800 stories by "Alistair Smith"
The latest chapter in the remarkable saga of the Broadway Peterborough emerged this week with the news that Selladoor Worldwide is to
The appointment of Talawa as resident company at the soon-to-reopen Fairfield Halls in Croydon marks the end of a long journey for
Albert Finney's death is a huge loss to stage and screen, but it has also served as a lightning rod for wider
With local authority support for arts funding falling off a cliff in recent years, councils and cultural organisations are looking at ways
As recent events have shown, producing a commercial tour can be a tightrope walk. It has become blessedly rare for West End
Netflix is often considered a rival to traditional screen entertainment produced by HBO, BBC or the Hollywood film studios. But the streaming
News last week that Shakespeare's Globe was looking at a substantial number of redundancies due to "a difficult financial year" followed similar
There is one figure who, for reasons of eligibility, is perennially absent from The Stage 100, our list of the most influential
Most of the commercial West End is located in the borough of Westminster (a few theatres are in Camden). It is a
The news from Liverpool this week will make for sobering reading for many theatre leaders around the UK. The Everyman and Playhouse
Designed by WGR Sprague in 1913, the 425-seat Ambassadors Theatre is probably best known today as having been the West End's long-term
Rightly, there has been a concerted push to address the under-representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic performers on stage and screen,
For some, it has already started. For others, it will soon be upon them. A few sorry souls will be preparing to
As Mark Shenton rightly observes in his column this week, Ian McKellen's 80-stop tour of the UK is a "major statement of
Whenever I talk to theatre executives, there is one topic that they tend to bring up more than any other: boards. The
While his lack of experience in the industry meant his appointment in 2016 was a surprise to many, Ambassador Theatre Group's chief
What do brown ballet shoes and emergency childcare have in common? Our two front page stories this week are both indicative of
On one level, maybe it doesn't matter if a few schoolchildren haven't heard of Shakespeare. It should be perfectly possible to have
Laura Cox QC's report into bullying and sexual harassment in the House of Commons made for grim but fascinating reading, not least
It is hard to overestimate the impact the National Theatre's Travelex scheme has had on UK theatre. Nicholas Hytner ranked it as
As more emerges regarding Ramin Gray's departure from Actors Touring Company, the less clear things become. In July, I wrote about the
The Stage Debut Awards, in association with Access Entertainment, are a joyous evening celebrating the future of theatre in this country. And,
The pay claim submitted by Equity to the Society of London Theatre is, as the union itself acknowledges, an ambitious one. A
For a sector that generally self-identifies as liberal and progressive, the current global state of affairs can make for depressing reading for
A story in the US press last week highlighted the general public's increasingly warped view of the acting profession. Geoffrey Owens "
