Tuesday, February 6, 2018
National charity Arts Development UK is to close after 35 years due to the impact of local authority cuts. The organisation, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMThe Actors Centre in London has announced a new season for drama school graduates to showcase their work. This will comprise graduating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMEquity councillor Jean Rogers has resigned after 13 years, claiming she has felt “disrespected, bullied and harassed” for some time. Rogers, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMMonday, February 5, 2018
Hannah Sampson’s career highlights include performing for the Albanian president with Stopgap Dance Company, with whom she is currently touring The Enormous
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMActor Cathy Tyson will mentor artists on a new development programme for underrepresented voices in Wales. The training scheme, Declaration, has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMFriday, February 2, 2018
This week the Almeida Theatre in London announces its new season and The Great British Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc has been cast in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMNational Theatre director Rufus Norris has said gender equality in the industry will not improve unless organisations are willing to “publicly name
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMAs part of The Stage’s inaugural BAME arts journalism placement, Roda Musa joined the newspaper’s editorial team for three months. She tells
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMWriter and director Alexander Zeldin has won a £10,000 Arts Foundation award after being nominated by National Theatre director Rufus Norris. Zeldin,
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The London Student Drama Festival is to make its Theatreland debut this year, with support from Nimax Theatres. Set up in 2013
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The number of students entering GCSE drama in England in 2017 declined by 8.5% compared with the previous year. According to figures
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWest End musical Hamilton has increased its top ticket price by 25% – with theatre fans slamming the move as “pure greed”.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMTuesday, January 30, 2018
Theatre companies and individuals across the UK and globally are celebrated annually in The Stage Awards. The 2018 event took place at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMLucie Shorthouse’s first professional role in the industry was a workshop for the musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. She tells Giverny Masso
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMAlice Birch has been announced as one of three British finalists in the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for female playwrights. Chosen
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMNational Theatre executive director Lisa Burger has taken on a new role as chair of the Lyric Hammersmith theatre’s board. Burger will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMMonday, January 29, 2018
The latest production news includes new dates for Hamilton in the West End and a casting announcement for James Graham’s Quiz. Plays
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:51PMNational Theatre Wales has boycotted a Welsh awards ceremony in a row over diversity. This follows an open letter with 40 signatories
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMPaul Clayton has stepped down from his role at the Actors Centre in London after 10 years. Clayton has been chairman of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMFollies star Tracie Bennett and Dancing on Ice judge Jason Gardiner will star in Ruthless! The Musical at London’s Arts Theatre. Harriet
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMCamden People’s Theatre in London has announced a new festival focusing on social class. Common People, created in response to a Labour
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Actor Mark Gatiss has said the industry still has a “huge way to go” in terms of gender equality and diversity. Gatiss
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English National Opera has agreed to cap the number of working hours for employees, subject to the approval of a pay offer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMA new code of conduct for casting directors has been released, which has been described as “more important than ever” in light
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Ayr Gaiety Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are among organisations to receive 100% cuts to their regular funding from Creative Scotland.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMTuesday, January 23, 2018
An eight-point plan outlining ways in which local authorities can support their theatres has been released by the Theatres Trust. It urges
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PMMargate’s Theatre Royal has been named the UK’s second-most endangered theatre, as part of a list that sees Brighton Hippodrome claim the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:15AMMonday, January 22, 2018
Playwright April de Angelis has called for greater representation of female writers in theatre. Speaking at the Writers’ Guild Awards in London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMContemporary dancer Leon Poulton uses his experience in the art form to feed his second profession as a freelance dance photographer. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMWorks from Graeae Theatre Company and performer Selina Thompson will feature in a season of work responding to the centenary of the
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Designers including Paule Constable are fighting a proposed ban on traditional theatre lighting, which they claim could result in hundreds of venues
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