Wednesday, October 1, 2014
A new 50-seat flexible theatre space is to launch its first full programme of work in north London in October, with the venue saying that all actors and creative staff will be paid the minim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMThursday, September 25, 2014
Scarlett Strallen, Tom Edden and
Jamie Parker are to compete for the
best musical performance prize at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. Strallen has been nominated for
Candide at th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
The Barbican has cancelled performances of an art installation featuring chained black actors following protests outside the Waterloo venue it was due to be shown at. Exhibit B came under a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:28PMAudiences spend on average £71.64 each on a trip to the theatre, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 British theatregoers by Ebay-owned online ticket marketplace StubHub found th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMThousands of arts organisations are set to benefit from a newly launched scheme that aims to unlock up to £20 million of loans for cultural groups across England by 2018. Called Creative In…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMMig Kimpton, executive director of Off West End venue the Arts Theatre, is to step down from his role at the end of September. He has managed the venue near Leicester Square since the end…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMTuesday, September 23, 2014
Leading venues including Sheffield Theatres, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Tricycle Theatre in London have committed to new measures for creating gender equality in creative and backst…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13AMFriday, September 19, 2014
Brighton Hippodrome campaigners have lost their battle to see the building restored as a live venue after the government decided not to intervene over plans to convert the space into a cinem…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMThe Barbican and Guildhall School of Music and Drama have launched a joint initiative that will see training opportunities provided to thousands of young people by 2020 and the introduction …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMThe Southbank Centre has said it is committed to creating new arts and education spaces, despite its planned £120 million redevelopment falling through after it agreed to allow the skatepar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMThursday, September 18, 2014
New Manchester venue Home has appointed Kevin Jamieson as senior theatre producer and Jasper Gilbert as technical director and head of production. Jamieson joins the purpose built arts centr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:26AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Arts organisations that include participatory activities in their output should be given greater priority when public funding decisions are made, according to a parliamentary inquiry into we…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMLeeds Grand Theatre and Opera House has launched a three-year learning programme that will include an arts festival produced by young people and a substantial city-wide apprenticeship scheme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMSydney Theatre Company is to return to the Barbican in London in 2015 with its production of Waiting for Godot starring Hugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh, as part of a season of works by Sam…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMTuesday, September 16, 2014
North London’s Lion and Unicorn Theatre’s artistic director George Sallis is to step down from the end of September after almost seven years in post. He will be replaced by director and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMThe Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon has extended its booking period at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London by a further two months to January 2015. It was originally booking until November 29 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMNearly 70% of musicians accept work without a written contract, a survey by industry body the Incorporated Society of Musicians has shown. Of the 250 professional musicians surveyed as part …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMFriday, September 12, 2014
Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, Grand Opera House and Ulster Orchestra are among the 31 arts organisations that will receive a cut of at least 2.3% this autumn from the Arts Council of Northern I…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMAnimal welfare charity PETA has accused Jamie Lloyd’s production of Richard III of cruel treatment of a goldfish that is used in the show. The London production, which stars Martin Freeman…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMAlan Titchmarsh is to make his West End debut appearing as the narrator in the Royal Opera House’s revived production of The Wind in the Willows in November. The role was played last Chris…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMNew regulations should be introduced to protect live music venues from possible closure following noise complaints, the Musicians’ Union has said. At the Trades Union Congress conference t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, September 11, 2014
Broadcasters are under pressure to monitor diversity among on-screen performers and to publish the results, following a commitment from Arts Council England to do the same for stage talent. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMFormer culture secretary Chris Smith will leave his position as chair of the Donmar Warehouse at the end of 2014 after 13 years in post. Smith, who was culture secretary from 1997 to 2001 an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMCharlie and the Chocolate Factory will extend its booking period by a further six months to October 2015, with the production now having sold one million tickets. The West End musical was pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMA new agency that is charging a £180 upfront deposit to actors who want to be represented by the company has been labelled a “scam” by industry body the Agents’ Association. The recen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, September 10, 2014
Five ballet companies from around the globe will join forces next month to stream live footage online from their rehearsal studios for the first time. On October 1, the Royal Ballet, along w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMAlan Bennett’s The History Boys is to tour the UK in a new production in 2015, which will see 200 free tickets given to new theatregoers. It will begin its run at the Palace Theatre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMIan McDiarmid is to star in a revival of Rupert Goold’s Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre later this year, as part of the venue’s wint…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMThursday, September 4, 2014
Performers owed thousands of pounds from the failure of the 2014 production of touring musical Bugle Boy have been told by union Equity that there is little chance of them recovering their m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:40AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has welcomed the government’s plans to simplify working regulations for child performers, insisting theatre producers are not “Victorian pit owners sending children d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:24AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
Derby City Council has confirmed it will not buy Derby Hippodrome, stalling campaigners’ plans for its restoration as a live venue. Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust wants the council to …
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