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Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

EdFringe lottery will continue as long as opportunities remain limited for early-career artists

With so many artists seeing the huge risk of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as being their only hope of being the next Fleabag or Baby Reindeer, it must be time to rethink the gatekeeping structure of the industry
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Operation Mincemeat: the next toast of Broadway?

Transferring a West End hit to Broadway can be a risky venture, says David Benedict. Here’s hoping that SpitLip’s small but mighty madcap British musical will be as popular with US audiences as it has been here
Amanda Parker
by Amanda Parker

Arts Council England’s NPO extension: the sweetener before the bitter pill?

Three years is a long time in the life of a theatre company and while some are celebrating the NPO extension by Arts Council England, for those that were hoping to apply for the next round it poses an existential threat

Editor's View

by Alistair Smith

Covid continues to shape theatre five years on

Among the significant challenges the theatre industry has had to bear due to the pandemic lockdowns, the greatest impact is on the workforce itself, says Alistair Smith

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Big Interviews

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

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Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley
“London theatre has never been so good”

Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley

Producers
Twenty-five years after founding production company Fiery Angel, the husband-and-wife duo behind it all explain about what success looks like to them and why, despite the challenging landscape, commercial theatre in the UK is in rude health
Luke Thallon
“If I get this wrong, there’s no hiding from it”

Luke Thallon

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

Simon Russell Beale

Actor
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

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Long Reads

A day in the life of… community engagement: Cardboard Citizens

A day in the life of… community engagement: Cardboard Citizens

by Lyn Gardner
Theatre company Cardboard Citizens does vital work with people who have experienced homelessness, inequity or poverty. Rachel Jessica Angeli gives Lyn Gardner an in-depth insight into her role as membership manager
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Freema Agyeman: ‘I've been calling this my year of Shakespeare’

Freema Agyeman: ‘I've been calling this my year of Shakespeare’

by Fergus Morgan
Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman began her theatrical career in 2017, and has since fallen in love with the challenge of being on stage. She tells Fergus Morgan about her latest role in a football-themed production of Much Ado About Nothing
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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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