ICYMI: London’s Royal Court is to double production payments for directors and joint set and costume designers working at its downstairs theatre as part of a venue-wide pay increase. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/roy...

Review round-up: Sinatra the Musical – Does Marshall’s production fly critics to the moon? Read more 👇

★★ Review: The Surge: An Ode to Sinéad O’Connor – Joyce Theater’s dull dance tribute to Sinéad O’Connor misses the singer’s transcendence. Read more 👇

Review round-up: The Misanthrope starring Sandra Oh – Does Oh impress the press on her first London outing? 👇

★★★ Review: Stephanie Lake: Colossus – Australian choreographer goes for spectacle with her UK debut piece involving 50 dancers. Read more 👇

★★★★ Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – Adrian Lester stars in the RSC’s triumphantly funny, romantic tear-jerking new adaptation of the classic drama. (@the-rsc.bsky.social) Read more 👇

Artist development initiative Stiwdio Clwyd has revealed the inaugural 15-strong cohort of creatives who will receive support as part of a bid to nurture theatremakers. Read more 👇

★★★★ Review: Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty – Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet is sumptuous and glacially spectacular. (@royalalberthall.bsky.social) Read more 👇

Callum Smith will leave his role as director of producing at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre to take up the same role at Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre in September. Read more 👇

The Royal Court Theatre will lend its support to a circus company from Zambia at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, after the two organisations discovered they were producing shows with the same name. Read more 👇

Looking back to 1951: how The Archers came to rule radio. Read the full story in The Stage👉https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/archive/looking-back-to-1951-how-the-archers-came-to-rule-radio

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★★★★ Review: Phoenix Dance Theatre: Interplay – Mixed bill delivers a conversation of rhythm, humour and connection. Read more 👇

★★ Review: Taking the Piste – Kirkby ski-slope comedy slaloms into smut instead of satire. Read more 👇

★★★★★ Review: Rocío Molina: Calentamiento – Iconoclastic flamenco star offers a delirious, avant-garde explosion of ideas. Read more 👇

1536’s Tanya Reynolds: ‘It’s all about variety – I just want to do everything’ 👇

Producers Lil Lambley and Sam Julyan have joined forces to launch a new production company that has collaborations with Matthew Dunster, Marisha Wallace and Tim Firth in active development. Read more in The Stage 👇

A pioneering manager of Theatre Royal Brighton during the Victorian era is being honoured with a blue plaque. Read more 👇

Obituary: Brigid Guy – costume designer and supervisor who worked extensively at the Belgrade Theatre, the Menier Chocolate Factory and the West End 👇

★★★★ Review: Pride – Spirited feel-good musical relates a bittersweet true story of 1980s political activism. (@nationaltheatre.org.uk) Read the full review in The Stage 👇

★★★ Review: Relics – Full-blooded production of an undernourished play. (@lyrichammersmith.bsky.social) Read more 👇

Liam McMullan is to step down from his role as executive director and producer at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester to pursue a role with National Theatre Productions. Read more 👇

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Performing arts and creative degrees often leave their graduates worse off financially than they would have been otherwise, new research suggests, with the cost of the courses including loans outweighing earnings. (@theifs.bsky.social) Read more 👇

The Royal Ballet and Opera is to cut 64 roles – including nine compulsory redundancies – as it seeks to remain financially stable during "challenging times". Read more in The Stage 👇

★★★ Review: Sinatra the Musical – Sinatra is back on stage, but don’t start spreading the news on account of this humdrum musical. Read more 👇

Bristol Old Vic has revealed its new season including plays by Sami Ibrahim and Inua Ellams and a visiting production from the @welshnatopera.bsky.social. Read more 👇

★★ Review: The Truth – Starry casting cannot carry this overly mannered comedy of infidelity and insincerity. Read more 👇

Liam Mower, who played one of the original Billy Elliots when the musical opened in 2005, will return to play Older Billy in the national tour and limited West End run of Billy Elliot the Musical. Read more 👇

Lisa Nandy has confirmed that the government has recently appointed its first freelance champion, dedicated to championing creative freelancers in Westminster. Read more 👇

Randel Bryan has been announced as the new chair of Punchdrunk Enrichment, taking over from Ben Connah. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/app...

The West End production of Avenue Q has introduced ‘hydration breaks’ inspired by the football World Cup to keep performers cool during the heatwave, The Stage has learned. Read more 👇

The Shaftesbury Theatre’s chief executive has argued there needs to be "cleverer thinking" about the use of space in West End theatres to address the "real challenge" of accessibility. Read more in The Stage 👇

Careers are rarely built on leaps or jumps. They are often built on small steps across rickety bridges, says Mildred Yuan. Read more in The Stage 👇

London’s Royal Court is to double production payments for directors and joint set and costume designers working at its downstairs theatre as part of a venue-wide pay increase. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/roy...

The @newdiorama.bsky.social has announced a slate of three shows this autumn, including the London premiere of clowning ensemble Ugly Bucket’s acclaimed show about food banks. Read here 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/pro...

★★★★ Review: Sting – Piquant three-hander intriguingly interweaves a narrative of coercive control with witchcraft. Read more 👇

★★★ Review: Turandot – Landmark staging of Puccini’s opera is beautifully sung, but dramatically uneven. (@operahollandpark.bsky.social) Read more 👇

Theatre should meet Reform UK’s rise with collective action and a clear vision, writes Amanda Parker Read more in The Stage 👇

LW Theatres co-chief executive Darren Atkins has been elected the new president of the Society of London Theatre. Read more in The Stage 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/app...

Natalya Romaniw: ‘I love Tosca. I can’t get enough of her’ Read the full feature in The Stage 👇

Misan Harriman will step back from his position as chair of the Southbank Centre. Read more in The Stage 👇

Making Your Views easier to read – this month in Your Views Read more 👇

★★★★★ Review: The Chocolate Solider – Opera della Luna’s blend of Shaw and Viennese operetta is a delight. Read the full review in The Stage 👇

The reopening of the Alley Theatre in Strabane has been delayed for a second time and the venue will stay dark until early 2027 to enable further repairs and restoration following extensive water damage. Read more 👇

@nationaltheatre.org.uk head of access David Bellwood has argued that every theatre organisation should have a role dedicated to improving accessibility. Read more in The Stage 👇

A dance-theatre show co-created with a local cast of 16 to 21-year-old disco freestylers and a site-specific theatre show are among the projects to receive grants as part of Bradford’s UK City of Culture 2025 legacy scheme. Read more👇

Samantha Lane is to step down as artistic director of Little Angel Theatre at the end of 2026 after 11 years leading the puppetry venue. Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/news/lit...

Ramps on the Moon’s Michèle Taylor (@rampsonthemoon.bsky.social) has called for more reviewers who are "brave enough" to objectively critique work by disabled artists. Read more in The Stage 👇

Global events company Mari Group is reportedly in talks to buy ATG Entertainment from its private equity owner for £4.5bn. Read more 👇