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Nick Hern Books rolls out support to playwrights amid sector ‘precarity’ Nick Hern Books has launched a programme of financial support for playwrights, warning that the theatrical ecosystem is ‘increasingly precarious and under threat’

Nick Hern Books rolls out support to playwrights amid sector ‘precarity’

Read all about it via @thestage.co.uk

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‘It feels like flying!’ Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet Fresh from Stranger Things and Hamnet, the pair are surprised to find themselves playing Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers in the West End. They talk chemistry, dating apps – and what they’ve taught d...

‘It feels like flying!’ Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe on child stardom, passion and the heady rush of Romeo and Juliet

Fly with them via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

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#romeoandjuliet
#NoWeDontHaveATicketBecuaseItsSoEffinExpensive
#theatre

EIF programmes record number of US artists as line-up is revealed The Edinburgh International Festival is taking a deep look at US culture in this year’s programme, promising the largest number of American artists in the event’s history

EIF programmes record number of US artists as line-up is revealed

Check it out via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/eif-pro...

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#InternationalFestival
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Theatre among ‘safest’ art forms amid rise of AI – public poll Members of the public are confident that artificial intelligence will not replace humans working in theatre within the next 25 years, according to a poll

Theatre among ‘safest’ art forms amid rise of AI – public poll

Read all about it via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/theatre...

#theatre
#AI
#future

Production costs double in a decade as theatres brace for deficits – report Production costs have doubled in 10 years, according to a report that also warns that more than 50% of subsidised theatre organisations are expecting to run at a deficit

Production costs double in a decade as theatres brace for deficits – report via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/product...

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#producing
#makingwork
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‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: ‘I’m going to be the parasite.’ The performance artist’s project became more literal than originally intended

'Art isn't Easy' as Sondheim once wrote...

‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill

Interview via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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#performanceart
#shit

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year He got stuck in the bath and met the queen. But despite a few wobbles and procedures, the author still can’t believe his age

‘I feel I am not yet grown up’: Alan Bennett’s diary of his 90th year

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

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James Graham picks up the Services to UK Theatre Award at the WhatsOnStage Awards The prize was given this evening at the WhatsOnStage Awards

James Graham picks up the Services to UK Theatre Award at the @whatsonstage.bsky.social Awards

www.whatsonstage.com/news/james-g...

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Timothée Chalamet criticised for ‘disrespectful’ opera and ballet remarks Leading dance and opera companies have responded to the 'extraordinarily disrespectful' comments of Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet, who claimed audiences do not care about their respective art form...

Timothée Chalamet criticised for ‘disrespectful’ opera and ballet remarks

Read all about how one persons ignorance can lead to a whole sector coming together in an act of defence, mockery and strength.

www.thestage.co.uk/news/timothe...

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#Art
#Opera
#Ballet
#CreativeArts

Lyn Gardner on why risk-taking is essential for theatre Indhu Rubasingham called for more risk-taking by the industry in her Jennie Lee Lecture. Lyn Garder agrees that risk avoidance is a futile and has a direct and dire effect on theatre

Risk-taking is essential to make theatre that matters - Lyn Gardener explains via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/risk...

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Timothée Chalamet triggers backlash over ballet and opera remarks In an interview, the Oscar-nominee danced into some online controversy after claiming no one cares about ballet and opera.

Extraordinary for someone in one art form to dismiss the talent, skill, achievements &hard work in other art forms. Opera & ballet have been around a while, are constantly evolving and will be making great work for years to come. He is of course welcome to try! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Lazarus GYM is our 3 hour, 'pay what you can', classical text & ensemble performer’s Gymnasium.​

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We've been experiencing some tech issues on our #LazarusGYM webpage this morning.

Happy to report all is back up and running and the kettle is on for a brew.

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'There's been a Spartacus-like proliferation of dramaturgs' To celebrate 25 years of the dramaturgs' network, five members discuss how dramaturgy – and our understanding of it – has shifted in the UK in that time

This week free for everyone to read, Maddy Costa crafts a conversation from the thoughts of past and current board members of the @dramaturgsnetwork.bsky.social, celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary this year. How has the field changed, and what places is it going?

Winners of inaugural Cardboard Adventures Designer/Maker Award revealed Propmaker Min Gilby and designer Eve Wilson have been named winners of the inaugural Cardboard Adventures Designer/Maker Award

Winners of inaugural Cardboard Adventures Designer/Maker Award revealed

Learn all about it via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/winners...

#awards #talent #uktalent #theatre

Olivier Awards 2026: full list of nominations Stay up to date with breaking UK theatre exclusives, casting updates, plus West End and regional UK show announcements from The Stage, the industry's trusted source.

Olivier Awards 2026: full list of nominations

Read the runners and riders via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/olivier...

#awards #theatre #celebration #uktheatre

Listening, SALT, Everyman & Schama.

All in Monday's #MondayMorningMailout.

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Season 5 of #LazarusGYM opens booking this Friday & we shall be using two of #Shakespeare's powerhouse plays...

Level 1-3 will be using the Chorus prologue speech from #HenryV & REPS will be delving into #Hamlet.

For all the deats: www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/lazarusgym2026

‘It felt feral!’ The dance dynamo behind The Testament of Ann Lee’s sweat-soaked rituals Spurred on by a vision of the Shakers’ founding leader, Celia Rowlson-Hall masterminded the whirl of movement in Mona Fastvold’s fever dream of a film

‘It felt feral!’ The dance dynamo behind The Testament of Ann Lee’s sweat-soaked rituals

Full reveal via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/f...

#dance
#film
#movies
#choreographer

Playwrights call for greater ‘creative risk’ after Rubasingham lecture Playwrights David Edgar, Sonali Bhattacharyya and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm have urged artistic directors to take greater risks on original writing following Indhu Rubasingham's Jennie Lee Lecture

Playwrights call for greater ‘creative risk’ after Rubasingham lecture.

Read all about it via @thestage.co.uk

www.thestage.co.uk/news/playwri...

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The #LazarusEngineRoom is where all our work begins, from readings to workshops, the engine room is the hub for testing ideas, discovering works new to us & exploring work for future productions.

Discover more: www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/engineroom

📸Galileo R&D 2025, taken by Charlie Flint

O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act,
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
(Chorus, Prologue, Henry V)

#EarlyModernMonday
📸Ken Branagh as King Henry, #RSC, 1984, Photo Joe Cocks / #ShakespeareBirthplaceTrust

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre 2026 season confirmed Alex Wood|||Chester|Grosvenor Park

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre 2026 season confirmed

Read the full line up via @whatsonstage.bsky.social

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📸David Troughton as Bottom & Claire Higgins as Titania in John Caird's 1989 #RSC production, Image by Joe Cocks

YES!!!

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.
#AMSND
#ShakespeareSunday
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
📸Claire Higgins in John Caird's 1989 #rsc Pro by Joe Cocks