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Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

The National Theatre’s cut to its school touring scheme is damaging to theatre – and children

The National Theatre’s 100% cut to its live touring to primary schools is a huge own goal at a time when the industry needs to show the government the key role it has to play in supporting the arts in education
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Call me Scrooge, but this over-told tale is so rarely done well

Year after year of stale stagings of Dickens’ Christmas classic highlight the difficulty of instilling dramatic tension into a story that we all know so well
Which stereotypes about theatre folk are true?

Which stereotypes about theatre folk are true?

The Green Room
Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask our panellists which stereotypes about their jobs are true?
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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

Emma Rice

Director

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Matthew Bourne

Choreographer

Johnny Flynn

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
Kate McGrath
“I’m excited by artists, but also by audiences and their potential”

Kate McGrath

Producer
Two decades after co-founding pioneering production company Fuel, Kate McGrath is taking the outfit from strength to strength. As she plans a series of new and old work to celebrate its 20th anniversary, she tells Lyn Gardner why a desire to keep pushing the boundaries of form and scale has led her to take theatre into car parks and day-care centres
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
Lucy McCormick
“I feel a responsibility to go too far”

Lucy McCormick

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Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Matthew Bourne

Choreographer

Johnny Flynn

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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Hackney panto favourite Kat B: ‘On Boxing Day it’s like a creche, the kids are wired and high on sweets’

Hackney panto favourite Kat B: ‘On Boxing Day it’s like a creche, the kids are wired and high on sweets’

by Anya Ryan
Kat B is about to take to Hackney Empire’s panto stage in a production of Dick Whittington and his Cat. He tells Anya Ryan about some of the funny moments, his favourite crowds and what keeps him coming back to panto
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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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