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Rowan Atkinson is to return to the West End for a show featuring comedy sketches and some of his most famous characters, from Blackadder to Mr Bean. Read more 👇

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Rowan Atkinson to return to West End for comedy show

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 04/10/2026

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

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

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 04/10/2026

ICYMI: Martha Reed has been selected as the winner of Welsh National Theatre and Bad Wolf’s inaugural Stage and Screen Writers’ Scheme. Read more 👇

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Welsh National Theatre names Martha Reed winner of inaugural writing scheme

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: 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...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: Charlie Cox and Blake Harrison are among the cast for a new true crime play at the Donmar Warehouse about a plot to steal Elvis Presley’s corpse. Read more 👇

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Charlie Cox and Blake Harrison to star in Donmar Warehouse true crime play

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: Elizabeth Debicki is to play the Royal Shakespeare Company’s first ever female Richard II as part of the theatre organisation’s season of work for spring and summer next year. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: 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 👇

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

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: Michael Sheen has been announced as a Sky Arts award nominee for his work as founder and artistic director of the Welsh National Theatre, alongside Graeae and the West End transfer of Punch. Read more 👇

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Michael Sheen and Graeae among Sky Arts Awards nominees

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: 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...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★★ Review: Educating Rita – Affectionate revival of Willy Russell’s still-entertaining comedy👇

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Educating Rita review at Curve, Leicester: entertaining revival

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★★ Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray – Atmospheric and chilling take on Oscar Wilde’s novel 👇

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The Picture of Dorian Gray at Watford Palace Theatre: subtle retuning

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★★ Review: Parsifal – Evgeny Titov’s Wagner production is mixed, but at its best hugely impressive👇

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Parsifal review at Royal Opera House, London: mixed but impressive

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Since leaving Scotland for New York, Gayle Rankin’s career has taken in wrestling, dragons and Shakespeare. She tells The Stage about returning home to star in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 👇

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Gayle Rankin: ‘Cabaret made me feel like I could pretty much do anything’

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Recent events, The Stage Debut Awards and The Stage: On Tour highlight how we can and should celebrate the sector, writes editor Matthew Hemley 👇

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Matthew Hemley on The Stage Debut Awards and The Stage: On Tour

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★ Review: What the Animals Say – David Ireland’s 2009 debut play is stylish and serrated. (@finboroughtheatre.bsky.social) 👇

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What the Animals Say at the Finborough Theatre, London: nastily hilarious

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★ Review: Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral – Beethoven’s symphony is exploded as three artists coolly survey the idea of pastoral👇

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Pam Tanowitz Dance: Pastoral review at Barbican, London: Beethoven's Sixth Symphony dismantled

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★ Review: Antigone Exits – Reworking of the classical myth reflects on timeless themes👇

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Antigone Exits review at Chichester Festival Theatre

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Norwich Theatre has claimed an investigation into “serious allegations of misconduct” involving hospitality workers and employees has revealed a ”number of the individuals” stole from the organisation. Read more 👇

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Norwich Theatre claims investigation revealed theft within the organisation

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Equity has called on local councils to secure the future of Taunton Brewhouse after the venue warned of closure at the end of the month due to “financial pressure”. Read more 👇

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Equity requests ‘urgent meeting’ with councils to save Taunton Brewhouse

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★★ Review: The Farmer’s Wife – Hannah Khalil adapts Helen Rebanks’ memoir into a quietly powerful portrait of rural resilience. (@tbtlake.bsky.social) 👇

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The Farmer’s Wife review at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick: quietly powerful portrait of rural resilience

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★★ Review: Jane Eyre – Agile, visceral and nimbly executed production of Charlotte Brontë’s novel 👇

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Jane Eyre at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester: gothic glamour

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

A third of arts centres across the UK have “little or no financial cushion” with which to absorb further increases in costs, reductions in funding or unexpected expenditure, a new report claims. (@artscentres.bsky.social) Read more 👇

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Third of arts centres have ‘no financial cushion’ to absorb cost rises – report

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Martha Reed has been selected as the winner of Welsh National Theatre and Bad Wolf’s inaugural Stage and Screen Writers’ Scheme. Read more 👇

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Welsh National Theatre names Martha Reed winner of inaugural writing scheme

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

The Stage is now available in select Waterstones and WH Smith Travel shops across the UK. Read more 👇

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The Stage magazine now available in Waterstones and WH Smith Travel

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Charlie Cox and Blake Harrison are among the cast for a new true crime play at the Donmar Warehouse about a plot to steal Elvis Presley’s corpse. Read more 👇

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Charlie Cox and Blake Harrison to star in Donmar Warehouse true crime play

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Review round-up: The Standard of Living – Does Kinnear captivate the critics as Keynes?👇

