As the new contemporary circus work 'The Exploded Circus' tours the UK, Mimbre Artistic Director Lina Johansson tells us about the process of bringing this female-led production to life.

As the company tours their double bill of Mozart works across the UK, Pop-Up Opera founder Clementine Lovell shares the company's approach to making opera accessible.

As the Vault Festival enters its final weeks, Stagedoor's Head of Partnerships Jasper Bartlett considers how technology can help to support the festival's emerging artists.

Composer Dai Fujikura looks back at his past works and their global influence ahead of an upcoming concert of his work at Wigmore Hall.

Writer/performer Ian Bonar shares the real-life inspiration behind 'Be Prepared' at the VAULT Festival and the 'treacle' comedy at the show's core.

Laurane Marchive of Chivaree Circus shares how the company brought its immersive, all-female production of 'Becoming Shades' to the Vault Festival.

In this guest blog, producer Rebekah Harvey of 'The Crystal Egg Live' talks about how to make theatre and literature relevant in a world dominated by film and television.

Polly picks five shows to book now for 2018

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest theatrical venture, the transforming of the St James Theatre in Victoria into The Other Palace, this year opened its doors with the gin-soaked jazz age musical The Wild Party. It featured a cast of 15, cavorting around an exuberant three-storey set that also housed the eight-piece orchestra. It was, by any standards, a spectacular production. Yet for all the spectacle, glamour and glitter, it was one of the dullest shows of the year. With tunes that you forget even while you’re ...

Brian picks runs down his pick of the year and awards the inaugural Reggies.