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Matthew Hemley

Deputy editor

Biography

Matt is deputy editor of The Stage, having started as the newspaper’s broadcast reporter in 2007. He covers all areas of the industry in his role, but has a particular interest in musical theatre. Matt studied acting at Bretton Hall, part of the University of Leeds, and regularly appears on radio and television to discuss theatre.

Recent Articles

Tributes paid to Claire van Kampen following death at 71

NewsJan 18, 2025

Tributes have been paid to playwright, composer and director Claire van Kampen, who has died aged 71.

Caryl Churchill among writers mourning 'short-sighted' cut to Radio 3 drama

NewsJan 17, 2025

Caryl Churchill is among leading playwrights who have condemned a 100% cut to audio drama on BBC Radio 3, with the decision labelled "short-sighted vandalism"

Theatres across West End to dim lights in memory of Joan Plowright

NewsJan 17, 2025

Katy Rudd: Telling girls’ stories on stage can seem ‘off-putting’

NewsJan 16, 2025

The director of Ballet Shoes has suggested that an aversion to books aimed at girls has prevented previous attempts to turn these stories into stage plays

Cuts to Radio 3 drama will end ‘National Theatre of the airwaves’ – unions

NewsJan 15, 2025

The most recent commissioning brief for Radio 3 has removed all ‘radio drama slots’, according to Equity, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and the Society of Authors

David Hayman to star in tour of Death of a Salesman

Production NewsJan 10, 2025

David Hayman is to lead a tour of Death of a Salesman

Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie to star in Mrs Warren's Profession

Production NewsJan 8, 2025

A new kind of winner for The Stage 100

FeaturesJan 8, 2025

Matthew Hemley explains how The Stage 100 was chosen and the changes that 2025’s list includes

Exclusive: Youth theatres hit by underfunding and staff burnout – census

NewsJan 6, 2025

England has at least 415 youth theatre groups that support more than 100,000 young people but are facing an uncertain future due to significant underfunding, a large new study concludes

Creative leadership should be a funding condition for venues – SDUK

NewsJan 6, 2025

Union Stage Directors UK has moved to overturn a shift away from the artistic director model in theatres, calling for creative leadership to be a funding condition for subsidised venues