ICYMI: Acclaimed theatre company Frantic Assembly has cut its talent development programme Ignition for the first time in the scheme’s 15 years, as it reveals a funding drought has drained its reserves by more than 50% 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/frantic-a…

ICYMI: Equity has issued an open letter expressing 'deep concern' at the continued 'administrative detention' of a producer at Palestine’s Freedom Theatre.

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Review Round-up: Spirited Away at the London Coliseum – Do the critics go crazy for another animation adaptation? Does Caird’s staging capture the magic of the movie? 👇 thestage.co.uk/review-round-u…

★★★★ Review: Blizzard – Emily Woof’s mischievous solo drama tangles its audience in a web of possibilities Soho Theatre 👇

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.Seven Dials Playhouse is now 'up to date' on its charity reporting, after campaigners fighting to restore actors’ training at the organisation expressed 'deep anxiety' about its management 👇

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The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama) is undergoing a consultation around proposals to cut its weekly work with young people, affecting music and acting programmes and potentially more than 100 members of staff.

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★★ Review: Party Games! – Cautious political comedy struggles to get laughs Yvonne Arnaud Theatre 👇

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.Arts Council England has teamed up with Goldsmiths, University of London, to determine how artificial intelligence can be integrated ethically in the cultural sector.

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A judge has referenced James Graham’s new play Punch while sentencing a man who knocked another man unconscious in Chesterfield, saying 'people need to watch' the production (@NottmPlayhouse)

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With musical TV hits Smash and Schmigadoon! soon landing on US stages, Howard Sherman (Howard Sherman) asks if more theatrical TV shows could make their way to the stage? 👇 thestage.co.uk/opinion/smash-…

Ireland’s Daring Dames Festival (Circus250) puts the spotlight on female circus stars, often performing acts traditionally associated with men. Organiser Dr Dea Birkett and some of its stars talk to The Stage about challenging gender stereotypes 👇 thestage.co.uk/features/she-w…

★★★ Review: Twelfth Night – Queer reframing of Shakespeare’s melancholy comedy entertains but never quite ignites Open Air Theatre 👇

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★★★★ Review: Rambert: Analogue – Moving meditation on the need for human connection StoneNest 👇

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★★★ Review: The Opera Locos – Entertaining quick-fire opera-pop revue Sadler's Wells 👇

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.Equity has issued an open letter expressing 'deep concern' at the continued 'administrative detention' of a producer at Palestine’s Freedom Theatre.

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An interactive baking show, an experimental show about grief featuring folk music, and three new comedies from the producer of Fleabag and Baby Reindeer will run at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 👇
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Acclaimed theatre company Frantic Assembly has cut its talent development programme Ignition for the first time in the scheme’s 15 years, as it reveals a funding drought has drained its reserves by more than 50% 👇 thestage.co.uk/news/frantic-a…

.Ryan McBryde is to depart Mercury Theatre Colchester after five years to pursue a freelance career in theatre.

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In this week’s Big Interview, The RSC’s director of creative learning jacqui o'hanlon talks about her own transformational experience with theatre at school and why performing Shakespeare’s plays is vital for children 👇 thestage.co.uk/big-interviews…