Arches Lane Theatre claims it has been "blindsided" by the sudden eviction from its south London home, after the landlord triggered a break clause to replace the arts space with a commercial hospitality operator. Read more in The Stage 🔗

Arches Lane Theatre ‘blindsided’ by closure after landlord triggers break clause

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Creative businesses seeking investment are finding the landscape "opaque" and "difficult to interpret", according to Creative UK’s (@creativeuk.bsky.social) latest research. Read more 👇

Creative businesses seeking private investment say process is ‘opaque’ – report

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A Ghost in Your Ear is to premiere in New York this year and will later be recorded and released by Audible to listeners worldwide. Read more in The Stage 👇

A Ghost in Your Ear lands New York transfer and Audible release

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The next generation of dance talent will find the industry too expensive to work in, according to more than half the respondents to a nationally representative poll. Read more in The Stage 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/nex...

Will the shake-up in arts leadership inspire radical change in how the arts are regarded by our new government?, asks Amanda Parker 👇

Amanda Parker on opportunity for radical change in arts policy

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English National Ballet is among several cultural organisations affected by a cyber attack on its customer relations software. Read more 👇

English National Ballet data at risk from cyber attack

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Obituary: Peter Gill— Director and writer who was the first artistic director of the Riverside Studios, an associate director at the NT and penned lauded plays about homosexuality and the working-class experience.

Obituary: Peter Gill – playwright and director

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★★★ Review: Carmen – Gabriela Carrizo’s Bizet makeover is only a partial success Read the full review in The Stage 👇

Carmen at Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg: unconventional production

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Punchdrunk is to reopen the set of its immersive production The Burnt City three years after its closure to screen a new film of the show from the perspective of its central characters. Read more in The Stage 👇

Punchdrunk to reopen The Burnt City set for first screening of original production

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Director and playwright Peter Gill, whose work included major shows for the early Royal Court in London, has died aged 86. 👇

Leading director and playwright Peter Gill dies aged 86

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The Courtyard Theatre is to stage a series of ’babes-in-arms’ shows specifically for theatregoers with babies under the age of one in a bid to combat new parents’ "exclusion" from cultural events. Read more in The Stage 👇

Courtyard Theatre to host baby-friendly shows at Camden Fringe

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John Caird, the original co-director of Les Misérables, has claimed that Broadway has been “completely Disneyfied” and it is now prohibitively expensive to stage shows there. Read more in The Stage 👇

John Caird: Broadway has become ‘Disneyfied’ and unaffordable

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The Young Vic has made five new additions to its board as three longtime trustees, including actor Fiona Shaw, are to retire from their posts. Read more in The Stage 👇

Young Vic appoints five new board members

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Pearl Mackie is to star in Baby, a new one-person play about motherhood and the judicial system co-produced by Clean Break and Brixton House. Read more in The Stage 👇

Pearl Mackie to star in one-person play at Brixton House

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The Edinburgh Fringe may be a microcosm of the many challenges freelancers experience all year round, but the festival also buzzes with their passion, says Lyn Gardner 👇

Lyn Gardner on the excitement of the Edinburgh Fringe

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★★★★★ Review: Die Entführung aus dem Serail – David McVicar’s staging brings insight to Mozart’s culture-clash comedy. Read more 👇

Die Entführung aus dem Serail – brilliantly sung and acted

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★★★★★ Review: Now You See Me – Fast, funny, Hollywood-style magic show inspired by the movie’s theatrics. Read more in The Stage 👇

Now You See Me Live review at the London Coliseum: superbly paced

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Little Angel Theatre is to display its marionette collection to the public "for the first time in a generation" as part of an effort to safeguard the endangered craft. Read more in The Stage 👇

Little Angel to display marionette collection ‘for first time in a generation’

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★★★★ Review: A World Elsewhere – Incoherency is no real barrier to your enjoyment of this deliriously funny tale set in a young Shakespeare fan’s imagination. Read more 👇

A World Elsewhere review at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse: Fantastically engaging, monumentally daft

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Burlesque the Musical has pushed back the opening of its UK tour for a second time, with shows set to begin a week later than the most recently promised opening date, The Stage understands. Read more in The Stage 👇

Burlesque musical postpones tour for a second time

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★★★★ Review: Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – The Car Man – Matthew Bourne’s steamy dance noir is the choreographer on top form – and the cast do full justice to its rigorous demands. Read the full review in The Stage👇

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells, London

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The forthcoming tour of Trainspotting the Musical has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Read more in The Stage 👇

Trainspotting the Musical tour cancelled due to low ticket sales

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US actor KayCee Stroh, known for playing Martha Cox in the High School Musical franchise, has said that “film could learn a lot from musical theatre” and its “inclusivity” of body types. Read more in The Stage 👇

KayCee Stroh: Film should take note of theatre’s body inclusivity

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The Royal Ballet and Opera’s most recent annual report warns that the organisation is in need of about £60m in investment over the next three years "just to keep the building open and functioning". Read more in The Stage 👇

Royal Ballet and Opera in need of £60m ‘just to keep the building open’

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Underbelly is trialling dynamic pricing for tickets to "high demand" shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read the full story in The Stage 👇

Underbelly trials dynamic pricing at Edinburgh Fringe

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★★★ Review: Die Fledermaus – This musically fine Fledermaus suffers from over-extended dialogue 👇

Die Fledermaus review at Holland Park: superior singing from all the principals

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★★★★★ Review: Tao of Glass – Phelim McDermott’s unique theatrical love letter to the music of Philip Glass is playfully absorbing 👇

Tao of Glass review at @sohoplace: absolute one-off

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