Last year, Birmingham Hippodrome became the first British theatre to have an in-house department dedicated to developing new musical theatre. Leading that department is Deirdre O’Halloran and artistic director Jon Gilchrist, who tell Tim Bano about their mission to become the UK’s ‘national theatre for new musicals’ and why investment in the art form needs to be taken seriously
Stella Kanu, chief executive of Shakespeare’s Globe, tells The Stage how she hopes to enact some of the change theatre has been talking about for so long
With 19 productions this year, and many more hiring its sets, Imagine Theatre is one of the UK’s busiest panto producers. The team gives The Stage a tour of its headquarters and slosh-splattered warehouse
The Stage’s team of critics saw 180 shows across the Edinburgh Fringe. They have selected five groups of theatremakers who really made an impact, and these include Hannah Jarrett-Scott, Norah Lopez Holden, Julia Grogan, Rachel Lemon and Lydia Higman, who are behind the acclaimed show Gunter
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