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The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has introduced an exciting suite of two-year courses designed to meet the needs of an ever-changing creative industry and give students the skills, practical experience and networks they need to thrive.
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How Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s new MFAs will power the next generation of creatives
RWCMD's two-year courses are designed to meet the needs of an ever-changing creative industry and give students the skills and experience they need to thrive
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December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama has introduced an exciting suite of two-year courses designed to meet the needs of an ever-changing creative industry and give students the skills, practical experience and networks they need to thrive.
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★★★ Review: Dick Whittington and His Cat – Leans into every innuendo it can muster 👇
Dick Whittington and His Cat review at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Read our review of Dick Whittington and His Cat at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage: Rat king rules in this Dick
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December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
★★★ Review: Dick Whittington and His Cat – Leans into every innuendo it can muster 👇
★★★★ Review: Cinderella – Reassuring return to form for Hackney with a savvy book, broad comedy and an epic playlist 👇
Cinderella review at Hackney Empire: savvy book, broad comedy and an epic playlist
Read our review of Cinderella at London’s Hackney Empire. Reassuring return to form for Hackney and director Clive Rowe with a savvy book, broad comedy and an epic playlist
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December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
★★★★ Review: Cinderella – Reassuring return to form for Hackney with a savvy book, broad comedy and an epic playlist 👇
Pantomime round-up 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast and more – Which quirky and inventive panto lights up London? 👇
Pantomime round-up 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast and more
This year, the bumper crop of pantomimes features: Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan: A Pantomime Adventure
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December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Pantomime round-up 2025: Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast and more – Which quirky and inventive panto lights up London? 👇
★★★ Review: Jack and the Beanstalk – An amusing musical spin on the famous fairytale 👇
Jack and the Beanstalk at Dundee Rep – witty new musical
Read our review of Jack and the Beanstalk at Dundee Rep Theatre: An amusing musical spin on the famous fairytale, by Jonathan O’Neill and Isaac Savage
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December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
★★★ Review: Jack and the Beanstalk – An amusing musical spin on the famous fairytale 👇
★★★★★ Review: My Fair Lady – Joseph Pitcher and his company deliver a masterclass in boutique musical theatre 👇
My Fair Lady review at Mill at Sonning, Reading: masterclass in boutique musical theatre
Read our review of My Fair Lady at Reading’s Mill at Sonning. Joseph Pitcher and his company deliver a masterclass in boutique musical theatre
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December 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
★★★★★ Review: My Fair Lady – Joseph Pitcher and his company deliver a masterclass in boutique musical theatre 👇
★★ Review: Dick Whittington – Visuals are slick and there are moments of enjoyable silliness, but feels baggy and unfocused 👇
Dick Whittington review at Derby Arena: slick visuals but baggy and unfocused
Read our review of Dick Whittington at Derby Arena. Visuals are slick and there are moments of enjoyable silliness from creator and dame Morgan Brind, but the show feels baggy and unfocused
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December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
★★ Review: Dick Whittington – Visuals are slick and there are moments of enjoyable silliness, but feels baggy and unfocused 👇
★★★ Review: Fireside Tales – Atmospheric, esoteric interactive storytelling for ages seven to 11 featuring marvellous, magical props.
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Fireside Tales review at Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores, London: atmospheric
Read our review of Fireside Tales at London’s Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores. Atmospheric, esoteric interactive storytelling for ages seven to 11 featuring marvellous, magical props
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December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
★★★ Review: Fireside Tales – Atmospheric, esoteric interactive storytelling for ages seven to 11 featuring marvellous, magical props.
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★★★★ Review: Mother Goose – Spectacular family pantomime celebrating a winning decade for its comedy leads 👇
Mother Goose at Mercury Colchester: pace never falters
Read our review of Mother Goose at Mercury Colchester: Spectacular pantomime celebrating a winning decade for comedy leads, Anthony Stuart-Hicks and Dale Superville
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December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
★★★★ Review: Mother Goose – Spectacular family pantomime celebrating a winning decade for its comedy leads 👇
★★★★ Review: A Merry Misrule – Sweet and very silly tale of a dictatorial cat with strict rules about Christmas 👇
A Merry Misrule at Battersea Arts Centre, London: cosy dystopia
Read our review of A Merry Misrule at Battersea Arts Centre, London: sweet and very silly tale of a dictatorial cat with strict rules about Christmas
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December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
★★★★ Review: A Merry Misrule – Sweet and very silly tale of a dictatorial cat with strict rules about Christmas 👇
★★★★ Review: The People’s Panto: Snow White – Well-packaged, bright and breezy community pantomime that hits all the right notes with its audiences 👇
The People’s Panto: Snow White review at St Comgall’s Hall, Belfast
Read our review of The People’s Panto: Snow White at St Comgall’s Hall, Belfast: well-packaged, bright and breezy community pantomime that hits all the right notes with its audiences
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December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
★★★★ Review: The People’s Panto: Snow White – Well-packaged, bright and breezy community pantomime that hits all the right notes with its audiences 👇
★★★ Review: Beauty and the Beast – Entertaining but uneven take on the famous fairytale.
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Beauty at the Beast review at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow: entertaining but uneven
Read our review of Beauty and the Beast at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre. Writer Lewis Hetherington delivers an entertaining but uneven take on the famous fairytale
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December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
★★★ Review: Beauty and the Beast – Entertaining but uneven take on the famous fairytale.
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has changed the name of one of its performance spaces to the Routledge Studio in honour of renowned former student Patricia Routledge.
