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Report Summary

  • 33

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    53% of other websites

  • 97

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 92% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    56% of websites

  • 84

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    53% of websites

northernstage.com

Home | Northern Stage

Page Load Speed

5.3 sec in total

First Response

1.5 sec

Resources Loaded

3.5 sec

Page Rendered

223 ms

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About Website

Visit northernstage.com now to see the best up-to-date Northern Stage content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about northernstage.com

The largest producing theatre in the North East of England. A place where ideas and people meet.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Northernstage.com page load time and found that the first response time was 1.5 sec and then it took 3.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

northernstage.com performance score

33

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.7 s

5/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value13.8 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value10.1 s

9/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value560 ms

53/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.8 s

10/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.northernstage.co.uk

1534 ms

screen.css

179 ms

responsive.css

170 ms

font-awesome.min.css

184 ms

custom-theme.css

187 ms

Our browser made a total of 80 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Northernstage.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Wd-edge.sharethis.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Cm.g.doubleclick.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.5 sec) relates to the external source Northernstage.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 917.7 kB (23%)

Content Size

3.9 MB

After Optimization

3.0 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Northernstage.com main page is 3.9 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 55% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.9 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-66%

Potential reduce by 46.1 kB

  • Original 70.2 kB
  • After minification 60.3 kB
  • After compression 24.1 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 9.8 kB, which is 14% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 46.1 kB or 66% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 83.2 kB

  • Original 2.9 MB
  • After minification 2.8 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Northern Stage images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 727.0 kB

  • Original 909.2 kB
  • After minification 715.4 kB
  • After compression 182.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 727.0 kB or 80% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 61.4 kB

  • Original 73.8 kB
  • After minification 56.7 kB
  • After compression 12.4 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Northernstage.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 61.4 kB or 83% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (47%)

Requests Now

75

After Optimization

40

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 75 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Northern Stage. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 14 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 7 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.northernstage.co.uk

www.northernstage.co.uk

1534 ms

screen.css

screen.css

179 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

170 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

184 ms

custom-theme.css

custom-theme.css

187 ms

css

css

25 ms

css

css

37 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

34 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

484 ms

global.js

global.js

186 ms

respond.min.js

respond.min.js

252 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

260 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

357 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

292 ms

cookieControl-5.1.min.js

cookieControl-5.1.min.js

293 ms

jquery.hoverOver.min.js

jquery.hoverOver.min.js

290 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

7 ms

resizeiframe.js

resizeiframe.js

167 ms

global.css

global.css

173 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

32 ms

bg.png

bg.png

195 ms

logo3.png

logo3.png

197 ms

headerTxt.png

headerTxt.png

196 ms

logo.png

logo.png

195 ms

Dream%2016%20Rotator.jpg

Dream%2016%20Rotator.jpg

819 ms

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SnowWhite%20rotator.jpg

371 ms

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Inisfail%20rotator.jpg

779 ms

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428 ms

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351 ms

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287 ms

Skinners%20box%20rotator.jpg

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866 ms

Richard%20Alston%20rotator.jpg

Richard%20Alston%20rotator.jpg

441 ms

Noises%20Off%20rotator.jpg

Noises%20Off%20rotator.jpg

552 ms

PandTrotator.jpg

PandTrotator.jpg

594 ms

Julie%20rotator.jpg

Julie%20rotator.jpg

528 ms

homepage_ns.gif

homepage_ns.gif

616 ms

longimage_getcarter_PanelMedium.gif

longimage_getcarter_PanelMedium.gif

646 ms

longimage_dream2016_PanelMedium.gif

longimage_dream2016_PanelMedium.gif

679 ms

homepagecontainer_venuehire.gif

homepagecontainer_venuehire.gif

705 ms

Front%20cover%20for%20home%20page.jpg

Front%20cover%20for%20home%20page.jpg

767 ms

container_stage3.gif

container_stage3.gif

769 ms

small_supportersscheme.gif

small_supportersscheme.gif

792 ms

longimage_inisfail_PanelSmallFullWidth.gif

longimage_inisfail_PanelSmallFullWidth.gif

858 ms

startFindUs.jpg

startFindUs.jpg

853 ms

facebook.gif

facebook.gif

863 ms

twitter.gif

twitter.gif

885 ms

flickr.gif

flickr.gif

906 ms

youtube.gif

youtube.gif

938 ms

NewcastleCityCouncil.jpg

NewcastleCityCouncil.jpg

950 ms

grant_award_logo.jpg

grant_award_logo.jpg

956 ms

facebook_24.png

facebook_24.png

947 ms

twitter_24.png

twitter_24.png

970 ms

flickr_24.png

flickr_24.png

995 ms

youtube_24.png

youtube_24.png

1022 ms

collect

collect

144 ms

pageWrapperBkg.png

pageWrapperBkg.png

990 ms

headerBkg.png

headerBkg.png

997 ms

getAllAppDefault.esi

getAllAppDefault.esi

109 ms

headerTxt.png

headerTxt.png

862 ms

headerBooking.png

headerBooking.png

869 ms

globalNavBkg.png

globalNavBkg.png

897 ms

grayDashHorizont.png

grayDashHorizont.png

922 ms

Y_TKV6o8WovbUd3m_X9aAA.ttf

Y_TKV6o8WovbUd3m_X9aAA.ttf

9 ms

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fontawesome-webfont.woff

844 ms

getSegment.php

getSegment.php

12 ms

checkOAuth.esi

checkOAuth.esi

23 ms

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t.dhj

22 ms

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t.dhj

27 ms

grayDot.png

grayDot.png

793 ms

cm

cm

29 ms

pageBottomBkg.png

pageBottomBkg.png

781 ms

s-3271.xgi

s-3271.xgi

10 ms

11 ms

hbpix

hbpix

46 ms

6 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

6 ms

drop-arrow.png

drop-arrow.png

725 ms

pixel

pixel

18 ms

pixel

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16 ms

2981

2981

38 ms

Accessibility Review

northernstage.com accessibility score

97

Accessibility Issues

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

northernstage.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

northernstage.com SEO score

84

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Northernstage.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Northernstage.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

northernstage.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Northern Stage. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: