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Opinion

Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner’s reasons to be cheerful

From Imelda Staunton in Hello, Dolly! to Arts Council England’s new plans to incentivise touring, Lyn Gardner picks her theatre-sector highlights of 2024
David Benedict
by David Benedict

I had mixed feelings about the NT’s Importance of Being Earnest. And that’s a good thing

The first half achieved exquisite comic balance, the second did not, but I’d rather see that than something merely obedient and proficient, says David Benedict
Amanda Parker
by Amanda Parker

There’s a theatre sinkhole in the north and the sector’s turning its back on it

There’s a positive buzz around theatre in the north, but beneath the surface the region’s diversity of audience, and of global-majority creativity, is at risk of collapse

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

One more reason to be cheerful this year

While theatres may be facing numerous challenges, attracting audiences does not appear to be one of them, says editor Alistair Smith, after visiting 20 theatres around the UK

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Big Interviews

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

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Simon Russell Beale

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Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Emma Rice

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Jamie Wilson

Producer

Adrian Dunbar

Actor

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
Simon Russell Beale
“My career looks like this marvellous plan, but it was all an accident”

Simon Russell Beale

Actor
Having played parts from Prospero to Stalin, Hamlet and now the poet AE Housman, Simon Russell Beale is convinced he has one of the best jobs in the world. Why? Every role offers a new area for intellectual investigation, he says
Kate McGrath
“I’m excited by artists, but also by audiences and their potential”

Kate McGrath

Producer
Adrian Dunbar
“It really isn’t difficult to understand Beckett”

Adrian Dunbar

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

David Haig

writer
Mel Kenyon
“I’m in the presence of greatness every day”

Mel Kenyon

Theatrical agent

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Simon Russell Beale

Actor

Jamie Wilson

Producer

Max Webster

Director

Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Emma Rice

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Jamie Wilson

Producer

Adrian Dunbar

Actor

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

Forced Entertainment at 40: ‘We’re part of British theatre, but we’re also not part of it’

Forced Entertainment at 40: ‘We’re part of British theatre, but we’re also not part of it’

by Natasha Tripney
The experimental theatre company has a reputation for creating difficult, confrontational work, but the fact it is marking its 40th anniversary tells a different story about its ability to appeal to audiences. Artistic director Tim Etchells tells Natasha Tripney about the group’s evolution and its revolutionary rehearsal process
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Show reports 2024: the year’s funniest onstage (and offstage) mishaps

Show reports 2024: the year’s funniest onstage (and offstage) mishaps

by Georgia Luckhurst
Every day, stage managers write up a show report noting any technical mishaps, onstage issues or unusual audience behaviour from that day’s performance. Georgia Luckhurst rounds up some of the funniest moments when shows didn’t go to plan this year
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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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