Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Actor uses National Theatre tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer
Damian Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his wife, Helen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTheatre company’s outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2
The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThursday, January 13, 2022
Royal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2
More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship’s crew anchored off west Africa in the fi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMTuesday, January 11, 2022
The Spanish dancer will step down later this year, becoming artistic director at San Francisco Ballet, where her husband is a principal
Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of English National…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMMonday, January 10, 2022
When George Devine’s family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers
“I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMSaturday, January 8, 2022
Pravesh Kumar says more diverse voices are needed to bring about creative change
Britain’s leading theatre companies must appoint more people of colour and from working-class backgrounds a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMTuesday, December 14, 2021
The Lion King, Life of Pi and the National’s Hex among shows affected during crucial festive season
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West End shows including The Lion King have had to cancel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMFriday, December 10, 2021
Soul singer posts tweet lambasting people she says disrupted The Drifters Girl show in London
The soul singer Beverley Knight has lambasted raucous theatregoers who she said disrupted a perf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMThursday, December 2, 2021
Betty! starring Maxine Peake views parliamentarian’s life through lens of drama group in Dewsbury village hall
She was a working-class Yorkshire girl who first took to the stage in a high-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMMonday, November 29, 2021
Natalia Osipova hopes to ‘broaden appeal’ of ballet by selling unique digital copies of performances
She is one of the world’s most acclaimed dancers, dazzling audiences with performan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMSunday, November 28, 2021
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Donna Air and Annie Lennox will perform in the one-off fundraising West End drama
Women’s experiences of domestic and sexual violence will be dramatised in a West End th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24PMMonday, November 22, 2021
Yomi Ṣode’s one-hander and Regent’s Park production of Romeo and Juliet win four awards each
A one-man play about grief and a contemporary version of a Shakespearean classic have domin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Festival to celebrate black culture and creativity, with Lemn Sissay and Shingai as headline acts
The Lyric Hammersmith theatre is launching its first festival celebrating black talent, cul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSaturday, November 13, 2021
Beneath the slapstick humour, venues remain anxious over fresh restrictions and lower ticket sales
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There were cheers and boo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Arts centre had over 120 claims, including racism, investigated in external review into its operations
The Barbican centre has committed to “a radical transformation of culture and behavio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
Diploma course will provide training in live performance and theatre production at an international standard
One of the world’s most renowned dance institutions is to offer a two-year inte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMTrilogy to mark the 50th anniversary of the Crucible will have performers sprinting between stages
Actors will simultaneously perform three plays in three theatres as part of an “ambitious…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMFriday, November 5, 2021
The photographer has brought directors, door keepers and technicians out of the shadows for a special exhibition celebrating the survival of the West End
The backstage heroes of the West End…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, November 3, 2021
London arts centre vows to foster inclusive culture after allegations by staff of discrimination
The Barbican arts centre in London has pledged to introduce diversity targets for its workfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMDrama about those who died when soldiers opened fire on protesters will premiere on 50th anniversary
For almost 50 years, the bloodstained white handkerchief held aloft by Father Edward Daly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTuesday, October 26, 2021
Royal Shakespeare Company cancels planned extension of The Mirror and the Light in West End
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The Royal Shakespeare Company ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMSaturday, October 9, 2021
More than 60% consider leaving jobs amid concerns that ‘safe’ work by men could be prioritised
Leading women in British theatre have expressed concern that cash-strapped theatres could …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMFriday, October 8, 2021
Areas will receive £40,000 grants to support the next step of their applications to succeed Coventry
Armagh City, Bradford, County Durham and Stirling are among the eight places in the UK l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMTuesday, September 28, 2021
A new play touring England uses beds to reflect on experiences of former unaccompanied minors
For most people, bed is a place of comfort, somewhere to recline and switch off. For others, it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMThursday, September 23, 2021
‘Modern power couple’ Kardashian and West were helpful in interpreting Macbeths, says actor
The four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and the Mare of Easttown’s James McArdle have sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMWednesday, June 23, 2021
Barbican denies Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s departure was prompted by claims organisation was ‘insidiously’ racist
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican’s managing director for 14 years, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
Written by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the ‘timely and clear-eyed’ play will be live-streamed in July
The publishing industry’s lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMFriday, June 11, 2021
Book details more than 100 instances of alleged prejudicial behaviour at the arts organisation
The Barbican has been described as “institutionally racist” by its own staff, who have comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMThursday, June 10, 2021
Mawa Theatre Company hope to make classic works accessible to diverse audiences
The team behind the UK’s first all-black, all-female Shakespearean theatre company say it is planning to re-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, May 26, 2021
Trans casting statement signatories pledge to cast trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers
Several of the biggest theatres in the UK have pledged to only cast trans, non-bina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMSaturday, May 8, 2021
Playwright mulls mass appeal of Osborne, who is being honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque
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British theatre must tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM 
