Tuesday, November 21, 2017
The Charity Commission is currently reviewing the Old Vic’s report into alleged inappropriate conduct by former artistic director Kevin Spacey. Following the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMA worldwide talent search has been launched for early-career dancers to join a new ensemble. Contemporary dance company Rambert has launched Rambert2
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMRetired footballer Gary Lineker has said he would “thoroughly recommend” theatre to footballers. Lineker was speaking at a post-show Q&A for The
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Theatre director Ramin Gray is being investigated after being accused of inappropriate behaviour in his role as artistic director of Actors Touring
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Andrew Garfield, Amber Riley, and Andrew Scott are among those shortlisted in the London Evening Standard 2017 Theatre Awards. Scott, who played
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMKobna Holdbrook-Smith will play Tina Turner’s former husband in a new musical about the star’s life. He joins the previously announced Adrienne
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AMThursday, November 16, 2017
Kneehigh’s production of Brief Encounter will run at the Empire Cinema in London’s West End. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice, the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMThe Actors Centre in London is opening up a studio space for developing and showcasing new work. From January, members of the
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Actor Tom Burke has set up a new theatre production company. The company, called Ara, has been formed in collaboration with Israeli
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMSimon Callow is to perform in a new stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis in the West End. The adaptation by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMTuesday, November 14, 2017
BBC Studios has announced a new Christmas production from Mischief Theatre Company. A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, a comedic adaptation of Dickens’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMVinay Patel and Chino Odimba are among the playwrights commissioned to write work for a new all-female theatre company. Dangerous Space was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMMore than 7,000 people have signed a petition to save the BA performing arts degrees at a Scottish college, which are due
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The Stage’s associate editor Mark Shenton questioned whether it is ever justified for critics to body-shame actors after Nick Holder, playing the title
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AM West End musical The Book of Mormon has raised more than £38,500 from bucket collections for theatrical charity Acting for Others.
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Experimental choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe is an associate artist at London’s Hackney Showroom. He tells Giverny Masso about how his work, which
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Tired of the lack of opportunities in the performing arts for women who “don’t quite fit the standard mould”, Ariane Barnes founded
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Scottish Opera has launched a campaign to debunk the “myths” of the artform and to try to encourage new audiences. Tongue-in-cheek posters
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Dylan Coburn Gray has won the 2017 Verity Bargate Award for his play City Song, as the recipient of a new award
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMDirector John Tiffany has said the UK is “catastrophically denying” opportunities to young people by cutting the arts in education. The Harry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AMAfter working on the club and burlesque scene in New York, Jonny Woo returned to the UK and opened the Glory pub,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThursday, October 26, 2017
Actor Jenny Seagrove has claimed the dominance of musicals over plays in the West End is “terribly sad”. Seagrove argued that Theatreland
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMPlaywright and poet Inua Ellams has won a Liberty Human Rights award for his play An Evening With an Immigrant. The one-man
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low’s premises have been vandalised and burgled. In a series of tweets, artistic director Alan Lane said the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMThe National Theatre has released photographs of Bryan Cranston and Michelle Dockery rehearsing for Network. Network, which is set in a “dystopian
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMPlans have been approved for a pop-up Shakespearean theatre in York City Centre. Lunchbox Theatrical Productions submitted proposals for the 12-sided temporary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMTuesday, October 24, 2017
Steven Berkoff’s East is being revived at the King’s Head Theatre, where it made its London debut in 1975. The revival will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMOne of the founders of London’s Yard Theatre has been appointed interim director of theatre at Arts Council England. Tarek Iskander, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMA new theatre festival has launched to showcase the work of emerging female directors. The Damsel Develops festival will give eight women
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMLondon’s Old Vic has announced a season of world premieres in celebration of its 200th birthday, including new work by Joe Penhall
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThe Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has announced its shortlist for the first time in its 11-year history. Actor Rebecca Callard and screenwriter
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