Will Close, Sharon Small and Oscar Conlon-Morrey have been made ambassadors of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, with directors Matthew Dunster and Rachel Bagshaw also appointed.
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Audio drama understands something essential about theatre: that less is almost more, writes Kate Maltby 👇
Kate Maltby on how The Archers reflects great theatre
Audio dramas such as The Archers show how less can be more, says Kate Maltby, following the inaugural Speakies awards
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Audio drama understands something essential about theatre: that less is almost more, writes Kate Maltby 👇
Drag star Jinkx Monsoon is to play Judy Garland in a revival of Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow.
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Jinkx Monsoon to play Judy Garland in Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow
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November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Drag star Jinkx Monsoon is to play Judy Garland in a revival of Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow.
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Productions of new plays experienced a “sharp decline” post-Covid, according to a significant report that warns the 30% drop compared with 2019 figures should be “grounds for concern”.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Productions of new plays experienced a “sharp decline” post-Covid, according to a significant report that warns the 30% drop compared with 2019 figures should be “grounds for concern”.
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Jamie Wilson Productions has unveiled a restructure that sees the creation of a newly-formed executive team, with Wilson himself freed up to focus on the “creative side” of the company.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Jamie Wilson Productions has unveiled a restructure that sees the creation of a newly-formed executive team, with Wilson himself freed up to focus on the “creative side” of the company.
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Cambridge Shakespeare Festival has won a tribunal against an Equity member who claimed they should have been paid for performing there.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Cambridge Shakespeare Festival has won a tribunal against an Equity member who claimed they should have been paid for performing there.
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Clapham Grand theatre is to mark its 125th birthday with a show celebrating its variety roots.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Clapham Grand theatre is to mark its 125th birthday with a show celebrating its variety roots.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Love theatre? Don’t miss this! 💫
For Black Friday, we’re offering 25% off new digital subscriptions to The Stage.
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For Black Friday, we’re offering 25% off new digital subscriptions to The Stage.
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★★★ Review: The Horse of Jenin – Gentle yet exuberant memoir presents a truthful snapshot of growing up in occupied Palestine 👇
The Horse of Jenin at Bush Theatre: snapshot of growing up in occupied Palestine
Read our review of The Horse of Jenin at London's Bush Theatre. Alaa Shehada delivers a gentle yet exuberant memoir of growing up in occupied Palestine
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
★★★ Review: The Horse of Jenin – Gentle yet exuberant memoir presents a truthful snapshot of growing up in occupied Palestine 👇
Chichester Festival Theatre has removed pork from its menu in the Minerva Bar during the run of its forthcoming The Three Little Pigs, after concerns were raised by an animal rights charity.
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Chichester Festival Theatre takes pork off menu for Three Little Pigs run
Chichester Festival Theatre has removed pork from its menu in the Minerva Bar during the run of its forthcoming The Three Little Pigs, after concerns were raised by an animal rights charity
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November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chichester Festival Theatre has removed pork from its menu in the Minerva Bar during the run of its forthcoming The Three Little Pigs, after concerns were raised by an animal rights charity.
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Royal Ballet principal artist Gary Avis is to retire after 36 years with the organisation.
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Royal Ballet principal artist retires after 36 years
The principal character artist and senior répétiteur, who began working with the Royal Ballet in 1989, said it felt like the right time to “step away quietly from the theatre”
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November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Royal Ballet principal artist Gary Avis is to retire after 36 years with the organisation.
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'Going to far-flung places sparks my imagination’
Playwright Rajiv Joseph speaks to The Stage about seeing plays he wrote a decade ago staged now and the difficulties facing young writers 👇
Playwright Rajiv Joseph speaks to The Stage about seeing plays he wrote a decade ago staged now and the difficulties facing young writers 👇
Rajiv Joseph on Robin Williams and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Playwright Rajiv Joseph talks to Howard Sherman about seeing plays he wrote a decade ago staged now and the difficulties facing young writers
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
'Going to far-flung places sparks my imagination’
Playwright Rajiv Joseph speaks to The Stage about seeing plays he wrote a decade ago staged now and the difficulties facing young writers 👇
Playwright Rajiv Joseph speaks to The Stage about seeing plays he wrote a decade ago staged now and the difficulties facing young writers 👇
Creative Scotland should streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate its plans more clearly and take more risks, according to an independent review.
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Creative Scotland review urges capital investment fund and more transparency
An independent review is calling for Creative Scotland to streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate plans more clearly and take more risks
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November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Creative Scotland should streamline application and monitoring processes, communicate its plans more clearly and take more risks, according to an independent review.
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Theatre company Stockroom has announced its formal closure three years after it was cut from Arts Council England’s portfolio.
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Stockroom closes citing loss of ACE funding
The theatre company will donate its remaining assets and royalties from its past work to various other new writing-focused organisations
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November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Theatre company Stockroom has announced its formal closure three years after it was cut from Arts Council England’s portfolio.
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