Wednesday, February 21, 2018
A volunteer group trying to save the derelict Dudley Hippodrome has had its lease terminated early by the local council, which says
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMInternet shopping giant Amazon has announced that it is to stop selling tickets, just three years after moving into the field. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMWork from writer Rajiv Joseph and a new play about IVF will feature in the Hampstead Theatre’s latest season. Joseph’s Describe the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMLondon’s Theatre Royal Haymarket is offering three young writers the opportunity to develop a new play that will be showcased on its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMBECTU has begun a campaign to recruit theatre costume workers in response to claims they have felt “bottom of the pile”. The
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A new fund of up to £750,000 a year has been launched to help primary school teachers use the arts in education.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMComedian, writer and performer Fran Bushe will be taking an autobiographical show about her sex life to this year’s Vault Festival in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMEastEnders actor Charlie Brooks is to join the cast of the world premiere of Torben Betts’ Monogamy. Patrick Ryecart has also been
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London’s Southbank Centre has announced it will no longer advertise with the Daily Mail following a controversial column published by the paper.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMMore than £45,000 has been crowdfunded towards building what claims to be the UK’s first dedicated hip-hop theatre in Plymouth. Street dancing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMPlaywright Dennis Kelly has championed the practice of gender-swapped casting in theatre, claiming it makes productions richer. Kelly, whose credits include Matilda
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This week’s production news includes new stage adaptations of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. Elsewhere, casting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMA new organisation aiming to support women and parents working in opera is being launched. SWAP’ra has been set up by five
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMPlanning permission has been granted for a £1.45 million theatre at a school in Shropshire, which will host professional performances as well
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMDancer Tierney Heap’s repertoire as a soloist with the Royal Ballet includes the lead in Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, the Lilac Fairy in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMMichael Ball and Alexandra Burke are to star of Chess in the West End. The revival of the musical, by Benny Andersson,
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Opera must evolve if it is to become relevant to young audiences, a leading composer has claimed. Pamela Tan Nicholson, who co-founded
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMOutdoor touring company Without Walls has announced 13 new commissions following an open call. These include a national tour to UK festivals
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Audiences will be able to watch nine Noel Coward plays in a day, as part of what the Jermyn Street Theatre says
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMA new £300,000 scheme for improving theatre buildings has been announced by the Theatres Trust. The fund is being launched in partnership
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Leading theatre designers including Tom Piper and Chloe Lamford have joined calls for more career development opportunities in their sector. They join
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An actor who was diagnosed with brain cancer is to perform on stage one last time at a special event supported by
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This week in production news it has been announced that Game of Thrones actor Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are to star in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:40PMEighty former students of Guildford School of Acting have signed an open letter demanding answers about why its foundation course was restructured
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMJonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are to star in a new play by Florian Zeller. The UK premiere of family drama The
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Stowmarket’s Regal Theatre and Cinema is to receive a £2.6m fund from its local council towards a refurbishment. This will see the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMA block of men’s public toilets in Newport is set to be transformed into a performing arts venue. Arts entrepreneur Janet Martin
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The Royal Court Theatre in London has vowed that it will stage a play about Tibet that has been at the heart
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMAustentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel is to extend its run in the West End. Three further performances have been added at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMAfter her first professional role in TV series Grange Hill aged 12, the actor, currently playing multiple roles in Told by an
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National charity Arts Development UK is to close after 35 years due to the impact of local authority cuts. The organisation, which
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