Thursday, June 14, 2012
Audiences are being invited into rehearsals of Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good this summer by the production's director Max Stafford-Clark, as a part of a bid to raise funds for …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMWednesday, June 13, 2012
Actors and managers in the West End have set out their stalls for the next round of negotiations between Equity and the Society of London Theatre, with the union saying it has a "tough fight…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMKids Week, the West End discount-ticket initiative, will have its longest-ever run in August with a record 38 shows offering free tickets to children.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMMonday, June 11, 2012
New plays by Caryl Churchill and Jerusalem writer Jez Butterworth will form part of the Royal Court's autumn season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMFriday, June 8, 2012
Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox are to star in a revival of Judas Kiss this autumn at Hampstead Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMKen Stott, Anna Friel and Samuel West are to star in a West End production of Uncle Vanya later this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMThursday, June 7, 2012
The remains of the 16th-century theatre where the premiere of Henry V was held have been found in London.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMWednesday, June 6, 2012
Gareth Gates and Jennifer Ellison are to join the cast of the touring production of Legally Blonde the Musical.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AMSaturday, June 2, 2012
Southwark Playhouse, LondonA bare railway arch, with precipitation dripping from the ceiling and sweat running down the walls, is the perfect setting for this tale of 18th-century anatomy. P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PMFriday, June 1, 2012
Glyndwr Jones has been appointed director of the Council for Dance Education and Training, and will replace Sean Williams later this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMShakespeare's Globe has announced its programme of midnight matinees for 2012, saying that the 23:59 start time is "perfect" for theatre industry professionals.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMThursday, May 31, 2012
Fiona Shaw and Bertie Carvel are to star in the National Theatre's autumn season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PMAnne McNulty, casting director at the Donmar Warehouse, is to leave the venue after 20 years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMEquity has negotiated an increase in rates for performers, stage managers and members of creative teams with the Independent Theatre Council.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMLeading industry figures have warned that a proposal in the government's review of licensing laws for children working in entertainment could put young performers in danger.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Ipswich-based theatre company Red Rose Chain is to receive almost £1 million of lottery funding to build a new venue.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:17PMFears that a "Primark culture" is developing in theatres, in which new plays are not shown again after their premieres, have been raised by a group of writers and literary managers.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMMichael Buffong has announced his first season as artistic director of Talawa, which will feature the premiere of a new play set in Deptford in 1982.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMPatrick Sandford is to step down as artistic director of the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in 2013 after 25 years in the role. The venue will move to a creative producer model.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMTuesday, May 29, 2012
Soul Sister, a new musical about Tina Turner's life featuring her back catalogue, is to run in the West End for a limited season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMFriday, May 25, 2012
Soho, London: Touched Like A Virgin is like a collection of singing postcards - the script jumps between 1984 and 2010, and each vignette in the life of monologist Lesley is paired with a Ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMShoreditch Town Hall is to be transformed into an arts centre, which will see the building host regular, ticketed cultural events for the first time since the 19th century.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMEquity is to campaign to improve the pay and conditions of performers working in the video games industry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMEquity has agreed to engage with its critics after warnings that the union is seen as "stuffy, ineffective, disconnected, impotent" by some parts of the industry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMThursday, May 24, 2012
Proposals to change "outdated" licensing laws for children working in entertainment have been unveiled by the government today, and include axing the requirement for young performers to supp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMConcern was expressed over the lack of local opportunities for TV talent and crew in the UK's nations and regions.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMWednesday, May 23, 2012
A new theatre production based on BBC TV show Top of the Pops is to premiere this autumn.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:33AMDespite achieving an operating surplus of almost £700,000 last year, Equity's pension scheme remains a risk to the union's finances, its treasurer has said.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
Constellations starring Rafe Spall and Sally Hawkins is to run in the West End at the end of this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMFriday, May 18, 2012
New productions of both My Fair Lady and Macbeth are to play Sheffield Theatres later this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMSouthwark Playhouse has applied for planning permission to turn an office space in Elephant and Castle into a temporary venue for the company while its current home is redeveloped.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AM 
