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The Stage's annual How to Choose Your Drama School guide provides you with expert insights to help you make informed decisions about training.
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Theatremakers in Northern Ireland do a lot with little funding, but this is not sustainable, writes Michael Quinn 👇

Michael Quinn on North Ireland's theatre funding

Theatremakers in Northern Ireland do a lot with little funding, but this is not sustainable. The social and economic benefits of theatre need to be recognised by the government, argues Michael Quinn

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Second Stage has the potential to deliver real benefits both for ex-prisoners and for the wider theatre workforce, writes Alistair Smith 👇

Alistair Smith on theatre's work with the justice system

Second Stage will do vital work supporting ex-offenders to rebuild their lives, but theatre must also ensure that sustainable careers are available when widening access, says Alistair Smith

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The Royal Ballet and Opera’s environmental manager has warned that the organisation will be unlikely to reach its 10-year sustainability goals without "significant capital".

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Royal Ballet and Opera needs funding to hit green goals - sustainability boss

The Royal Ballet and Opera's environmental manager has warned that the organisation will be unlikely to reach its 10-year sustainability goals without 'significant capital'

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The shuttered Theatre Royal Margate will reopen in 2027, its local council hopes.

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Theatre Royal Margate eyes 2027 reopening

The shuttered Theatre Royal Margate will reopen in 2027, its local council hopes

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★★★ Review: Demand the Impossible – Visceral gig-theatre exploring protest and police injustice.

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Demand the Impossible at the Corn Exchange, Newport: frenetic hour of theatre

Read our review of Demand the Impossible at the Corn Exchange, Newport: visceral gig-theatre exploring protest and police injustice

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Theatre must tell at least some of its story in terms that the government can relate to in order to secure funding, says Amanda Parker 👇

Amanda Parker on advocating for theatre funding

Theatre does not need to plead exceptionalism as the context for investment – we have the tools to communicate in a way that the Treasury can grasp, says Amanda Parker

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Lyndsey Jackson has been appointed executive director of the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh.

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Lyndsey Jackson joins Edinburgh Lyceum as executive director

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Comedian and presenter Romesh Ranganathan is to make his West End debut alongside Sheridan Smith in Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind later this year.

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Romesh Ranganathan joins Sheridan Smith in Ayckbourn in West End

Comedian and presenter Romesh Ranganathan is to make his West End debut alongside Sheridan Smith in Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind later this year

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★★★★★ Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Adrian Lester’s passionate performance empowers a bold adaptation of Rostand’s romantic tragedy 👇

Cyrano de Bergerac review at the RSC: Adrian Lester is magnetic as Cyrano

Read our review of Cyrano de Bergerac at the RSC: Adrian Lester’s passionate performance empowers a bold adaptation of Rostand’s romantic tragedy

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 22h

Tamsin Greig is to provide the voice for The Guide in an immersive production of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at Riverside Studios beginning next month.

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Tamsin Greig leads cast of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy immersive show

Tamsin Greig is to provide the voice for The Guide in an immersive production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at Riverside Studios beginning next month

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 22h

Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Bath are among cultural institutions from the South West joining forces this November, as part of a government-funded, industry-led creative careers programme.

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Cultural institutions from South West launch careers programme

Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Bath are among cultural institutions from the South West joining forces this November, as part of a government-funded, industry-led creative careers programme

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Actor John Woodvine, who has appeared in more than 40 Royal Shakespeare Company productions, has died aged 96.

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RSC stalwart John Woodvine dies aged 96

Actor John Woodvine, who has appeared in more than 40 Royal Shakespeare Company productions, has died aged 96

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★★★★ Review: Lifers – Thoughtful, prison-set character study from Synergy Theatre Project.

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Lifers review at Southwark Playhouse Borough: pulls no punches

Read our review of Lifers, by Evan Placey, a thoughtful, prison-set character study from Synergy Theatre Project, who make work with current and former prisoners

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Trevor Nunn is to direct Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue as part of the reopening of the Arts Theatre Cambridge.

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Trevor Nunn and Derek Jacobi lead Arts Theatre Cambridge reopening season

Trevor Nunn is to direct Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue as part of the reopening of the Arts Theatre Cambridge.

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Patricia Hodge will star as Mrs Malaprop in a new staging of The Rivals at the Orange Tree Theatre, programmed to mark the play’s 250th anniversary.

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Patricia Hodge to star in 250th anniversary production of The Rivals

Patricia Hodge will star as Mrs Malaprop in a new staging of The Rivals at the Orange Tree Theatre, programmed to mark the play’s 250th anniversary

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In this week's My Favourite Play, actor, singer and co-founder of Fascinating Aida, Dillie Keane, chooses a show she saw after hitchhiking to the Avignon Festival in France.

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My Favourite Play: Dillie Keane

For her favourite play, Dillie Keane – actor, singer and co-founder of Fascinating Aida – chooses a show she saw after hitchhiking to the Avignon Festival

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Comedy The Last Laugh is to embark on its second tour of the UK and Ireland next year, fresh from a nationwide tour and a West End run in 2025.

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The Last Laugh lands second UK tour in 2026

Comedy The Last Laugh is to embark on its second tour of the UK and Ireland next year, fresh from a nationwide tour and a West End run in 2025

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"For all we know of Lloyd Webber as composer and impresario, he is, and always has been, indebted to his collaborators for fleshing out his musical imagination."

Masquerade reveals the many moving parts of a Lloyd Webber musical, writes Howard Sherman 👇

Howard Sherman on Masquerade and Andrew Lloyd Webber

The immersive Phantom of the Opera experience throws a spotlight on the collaborative effort required for an Andrew Lloyd Webber's show, says Howard Sherman

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Bristol Old Vic is to stage its first-ever Black Out night, in what artistic director Nancy Medina has labelled a fight against elitism in the culture sector.

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Bristol Old Vic stages first Black Out night in bid to tackle 'stigma'

Bristol Old Vic is to stage its first ever Black Out night, in what artistic director Nancy Medina has labelled a fight against elitism in the culture sector

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Unless drama is prepared to settle for a lesser literary status, it needs to engage with our dominant literary form, writes Kate Maltby 👇

Kate Maltby on theatre’s engagement with the literary form

Romans: A Novel has had a mixed reception but drama needs to engage with our dominant literary form – namely the male-dominated novel, says Kate Maltby

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Exclusive: Ex-offenders will be trained to work in theatre as part of a new initiative aimed at filling an “entry-level staff shortage" in the sector and increasing diversity off stage.

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Theatre organisations from across East Anglia have joined together to create a network aimed at tackling the challenges of mid-scale touring.

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★★★ Review: Poor – Reverent if hurried adaptation of Katriona O’Sullivan’s acclaimed memoir 👇

Poor review at Gate Theatre, Dublin: effective tear-jerker

Read our review of Poor at Gate Theatre, Dublin: Reverent if hurried adaptation of Katriona O’Sullivan’s acclaimed memoir

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