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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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Emma Rice

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Robert Icke

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Emma Rice

Director

Francesca Moody

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Conductor and music director

Jamie Wilson

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Adrian Dunbar

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Elizabeth McGovern

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Sutton Foster

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Carrie Hope Fletcher

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Julian Bird

Chief executive, Society of London Theatre/UK Theatre

Nancy Carroll

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Adam Cooper

Dancer
Ben Power
“We were riding a moment in theatre”

Ben Power

Writer
With his award-winning adaptation of The Lehman Trilogy returning to the West End, Ben Power walks The Stage through his journey to becoming “the National Theatre’s secret weapon”, what theatre can learn from screen and the future of the industry
Reece Shearsmith
“There’s a lot of snobbery around comedy”

Reece Shearsmith

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Kathryn Hunter
“The pretend world often seemed more real”

Kathryn Hunter

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Joe Hill-Gibbins
“I find the Little Englander attitude to theatre embarrassing”

Joe Hill-Gibbins

Director
Ivo van Hove
“I want to make the most extreme art without compromising”

Ivo van Hove

Director

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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

The Fringe Five 2024 | Edinburgh's breakout theatremakers

The Fringe Five 2024 | Edinburgh's breakout theatremakers

by The Stage
The Stage’s team of six critics saw 180 shows across the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We asked them to choose the five theatremakers who had really made an impact – introducing the Fringe Five...
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What winning at The Stage Awards did for us: revisiting the class of 2024

What winning at The Stage Awards did for us: revisiting the class of 2024

by Katie Chambers
As we announce the nominations for The Stage Awards 2025 and celebrate another year of British theatre, some of last year’s winners speak to Katie Chambers about the highlights and challenges of the past 12 months
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Q&A

Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
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Yaron Lifschitz

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Jessica Clark

Jessica Clark

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Amanda Wilkin

Amanda Wilkin

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Anoushka Warden

Press officer and playwright
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