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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School names studio after Patricia Routledge
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December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School has changed the name of one of its performance spaces to the Routledge Studio in honour of renowned former student Patricia Routledge.
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★★★★ Review: Last Days – Oliver Leith’s hit opera remains impressive on its return.
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Last Days review at Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London: Kurt Cobain opera remains impressive
Read our review of Last Days at London’s Linbury Theatre. Oliver Leith’s hit opera about Kurt Cobain remains impressive on its return
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December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
★★★★ Review: Last Days – Oliver Leith’s hit opera remains impressive on its return.
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★★★★ Review: Singin’ in the Rain – Splashy showbiz glamour makes for one of the Royal Exchange’s best Christmas shows in years 👇
Singin’ in the Rain at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Read our review of Singin’ in the Rain at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: Splashy showbiz glamour makes for one of the Royal Exchange's best Christmas shows in years
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December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
★★★★ Review: Singin’ in the Rain – Splashy showbiz glamour makes for one of the Royal Exchange’s best Christmas shows in years 👇
Edinburgh-based playwright Harry Mould has won the 2025 Alfred Fagon Award with their debut play The Brenda Line.
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Harry Mould wins 2025 Alfred Fagon Award
Edinburgh-based playwright Harry Mould has won the 2025 Alfred Fagon Award with their debut play The Brenda Line
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December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Edinburgh-based playwright Harry Mould has won the 2025 Alfred Fagon Award with their debut play The Brenda Line.
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Paddington the Musical will continue to welcome West End audiences until early 2027, its producers have announced.
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Paddington the Musical extends West End run until 2027
Paddington the Musical will continue to welcome West End audiences until early 2027, its producers have announced
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December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Paddington the Musical will continue to welcome West End audiences until early 2027, its producers have announced.
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A repertoire of carols, once commonplace but now largely only known in Sheffield, are featuring centre stage in A Christmas Carol at the city’s Crucible theatre. The creative team tells The Stage how they selected and incorporated the songs 👇
Traditional secular carols celebrated in Dickens’ Christmas classic
A Christmas Carol at the Crucible theatre features carols now largely only known in Sheffield. The creative team tells Nick Smurthwaite how they incorporated the songs
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December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A repertoire of carols, once commonplace but now largely only known in Sheffield, are featuring centre stage in A Christmas Carol at the city’s Crucible theatre. The creative team tells The Stage how they selected and incorporated the songs 👇
London’s Arts Theatre is hoping to establish a temporary theatre space on a plot of land in Marble Arch as it gears up to close its doors for a two-year refurbishment.
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Arts Theatre set to open pop-up venue in Marble Arch
London’s Arts Theatre is hoping to establish a temporary theatre space on a plot of land in Marble Arch as it gears up to close its doors for a two-year refurbishment
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December 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
London’s Arts Theatre is hoping to establish a temporary theatre space on a plot of land in Marble Arch as it gears up to close its doors for a two-year refurbishment.
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A new version of James Graham’s Punch specifically for young people will tour to schools across the UK thanks to profits from the play’s West End run.
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James Graham's Punch to tour schools using profits donated by West End producers
A new version of James Graham's Punch specifically for young people will tour to schools across the UK thanks to profits from the play's West End run
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December 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A new version of James Graham’s Punch specifically for young people will tour to schools across the UK thanks to profits from the play’s West End run.
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Theatre must use collective creativity to solve its sponsorship problem, writes Lyn Gardner 👇
Lyn Gardner on the corporate funding debate
While it is not artists' responsibility to find an alternative to unethical sources funding, surely such an imaginative industry is capable of generating ideas, says Lyn Gardner
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December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Theatre must use collective creativity to solve its sponsorship problem, writes Lyn Gardner 👇
As Maria Friedman brings her acclaimed Tony award-winning stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along – starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez – to the big screen, she explains to The Stage how she went about directing it on film 👇
Maria Friedman on directing the film of Merrily We Roll Along
Director Maria Friedman on bringing her stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along to the big screen
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December 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
As Maria Friedman brings her acclaimed Tony award-winning stage production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along – starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez – to the big screen, she explains to The Stage how she went about directing it on film 👇
In this week's My Favourite Play, actor and playwright Arinzé Kene chooses his first experience of seeing a show by debbie tucker green 👇
My favourite play: Arinzé Kene
Actor and playwright Arinzé Kene chooses his first experience of seeing a show by debbie tucker green as his favourite play
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December 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In this week's My Favourite Play, actor and playwright Arinzé Kene chooses his first experience of seeing a show by debbie tucker green 👇
No one is coming to save new playwriting, but theatres should be hopeful about what they can do together, says Royal Court executive director Will Young 👇
Will Young on the decline of new play productions
No one is coming to save new playwriting, but theatres should be hopeful about what they can do together, says Royal Court executive director Will Young
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December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
No one is coming to save new playwriting, but theatres should be hopeful about what they can do together, says Royal Court executive director Will Young 👇
ICYMI: Actors and stage managers will receive additional support to help them through "unexpected financial pressures" this winter, as part of a new fund from the Actors’ Trust.
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Charity launches winter support fund for actors and stage managers
Actors and stage managers will receive additional support to help them through 'unexpected financial pressures' this winter, as part of a new fund from the Actors' Trust
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December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ICYMI: Actors and stage managers will receive additional support to help them through "unexpected financial pressures" this winter, as part of a new fund from the Actors’ Trust.
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