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Friday, October 19, 2012

News: Last chance to vote for UK’s best touring production by Alistair Smith

With less than four days of voting remaining, only 50 votes separate the top three nominees for best touring production at the Theatre Awards UK. Thousands of votes have been cast for the aw…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AM

Terror 2012: All in the Mind, Soho Theatre, London by Alistair Smith

Soho Theatre, London: The Sticking Place's Terror season has been going since 2004. Now in its second year in Soho Theatre's downstairs space, what started off as a festival of sho…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AM

News: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre granted grade II listing by Alistair Smith

Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre has been granted grade II-listed status by the government. The venue, named after the locally-based actress who helped found it, was designed and buil…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

News: Playwright Bruce Norris calls for boycott of German theatres which use blackface by Alistair Smith

Olivier award-winning playwright Bruce Norris has removed the rights for his play Clybourne Park from a Berlin theatre, after he learned that it intended to ‘black up’ a white ac…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AM
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

News: MU and Equity reiterate West End car parking fears by Alistair Smith

Concerns over car parking in the West End have been highlighted by the Musicians’ Union and Equity in their submissions to an inquiry aiming to improve the workings of London’s entertain…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

News: Gene David Kirk to leave Jermyn Street by Alistair Smith

Jermyn Street Theatre’s artistic director Gene David Kirk has announced that he will leave the London venue at the end of this year. Kirk has served as artistic director of the Off-West En…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AM
Thursday, September 20, 2012

East of England tops tour box office - TMA by Alistair Smith

Touring shows are most successful at the box office in the east of England, according to new research by the Theatrical Management Association.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

ATG announces £15m investment by end of 2013 across its 39 venues by Alistair Smith

Ambassador Theatre Group has announced that by the end of 2013, it will have invested £15 million in its venues over a three-year period.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AM
Monday, September 17, 2012

Matthew Kelly to star in Anya Reiss' Seagull by Alistair Smith

Matthew Kelly is to star in a new version of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull by Anya Reiss.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AM

Priscilla Presley to make panto debut by Alistair Smith

Priscilla Presley is to make her pantomime debut this Christmas in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the New Wimbledon Theatre.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AM
Friday, September 14, 2012

RSC reports record turnover for 2011/12 by Alistair Smith

The Royal Shakespeare Company has reported its financial results for 2011/12 - the first year in its new Stratford-upon-Avon home.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PM

National Theatre sets up New York office by Alistair Smith

The National Theatre has announced that it is opening a New York office.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AM
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Top comic refuses to play ATG venues due to ticket charges by Alistair Smith

Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning comedian Sarah Millican has revealed that her next UK tour will avoid all venues operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group, because she does not agree with ATG'…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Judy Craymer gives £125k to theatre fund by Alistair Smith

Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer has given £125,000 to the Theatres Protection Fund, matching an opening donation by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AM
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

ACE launches £15m scheme to combat unpaid internships by Alistair Smith

Arts Council England has launched a £15 million fund that it is hoped will encourage arts organisations to pay their interns.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AM
Friday, September 7, 2012

Routledge and Digital Theatre launch online performance archive by Alistair Smith

Academic publisher Routledge has launched a digital performance archive which will give students access to previously unavailable audiovisual material from some of the world's leading intern…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AM

Janie Dee to star in NSFW at Royal Court by Alistair Smith

Janie Dee is to star in NSFW, a new play by Lucy Kirkwood at London's Royal Court Theatre next month.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AM

A Chorus Line to be revived at London Palladium by Alistair Smith

A Chorus Line is to be given its first London revival at the London Palladium next year.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:18AM
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Exclusive: R&H Theatricals moves into Europe with new London HQ by Alistair Smith

R&H Theatricals is setting up a London office to oversee the European licensing of its catalogue of popular musical theatre titles, including the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AM
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Peter Bazalgette appointed Arts Council England chairman by Alistair Smith

Peter Bazalgette has been appointed as the new chair of Arts Council England, succeeding Liz Forgan.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:39PM

Maria Miller succeeds Hunt as culture secretary by Alistair Smith

Maria Miller, MP for Basingstoke and minister for disabled people, has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, succeeding Jeremy Hunt.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AM
Monday, September 3, 2012

Donmar Warehouse launches Barclays £10 ticket scheme by Alistair Smith

London's Donmar Warehouse is launching a subsidised ticket scheme offering more than 40 of its best seats for every performance at only £10.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AM

Harriet Walter to star in all-female Julius Caesar at Donmar by Alistair Smith

Phyllida Lloyd is to direct an all-female production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at the Donmar Warehouse this November.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AM
Friday, August 31, 2012

Goodnight Mister Tom to transfer to Phoenix by Alistair Smith

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Goodnight Mister Tom will be the first show to play at the West End's Phoenix Theatre after long-running musical Blood Brothers departs.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:54AM

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory moves from Palladium to Drury Lane by Alistair Smith

The new stage musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will open at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in June 2013.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:29AM

Shrek the Musical to close at Drury Lane by Alistair Smith

Shrek the Musical will close at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in February after a run of 19 months.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:23AM
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Horrible Histories to tour Middle East by Alistair Smith

The West End production of Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain will tour the Middle East next month.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AM
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Winners announced for The Stage's Edinburgh Awards by Alistair Smith

Nichola McAuliffe has become the first performer to win best actress at The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Fringe for a second time.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:38PM
Friday, August 24, 2012

Seven days on stage: When acting proves too believable by Alistair Smith

A performance prompts a visit from police in London, Edinburgh gets ready to hand out its awards and Sarah Brightman gets ready to head into spaceFringe benefitsEdinburgh's mini-award season…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AM
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Loserville confirms West End transfer to Garrick by Alistair Smith

Loserville, the new musical by Elliot Davis and ex-Busted star James Bourne, has confirmed it will transfer to the West End this October.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01AM

Foreign classics to feature in Donmar's final Trafalgar season by Alistair Smith

Donmar Warehouse has announced the final season of its three-year Donmar Trafalgar programme, featuring productions directed by alumni of the London theatre's resident assistant director sch…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:12AM

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