Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Designers including Paule Constable are fighting a proposed ban on traditional theatre lighting, which they claim could result in hundreds of venues
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMTring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire is to undergo a major £12 million redevelopment, which includes a new 450-seat
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Actor Naomie Harris has thrown her support behind a London youth theatre for young people who are at risk of offending. Harris,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMActors Jemma Redgrave and Ben Forster will feature in a new series of in-conversation evenings launched by West End restaurant J Sheekey.
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Playwright Caryl Churchill has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to writing at the 2018 Writers’ Guild awards. Fellow playwright Lucy Kirkwood
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30PMTheatres around the UK raised more than £240,000 from bucket collections for theatre charities in 2017. West End musical The Book of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMGabrielle Brooks is no stranger to big musicals, having made her West End debut in Whistle Down the Wind aged seven. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMA new avant-garde theatre company in London is set to continue the work of US playwright and pioneer Richard Foreman. The Phenomenological
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A former television studio in north west London has been lined up to become a temporary theatre. Property developer Quintain has applied
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMFame – The Musical has announced a 30th anniversary UK tour. After opening at the Manchester Palace Theatre on July 26, Fame
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:12AMEntertainment union BECTU is seeking a 4% pay increase for theatre workers in the UK. This would see hourly pay for the
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This week, casting is announced for the UK tour of A Spoonful of Sherman – a musical celebrating the composers of Mary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PMA system to encourage gender parity in theatre and TV casting is being launched in the UK. Neropa is a new concept
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMSutton Council is looking to resurrect the embattled Charles Cryer Studio Theatre as a commercial venture, in a move that lead to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMThe UK and Ireland tour of Take That musical The Band has extended into 2019. Tim Firth’s musical was originally due to
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April de Angelis and Richard Bean are among writers to feature in a new series of short plays at London’s Theatre503 responding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMPerformers, creatives and venues are among those owed an estimated £2.6 million by producers of the collapsed tour of musical Heaven on
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The managing director of Nottingham’s Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall is retiring after nine years in the role. Robert Sanderson will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMAfter beginning a career in accountancy, Gershwyn Eustache Jr took the leap to pursue acting full time in 2011 and hasn’t looked
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Stacy Makishi is a performance artist from Hawaii, who has been based in London since the 1990s. She tells Giverny Masso about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMBen Forster has had to pull out of the final week of Elf the Musical after breaking his ankle on stage. The
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A new playwriting award has been launched to celebrate work for young audiences. The winning commission will be produced for a UK
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMOpen auditions are being held for the role of young Tina Turner in a new West End musical about the music icon’s
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A new association has been formed to celebrate the legacy of theatre director Stephen Joseph. Dubbed the “great forgotten genius of British
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMSecondary school drama provision is in “crisis”, leading industry figures including playwright James Graham have warned. They have claimed that cuts to
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James Barber, chief executive and director of Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, has died. The venue confirmed his death on December 29 aged
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Ballerina Darcey Bussell, director John Tiffany and producer Rosemary Squire are among those to be recognised in the New Year Honours list
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The final production news round-up of the year includes the return of Chicago to the West End and a live Christmas broadcast
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMRhys Ifans is to return to London’s Old Vic Theatre to star in the world premiere of Mood Music. Joe Penhall’s play,
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Shakespeare setting off Siri and a guide dog in an audience responding to sound effects are among the hilarious bloopers revealed in
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Nearly theatre quarters of respondents to a poll by The Stage do not think front of house staff are doing enough to
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