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London-based theatre company Out of Joint and campaign group Parents in Performing Arts are hoping to reduce the barriers for parents and carers in the industry...

Waitress will make history when it transfers to London next year, becoming the first West End musical to be helmed by an all-female creative team.

★★★★★ review for Mistero Buffo, Dario Fo’s twisted mystery play, which was a showcase for the late great man himself, as celebrated for the performance as for the script

With the issue of diversity a continuing concern for the industry, Michelle Douglass gauges opinion on whether more open auditions would help to redress the balance

It's the 25th anniversary of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, which takes place at the Royal Hall, Harrogate. But what was our opera critic's verdicts on the milestone year's productions?
It's four stars for Iolanthe – see also our reviews of: Haddon Hall: http://bit.ly/2MzsGjV Trial by Jury/The Sorcrer (double bill): http://bit.ly/2PqNicE

"I am ashamed to say that my diva moment included the phrase “don’t you dare question my process”. Fifteen years ago, but I still blush." This week's Green Room panel exchange stories of diva behaviour... and disclose some of their own embarrassing outbursts

"It is not an uncommon feeling to find yourself watching one show on the fringe and wishing you had chosen to be at another one. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen some very nice shows. I just haven’t seen THE show."

Feature: Sexual harassment in the industry has been the hot topic of 2018, and it’s no different at Edinburgh. Emily Jupp hears from directors, actors and writers on how fringe shows are helping to address theirs and others’ experiences

Edinburgh Fringe venue operator Assembly has been accused of racial profiling after an actor was refused entry to a show because staff said he “looked suspicious”.

Major theatres who have told The Stage they are formally committing to responding to all actors they audition include the Almeida and Royal Court theatres in London and Chichester Festival Theatre. Leicester's Curve and the Royal Exchange in Manchester said responding to all actors was already a part of their casting policy.

Performers have criticised the current situation, in which they say they often do not receive any response after an audition, and are left to find out the role has been filled only when a casting announcement is made.

Starring X-Factor finalist Lloyd Daniels and Ackley Bridge star Sam Retford, new musical Closets is "a tender story of coming out, friendship and motherhood, a history lesson that never lectures, and a wake-up call to us all".

Universal Studios Japan is holding auditions for actors, singers, dancers and more. Successful applicants will receive great benefits including paid round trip airfares, accommodation, bonuses and more. Find out more and apply for free today with The Stage Jobs!

This week's top theatre includes The End of Eddy at the Studio and Theatre des Bouffes du Nord's The Prisoner, Co-written and co-directed by Peter Brook, at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, both part of the Edinburgh International Festival, as well as he latest from the Fringe

'Every morning, there are queues. Before the sun has risen high enough to clear the skyscrapers that surround Times Square, there are lines at Broadway’s box offices.'

'Who would have thought that a mum’s ‘toilet selfies’ would end up inspiring the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton to splash out £17,000 on new facilities for people with disabilities?'

Gary McCann is one of UK’s most in-demand designers, working on shows from touring musicals to international operas. He tells Nick Smurthwaite about how his working-class roots have instilled a strong work ethic, how the job still tests him 25-years on and his secret weapon in recreating the 1960s Cavern Club for Cilla the Musical.

'I remember going to our course director Mary Hammond’s house for a lesson on that morning. Towards the end, the doorbell went for her next student. Next thing, Chris Martin (yes, from Coldplay) is sitting on her sofa and I’m belting out I Dreamed a Dream.'