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29/09/2024

With The Stage taking place tonight, we just wanted to take this opportunity to shout about our amazing sponsors and supporters helping make tonight happen 💖

Sponsors: Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Michael Harrison Entertainment, Arts Council England, Preevue, Sonia Friedman Productions, Crossroads Live, Noel Coward Foundation, Trafalgar Entertainment

Supporters: Access/ Theatre Royal Haymarket, Cameron Macintosh, Encore, Sky Arts, Cabbells, and The Agency

And of course our headline sponsor ATG Entertainment!

Read more about these brilliant organisations: https://www.thestage.co.uk/awards/the-stage-debut-awards?tab=sponsors

29/09/2024

Today is the day 🤩

We are at the gorgeous 8 Northumberland Avenue in London, gearing up for The Stage in association with ATG Entertainment!

Keep an eye on the hashtag for the latest...

In the meantime, catch up on this year's shortlist 👇

29/09/2024

Princess Cruise Lines will be coming to Europe to hold auditions in London and Madrid, looking for dancers and vocalists to join them at sea!

Applications close tomorrow 👉 https://jobs.thestage.co.uk/career/28160/princess-cruises-london-madrid-auditions

28/09/2024

Lighting designer Nicola Crawford, scenographer Jacob Wu, sound designer Pierre Flasse and director and writer Tyler Holland are the four artists selected for the Elemental talent-development initiative 👇

28/09/2024

A former "corporate job" employee has won a scholarship worth more than £20,000 to pursue drama school training 👇

28/09/2024

Wicked is looking for a Head of Costume to join its London team!

In this role, you'll manage and advocate for all activities required for realising the Costume Designer’s vision.

Find out more and apply 👉 https://jobs.thestage.co.uk/career/28165/head-costume

28/09/2024

Addressing the conference for the first time since his election win in July, Starmer doubled down on his manifesto commitment to curriculum reforms, which would ensure greater access to the arts in schools. 👇

28/09/2024

A celebration of Noël Coward’s "enduring legacy" will feature appearances by top-billed talent including Hugh Bonneville and Judi Dench 👇

28/09/2024

Jethro Compton and Darren Clark’s folk-musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the latest fringe show to hit the West End. The pair tell Anya Ryan how they got here 👇

28/09/2024

A new play by Suzie Miller, the UK premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, and and a National Theatre debut for Rosamund Pike are all to form part of Rufus Norris’ last season at the London-based organisation 👇

28/09/2024

Musicians' Union boss Naomi Pohl has urged the government to protect musicians from artificial intelligence in what she called a "David and Goliath battle" 👇

27/09/2024

Novelist Kate Mosse is to star in a one-woman show inspired by her bestseller Labyrinth, which will tour 33 UK venues 👇

27/09/2024

Timely new play interrogates the tarnished legacy of celebrated author Roald Dahl 👇

27/09/2024

An arts centre in Halifax has admitted it "unfortunately" owes artists money but that it is hopeful to put the debts "in the past" with further funding from Arts Council England 👇

27/09/2024

Karen McGowan, 50, will be incarcerated after pleading guilty to money laundering, converting criminal property and two counts of fraud – with the court hearing her compulsive gambling compelled her to swindle the Leicester theatre 👇

27/09/2024

Sleeping Warrior's propulsive new musical about the Brent Spar protest, written and directed by Isla Cowan and Andy McGregor 👇

27/09/2024

ATG Entertainment is seeking a Production Coordinator to join its London team!

Find out more and apply today 👉 https://jobs.thestage.co.uk/career/28204/production-coordinator-london

27/09/2024

West End theatres will dim their lights in memory of actor Maggie Smith, who has died aged 89 👇

27/09/2024

Figures including Lisa Nandy, Hugh Bonneville and Giles Terera have paid tribute to actor Maggie Smith, who has died aged 89 👇

27/09/2024

Kick-start your career as an actor on this part-time, evening programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Explore acting for both stage and screen, voiceover technique, movement and voice, and be given development sessions to prepare you for moving on after the programme in your career or a potential undergraduate degree.

Join the Introductory webinar on October 9.

Link to: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/courses/actor-training-blended-short-courses/

27/09/2024

A statement from her sons confirmed she passed away peacefully on Friday, September 27, while in hospital 👇

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/actor-maggie-smith-dies-aged-89

27/09/2024

BECTU head Philippa Childs has called for "radical" reform of freelancers' rights, warning their challenging predicament is "structural" 👇

27/09/2024

The star of TV hits such as Poldark and One Day, Eleanor Tomlinson is making a rare foray on to the stage for the European premiere of Matthew López’s Reverberation. The actor tells Fergus Morgan about the moments that have made up her career 👇

27/09/2024

For freelancers, taking time away from work often feels like running the risk of missing out on opportunities that pay the bills, says Rob Halliday. People in performing arts shouldn’t be afraid to say they’re taking a holiday 👇

26/09/2024

Touring company Oddsocks Productions has opened its first permanent venue in Derbyshire, after founders and husband-wife duo Andy Barrow and Elli Mackenzie sold their family home to finance the dream 👇

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After winning Best Performer in a Play at The Stage #DebutAwards in 2022, the ensemble of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy shared the advice they would tell themselves starting out in the industry. What would be your advice? Take a look back at our fabulous previous winners here: https://www.thestage.co.uk/awards/the-stage-debut-awards?tab=previous-winners

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