Monday, February 4, 2019
Charlotte Bevan, head of the National Theatre’s Creative Diversity Project, is to receive a special award for outstanding contribution to casting. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMRoberta Zuric regularly works with Incognito Theatre Company, which focuses on creating physical theatre. Zuric tells Giverny Masso about Incognito’s latest show,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMA new 1,000-seat, multi-purpose cultural venue has launched in Wigan. The Edge consists of a 1,000-seat arena-style space and a 300-capacity studio
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This week’s production news round-up includes Anne-Marie Duff making her musical theatre debut in the final production directed by Josie Rourke before she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:52PMDirector Marianne Elliott has argued that older women are sidelined in theatre because they are perceived as “not valuable and something to
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Derby’s Guildhall Theatre is to remain closed for a further eight months as it undergoes “essential maintenance works”. Local theatre groups have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMNicholas Lyndhurst and Cassidy Janson have been announced as joining the cast of Man of La Mancha in the West End. They
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMNorth London fringe venue the Lion and Unicorn Theatre will change management in March, and reopen with a pledge to support new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMActor Kyle Soller has argued that not enough LGBT+ works are represented in mainstream theatre, urging the industry to “push and shove
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New Bush Theatre artistic director Lynette Linton has said the industry needs to “keep fighting” to ensure that “every voice is represented”.
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John Malkovich is to make his first West End appearance in 30 years in a new work by David Mamet, inspired by
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A major new campaign that aims to tackle issues including sexual harassment, bullying and long working hours has been launched by union
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMThe latest production news round-up includes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s winter season announcement and a new musical inspired by Romeo and Juliet
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMTheatremaker and workshop facilitator Katie Greenall is taking her one-woman show Fatty Fat Fat to London’s Vault Festival. She tells Giverny Masso
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMRobbie Williams is to compose a new musical adaptation of David Walliams’ novel The Boy in the Dress as part of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child producer Sonia Friedman has said the theatre industry should prepare for “difficult times” ahead in the
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child producer Sonia Friedman and a scheme to improve access to drama schools supported by Game of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AMThe Association of Lighting Designers has launched a £35,000 fundraising drive to compensate freelances including Paule Constable, who put “their own careers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
West End theatres enjoyed record box office takings of £766 million in 2018, up 8.6% compared with the previous year. This was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMYoung Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah has claimed recent leadership changes at organisations including the Bush Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith signal
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Syed Haleem Najibi has shared his experiences of his journey from Afghanistan to the UK as an unaccompanied minor in productions with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMCall the Midwife writer Heidi Thomas has claimed “equality at home” is as important as industry support for creatives with caring duties,
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The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2019 is to include two new categories, as Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah is announced as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMWith his previous work including a show about Elvis Presley and an exploration of serial killer Ted Bundy, Greg Wohead tells Giverny
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Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pritchard is holding open auditions for his new show, with the aim of giving emerging dancers a chance
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Comedian and actor Josie Lawrence has slammed “criminal” cuts to the arts in education. The performer, whose recent theatre credits include Mother
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A grade I-listed theatre in Norfolk has been saved from closure after being granted £27,000 in funding by the local council to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMLukas Bjorneboe Braendsrod started breakdancing aged six before switching to ballet and training with the Royal Ballet School. He tells Giverny Masso
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMParishioners of a village church in the East Midlands claim to have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds after allegedly being asked
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMMonday, January 14, 2019
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has won the inaugural musical theatre book writing category at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards 2019.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30PMPerforming in a production of Courttia Newland’s Trim Palace in a west London community centre near Grenfell Tower, Baba Oyejide tells Giverny
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