Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Theatremakers including Yellow Earth artistic director Kumiko Mendl and actor Lucy Sheen have slammed “harmful stereotyping” of British East Asian actors in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMEast Asian men are “dehumanised, desexualised and made to look ugly” when they are represented in Western culture, actor Daniel York Loh
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Nominations for the Tony Awards 2018 were announced live from the New York Public Library on May 1. Here is a breakdown
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMThe Portuguese artist Xavier de Sousa’s latest work Post explores borders and nationalism in the UK after Brexit. He tells Giverny Masso
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMBest play The Children by Lucy Kirkwood Farinelli and The King by Claire van Kampen Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts
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Financial problems have forced Darlington’s Majestic Theatre to close, with the former owner leaving about £16,000 owed to theatre companies. The 400-seat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMThe Mercury Theatre in Colchester has teamed up with publishing house Josef Weinberger to relaunch a playwriting prize aimed at uncovering productions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMAs well as performing West End musicals, Daniel Bailey runs an arts activism website. He tells Giverny Masso about his latest role
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Plays Dawn French will make her pantomime debut in Snow White at the London Palladium this year. French will play the Wicked
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMOver-65s accounted for one of the few demographics in which arts engagement has grown over the past decade, according to new government
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMBush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis has claimed theatre leaders should be willing to step down from their roles to make way
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child writer Jack Thorne has claimed disability is being “left out of every diversity conversation” in the
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Oxford’s North Wall Arts Centre is to begin producing work for the first time in its 10-year history. Newly appointed co-directors Ria
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West Yorkshire Playhouse has launched its first young company, in a bid to increase development opportunities for emerging artists in the region.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMTheatre must stop using austerity as an excuse for low wages, Equity official Paul Fleming has said. The union’s organiser in the
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Theatr Clwyd in Wales has announced the participants of its Roundabout writer-in-residence scheme. The three writers are actor Melangell Dolma, director and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMIzzy Tennyson won the Ideastap/Underbelly award for her debut solo show Brute at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She tells Giverny Masso
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMActors Alexander Vlahos and Alexandra Dowling have argued it is “more important than ever” to give children opportunities to see live theatre,
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Versailles star Alexander Vlahos is to play Romeo opposite The Musketeers’ Alexandra Dowling as Juliet at a new pop-up Shakespeare theatre in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AMFilm and TV costume designer Claire Finlay-Thompson is venturing into the world of theatre to work on Spiked, a new play exploring
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMLeading figures including director Indhu Rubasingham and playwright James Graham have warned that opportunities for young people to enter the profession are
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This week’s production news includes Kwame Kwei-Armah’s first season as artistic director of the Young Vic in London, a new immersive experience from
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Plans for a permanent cafe in the foyer of the disused Burnley Empire Theatre could signal the end of the venue as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMGoldsmiths University in London is building a £2.9 million performance centre and launching a new degree in musical theatre. The development will
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London’s Roundhouse plans to build a new centre where young people can develop their creative ideas. The move is part of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMA major enquiry into funding for culture in cities has been launched, as local authority arts budgets continue to decline. After gathering
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James Hugh Macdonald is having his debut play produced at the age of 91. He tells Giverny Masso about the ideas behind
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMDisney has announced an immersive experience at the Vaults in London based on its classic 1940 film Fantasia. Sounds and Sorcery will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMTheatres across the UK face unexpected costs in excess of £180 million under “devastating” EU proposals to ban the vast majority of
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