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★★★★★ Review: Gianni Schicchi – Fizzing with fun and musically top notch, this lively show is a real crowd-pleaser Read our full review 👇

Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls is to return for a UK and Ireland tour in 2027-28. Read more 👇

Soprano Danielle de Niese has said she would not "push" her children towards the arts, citing the difficulties of pursuing a career in the industry. Read more 👇

Michelle Terry will step down as artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe at the end of 2027 after a decade in the role. Read more 👇

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The Royal Ballet School’s artistic director Iain Mackay has claimed the dance industry has “a long way to go” in terms of tackling body image issues. Read more 👇

More than 1,300 people have signed a petition urging that the planned demolition of Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre be delayed until plans for a replacement venue are approved. Read more 👇

Theatre Royal Wakefield is set to be able to host more theatregoers if plans for an expansion to the building are approved. Read more 👇

The government's consultation on the Charity Commission's powers to tackle extremism is now open. Theatre organisations need to stand up and add their voices or we risk ending up with legislation that doesn’t work for the sector, writes Amanda Parker 👇

Conor McPherson is to adapt Japanese novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold for the stage as part of the Lyric Hammersmith’s 2027 season, which also includes work from Rufus Norris and Sarah Frankcom. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

Obituary: Simon Webb — Composer, conductor and musical director whose work ran from Shakespeare to The Who’s Tommy, and who was in constant demand for TV and film scores 👇

★★★ Review: London City Ballet: Firebird – A Double Bill – Pairing of an archive work and a Covid-period piece is intriguing, but not wholly satisfying Read more 👇

Why do politicians think the arts are dispensable?, asks Lyn Gardner 👇

★★★★ Review: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins – Startlingly funny romp through literature from the unhinged mind of Australian clown Damien Warren-Smith. (@theotherpalace.bsky.social) Read our full review 👇

Andrew Lloyd Webber has accused the current government of paying "lip service" to music in schools without taking sufficient action to protect the subject from "disgraceful" cuts. Read more 👇

★★★ Review: Room 13 – Immersive journey into a hellish netherworld Read our full review 👇

★★★ Review: Scottish Dance Theatre: The Game of Life/Rotten Work – Group dynamics soar in one work and sour in the second, as Scottish Dance Theatre celebrates its 40th anniversary Read our full review 👇

ATG Entertainment’s former property director David Blyth, described as "fundamental" to the establishment and growth of the company, has died aged 69. Read more 👇

★★★★ Review: Royal Ballet: Manon – Kenneth MacMillan’s savage masterpiece is a good fit for the debuting Cesar Corrales Read more 👇

★★ Review: The Master Builder – David Edgar’s pensive translation loses the bite and momentum of Ibsen’s dark parable of obsessive ambition Read our full review 👇

A swathe of performers and arts organisations have spoken out in response to reports of racist, homophobic and xenophobic harassment of cast members in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Chichester, claiming such behaviour is rife across the UK. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/not...

Money raised from a tax on overnight stays in the north of England should be used to support cultural assets in the region, a parliamentary inquiry has argued. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/tou...

ICYMI: Jane Krakowski is to take over as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! this winter, reprising the role she recently played on Broadway. Read more 👇

ICYMI: "There is something welcoming and ironically, unthreatening about horror as a genre. They expect to have a good time" Horror is proving to be good business in theatre today. In this month's Long Read, creatives and producers putting the supernatural on stage tell us why it's booming 👇

ICYMI: Judi Dench has reflected on her involvement in the critically lambasted 2019 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, claiming it was “a waste of [...] goodwill and talent”. Read more 👇

ICYMI: Comedian and satirist Munya Chawawa has highlighted the ‘racism, xenophobia, and homophobia’ he witnessed while working in Chichester, claiming a homophobic attack on one of the cast members was “just the tip of the iceberg”. Read more 👇

ICYMI: London’s Roundhouse is launching a bursary for young working-class creative freelancers aiming to "give those who can’t afford to sacrifice paid work the space to work on their business". Read more 👇

ICYMI: ★★★★ Review: Triumph – Caryl Churchill’s new short drama interrogating the Trump regime is an arresting event Read our full review 👇

ICYMI: Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed production of The History Boys is to return to the West End in 2027 for the first time in 20 years. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

★★★ Review: Lanny – Folk horror with an urban twist Read our full review 👇

★★★ Review: The Pianist – Musical version of the famous wartime survival story gives a touching, if strangely detached, impression of the horrors of Nazi occupation Read our full review 👇

★★★★★ Review: Turandot – Scottish Opera presents Franco Alfano’s original completion of Puccini’s unfinished opera Read our full review 👇

Birmingham Rep has opted to keep live musicians for its new production of The Snowman, having previously considered using recorded music earlier this year, The Stage understands. Read more 👇

A new six-part paramedic television drama set during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in development. Read more 👇

Campaigners are petitioning the government to make drama a mandatory subject within the National Curriculum for all students in Key Stage 3 in England. Read more 👇

Review round-up: Martin Guerre at the Old Vic, London – Is it fourth time lucky for Schönberg and Boublil’s misfiring musical?👇

A musical adaptation of The Notebook first seen in the US is transferring to the West End, and will become the first show to run in the Judi Dench Theatre after it is renamed next year. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

★★★★ Review: Derren Brown: Only Human – Joyous return to form for the clever, irreverent yet deeply philosophical ‘psychological illusionist’ Read our full review 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/...

★★★ Review: The Disappearing Man – Drama of stage magic and family breakdown is all smoke and mirrors Read our full review 👇

In My Favourite Play, playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar selects a production she saw as a young writer that provoked shock and joy 👇

More than 50% of respondents to an @equityuk.bsky.social survey have had to take work outside of the sector to survive, with only a quarter thinking they will be working in the industry in three years’ time. Read more 👇

The Mousetrap’s set will be “revitalised” as part of refurbishments to the interior of the West End theatre it has been playing at for almost 75 years, with Hannah Chissick taking the reins as the show’s latest director. Read more 👇

★★★ Review: The Glass Menagerie – Bold cinematic vision and a brief glimpse of thwarted happiness offset ambiguous tragicomedy in this staging of the Tennessee Williams drama. (@themacbelfast.bsky.social) Read our full review 👇

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music has been removed from his latest project with long-term collaborator Tim Rice ahead of a planned revival of the show next month. Read more 👇

Jane Krakowski is to take over as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! this winter, reprising the role she recently played on Broadway. Read more 👇

Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed production of The History Boys is to return to the West End in 2027 for the first time in 20 years. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

Blackpool, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Wrexham have been shortlisted for the UK City of Culture 2029. Read more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/shortlist-revealed-for-uk-city-of-culture-2029-news

★★★★ Review: A Tidy Boy – Funny and insightful comedy-drama about social ills subverts expectations Read our full review 👇

"There is something welcoming and ironically, unthreatening about horror as a genre. They expect to have a good time" Horror is proving to be good business in theatre today. In this month's Long Read, creatives and producers putting the supernatural on stage tell us why it's booming 👇

★★★★ Review: Our Friends in the North: The Thatcher Years – Deft and witty adaptation of the TV classic Read our full review 👇