Campaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled Cultural organisations and equality campaigners have called on high-profile f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’ Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMExclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’ The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMNapalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move Birmingham’s cultural figures from Carl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMTeam behind Little Amal puppet hope to create ‘visceral engagement’ with issues caused by climate emergency The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness abou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMExclusive: Incoming Rada president says he wants to pass down what he learned from mental health struggles as a graduate David Harewood has called for acting graduates to be taught “resili…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMExclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMCouncil has found one-off funding pot after announcing 100% cut, but people in county say sector is being destroyed As a chant of “Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts! Stop the cuts!” echoes of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PMTheatre dedicated to new writing says it is ‘reassessing staff teams’ after sharp rise in production costs The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMRoyal Shakespeare Company’s new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMOpen letter signed by top playwrights, actors and directors demands Israel free members of Freedom theatre Israel-Gaza war – live updates Some of Britain’s most heralded playwrights, act…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMClaudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMComedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThe Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMTheatre’s chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past The world premiere of a musical about the “young, sexy, radical” early lif…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMThe actor and playwright is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting faces of British theatre. Now he’s stepping into the shoes of Bob Marley in the new West End musical Get Up, Stand Up …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMMistaken for drug dealers? Monitored by police? A new play staged in a Bradford car park weaves stories of everyday racism, faith and petrolheads “I don’t go out, I don’t really go cl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMBarbican denies Sir Nicholas Kenyon’s departure was prompted by claims organisation was ‘insidiously’ racist Sir Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican’s managing director for 14 years, is to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMWritten by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the ‘timely and clear-eyed’ play will be live-streamed in July The publishing industry’s lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMBook details more than 100 instances of alleged prejudicial behaviour at the arts organisation The Barbican has been described as “institutionally racist” by its own staff, who have comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMMawa Theatre Company hope to make classic works accessible to diverse audiences The team behind the UK’s first all-black, all-female Shakespearean theatre company say it is planning to re-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTrans casting statement signatories pledge to cast trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers Several of the biggest theatres in the UK have pledged to only cast trans, non-bina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMTheatregoers want to ‘get underneath the skin’ of societal issues, says National Theatre’s Clint Dyer Britain’s cultural institutions are at a crossroads moment, according to the Nat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMPlaywright mulls mass appeal of Osborne, who is being honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British theatre must tak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMArtists and musicians speak out against proposal by education secretary and Office for Students Artists and musicians have accused the government of neglecting the country’s “cultural n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMChimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay on grief adapted for theatre among lineup for mostly outdoor event A 42-metre sculpture of Big Ben made out of political books, a new film featuring Cillia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMActor behind Blackstage UK web series says pandemic offers opportunity to address structural racism in arts British theatre needs to be “completely rebuilt” in the wake of Covid-19 to ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWriters and artists including Róisín Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown There have been many notable nightclubs in film his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMSeyi Omooba was sacked from lesbian part at Leicester theatre after homophobic post emerged An actor who sued a theatre and her former agents after she was sacked when a Facebook post resurf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMJulie Walters among signatories to letter saying post-Brexit changes a ‘towering hurdle’ to working in Europe New visa rules for British artists, actors and theatre workers who want to w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMSeyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality A sacked actor who would have refused to play the role in which she had been ca…
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