Friday, March 15, 2013
Simon Russell Beale and John Simm will star in a new West End production of Harold Pinter’s 1958 play The Hothouse, directed by Jamie Lloyd. The show will be the second production in J…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMX Factor – It’s Time to Face the Musical! will open in the West End in early 2014, its producers have announced. The show will be produced by Stage Entertainment UK and Syco Ente…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
The long-running campaign to overhaul the way in which child performers are licensed has suffered a huge setback after the government dumped plans to streamline legislation. Current child li…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMMonday, March 11, 2013
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth’s planned UK tour has been cancelled, only days before her first performance at the London Coliseum. Chenoweth had been due to play the Coliseum tonight (Ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMGraham Linehan’s stage adaptation of Ealing Comedy The Ladykillers is to return to the West End this summer. The production, which is directed by Sean Foley and produced by Edward Snap…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMFriday, March 8, 2013
Stephen Unwin has announced he is to step down as artistic director of The Rose Theatre in Kingston. Unwin will continue at the Rose until January 2014, before leaving to “pursue other…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMCulture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that it is “rubbish” to say that the arts are in criris, insisting they are in “rude health”. Speaking at the Local Government …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMBrian Cox, Dervla Kirwan and Ardal O’Hanlon will star in the Donmar Warehouse’s revival of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. The production, which is directed by Donmar artistic …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMThursday, March 7, 2013
Westminster City Council has confirmed that it will cut all arts funding in the London borough by 2014/15. Soho Theatre and English National Ballet are among the groups set to lose funding u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMA medical charity has launched a new initiative to investigate stress levels in the entertainment industry. The National Institute for Clinical Research into Stress in England, part of the E…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
London’s Southbank Centre has unveiled designs for a multi-million pound transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery complex. The Festival Wing, as it …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMUpstairs at the Gatehouse in north London is to stage the first ever fringe production of puppet musical Avenue Q. The show, which will run at the Highgate pub theatre from May 16 to June...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
Eleven places from across the UK are bidding to be named City of Culture in 2017. The longlist features Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, East Kent (covering Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThursday, February 28, 2013
Visiting companies have criticised the handling of the closure of the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, claiming they have been left in the dark and are owed thousands of pounds. The Brewhouse w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:35AMWest End star Hadley Fraser will perform alongside 30 students from the Royal Academy of Music as part of a BBC concert celebrating shows that have transformed musical theatre. The Shock of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, February 27, 2013
Brighton Fringe has launched its 2013 programme, featuring 685 shows across 178 venues. The event will run for an extra week this year – from May 4 to June 2 – and its theatre line-up...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has launched a new award aimed at emerging theatre directors. The Royal Exchange Theatre Hodgkiss Award will offer a director “of outstanding promise�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFriday, February 22, 2013
The West End production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren will be broadcast live to cinemas through National Theatre Live. National Theatre Live is the NT’s programme to live-strea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMThursday, February 21, 2013
The Old Vic Theatre’s experimental second space, the Old Vic Tunnels, is to close next month, it has been announced. No reason has been given for the closure, but the Old Vic will end …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMArts leaders have welcomed Newcastle City Council’s decision to back down on plans for 100% cuts to arts funding in the city, claiming the result could set the tone for other local funding…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe Famous Spiegeltent is to return to Brighton after a seven-year absence as part of this summer’s fringe and festival. Brighton Fringe and Brighton Festival are joining forces to bring t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
Major changes are being planned for the judging process behind the Olivier Awards to give members of the Society of London Theatre a greater say over who wins. The overhaul is latest in a st…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMMonday, February 18, 2013
London Wonderground will return to the South Bank this summer, headlined by a new show from the creators of last year’s Cantina. Limbo – another mix of cabaret, circus and acroba…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMFriday, February 15, 2013
Newcastle City Council has confirmed it has backed down on plans to completely cuts arts funding in the city. The local authority had proposed to remove all £1.15 million that it currently …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMSamantha Spiro will play Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Globe’s forthcoming production of Macbeth. Spiro, who is a two-time Olivier award winner and appeared as Katherina in the G…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AMThursday, February 14, 2013
Roxana Silbert has announced the reopening season of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. The season, which will also be Silbert’s first at the head of the organisation, will start on Sep…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe Southbank Centre will unveil multi-million pound plans to transform its London HQ next month. Plans for an overhaul of its Festival Wing, which includes the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMPaines Plough has received a grant of £150,000 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, allowing the touring company to build a permanent version of its pop-up auditorium, the Roundabout. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
A second man has died following a backstage accident at Guildford theatre, G Live. The accident happened on Saturday February 9, during the get-in for the show by Fisherman’s Friends. Tou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMAmbassador Theatre Group’s joint founder and chief executive Rosemary Squire has been named in BBC Radio 4′s inaugural Woman’s Hour power list. Squire, who founded ATG – …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMMonday, February 11, 2013
The tour manager of a music group has been killed in an accident at Guildford theatre, G Live. The accident happened on Saturday February 9, during the get-in for the show by Fisherman’…
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