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Friday, May 18, 2018

Natalie Simpson wins 2017 Ian Charleson Award by Giverny Masso

Natalie Simpson has won the 2017 Ian Charleson Award, which celebrates actors under the age of 30 performing in a classical role.

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Designer Andrew Riley: ‘The secret to success is to be persistent but not annoying’ by Giverny Masso

Currently working on a new production of The Phantom of the Opera in Oslo. Andrew Riley tells Giverny Masso about his design

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Production news round-up: Gloria Estefan musical comes to the UK and The Inheritance announces West End transfer by Giverny Masso

This week it has been announced that Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! is coming to the UK, while the Young Vic’s

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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Salisbury Playhouse audiences down a fifth following Russian spy poisoning by Giverny Masso

Salisbury Playhouse has seen audiences for some productions drop by a fifth following the Russian spy poisoning attack in March. A spokeswoman

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Rebecca Lenkiewicz’ Her Naked Skin to lead inaugural season of new Wiltshire arts organisation by Giverny Masso

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’ Her Naked Skin will have its regional premiere as part of the first season of a new Wiltshire-based arts organisation.

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Regional venues create consortium to develop work for younger audiences by Giverny Masso

Venues including York Theatre Royal and Derby Theatre are launching a consortium to develop work for younger audiences. Other partners in the

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Kwame Kwei-Armah: ‘Brexit and #MeToo have awoken a new generation of playwrights’ by Giverny Masso

Kwame Kwei-Armah has claimed that Britain’s political theatre climate is in “great shape” because Brexit and the Me Too movement have “awoken

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Royal Central School pledges series of actions to address ‘structural racism’ by Giverny Masso

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has promised a series of actions to address “unconscious and structural racism”, including an independent

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James Graham to pen Brexit drama for Channel 4 starring Benedict Cumberbatch by Giverny Masso

James Graham has been commissioned by Channel 4 to pen a Brexit drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Brexit – which is a working

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Young Vic’s The Inheritance transfers to the West End by Giverny Masso

Matthew Lopez’s The Inheritance will transfer to the West End following its run at the Young Vic. The two-part play, which explores

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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Stolen costumes from Central School of Ballet recovered by Giverny Masso

Costumes that were stolen from Central School of Ballet’s graduate company have been returned following a major media campaign. More than 100

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Derby Theatre gala to raise funds for artistic director’s cancer treatment by Giverny Masso

Derby Theatre is hosting a gala night to raise vital funds towards cancer treatment for its artistic director Sarah Brigham. Brigham, who

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Monday, May 14, 2018

Theatre Uncut and Young Vic launch UK’s first major political playwriting award by Giverny Masso

Theatre Uncut has launched the UK’s first major political playwriting prize in partnership with the Young Vic in London. Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre

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Friday, May 11, 2018

Children’s performing arts school closes leaving parents out of pocket by Giverny Masso

Parents claim they have been left out of pocket after a children’s performing arts company was forced to close due to financial

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Production news round-up: Tamsin Greig to star in Harold Pinter season and Manchester’s Royal Exchange to stage The Producers by Giverny Masso

This week’s production news includes a season announcement from the Royal Exchange in Manchester as well as a six-month season in the

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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Proposed 1,200-seat Kent theatre secures planning permission by Giverny Masso

Planning permission has been granted for a 1,200-seat theatre in the centre of Tunbridge Wells. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council’s planning committee unanimously

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Future of Marina Theatre in Lowestoft secured by local council by Giverny Masso

The future of Lowestoft’s Marina Theatre has been secured after the local council had a £200,000 loan approved to purchase the neighbouring

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Central School of Ballet students ‘devastated’ as 100 handmade costumes stolen by Giverny Masso

Dancers in Central School of Ballet’s graduate company have been left “absolutely devastated” after a van containing more than 100 handmade costumes

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Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp named director of the Africa Centre in London by Giverny Masso

Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp has been named director of the Africa Centre in London. In his first few months in the role, Tharp

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Website to provide mental health support for performers by Giverny Masso

A website to provide mental health support for actors is being launched by a performer who believes the issue has been “grossly

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

ENO introduces food ban for all performances following complaints of ‘elitism’ by Giverny Masso

English National Opera has changed its food and drink policy following accusations of “elitism” against musical theatre audiences. An article published by

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Suranne Jones: ‘The deeply affecting issues of Frozen took its toll on my health’ by Giverny Masso

Suranne Jones has said “deeply affecting” themes in Frozen at Theatre Royal Haymarket contributed to an illness that forced her to withdraw

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ThisEgg artistic director Josie Dale-Jones: ‘We are going to save the world, one bee at a time’ by Giverny Masso

Josie Dale-Jones founded ThisEgg when she was in sixth form, and has stuck with the theatre company ever since. She tells Giverny

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Guardian ends contract with critic Lyn Gardner after 23 years by Giverny Masso

Theatre journalist Lyn Gardner is having her reviews and features coverage completely cut from the Guardian after 23 years. Industry leaders, including

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Production news round-up: Dance Umbrella announces 40th anniversary festival programme and EastEnders’ David Witts cast in Wicked by Giverny Masso

This week’s production news includes the 40th anniversary programme for Dance Umbrella Festival, while EastEnders actor David Witts has been cast as

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EU lighting rule ‘will cost UK theatres £1bn’ by Giverny Masso

Theatres around the UK face a total bill of £1 billion – more than five times the cost initially feared – if

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Friday, May 4, 2018

English National Opera imposes ‘humiliating’ food and drink ban on musical theatre audiences by Giverny Masso

English National Opera is banning musical theatre audiences from bringing food and drink into the London Coliseum because patrons have been “picnicking”

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EU lighting proposals: Everything you need to know by Giverny Masso

What is the issue? The European Union is currently considering new regulations on the sale of lighting fixtures that would come into

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Nuffield Southampton Theatres launches drive to uncover new writers by Giverny Masso

Nuffield Southampton Theatres is launching a writer’s group to develop local talent and create original work for its new studio space. NST

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Fiona Shaw to host gala for new group supporting women in opera by Giverny Masso

Fiona Shaw is to an host an all-female concert marking the inaugural event of an organisation set up to support women and

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Theatremakers hit out at ‘harmful’ stereotyping of British East Asian actors by Giverny Masso

Theatremakers including Yellow Earth artistic director Kumiko Mendl and actor Lucy Sheen have slammed “harmful stereotyping” of British East Asian actors in

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