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After 20 years at The Stage, and two decades after theatre’s funding taps were turned off, editor Alistair Smith embarked on a tour from the tip to the toe of the United Kingdom, taking in productions across the four nations and speaking to those behind them, to discover how this period has shaped the industry we see today

This week Alistair Smith discusses UK audience etiquette and why he is so impressed with them

The secretive, cultish immersive show returns after eight years – and it’s truly extraordinary

Having raised £125,000 during the two years to build the venue, entitled the Mount Without, resident contemporary dance company Impermanence appealed on November 30 for a further £40,000 to get the venue ‘over the line’

We pay tribute to a selection of the entertainment industry’s celebrated figures who died over the past 12 months...

A studio hoping to become the first theatre dedicated entirely to puppetry in the north east of England has been vandalised in a "heartbreaking" incident

Every day, stage managers write up a show report noting any technical mishaps, onstage issues or unusual audience behaviour from that day’s performance. Georgia Luckhurst rounds up some of the funniest moments when shows didn’t go to plan this year

Steven Serlin's Hook is the star of this scary, pirate fuelled panto

The Scottish arts centre has announced that it is ‘now in a position’ to pay out money owed to artists that performed at the venue during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Birmingham Royal Ballet chief executive who previously held roles at Florida’s Orlando Ballet, the Southbank Centre and Sadler’s Wells, and received an OBE for services to the arts Caroline Miller