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The Stage Debut Awards 2026: meet our winners 👇

The Stage Debut Awards 2026: meet our winners

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Theatres and arts organisations in Scotland have issued a plea for more government funding ahead of December’s budget, with warnings that the sector has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels and that some companies will be forced to scale back their work without further support. Read more 👇

Scottish organisations issue funding plea ahead of budget

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 3h

★★★ Review: All at Sea – True-crime tale inspires this story of a marriage under pressure. (@livetheatre.bsky.social) 👇

All at Sea at Live Theatre, Newcastle: full of sharp edges

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 6h

Shoreditch Town Hall has appointed five new trustees as the organisation celebrates its 160th anniversary. Read more 👇

Shoreditch Town Hall welcomes five trustees

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 6h

Playwright and screenwriter Ryan Calais Cameron has warned that theatre will “die out” without grassroots work and claimed organisations he works with are “perishing every single day”. Read more 👇

Ryan Calais Cameron: Theatre will die out without grassroots work

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 6h

Joe Flavin, director of Northamptonshire theatre the Core at Corby Cube, will leave the venue in October to become director of the Cresset Centre in Peterborough. Read more 👇

Joe Flavin to step down as director of the Core at Corby Cube

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 6h

The Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme is to relocate its base to the Engine Room in Wigan, where it will operate alongside the venue’s resident theatre company ThickSkin. Read more 👇

Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme relocates HQ to Wigan

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 6h

Scottish arts magazines the Skinny and Fest are set to continue publication following a rescue deal for publisher Radge Media, which will see journalists paid the money owed to them. Read more 👇

Scottish arts magazines saved from closure with journalists to be paid

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 8h

Lucian Msamati will star in the world premiere of Ryan Calais Cameron’s The Afronauts at London’s Royal Court Theatre in November. Read more 👇

Lucian Msamati to star in The Afronauts at the Royal Court

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 8h

★★ Review: The Standard of Living – James Graham’s stilted new play about the seminal economist John Maynard Keynes doesn’t add up 👇

The Standard of Living review at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Dance company Rambert has appointed Rebecca Hanna-Grindall as its new chief executive, with the Southbank Centre leader set to take-up the role in January next year. Read more 👇

Rambert names Southbank head Rebecca Hanna-Grindall as new CEO

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Two Labour MPs have been elected to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Theatre and are hoped to address difficulties with touring shows around the UK. Read more 👇

Theatre parliamentary group appoints two MPs amid fresh call to support touring

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Es Devlin has suggested that theatre designers should think harder about what aspects of their vision are “essential” to put on stage in order to weather rising production costs and mitigate against expensive tickets. Read more 👇

Es Devlin: Designers should think harder about what is vital to their visions amid rising ticket costs

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

British dancer and choreographer Xander Parish has launched a new international ballet company, Nouveaux Ballets Russes, which will begin with a "radical reimagining" of Swan Lake in March 2027. Read more 👇

Xander Parish launches international ballet company

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Hull Truck Theatre is requesting its local council provide it with additional funding to help bolster its security following numerous robberies and incidents of anti-social behaviour. Read more 👇

Hull Truck Theatre bids for security funds to ‘deter criminal activity’

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Debbie McGee is set to play Miss Lynch in the new UK and Ireland tour of Grease the Musical. Read more 👇

Debbie McGee to star in Grease UK and Ireland tour

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Paddington the Musical has announced its new cast as it celebrates its first anniversary on the West End. Read more 👇

Paddington announces new West End company as it enters second year

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Lisa Nandy has rebuked criticism from some quarters of the arts sector that she “doesn’t understand theatre”. Read more 👇

Lisa Nandy hits back at critics who claim she ‘doesn't understand theatre’

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

A new immersive experience based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland will open at warehouse space Dock X in London’s Canada Water this November. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Totally lost on what drama schools you want to apply for? Get expert advice, guidance and insights from our drama school survey in The Stage's How to Choose Your Drama School guide. Sign up for your free download here👉 www.thestage.co.uk/dynamic-...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Monitoring diversity is not an end goal for arts organisations. What’s needed is incentivisation and reward for those organisations that can show sustained progress in their diversity ambitions, writes Amanda Parker 👇

Amanda Parker on what ACE’s new portfolio arrangement means for diversity

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 29/09/2026

Milo Rau’s play inspired by Gisèle Pelicot’s high-profile rape case has landed its UK premiere at the Young Vic after being blocked by Belgrade International Theatre Festival last year. 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★★ Review: Death of a Salesman – Rich reworking of Arthur Miller’s tireless classic Read our full review 👇

Death of a Salesman review at Liverpool Everyman: rich reworking of Arthur Miller's classic

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★★ Review: La Bohème – Fifty shades of grey in a bleak but well performed production from Floris Visser Read our full review 👇

La Bohème review at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: bleak but well performed

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

ACE is not doing its job if it doesn’t have the confidence to make hard, probably unpopular, decisions that will provoke squeals of outrage, says Lyn Gardner 👇

Lyn Gardner on ACE’s new NPO funding cycling

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★ Review: Amanda: The Night Before Me – Divina De Campo excels in a knotty solo musical exploring a life before transitioning Read our full review 👇

Amanda: The Night Before Me review at Bridge House, Penge, London: Divina De Campo excels

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Actor, writer and director Reece Dinsdale is fronting a refreshed campaign to save the shuttered Square Chapel in Halifax, which has now been closed for more than a year. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/ree...

