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National Theatre cuts tours to primary schools in ‘deeply damaging’ move

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Streetwise Opera launches 'critical' £120k fundraising appeal to stay afloat

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Quotes of the week November 13: Vanessa Williams, Michael Sheen, Cynthia Erivo and more

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

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

by David Benedict

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

by Rob Halliday

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

by Lyn Gardner

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

by Howard Sherman

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My favourite play: Michael Grandage

Which productions most inspired, moved and delighted our leading theatremakers? An RSC touring production from 1978, featuring
Ian McKellen, is the pick of director Michael Grandage