Stephanie Street: We actors are adrenaline junkies who want to take risks by Stephanie Street

I'm pleased to report that my month of rest in January paid dividends. I reached the beginning of February feeling an enormous

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on February 13, 2018☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Resting? Yes, actually " sometimes actors need time off by Stephanie Street

My five-year-old told me this morning that she would like to be a hedgehog. The full existential impact of her statement only

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on January 16, 2018☆⚑

Stephanie Street: What right does anyone have to judge an actor's appearance? by Stephanie Street

The issue of body-shaming in reviews has reared its ugly head this month. Unfortunately this is nothing new. The pursuit of the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on November 29, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Women aren't valued enough " that can't continue any longer by Stephanie Street

For the past 22 years I've been of the belief that 'pathetic fallacy' was just something you tried to ram ostentatiously into

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00am on November 2, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: First day rules " try not to cry, at least not all the time by Stephanie Street

I started a new job yesterday, the week after my daughter started her first year of primary school. I heeded her advice

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on October 4, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Theatremakers are at our best when we work as a collective " not in isolation by Stephanie Street

This has been a double deja vu week. I was both appalled and unsurprised to read Matthew Xia and Selina Thompson's accounts

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:18am on September 6, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Celebrate the stage managers who create the backbone of our plays by Stephanie Street

This week, I have two plays in rehearsal: one in my motherland and one in my fatherland. I can't stop pinching myself,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 3:00am on August 10, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Why don't you see theatres led by a group of actors? by Stephanie Street

My first paid acting gig was a week at the Royal Court Theatre in London. It was a rehearsed reading of a knockout new

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on July 20, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Youths' fight for change on stage mirrors election by Stephanie Street

What a moment to be living through. Whitney sang it, now we're seeing it: children are the future. After almost a year

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on June 22, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Self-taping started as an actor's friend, but now it's our nemesis by Stephanie Street

Everybody's talking about self-taping. Equity has led the cover of its summer magazine with a handy guide of how-tos; my Facebook feed

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 25, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Why are working parents still not getting support in theatre? by Stephanie Street

It has been an eventful six months. So much so I can't quite believe it has actually been six months. But as

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on April 27, 2017☆⚑

Stephanie Street: We must increase access in all areas of the arts by Stephanie Street

I'm concerned by the gulf that exists between why most of us want to work in the arts, and what the industry

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:40am on November 10, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Drama schools must reach out to all demographics by Stephanie Street

Next week, Act for Change hosts its third major event. Our focus this time is on training " the routes that can

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on October 13, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Inspired by a young cast ad-libbing its way out of trouble by Stephanie Street

What the hell am I doing? I have found myself asking that question with increasing regularity. Not that I am literally unaware

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 15, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Pregnant women deserve their (real, human) stories, too by Stephanie Street

My name is Stephanie and I am a pregnant actor. I make this declaration because I haven't been able to get much

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on August 18, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: We have to confront the gender and race biases all around us by Stephanie Street

In an effort to silence the primal scream of the UK in social and political meltdown, I have been busying myself these

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on July 21, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: In these troubled times, theatre is more crucial than ever by Stephanie Street

Wow. 2016 has really got its claws in, hasn't it? I'm writing this away from home, working with a group of young,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on June 23, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Actors may not be saving lives, but they still deserve respect by Stephanie Street

You will by now have noticed my predisposition to using a medical analogy. This has something to do with the guilt I

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on May 26, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it's right by Stephanie Street

I've been thinking about change a lot of late. Or, more accurately, change is happening to me a lot. As David Bowie

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on April 28, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Gatekeepers are key to improving diversity by Stephanie Street

Just over a year ago, Act for Change monitored shows playing in a selection of regional theatres, subsidised London and West End

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on April 8, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Europe has much to teach us about creativity by Stephanie Street

Possibly the highlight of my working life was the time Peter Brook (crass name-drop alert) came backstage to congratulate a company I

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on March 10, 2016☆⚑

Stephanie Street: We need to use art in the fight against terrorism by Stephanie Street

The deja vu on November 13 was grim. My husband had worked late. It was a long wait as he picked his

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on December 17, 2015☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Women of colour need to drive their own stories by Stephanie Street

It's been a busy news month for women in our industry. While I'm hesitant just to join in on my little drum,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on November 19, 2015☆⚑

Stephanie Street: Be prepared to sweat if you want to be an actor by Stephanie Street

I realised this week that acting is quite like Bikram yoga. A series of 26 held postures working strength, balance and flexibility

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00pm on October 27, 2015☆⚑

Stephanie Street: We need support to juggle career and parenthood by Stephanie Street

I'd like to open my first regular column for The Stage with a little disclosure: I have always been partial to an

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:00pm on September 29, 2015☆⚑