Monday, 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’…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMFriday, February 8, 2013
Peterborough’s Broadway Theatre, which closed in 2011, is again being advertised as up for sale. The Broadway Theatre reopened in February 2011, having initially gone dark in 2009, but clo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, February 6, 2013
Artistic director Madani Younis has announced the Bush Theatre’s 2013 programme, which includes debut plays by actors Rory Kinnear and Cush Jumbo. The London venue’s season features thre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMMonday, February 4, 2013
Keith Allen and Denise Welch will star in a revival of Richard Bean’s Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. The production, which is a new version of Bean’s 2003…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:39AMFriday, February 1, 2013
Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and Theatrical Management association, has been appointed as chair of Drama UK – the body responsible for championing and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMThe Udderbelly Festival will return to the South Bank this summer, with the event’s fifth outing including performances from The Boy With Tape on His Face and circus show Flown. Runnin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMThursday, January 31, 2013
Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre has launched an artist-in-residence scheme that will see visual artists create foyer installations to complement the venue’s productions. The project is a col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe Stage is working in partnership with Equity and the Theatrical Management Association to launch a major, public-facing campaign aimed at supporting local theatres across the UK. Speaking…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, January 30, 2013
Lorne Campbell has been appointed as artistic director of Northern Stage in Newcastle, taking over from Erica Whyman who has recently left to become deputy artistic director of the Royal Sha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMTuesday, January 29, 2013
West End Beatles show Let It Be has announced that it has recouped its £1.6 million capitalisation costs. The recoupment – meaning it has made back the money initially invested in the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMArts Council England has confirmed that in-year cuts of 1% and and 2% will be made to all its national portfolio organisations in 2013/14 and 2014/15. The news follows the announcement in De…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMLondon theatre resisted an Olympic downturn in 2012, recording its ninth successive year of record box office returns. The figures, released this week by the Society of London Theatre, revea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AMThursday, January 24, 2013
Michael Grandage has launched a youth theatre, offering 20 youngsters the chance to work alongside his West End company. The Futures Company is looking to recruit young people aged 15 to 25 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMBroadway and Glee star Kristin Chenoweth is to make her first UK appearance in more than a decade with a concert tour opening at the London Coliseum on March 11. The show will then visit...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWednesday, January 23, 2013
National Theatre Wales has announced its third season, including its first international production – in Japan. The Opportunity of Efficiency, written by Alan Harris and directed by NTW ar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMArtistic director Gregory Doran has announced the Royal Shakespeare Company’s winter season, including David Tennant as Richard II and a stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMFriday, January 18, 2013
Adam Kenwright, managing director of leading West End marketing agency AKA, has predicted that 2013 will be a “massive year” for London theatre with record audiences and box office. His …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThursday, January 17, 2013
Actress Sophiya Haque, who had been starring in Michael Grandage’s West End production of Privates on Parade, has died aged 41. Haque had been appearing as Sylvia in the show, which …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMStephen Levine, the former general manager of Folkestone’s Leas Cliff Hall, has won an employment tribunal against venue operator Ambassador Theatre Group, after a ruling that he was unfai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, January 15, 2013
Outgoing Arts Council England chair Liz Forgan has used her farewell speech to launch a heartfelt plea to education secretary Michael Gove not to rob the next generation of its “birthrigh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00PMMonday, January 14, 2013
Polly Findlay will direct a revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory this March. The production will begin performances on March 13 with …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMThursday, January 10, 2013
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group sold the Palace Theatre to Nimax Theatres for about £20 million in 2012, the company’s accounts have revealed. At the time of the sale, RUG dec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AMWednesday, January 9, 2013
Digital Theatre has launched an iPad app, allowing audiences to watch recordings of theatre productions via their tablet device. Launched in 2009, Digital Theatre records theatre productions…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMTuesday, January 8, 2013
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts officials have issued a statement denying reports that US musician and film star Julianne Hough was abused while studying at the school. Hough, now 24, a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMMonday, January 7, 2013
Tamsin Greig and John Sessions will lead the cast in Longing, the debut play by novelist William Boyd, which opens at the Hampstead Theatre next month. The play, which is adapted from two sh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMWednesday, January 2, 2013
As the UK’s theatres sparkle with creative brilliance amid a background of grey austerity The Stage 100 salutes the industry’s brightest sparks, some well known and others unsung If you�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMWednesday, December 12, 2012
The sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who helped to create the 1960s psychedelic sound through working with The Beatles, has died in the Californian city of San Diego at the age of 92. His wife, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMMonday, December 10, 2012
Arts Council England will have its budgets for 2013 to 2015 cut by £11.6 million, following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Last week, it was announced that the Department for Cult…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMThursday, December 6, 2012
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has warned that the arts are set to face further cuts as a result of the Autumn Statement. Yesterday, it was revealed that the DCMS’ budget …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMLocal authority funding for theatres in England and Wales fell by 6.3% in 2011/12, according to newly released government data. The figure is revealed in Local Authority Revenue Expenditure …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, December 5, 2012
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s budget will be cut by £34 million over the next two years, under plans announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today. DCMS w…
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