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Heartstopper star Nima Taleghani on his National Theatre debut: ‘I hadn’t even googled how to write a play’

The Heartstopper star’s exhilarating reboot of Euripides is the first debut play to grace the hallowed Olivier stage – but it nearly didn’t happen. ‘Its not in my bones,’ he says

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Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen to reflect on careers at National Theatre

The event will be hosted by Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter.

Evening Standard

Labour plans risk excluding disabled people from workforce, say arts leaders

National Theatre and RSC directors among signatories to letter decrying proposed changes to Access to Work scheme

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Paul Mescal headlines National Theatre’s bold new season as Stormzy debuts for ground-breaking collaboration

The theatre unveils ambitious global vision with 16 new productions, including Mescal’s double debuts and a Stormzy-powered musical

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal to make National Theatre debut in two 20th century plays

It comes after it was announced the actor is play Sir Paul McCartney in four films directed by Sir Sam Mendes about The Beatles.

Evening Standard

Paul Mescal, Stormzy and the return of rep – National Theatre boss reveals her risky debut season

With star names, a Hamlet in shades, orgiastic murder and a miners’ strike musical, Indhu Rubasingham promises something for all. But can she attract newcomers while keeping diehards happy? And is she having sleepless nights?

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Decline of drama at school prompts UK training drive for backstage work

The National Theatre is worried about a shortage of skills from costume designers, to set creators, to computer technicians

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From theatre to tech, fashion to football: Meet the 11 most inspiring women in London

From designer Martine Rose to tech powerhouse Baroness Gustafsson, these are the most iconic women in the capital

Evening Standard

James Graham unveils AI comedy at ‘greatest hits’ gala for Paines Plough

Playwrights and actors paid homage to the small but mighty UK theatre company that nurtured them, as part of a fundraising initiative for new writers

The Guardian - UK

Curtain up! Meet the new artistic directors with great plans for British theatre

Our theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK, from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic in an era of funding cuts – and share the secrets of their trade

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Women’s prize for playwriting returns with record £20,000 award

Prize aims to support and showcase established writers and emerging talent in Britain’s stage industry

The Guardian - UK

‘You become addicted to pressure’: Rufus Norris on success, stress and the National Theatre’s survival

He has triumphed over controversies, the ‘devastation’ of Covid and 100-hour weeks. As Norris leaves the biggest job in British theatre, he reveals his final season – and his plans to take up carpentry and design kayaks

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Peanut Butter & Blueberries at the Kiln Theatre review: a gentle, elegantly plotted love story

This is Indhu Rubasingham’s last production before she heads to the National Theatre – a promising indication of things to come

Evening Standard

‘It’s the talent pipeline’: inside the National Theatre’s hit-making hothouse

Where does the National send up-and-coming playwrights to have their ideas honed, pulled apart, rebuilt – and turned into dramatic dynamite? Our writer is granted rare access to the hallowed confines of ‘the Studio’

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2024’s Olivier awards remain too white, too male – and too safe

A string of seven awards for Sunset Boulevard was hardly radical, and many more daring theatrical successes went unrewarded

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‘Red Ladder shares a lot of my DNA’: radical Yorkshire theatre company’s new leader Cheryl Martin

The organisation’s incoming artistic director shares plans to tour a ‘massive immersive experience’ to empty spaces across the country

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A truly national theatre must get out of London more

Letters: The National Theatre’s new artistic director must ensure that it engages with the regions, writes Ian Wood

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The week in theatre: The Little Matchgirl and Happier Tales; Cold War; Pandemonium – review

There’s a puppet but no happy ending at Emma Rice’s fine new Somerset venue; Elvis Costello soundtracks a postwar Polish love story; and Armando Iannucci bravely tries to satirise the Tory party

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Indhu Rubasingham’s National Theatre in-tray: lure megastars, deal with crises and define an era

The incoming artistic director at the NT must lead the institution and the industry, while choosing plays new and old for three stages. The job is a test of nerve and integrity

Evening Standard

OPINION - Indhu Rubasingham: why she's the perfect choice for head of the National Theatre

The outgoing director of the Kiln inherits a strong artistic legacy but the finances are a lot less fun

The Guardian - UK

Strapped, stressed, axed: is it curtains for theatre’s artistic directors?

Indhu Rubasingham has been named as the National’s new head. But elsewhere, theatres are ditching this once coveted role altogether. Can a theatre really manage without one?

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‘She will make the National Theatre truly feel national’: applause for Indhu Rubasingham appointment

As she is named the National Theatre’s first female director, those who have worked with Rubasingham praise her warmth, rigour and willingness to take risks

The Independent UK

National Theatre appoints Indhu Rubasingham as first female director

She succeeds Rufus Norris, under whose leadership the theatre enjoyed its biggest audiences

The Guardian - UK

Indhu Rubasingham is the perfect choice for the National Theatre

The NT’s newly announced artistic director was an inspiring leader at the Kiln. She will bring experience, passion, canny ability – and the magnificently unexpected – to her new post

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Indhu Rubasingham chosen as National Theatre’s next director

Artistic director of the Kiln theatre will take over from Rufus Norris in spring 2025

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