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As many people are already aware, the Mercury Theatre, Colchester is currently in the midst of a two-year £9.7 million capital project.
At this year's Edinburgh Fringe, a group of companies and theatremakers have launched the #PayIfYouCan initiative, urging established producers, promoters and companies
The Stage Debut Awards 2019, in association with Access Entertainment, will take place at the Brewery in London on September 15. Here
August 7, 1919: With a feature in the Times from August 2, 2019 claiming that "London's most famous theatres are elegant, historic,
So much of Lyn Gardner's Long Read on the fringe could have been written in the 1990s, when I was director of
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 is now underway. Our expert, resident reviewing team pick their best shows of the fringe so far.
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off for 2019, the financial barriers to taking a show to working there have been widely
This week's production news includes an announcement that Tudor musical Six is transferring to Broadway and that James McAvoy is to star
The row over US investors threatening to pull cash if they don't receive an Olivier statuette is stupid. Just because you put
15 years ago (August 5, 2004): We reported on proposals by the Metropolitan Police to impose a blanket curfew on under-16s wishing
In an interview with The Stage last week, Jenna Russell spoke about the changing nature of auditions, in which actors are increasingly
I suppose these theatres could reduce their sales of alcohol to the inebriated and their sales of gargantuan food items in noisy
July 24, 1969: Four decades ago, proposals for a national theatre for Wales stalled due to ongoing disagreements about the location and
Reports of increasingly disruptive behaviour from audiences at West End venues has prompted some theatres to trial the use of body cameras,
This week's production news includes Layton Williams and Shane Richie confirmed to star in the UK tour of Everybody's Talking About Jamie,
After nearly 43 years I am leaving the Queen's Theatre. I would like to say it's been an absolute pleasure and very
The Stage's Edinburgh Festival Fringe review team pick the shows they are most looking forward to see when the world's largest arts
This week, Amelie announced a Christmas transfer to the Other Palace in London, a reworked version of Sister Act was confirmed "
July 13, 1944: London was suffering aerial bombardment from German V-1 rockets, otherwise known as doodlebugs, 75 years ago this week. The
I feel for these two writers. It is a nasty position to be put in and creatively deflating. The love, passion and
London theatre the Donmar Warehouse is piloting a scheme to give audience members warning of scenes in its productions that they could
Selladoor's plans to launch its new south London venue are being presented as a done deal, but there has been no public
July 3, 1919: Writing just after the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versailles that brought the First World War to an
Last week, the Southbank Centre issued an apology after it was accused of disrespecting understudies by appear. Dove Cameron, appearing in The
June 28, 1979: Following Margaret Thatcher's election as prime minister, the new Conservative government passed its first spending review, resulting in a
