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Panto season starts here!

The Stage’s Panto Issue 2025 is back — your all-access pass to festive theatre magic across the UK.

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November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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American theatre company StarKid is to have its first ever West End run, with The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals.

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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Trafalgar Entertainment has appointed Melanie Dhawan as its chief financial officer.

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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The National Youth Theatre has been awarded a £2.3 million grant to expand its flagship inclusion programme Assemble, with new partners including Lowry and Sheffield Theatres.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Ian McKellen is to join Jeremy Corbyn in the Pleasance pantomime Wicked Witches – A Popular Panto!.

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November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The Stage’s panto issue returns for 2025 🎉

Get unlimited access to panto coverage from across the UK — reviews, interviews and festive features galore.

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November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Jamie Eastlake’s production of Gerry & Sewell – which began life at a 60-seat pub theatre in North Tyneside – is to transfer to the Aldwych Theatre in the West End.

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November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Sustainability initiative Theatre Green Book has become an independent not-for-profit organisation as it moves into a new, "ambitious phase".

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November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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This week’s issue of The Stage is now live! 🎉

In this edition, we reveal the findings of The Stage’s UK Ticketing Survey, Roy Williams unveils his favourite play, plus reviews and more.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Alan Cumming has revealed he has given up his salary as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

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November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Simon Russell Beale, Shirley Henderson and Frances Ruffelle will star in Alan Cumming’s first season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The average cheapest ticket in theatres across the UK has risen by 16.6% compared with 2024, The Stage’s UK ticketing survey has revealed.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Birmingham Hippodrome will stage a week-long festival of new work by local artists in what Sophia Griffin, its head of new work and artist development, called a first for the venue.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Do you love pantomime? Then this one’s for you!

Subscribe today to unlock it all, including our special panto focus on November 20.

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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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★★★★ Review: The Hunger Games: On Stage – Conor McPherson and Matthew Dunster’s stage adaptation of the hit YA story is ambitious and spectacular.

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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Actors including Mark Rylance and Harriet Walter have backed an open letter calling for the cultural sector to play a bigger role in tackling the climate crisis.

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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The Greatest Showman and Waitress star Keala Settle is to play Mary Lincoln in a new staging of biodrama Mrs President.

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November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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The newly formed Local Theatre Touring Alliance is at risk of becoming "unsustainable" due to its reliance on the goodwill of volunteers, an early business plan has warned.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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A casting platform that is free for actors to use is launching in January in response to what its founders called "disgruntlement" with subscription fees.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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A prize billed as the first global award for immersive work and run by Wales Millennium Centre has revealed its inaugural list of finalists.

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November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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A fund that has bolstered organisations is looking to inject a further £10 million of "much-needed" capital into the creative sector.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Oh Yes It Is! The Stage's panto issue is back for 2025!

Subscribe today to unlock unlimited access to nationwide coverage this panto season, including our panto focus on November 20.

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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Bristol Old Vic has hired Rebecca Dawson as its new executive director and joint chief executive.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Ola Ince has been named as the new director of The Mousetrap in the West End.

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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Equity has won permission to appeal a High Court ruling that previously dismissed its claims against casting body Spotlight.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM