800 stories by "Alistair Smith"
Over the past few weeks, we've all got used to major upheavals to our day-to-day lives. Much of this change has been
We cannot be sure when theatres will open their doors again, but there are early signs if you read the tea leaves.
Theatre is a sector full of obsessives. For almost everyone working in this business, it is more than a job " it
We are just over a week into a crisis that will represent the biggest change to our day-to-day lives we have ever
The show will not go on. At least, not for a while. The events of the past few days are unprecedented. There
Is the tide finally turning against exorbitant drama school audition fees? Guildhall School of Music and Drama, for a long time one
It has survived two world wars, the internet, even five years of my editorship, and last Saturday The Stage turned the grand
"Let's create", exhorts Arts Council England's 10-year strategy, published this week. The title reflects how the funding body's priorities appear to be
Much like the young Rufus Norris after he fell off his decorator's ladder and hit himself in a sensitive spot, theatre finds
"Go and look at the rooms in which our artists are compelled to spend the greater part of their official career, notice
Last week, we ran some discouraging research into representation among senior leadership teams at theatres in England. It found that between 2009
Labour's performance in the general election " especially in its former northern heartlands " has resulted in a slew of think pieces
As December marches on, we enter the season of lists. Not Christmas card lists " in journalistic circles, December means end-of-year lists.
The story of Andrew Aldis, the general manager of Bridlington Spa who claims he was sacked after refusing to take a pay
From Jersey to Orkney, Ian McKellen has covered the length and breadth of the UK during his year-long, 80-date tour. It has
James Cundall might not be a name familiar to some UK-based readers, but he has been a key commercial player internationally for
There probably aren't many conclusions to be drawn about the state of the West End's historic theatre stock from the incident at
Speaking to The Stage in 2015, soon after his 75th birthday, Michael Billington pondered the possibility of retirement. "I don't intend to
In January, HighTide artistic director Suba Das posted an image on social media captioned: "The class of 2019… we're here to fuck
Regional theatre has been in a state of impending crisis for as long as I have been writing for The Stage "
Jonathan Church's decision to go in-house at Trafalgar Entertainment makes a lot of sense for both parties. At Trafalgar, founders Howard Panter
It appears not. Or at least not yet. Ambassador Theatre Group " the UK's largest theatre operator, with an expanding US operation
What will happen in the Seyi Omooba case? I don't know. As I wrote at the time her anti-gay comments were first
Our story this week, revealing the precipitous decline in children's theatregoing in the past decade, is deeply worrying. That the rate of
We all have to start somewhere. This is the beauty of The Stage Debut Awards, which last Sunday celebrated another year of
