Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Industry figures have slammed the “outrageous” comments made by the new BBC Front Row presenting team, who said they found the theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMLee Newby has worked as an associate to set and costume designer Christopher Oram. He tells Giverny Masso about his West End
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A leading television producer has said TV is “out of touch with its audiences” because too many programmes are captured through a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMProducer Nica Burns has warned that arts journalism cutbacks are “incredibly serious”, and a threat to emerging theatre talent. The co-owner of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMPlans have been approved for an £8.7 million redevelopment of the Mercury Theatre in Colchester. Colchester Borough Council has given its backing
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Staff who are understood to have worked at the Hull New Theatre for more than 20 years have been told they no
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMEquity is to campaign against the closure of live entertainment venues in a bid to prevent career paths for working-class actors from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMThe Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer’s impressive repertory includes the roles of the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Cinderella,
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Best Actor in a Play Winner: Abraham Popoola for Othello at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol Also nominated: Jack Archer for Nivelli’s War
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04PMHamilton cast member Miriam-Teak Lee and the Feeling frontman Dan Gillespie Sells were among the inaugural winners of The Stage Debut Awards.
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American playwright James Anthony Tyler’s Dolphins and Sharks takes place in a neighbourhood copy shop in Harlem, New York. The four employees
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMA new venue director has been announced for Fairfield Halls in Croydon, which is undergoing a £30 million revamp. Neil Chandler, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMA new two-and-a-half-year research project has been commissioned to gain a deeper understanding of audiences in the contemporary arts. The £428,000 study,
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In this week’s production news, Christopher Eccleston is to make his debut at the Royal Shakespeare Company next summer playing the title role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMLily Allen has backed a new project that aims to use theatre to tackle cyber bullying. The Cyberscene initiative supports young people
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Two theatre companies are undertaking a week-long residency to experiment with motion capture technology that can create non-human characters and 3D projections
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMAn immersive production set in Bombay’s jazz age will take place in a former department store building in London. Night at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMParticipants have been announced for the Artistic Director Leadership Programme, a major new scheme to encourage future theatre leaders from diverse backgrounds
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Physical theatre company Gecko has announced a large-scale outreach programme aimed at local artists and people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMOnce considered a challenging place to work, Hull New Theatre is about to reopen in fully accessible form, with state-of-the-art technology and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:59AMTheatre leaders have paid tribute to the “extraordinary and lasting legacy” of Royal Shakespeare Company founder Peter Hall, who has died aged
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has launched a public fundraising campaign to raise £3 million towards the redevelopment of its costume workshops. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s artistic director Gregory Doran has said he does not believe in imposing 50:50 gender casting on directors. This
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West End musical The Wind in the Willows has been filmed for release online. Producers also hope to release it in cinemas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMLondon’s Aldwych Theatre is undergoing a multimillion-pound refurbishment. The refit is taking place over 15 weeks between the closure of Beautiful –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMEquity councillor Jean Rogers has been awarded a Women’s Gold Badge by the Trades Union Congress for her work on gender equality.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMA post-apocalyptic version of Macbeth is being staged in the Bussey Building in Peckham, London. Devil You Know Theatre Company will present
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMA production by students from South Africa is transferring to London’s Royal Court following a run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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The London Theatre Consortium is seeking to appoint four fellows to work with its member theatres as part of a scheme to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMStrictly Ballroom the Musical is to debut in the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre. Drew McOnie is to direct and choreograph
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMA committee of young people has created a manifesto for London’s Yard Theatre that will directly impact the venue’s future programming. Ten
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