Wednesday, 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 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMTuesday, September 2, 2014
John Hannah is to star in Uncle Vanya at the St James Theatre in London from next month, marking his return to the stage after a six-year absence. Hannah, who has recently appeared in Sky…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMMonday, September 1, 2014
BECTU members in regional theatres have voted to accept a two-year pay deal, which would see their earnings increase by 2% for 2014/15 if venue managers accept the offer. Nearly 60% of backs…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMFriday, August 29, 2014
The government’s forthcoming theatre tax relief scheme will help to revive regional theatre and ensure the industry’s success is felt across the country and not just in London’s West E…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMA new touring production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is to be one of the first shows to benefit from the government’s theatre tax relief scheme, which comes into effect from September 1. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMSutton Council has announced plans to close its two theatres from 2015 as part of measures to make £40 million of savings over the next five years. A report drawn up by the south LondonR…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMThursday, August 28, 2014
The majority of theatregoers believe tickets to plays, musicals and dance performances cost the right amount, according to a study of audiences in Tyneside. Nearly 75% of survey respondents …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:17AMActors now are “much more talented and versatile” after graduating from drama school than performers were at the start of their careers 50 years ago, Tim Pigott-Smith has said. However, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre is to transfer To Kill a Mockingbird to the Barbican in London next summer, with Robert Sean Leonard reprising his role as Atticus Finch. The transfer will f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMWednesday, August 27, 2014
Declan Perring, Bryan Burroughs, April Hughes and ensembles from theatre companies Little Soldier and Ontroerend Goed are the final winners of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at this …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMCompanies core-funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland are preparing themselves for a proposed 5% in-year cut following reductions to the funding body’s budget, which theatres claim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:25AMChild performers would be able to work longer hours in the theatre under new government proposals that aim to simplify and streamline regulations governing young actors. Plans include incre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMFriday, August 22, 2014
Independent Theatre Council chief executive Charlotte Jones has warned about the growing wealth gap between large and small arts organisations. She said the financial situation for smaller t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:14AMThursday, August 21, 2014
Actors campaigning in support of the Orange Tree Theatre have accused Arts Council England of failing to engage with the theatre community, after they received a “standard, almost pro form…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMWednesday, August 20, 2014
Edinburgh International Festival director designate Fergus Linehan has questioned why the event has failed to feature most leading British theatre directors in recent years, adding that ther…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMLyric Hammersmith’s Secret Theatre Company, Jade Anouka and Conor Lovett are the most recent winners of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They were …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMThe Union Theatre in south London is preparing to move to a new purpose-built venue opposite its current premises in April. Plans have been submitted to Southwark Council to convert a nearby…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMCambridge City Council has agreed to hand over the management of the Corn Exchange to reduce the local authority’s annual subsidy for the venue and “secure its future”. The newly forme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Janet Suzman is to star in one of the opening productions at the Coronet in west London, the new home of fringe company the Print Room. She will appear in new play Solomon and Marion…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:21AMCast members from both the original West End production of Miss Saigon and the current revival of the musical at the Prince Edward Theatre are to appear onstage together in a gala performanc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMMonday, August 18, 2014
Touring production Annie Get Your Gun starring Jason Donovan has cancelled its final performances at the Princess Theatre in Torquay. The Irving Berlin musical was due to run at the venue fr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMFriday, August 15, 2014
Cynthia Erivo will join the all-female cast of Henry IV at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Erivo, whose previous credits include West End show I Can’t Sing! The X Factor M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMEdinburgh Fringe show The City by Israeli company Incubator Theatre, which got shut down at the festival following protests, is to run at north London Jewish venue JW3 next week. The product…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:45AMDerby Hippodrome campaigners have moved one step closer to restoring the venue for live entertainment after submitting plans to the council to rejuvenate the front of house areas as an inter…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMThursday, August 14, 2014
Just 2.6% of jobs taken by musical theatre graduates in their first year of work are for shows in the West End, a survey has revealed. Of the near-500 performing arts jobs accepted by three-…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
Rosie Wyatt and ensemble Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre Company of Tbilisi have been recognised in the second week of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fring…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMRichard Schiff and Nigel Lindsay are to appear alongside Lindsay Lohan in the forthcoming West End production of Speed-the-Plow. Schiff, who is best known for his role in US TV series The We…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMNine out of 10 students at Rose Bruford College, the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland are happy with their training, according to this year’s resul…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMBBC Radio has been accused of “undervaluing” writers after the Corporation increased minimum rates of pay by just 1% for creators of audio comedy and drama. The Writers’ Guild of Great…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, August 11, 2014
Lucy Punch is to play the lead role in the West End transfer of Great Britain by Richard Bean. She will appear as Paige Britain, the role that is currently played by Billie Piper at…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMFriday, August 8, 2014
Nimax Theatres chief executive Nica Burns, Roundhouse executive producer Nicola Thorold and The Stage’s editor Alistair Smith are to judge the theatre category in this year’s Hospital Cl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AM 
