Friday, August 25, 2017
Entertainment union BECTU is seeking a 9% pay rise for West End theatre workers. The body is also asking for employers covered
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Genre-defying theatre company Pub Corner Poets has taken its show Sad Little Man to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Artistic director Tyler Mortimer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PMA show about early onset dementia is among the winners of this year’s Spirit of the Fringe awards. Descent by A Moment
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Puwanarajah studied medicine at Oxford University and worked for the NHS before moving into theatre, film and television. He tells Giverny Masso
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A petition to protect a London dance organisation after its Arts Council England national portfolio funding was pulled has reached nearly 3,000
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMMusicals Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express is to return for a new workshop production. Members of the original creative team are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMA new winter festival that will include theatre and other entertainment programming is launching in London this year. The inaugural Greenwich Wintertime
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMA nationwide survey on access to toilets in theatres has been launched. The Association of British Theatre Technicians, which is running the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMThursday, August 17, 2017
Half of ethnic minority arts workers in Scotland see their ethnicity as a barrier to career progression, a major new survey has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AMThe Stage has launched an investigation into the impact of curriculum changes and funding cuts on secondary school drama teaching. Working in
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Les Enfants Terribles has announced the winner of a new award set up to support fringe companies. The Stepladder award was created
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMA tour of Bring It On the Musical from the same producer as the recently collapsed Wonderland tour has been postponed. Bring
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Waterloo residents have staged a protest against plans to build a temporary venue in the London area that will host a Mamma
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMAboriginal dance group Djuki Mala, from a remote island in Australia, has brought a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Executive producer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMMusical comedy Prom Kween is one of three new performances to win The Stage Edinburgh Awards 2017. The show, produced by Aine
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This week’s production news includes announcements that choreographer Craig Revel Horwood is to play Miss Hannigan in Annie and Of Mice and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PMBritain’s first permanent puppet theatre has been forced to cancel its summer season following an arson attack. North Wales Police has confirmed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMActor and television host Cel Spellman has been cast in a new London production of Talk Radio. The play by Eric Bogosian,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMElaine Paige has called for more new British musicals, claiming there are “too many revivals”. The UK is “still waiting for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMThursday, August 10, 2017
An all-female theatre company has launched to address the “lack of multi-dimensional opportunities” for actresses. A diverse group of 36 actresses has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AMArts Educational Schools London has been ranked as the top drama school for overall student satisfaction in the 2017 National Student Survey.
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John Boyega and Amber Riley are among actors shortlisted for The Stage’s new Joe Allen Best West End Debut award. A total
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMA new performance space is being created as part of the £4 million restoration of a historic pub in south London. Building
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMHeather Litteer began her career playing the roles of prostitutes, drug-addicts and strippers, notably “the nameless girl on the other side of
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Theatremakers are invited to submit proposals for “new and innovative” outdoor work that could be commissioned next year. Outdoor arts consortium Without
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMPlans have been submitted to recreate the 16th-century Rose Theatre as a temporary pop-up in York city centre. Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AMLondon’s Old Vic Theatre has expanded its development programme to invite practitioners from all disciplines to apply, including DJs, choreographers and sound
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Photographs have been released of the Dominion Theatre in London following a £6 million refurbishment. The renovation includes a 4.3 metre high
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:11PMA leading lawyer is warning Edinburgh Festival Fringe attendees to beware of the “growing risk of cyber crime” at the event. Paul
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMA new musical project about comedian Michael Barrymore is in development. More More More is based on the rise and fall of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMDavid Shannon and Gina Beck are among new cast members announced for the London production of Matilda the Musical. Shannon, whose previous
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