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Monday, October 29, 2018

Production news round-up: Royal Court unveils new season and Layton Williams to play title role in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie by Giverny Masso

The latest production news includes the Royal Court Theatre’s season announcement and news that Billy Elliot actor Layton Williams is to take

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Amelie the Musical announces UK tour by Giverny Masso

Amelie the Musical, based on the French film, is to have its UK premiere at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury followed by

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Playwright Lizzie Nunnery: ‘I fell in love with the characters and felt compelled to put the story on stage’ by Giverny Masso

Lizzie Nunnery won the UK Theatre Award for best new play in 2017 for Narvik, set in the Second World War. Nunnery

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Friday, October 26, 2018

EU offers concessions on lighting proposals that threatened to ‘devastate’ theatre by Giverny Masso

The European Union has revised its controversial proposals to change lighting regulations, marking a major step forward in the campaign to Save

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Further plans revealed for proposed Olympia performing arts centre by Giverny Masso

Plans have been submitted for a 1,500-seat theatre and 1,000-capacity performing arts venue in the Olympia London exhibition centre. The new venues

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Layton Williams to star in title role in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie by Giverny Masso

Billy Elliot actor Layton Williams will play the title role in West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Williams will take over

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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Casting announced for UK tour of Ishy Din’s Approaching Empty by Giverny Masso

Casting has been announced for Kiln Theatre, Tamasha and Live Theatre’s production of Approaching Empty. Ishy Din’s play, which is set in

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Birmingham arts companies braced for further cuts in 2019/20 by Giverny Masso

Arts organisations in Birmingham could face significant cuts for the third time in four years, despite a commitment from the council to

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Pop-up Viking-themed immersive venue planned for York by Giverny Masso

Planning permission is being sought to build a Viking-themed immersive theatre in a car park in York city centre. The project would

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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Bristol Old Vic celebrates its 252-year history with a new heritage attraction by Giverny Masso

Bristol Old Vic has launched a series of heritage exhibitions and experiences to celebrate its 252-year history. Visitors will be able to

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Performance maker Nima Sene: ‘I’ve always felt in-between black and white. That’s the idea of Beige B*tch’ by Giverny Masso

Nima Sene’s show Beige B*tch, which is part of Contact in Manchester’s season, explores black identity and belonging in a world dominated

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Fairfield Halls delays opening by a year as developers grapple with ‘complex building’ by Giverny Masso

The reopening of Croydon’s Fairfield Halls following a £30 million refurbishment has been delayed until September 2019 – around a year later

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Cameron Mackintosh’s Sondheim Theatre in doubt due to cost concerns by Giverny Masso

Cameron Mackintosh has revealed he is reconsidering whether or not to push ahead with plans to redevelop the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre,

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Writer and director Tyrrell Jones: ‘A show is a success if everyone is asking questions when they come out’ by Giverny Masso

The co-artistic director of politically focused theatre company Knaive Theatre tells Giverny Masso about the company’s current project, War With the Newts…

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Little Miss Sunshine musical announces European premiere and UK tour by Giverny Masso

Off Broadway musical Little Miss Sunshine is to make its European premiere at London’s Arcola Theatre before embarking on a UK tour.

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Monday, October 22, 2018

Katherine Kingsley and Siobhan Redmond cast in National Theatre’s first staging of Top Girls by Giverny Masso

Katherine Kingsley and Siobhan Redmond have been cast in the National Theatre’s production of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls. The National’s first ever

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Burnley Empire Theatre damaged in arson attack by Giverny Masso

Restoration of the embattled Burnley Empire Theatre has suffered a further blow after a fire broke out following a suspected arson attack.

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Friday, October 19, 2018

Production news round-up: Company extends West End run and Freddie Fox to star in UK premiere of Edmond de Bergerac by Giverny Masso

This week it was announced that Freddie Fox is to star in Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s latest season and Company has extended its

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Peter Pan arena tour starring Martin Kemp is cancelled by Giverny Masso

An arena tour of Peter Pan starring Martin Kemp and Milton Jones has been cancelled. Peter Pan – The Arena Adventure tour

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Threatened Wakefield drama college submits plans for new home by Giverny Masso

Wakefield drama school CAPA College has submitted plans for a permanent purpose-built home, which would allow it to increase its capacity from

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Reopening of Stockton live performance venue delayed again as costs soar by Giverny Masso

The reopening of a grade II-listed cinema as a live performance venue in Stockton has been delayed by a further year, with

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Thursday, October 18, 2018

Royal Shakespeare Company ups security with launch of anti-terror bollards by Giverny Masso

Anti-terror bollards are to be put up around the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The move is a six-month experiment by Warwickshire

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Hope Mill’s Aspects of Love announces transfer to Southwark Playhouse as part of new season by Giverny Masso

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love is to transfer from Manchester’s Hope Mill theatre to Southwark Playhouse in London. The musical will

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Watch now: Richard Eyre on the financial plight of regional theatre by Giverny Masso

Richard Eyre was a recipient of the 2018 Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts at the UK Theatre Awards. The

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Bristol Old Vic chief: ‘Theatres need new revenue models in light of government and council cuts’ by Giverny Masso

Bristol Old Vic chief executive Emma Stenning has warned that regional theatres need to find new models of working to increase income

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Cameron Mackintosh: ‘Regional theatre needs much more investment if the industry is to remain extraordinary’ by Giverny Masso

Cameron Mackintosh has argued that much more money needs to be invested in regional venues if British theatre is to remain “extraordinary

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Producer under fire for staging new shows despite claims of unpaid wages on collapsed musical Wonderland by Giverny Masso

A producer being pursued for more than £30,000 in alleged unpaid wages for a collapsed show has come under fire for continuing

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Monday, October 15, 2018

How immersive technologies have sparked a theatrical revolution by Giverny Masso

Embracing new technologies and integrating them into performance not only foster a new form of theatre but can enhance traditionally staged work.

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Dishoom! star Bilal Khan: ‘More roles need to be written for British Asian actors like me’ by Giverny Masso

Making his stage debut in Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s Dishoom!, Bilal Khan, who was born with cerebral palsy, plays the lead role of

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David Suchet to reprise role in West End transfer of The Price by Giverny Masso

Arthur Miller’s The Price starring David Suchet is to transfer to the West End. The 50th anniversary production of the play, directed

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

2018 UK Theatre Awards: the winners in full by Giverny Masso

The UK Theatre Awards 2018, which celebrate achievement in regional theatre, took place at London’s Guildhall on October 14. They were hosted

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