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Garsington Opera, Wormsley, Buckinghamshire
Verdi’s much-derided early comedy is finally vindicated in Christopher Alden’s triumphant production
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Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Labour’s Chris Bryant thinks theatre is full of nepo babies. Is it? Really?

In the current circumstances, parents might well be steering their children away from jobs in theatre rather than towards them
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Playing politics – the musicals that get my vote

From Hamilton to Assassins, Thatcher – The Musical to the Tony Blair Rock Opera, who says musicals can’t be political?

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by Alistair Smith

If the next government can fix the country, the arts will follow

Although there may be little to choose between the different political parties’ arts policies, the greatest positive impact a new government can have on the arts would be to grow the UK economy and then invest in the public realm more widely
What kind of job have you never done, but would like to?

What kind of job have you never done, but would like to?

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Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask: what kind of job have you never done, but would like to?
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“Touring new writing is what we do and we are going to fight for it”

Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner

Joint artistic directors
As Paines Plough celebrates its 50th and its Roundabout tent’s 10th anniversary, the organisation’s joint artistic directors talk to Lyn Gardner about this year’s line-up, fighting for new writing remains central to the theatre ecology and how their enthusiasm for the company remains undimmed
Ellen Kane
“It’s our job to represent real people”

Ellen Kane

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James Graham
“Do I want to do a Liz Truss play? No, I absolutely don't”

James Graham

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“I am as passionate about Oklahoma! as I am about Brahms”

John Wilson

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John Wilson

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James Graham

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Ellen Kane

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Charlotte Bennett and Katie Posner

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Adrian Dunbar

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Antonio Pappano

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Robert Icke

Director

Annie Baker

Playwright

Emma Rice

Director

Jane Asher

Actor

Chris Stafford

Chief executive

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Elizabeth McGovern

Actor

Sutton Foster

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Carrie Hope Fletcher

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Julian Bird

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The Stage West End ticketing survey 2024: breakdown in full

The Stage West End ticketing survey 2024: breakdown in full

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The full breakdown of The Stage’s study into 2024’s West End ticket prices, and how they have changed year on year
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Brecht exhibition: piecing together a master playwright

Brecht exhibition: piecing together a master playwright

by Nick Smurthwaite
To develop his ideas, Bertolt Brecht would cut out images to form into collages. Nick Smurthwaite visits the performance-based brecht: fragments experience in London to find out how the German dramatist’s visual art impacted his theatre work
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