This week's Hamlet, by Harry Venning (September 28)

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NDAs are overused. What can theatre do about it?

With Bluesky on the horizon, is the sun going down on ‘Theatre Twitter’?

Regional theatres are evolving with – and for – their communities

Did Tammy Faye lose its sense of proportion on the way to Broadway?

Beyond ticket prices: the battles and benefits of regional theatre

Musical theatre lost so much talent to AIDS, but we must remember how it also helped change perceptions

The National Theatre’s cut to its school touring scheme is damaging to theatre – and children

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

Wicked is casting a spell over film audiences – what's the secret to its screen success?

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

I’m back where I began, but as a tutor not a student – it’s inspiring... and petrifying

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Harry Venning

Harry Venning is an ex-actor, cartoonist, writer and reviewer

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