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Are you looking for a chance to improve and develop your skills? Or perhaps even looking to kick-start your theatre career? Discover the latest training and drama school news and opportunities with The Stage. Here you can find out more about the training available as well as scholarships in acting, backstage, theatre, wardrobe and more.

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Lyn Gardner
by Lyn Gardner

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

The recent Budget has made it clear that theatre can longer rely on outside help. The only way to fix the sector is to reinvent and restructure it ourselves
David Benedict
by David Benedict

Finally – a decent theatre trailer

Most theatre trailers are actually, despite what PRs might hope, no help at all in selling tickets, says David Benedict, but I’ve just seen one that might defy that trend

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by Alistair Smith

Budget was a crushing disappointment for theatre sector

Despite widespread optimism in theatre around Labour’s return to government, the principal impact of its first Budget is a damaging increase to employers’ national insurance contributions that will be felt in both the commercial and subsidised sectors and will affect theatres’ ability to employ staff
When is it okay for management to intervene in the creative process?

When is it okay for management to intervene in the creative process?

The Green Room
Welcome to our weekly discussion forum for key issues facing those working in theatre and the performing arts. This week, we ask our panellists when they think it is okay for management to intervene in the creative process?
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The Stage talks in depth to movers and shakers from across the industry

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Jacqui O’Hanlon
“Children’s imaginations are fired by Shakespeare”

Jacqui O’Hanlon

RSC director of creative learning
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s director of creative learning and engagement speaks from experience when she talks about the transformative power of an arts-rich education. She explains why it is vital that every child has access to theatre-based teaching
Adrian Lester
“As an artist, you have to promote the kind of work you want to see”

Adrian Lester

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Sarah Frankcom
“Change doesn’t happen through talking, it happens by doing”

Sarah Frankcom

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Joseph Marcell
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Joseph Marcell

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Adam Cooper
“I wasn’t a typical ballet figure – I always felt I had to prove myself”

Adam Cooper

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Robert Icke

Director

Emma Rice

Director

Antonio Pappano

Conductor and music director

Francesca Moody

Producer

Johnny Flynn

Actor

Matthew Bourne

Choreographer

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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How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

How can drama schools help solve theatre’s skills crisis?

by Theo Bosanquet
Drama schools are adapting their approach to training to help bridge a skills gap that is showing worrying signs of becoming endemic, but there is only so much they can do. Figures from both the training sector and the industry talk to Theo Bosanquet about the root causes of the problem and what needs to happen to tackle the shortage
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How to Choose Your Drama School 2024

How to Choose Your Drama School 2024

by The Stage
Our annual drama schools special focuses on the latest developments in the training sector, from advice on how to find the best course for you and making sure they are up to scratch, to deep dives into how drama schools are adapting to help bridge the growing skills gap
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Interviews with established and emerging theatremakers working on stage and behind the scenes in UK theatre and beyond.
Syrus Lowe 

Syrus Lowe 

Actor and role-play expert
Lulu-Mae Pears

Lulu-Mae Pears

actor
Ihsan Rustem

Ihsan Rustem

Choreographer
Meg Hateley

Meg Hateley

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