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The Standard of Living by James Graham – review round-up

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Awards serve a greater purpose than honouring the winner – we often overlook the achievement of being nominated, writes Richard Jordan 👇

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Richard Jordan on the value of awards

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

★★★ Review: Hay Fever – Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant star in an amusing, if unadventurous revival of Noël Coward’s classic comedy Read our full review 👇

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Hay Fever review at Wyndham’s Theatre, London

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Ugly histories are not opportunities for us to pat ourselves on the back for having overcome them, they are invitations to keep the conversation going, says Joy Nesbitt, whose new Royal Court play interrogates her own complex family history 👇

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Joy Nesbitt on avoiding harmful stereotypes when exploring our own painful histories

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Read the full report from the first ever The Stage: On Tour, covering the West Midlands and featuring input from theatemakers including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham Hippodrome, Belgrade Theatre, Arts Council England and Women and Theatre. Read more 👇

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The Stage: On Tour – West Midlands: Politics, funding issues and access problems

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

★★★ Review: The Anastasia File – “Getting a little curly around the edges” Read more 👇

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The Anastasia File at the Theatre Royal Windsor: treads water

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

★★★★ Review: Antigone – Swift and stylish two-handed adaptation. (@trontheatre.bsky.social) Read our full review 👇

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Antigone review at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

East London theatre company Foreign Affairs has begun a £10,000 fundraising campaign aimed at sustaining its work with theatre translators, which it has had to put "on hold" this year due to lack of funding. Read more 👇

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International theatre company starts fundraiser to sustain translator mentorship

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Theatre Royal Portsmouth was forced to stop a show and evacuate the audience after water entered the building through the roof during “exceptionally heavy rain”. Read more 👇

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Theatre Royal Portsmouth show halted by ‘exceptionally heavy rain’ entering through roof

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Michael Sheen has been announced as a Sky Arts award nominee for his work as founder and artistic director of the Welsh National Theatre, alongside Graeae and the West End transfer of Punch. Read more 👇

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Michael Sheen and Graeae among Sky Arts Awards nominees

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Private dance schools have urged for support to weather the cost of hiring venues for their training, as well as more national recognition and visibility, as part of a pulse-check of the sector published by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Read more 👇

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Dance schools appeal for subsidised venue hires and ‘more recognition’

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

John Bradley, Katie Leung, Joe Dempsie and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell are to star in a new play at Riverside Studios. Read more 👇

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John Bradley and Katie Leung among stars in new play at Riverside Studios

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

★★★ Review: Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? – Freewheeling romp through a famous episode in Scottish theatre 👇

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Whaur's Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? review

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Lower Marsh Arts Club, the London fringe venue owned by the producers of the now-closed Vault Festival, is among 13 theatres to benefit from £88,000 from Theatres Trust. Read more 👇

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Vault Festival producers’ venue among theatres to share £88k for future-proofing

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

★★★★ Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Explosive performances from Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup animate this entertaining, high-energy take on Albee’s portrait of co-dependent cruelty Read our full review 👇

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at @sohoplace, London: lively revival

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Actor Jodie Comer will become the inaugural recipient of a new prize for outstanding achievement in theatre at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. Read more 👇

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Jodie Comer to receive inaugural Outstanding Achievement in British Theatre Award

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding are set to share the role of Grizabella in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Read more 👇

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Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding join Cats UK and Ireland tour

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Dartford Borough Council leader Jeremy Kite has urged UK local authorities to fund theatres in their areas ahead of the reopening of Orchard Theatre this Christmas. Read more 👇

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Local authorities must support theatres – Dartford council leader

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

★★★ Review: Murder Before Evensong – Twisty, cosy crime caper. (@watermilltheatre.bsky.social) Read our full review 👇

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Murder Before Evensong – a model of economy and stagecraft

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Susan Stroman is to direct and choreograph the West End premiere of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s Little Dancer, a musical inspired by Edgar Degas’ sculpture of the same name. Read more 👇

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Susan Stroman to direct Ahrens and Flaherty's Little Dancer musical in West End

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

The Octagon Theatre in Bolton is producing an actor-musician version of Sunset Boulevard, billed as the first new professional production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical created by a venue in the north of England. Read more 👇

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Bolton Octagon to produce actor-musician Sunset Boulevard in anniversary season

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Thinking of auditioning for drama school this autumn? Get expert advice, guidance and drama school insights from 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 · 01/10/2026

Royal Shakespeare Company co-artistic director Daniel Evans has claimed that ageing local theatregoers can often be overlooked by the sector in favour of a focus on generating new, younger audiences. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/rsc...

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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Elizabeth Debicki is to play the Royal Shakespeare Company’s first ever female Richard II as part of the theatre organisation’s season of work for spring and summer next year. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

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