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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?

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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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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

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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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“I find the Little Englander attitude to theatre embarrassing”

Joe Hill-Gibbins

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

Ivo van Hove

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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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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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Bruntwood Prize at 20: how the competition became vital to the UK’s new-writing ecology

Bruntwood Prize at 20: how the competition became vital to the UK’s new-writing ecology

by Anya Ryan
Over the past 20 years, the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has become an integral part of the theatre landscape, propelling the careers of some of our most exciting writers. As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, Anya Ryan goes behind the scenes to find out what makes it so special
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Yaron Lifschitz

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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