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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Eleanor Lloyd is right to link arts skills to our survival as a species

Of course, we need scientists and engineers, but without the creative thinking that arts education provides, our society will struggle to face the challenges of the future
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Misleading marketing must go now... and you can quote me on that

When theatre advertising is misleading, it lets down audiences as well as the critics misquoted

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

Are England's three flagship theatres all hitting their stride at the same time?

With a mixture of new leadership, revitalised programming and stabilised finances, things are looking up for England’s three highest profile subsidised theatres, says editor Alistair Smith
Is theatre funding too concentrated on London?

Is theatre funding too concentrated on London?

The Green Room
This week’s panellists discuss the concentration of theatre funding in London
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Big Interviews

The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

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Robert Icke

Director

Judy Craymer

Producer

Richard Twyman

Artistic director and chief executive

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Sean Foley

Birmingham Rep

Liam Evans-Ford and Kate Wasserberg

Executive director and artistic director

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Jane Asher

Actor

Annie Baker

Playwright

Emma Rice

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Chris Stafford

Chief executive

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Adam Cooper

Dancer
David Haig
“Writing makes me less anxious about my acting career”

David Haig

writer
The award-winning stage and screen actor, whose roles have ranged from Alan Bennett plays to Four Weddings and a Funeral, is finding himself increasingly at home off stage, as a writer. As he enters new territory with his adaptation of Minority Report, he discusses how he’s reached this path
Mel Kenyon
“I’m in the presence of greatness every day”

Mel Kenyon

Theatrical agent
Lucy McCormick
“I feel a responsibility to go too far”

Lucy McCormick

theatremaker
Will Keen
“Theatre is my great love”

Will Keen

Actor
Johnny Flynn
“This is enough of a Hamlet for me”

Johnny Flynn

Actor

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Robert Icke

Director

Judy Craymer

Producer

Richard Twyman

Artistic director and chief executive

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Sean Foley

Birmingham Rep

Liam Evans-Ford and Kate Wasserberg

Executive director and artistic director

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Jane Asher

Actor

Annie Baker

Playwright

Emma Rice

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Chris Stafford

Chief executive

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

Performer

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Actor

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

Actor

Adam Cooper

Dancer
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Long Reads

Mission impossible? Turning fanciful visions into theatrical reality

Mission impossible? Turning fanciful visions into theatrical reality

by Lyn Gardner
From crossing vast mountain ranges and committing brutal acts of violence, to conjuring life-sized tigers and going inside the human body, theatremakers have long attempted to stage the seemingly unstageable. Artists responsible for some of these onstage phenomena tell Lyn Gardner how they do it, and why, sometimes, doing more with less can be the most powerful solution
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Luke Treadaway: ‘Sometimes it feels as though theatre has become an elite sport’

Luke Treadaway: ‘Sometimes it feels as though theatre has become an elite sport’

by Fergus Morgan
Luke Treadaway has starred in some of the most notable stage productions of the 21st-century and is the latest actor to take on The Emcee in Rebecca Frecknall’s hit Cabaret. He tells Fergus Morgan about the moments that have made up his career so far
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Jessica Talbot-Smith

Jessica Talbot-Smith

show director
Marie-Astrid Mence

Marie-Astrid Mence

dancer
Millie Hikasa

Millie Hikasa

actor
Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Pamela Ivonne-Cole

Singer and musical theatre performer
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