Thursday, December 19, 2013
Arts organisations in England are to face a further 1.17% cut to their funding in 2014/15 following reductions in the culture budget announced as part of the Autumn Statement. Arts Council E…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMMonday, December 16, 2013
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of The Pajama Game has confirmed it will transfer to the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre in May.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMThursday, December 12, 2013
English National Opera has become the latest arts organisation to launch a scheme to live screen its productions into cinemas. ENO Screen will see the English-language opera company working …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMWednesday, December 11, 2013
Five arts philanthropists have been recognised by the Prince of Wales today, including a couple who have helped fund more than 100 students through drama school. Philip and Christine Carne w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAlan Bennett’s The History Boys has topped a poll to find the nation’s favourite play, run by English Touring Theatre. Noises Off by Michael Frayn placed second, with Hamlet thir…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:23AMMonday, December 9, 2013
Leading entertainment lawyer Neil Adleman has said that the theatre tax reliefs that were proposed in the Autumn Statement last week could be “more far reaching than they may at first …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMFriday, December 6, 2013
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Light Princess lead the nominations for this year’s Whatsonstage awards, announced today. Both shows receive six nominations apiece, with The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMOver a decade ago, I was privileged to enjoy a dinner with playwrights Alan Ayckbourn and AR Gurney, mutual admirers who had never met before. At a lull in conversation, Ayckbourn suddenly …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMTuesday, December 3, 2013
Actor David Birrell has received “substantial” damages after he was blinded in his right eye when a prop gun misfired during an onstage duel at the Donmar Warehouse. The accident took pl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AMMonday, December 2, 2013
Ambassador Theatre Group has completed a deal to secure 100% ownership of the Savoy and Playhouse Theatres in London, venues which the group previously co-owned. The Savoy has been jointly o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AMAmbassador Theatre Group will screen trailers advertising the DVD of Shrek the Musical prior to pantomime performances at its UK theatres this Christmas. The move is part of the second year …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:04AMTuesday, November 26, 2013
Howard Panter, the co-founder and joint chief executive of the Ambassador Theatre Group, received his knighthood for services to theatre at an investiture ceremony hosted by The Queen at Win…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMFriday, November 8, 2013
London’s Bush Theatre has won the 2013 Groucho Club Maverick Award, a £10,000 prize given out annually by the members’ club. The venue was recognised for its artistic programme …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMPast, present and future directors of the National Theatre will compete against each other in the best director category at this year’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, with Ric…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThursday, November 7, 2013
Bill Kenwright Limited is planning to bring up to 10 shows into the West End in 2014, producer Jeremy Meadow has revealed. Meadow, who joined BKL as producer six months ago when he succeeded…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMMonday, November 4, 2013
Theatre attracts more than twice as many tourists to the UK as sporting events, according to new research published by VisitBritain Around 2.8 million visits include a trip to the theatre, m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMThursday, October 31, 2013
Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris has welcomed a report highlighting a London bias when it comes to arts funding, warning that theatres outside London are facing a “tripple …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:41AMTuesday, October 29, 2013
All My Sons, Hobson’s Choice, Porgy and Bess and a re-imagined version of Twelfth Night will join a restaging of To Kill a Mockingbird in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre‘s 2…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMMonday, October 28, 2013
Hampstead Theatre has published its annual report for 2012/3, which has revealed that box office income at the London venue has increased from £1.1 million in 2011/12 to nearly £2.2 millio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMFriday, October 25, 2013
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced its annual results for 2012/13 today. We take a look at how they compare to the National Theatre’s results, published earlier this month. &#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has posted a 75% increase in box office during 2012/13, thanks mainly to the success of Matilda the Musical in the West End. Matilda the Musical opened in the W…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMWednesday, October 23, 2013
Ambassador Theatre Group chief executive Howard Panter has said the company’s sale to private equity firm Providence will lead to domestic and international expansion, but insisted it will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMMonday, October 21, 2013
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Live! has become the latest in a string of commercial theatre productions to announce that it has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. The showR…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMAmbassador Theatre Group has confirmed that it has confirmed that it has been sold to private equity firm Providence Equity. The cost of the deal has not been confirmed, but ATG is understoo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMAmbassador Theatre Group is to be sold to private equity investor Providence Equity, The Stage can reveal. The deal has yet to be confirmed, but The Stage understands it will go through late…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMSunday, October 20, 2013
On the final lap of his stewardship on the South Bank, Nicholas Hytner talks to Alistair Smith about the National’s auditoria, its raison d’etre and its ability to court controversy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06AMTuesday, October 15, 2013
Rufus Norris has been appointed to succeed Nicholas Hytner as director of the National Theatre. Hytner, who has run the South Bank venue since 2003, will step down in 2015. Although he has n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMThursday, October 10, 2013
Simon Callow will receive The Stage award for outstanding contribution to British theatre at the UK Theatre Awards later this month. Born in London in 1949, Callow trained at the Drama Centr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMThe Ambassador Theatre Group has revealed that it is looking into selling the naming rights to some of its historic London and regional venues. The move comes as part of a push from the UK�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, October 3, 2013
Paul Coxwell, the one-time West End producer turned regional theatre operator also known as Paul Parker, has been charged with fraud and repeatedly breaching an order preventing him from ser…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, September 26, 2013
Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has been announced as one of 24 new fellows of the MacArthur Foundation, recipient of what is widely known in the US as a “genius grant.” The $625,000 aw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM 
