Simon McBurney, Matthew Dunster and Nancy Medina are among a number of high-profile directors pledging to showcase work by Palestinian artists on their stages and in theatres 👇

This takes the fall in funding per citizen since 2010 to almost a third in real terms according to @campaignforthearts.org

When theatres programme fewer shows. The ones they don’t programme are inevitably the weirder, cooler, stranger, riskier ones.

an interesting development in this ongoing story...

London’s @bridgetheatre.bsky.social has announced a new staging of Into The Woods, marking the musical’s first outing in London for almost a decade 👇

The Welsh government’s final budget has given Wales’ arts spending £1.7 million more than had been previously planned, in what has been labelled a "significant and much-needed boost" 👇#TheStage #TheatreNews #TheatreSky

In the context of pressure on Keir Starmer from Conservatives to backpedal on DEI in the manner of Donald Trump, I'm looking to speak to theatre workers at the forefront of DEI initiatives in the UK. if that's you, please drop me a message or email! [email protected]

Arts organisations including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Ballet and Opera have warned of the "immense pressure" they continue to be under due to ongoing repayments of Covid-era loans 👇 #TheatreNews #TheatreSky

Actor Michael Sheen has launched a new national theatre company for Wales, which he says promises to herald a "new dawn" for Welsh creatives and content 👇 www.thestage.co.uk/news/michael...

Bristol’s culture budget could be slashed by hundreds of thousands of pounds over the next few years, with warnings that the move will result in “significant damage” to the city’s arts output 👇 www.thestage.co.uk/news/signifi...

Turnover from leading theatre group Delfont Mackintosh’s eight West End venues has risen by 8% last year to more than £71 million, its highest intake in more than a decade 👇 www.thestage.co.uk/news/news/de...

Lessons must be learned from the fate of National Theatre Wales across the UK... www.thestage.co.uk/news/nationa...

Trying bluesky on for size … very lucky to be a reporter on @thestage.bsky.social’s news team, so theatre makers/lovers please give me a follow! 🦋🎭