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John Byrne

John Byrne is careers adviser for The Stage and is also a writer, cartoonist, performer and broadcaster

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

Two stars of technical theatre have left us too soon, but they will keep on inspiring me

Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

Finding new audiences for opera? It may well require new types of opera

Should you change agent? Or is it just the slow market? Here is my take

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Patching over problems is no longer enough. Theatre needs radical change

Everyone is welcome at the theatre, unless...

Should you change agent? Or is it just the slow market? Here is my take

Two stars of technical theatre have left us too soon, but they will keep on inspiring me

Finding new audiences for opera? It may well require new types of opera

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Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan to star in new Mike Bartlett play

Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty have been cast in a new play by Mike Bartlett set to have its world premiere in the West End next year

Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan to star in new Mike Bartlett play

Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan and Erin Doherty have been cast in a new play by Mike Bartlett set to have its world premiere in the West End next year

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Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan to star in new Mike Bartlett play

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake turns 30: the feather-ruffling ballet that went mainstream

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

Hamlet, November 13, 2024

Advice

Alexa Morden: ‘I’d love to demolish the hierarchy of power that exists in the industry'

Alex James-Hatton: 'There needs to be more support for actors, creatives and people who work behind the scenes'

Lucy Avison: 'I was on a work placement in Scotland at 21 and never really left'

Matt Wilde: 'Be brave, be bold'

Recommended for you

Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan to star in new Mike Bartlett play

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake turns 30: the feather-ruffling ballet that went mainstream

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

Hamlet, November 13, 2024