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Playwright Ava Pickett has urged the theatre industry to "nurture writers" through their second and third plays, warning that support can “drop off" after a writer’s debut. Read more 👇

Ava Pickett: Support for writers can drop off after their debuts

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★ Review: Ecstasy of the Virtues – Sincere but confused production from Mahogany Opera Read our full review 👇

Ecstasy of the Virtues review at Stone Nest, London: sincere but confused

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Theatre will become “one of the most valuable forms of art there is” due to its immunity from AI interference, actor Danielle Fiamanya has claimed. Read more 👇

Danielle Fiamanya: Theatre will be more valuable in wake of AI

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Winners at The Stage Debut Awards 2026 have called for greater support for freelancer theatremakers, many of whom are working multiple other jobs to sustain performing arts work. Read more 👇

The Stage Debut Awards winners call for more support for freelancers

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Actor Marisha Wallace has called on the industry to “go out and find talent”, claiming there is a tendency to sometimes "only hire the same five people”. Read more 👇

Marisha Wallace: We need to stop hiring the same five people

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★ Review: Happy Days – Vivid staging of Beckett’s sand-bound two-hander. (@pitlochryft.bsky.social) Read our full review 👇

Happy Days review at Pitlochry Festival Theatre: Siobhán Redmond does an impressive job

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Actor Ralph Fiennes has urged young actors to ‘be prepared to do anything’, make work themselves and not ‘wait for the phone to ring’ Read more 👇

Ralph Fiennes: Young actors must make work - not wait for the phone to ring

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Actors Touring Company artistic director Matthew Xia has claimed theatre critics are currently being too harsh on debut works and have a duty to be more sympathetic. Read more 👇

Matthew Xia: Critics must be kinder to debut works

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Jordan Luke Gage has vouched for the importance of hiring up-and-coming artists in a landscape in which productions often "recycle" the same creative teams. Read more in The Stage 👇

Jordan Luke Gage: Shows should support new talent

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Indhu Rubasingham has warned against "cynically" programming just to drive ticket sales and land a West End transfer. Read more 👇

Indhu Rubasingham cautions against programming work just to land a West End run

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Rachel Zegler is returning to the West End in January 2027 for her first concert residency. Read more in The Stage 👇

Rachel Zegler to return to West End with first concert residency

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★ Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Rave reworking of Shakespeare’s comedy is intermittently engaging Read our full review 👇

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review at Chichester Festival Theatre: intermittently engaging

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 28/09/2026

★★★ Review: Tru – Jesse Tyler Ferguson impresses as Truman Capote in this slender drama Read our full review 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

The winners of The Stage Debut Awards 2026 have been revealed at a ceremony held at London’s 8 Northumberland Avenue, in association with Netflix. Read the full list of winners 👇

The Stage Debut Awards 2026: full list of winners

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

Sadie Sink has won the Best West End Debut Performer award at The Stage Debut Awards in association with Netflix, for her turn in Romeo and Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Read more 👇

Sadie Sink wins audience vote at The Stage Debut Awards 2026

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

ICYMI: Actor Ncuti Gatwa is set to lead a national dance event for primary schools run by the Royal Ballet and Opera, which aims to break the record for the world’s largest dance class across multiple venues. Read more 👇

Ncuti Gatwa to lead ‘world’s largest dance class’ for Royal Ballet and Opera

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

ICYMI: Jonathan Church’s first season at the helm of Canada’s Stratford Festival is to include a production of Mary Poppins directed by Jonathan O’Boyle and Stephen Mear. Read more 👇

Jonathan Church unveils first Stratford Festival season including Mary Poppins

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

ICYMI: @cardboardcitz.bsky.social has announced its first theatre production for children in its 30-year history, with a stage adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s The Bed and Breakfast Star. Read more 👇

Cardboard Citizens to stage Jacqueline Wilson adaptation as first kids’ show

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 27/09/2026

ICYMI: Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive. Read more 👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/globe-opens-new-research-centre-featuring-londons-only-shakespeare-library

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 26/09/2026

ICYMI: Harriet Walter has suggested that female actors are more “constrained” by their age when being cast in Shakespeare plays than their male counterparts. Read more 👇

Harriet Walter: Female Shakespeare actors are more restricted by age

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 26/09/2026

ICYMI: "It was like plugging into a battery power source": Tony-winning actor Jonathan Groff and RSC director Daniel Evans tell The Stage about their intensive Shakespeare lessons ahead of Groff's RSC debut in an all-male retelling of As You Like It. 👇

Jonathan Groff and Daniel Evans on their ‘crash course’ Shakespeare collaboration

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 26/09/2026

ICYMI: The Royal Exchange at 50: how radical design paved the way for radical theatre 👇

The founding of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre in 1976

The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 25/09/2026

★★★ Review: Table 17 – Attractive, lightweight US romcom is smart and entertaining 👇

Table 17 review at Kiln Theatre, London

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