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Thursday, January 30, 2020

StubHub ‘could face legal action’ for misleading customers on its website by Matthew Hemley

Ticket resale site StubHub has come under fire for misleading its customers and could face legal action if it does not make

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Secret Cinema to bring Disney films to life under major new partnership by Matthew Hemley

Immersive events company Secret Cinema has partnered with Disney, in a move that will bring many of Walt Disney Studios’ films titles

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Actor and presenter Nicholas Parsons dies aged 96 by Matthew Hemley

Actor and Just a Minute presenter Nicholas Parsons has died at the age of 96. Parsons made his West End stage debut

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM
Monday, January 27, 2020

Newcastle Theatre Royal boss to step down after 15 years by Matthew Hemley

Newcastle Theatre Royal chief executive Philip Bernays is to step down after 15 years in the post. He will leave at the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AM

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies to embark on first UK tour by Matthew Hemley

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies will embark on its first UK tour, opening at Curve in Leicester in September. It will

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AM
Friday, January 24, 2020

Audience member saves Macbeth after actor pulls out due to injury by Matthew Hemley

An audience member stepped into save a production of Macbeth, after one of its leading actors suffered an injury. Emma Barclay was

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AM

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery to close after four years in West End by Matthew Hemley

Mischief Theatre’s production of The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is to close after four years in the West End. The show

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AM

Olivia Colman and Mark Gatiss among actors depicted in dream roles as part of art exhibition by Matthew Hemley

Actors including Olivia Colman and Mark Gatiss have been depicted in roles they wished they had played, as part of a new

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AM
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Future of Edinburgh festivals at risk because of hard Brexit – MSP Gordon MacDonald by Matthew Hemley

The future of Edinburgh’s festivals is under threat from the government’s “current obsession with a hard Brexit”, according to MSP Gordon MacDonald.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Equity’s minority ethnic members committee: ‘Equity damaged our credibility and removed our voice’ by Matthew Hemley

Equity’s minority ethnic members committee has accused the union of damaging its credibility and leaving it without a voice, after it admitted

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AM
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Equity admits to deleting tweets about Laurence Fox and says union rules were broken by Matthew Hemley

Equity has admitted that it deleted tweets sent out by its minority ethnic members committee calling on actors to denounce Laurence Fox, with

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PM

Exclusive: Unearthed council report reveals full horror of safety failings at zombie show Variant 31 by Matthew Hemley

Shocking new details outlining the full extent of safety failings at immersive zombie show Variant 31 have emerged, revealing that the show’s

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AM
Monday, January 20, 2020

Equity in censorship row over Laurence Fox tweets by Matthew Hemley

Union Equity is embroiled in a censorship row after members of its minority ethnic members committee claimed the union had deleted its

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AM
Friday, January 17, 2020

Laurence Fox labelled a ‘disgrace’ to industry following Question Time race row by Matthew Hemley

Actors are being called on to “unequivocally denounce” Laurence Fox, after he became in embroiled in a race row during an appearance

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Immersive zombie-show performers accuse producer of safety failings and £60k unpaid wages by Matthew Hemley

Actors from failed immersive zombie show Variant 31 have accused organisers of putting them at risk from a catalogue of health and

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
Friday, January 10, 2020

Duchess of Sussex to continue as National Theatre patron by Matthew Hemley

The Duchess of Sussex is to continue as patron of the National Theatre, despite the announcement that she and Duke of Sussex

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AM

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella confirms West End opening at Gillian Lynne Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in September, with the venue undergoing a refurbishment prior

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AM
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Tributes paid to former Theatre Royal Drury Lane stage door keeper Jill Hudson by Matthew Hemley

Tributes have been paid to Theatre Royal Drury Lane’s former stage door keeper Jill Hudson, who worked at the venue for more

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Official opening of Sondheim Theatre postponed after composer suffers fall by Matthew Hemley

Cameron Mackintosh has postponed the official opening of the Sondheim Theatre, after Stephen Sondheim injured himself following a fall. Mackintosh said the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AM

Apollo Theatre to get permanent ceiling for first time since 2013’s partial collapse by Matthew Hemley

A permanent ceiling is set to be reinstated above the auditorium at the Apollo Theatre in the West End, six years after

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM
Friday, January 3, 2020

Actor removed from The Color Purple drops legal action against Birmingham Hippodrome by Matthew Hemley

Seyi Omooba, the actor removed from a production of The Color Purple after a historic Facebook post exposed her anti-gay views, has

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AM

Cinema to pilot smart caption glasses developed by the National Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Smart caption glasses, launched by the National Theatre for hearing impaired audiences, are to have their first pilot in a cinema, as

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AM
Friday, December 20, 2019

Director Rebecca Frecknall steps into own production after actor falls ill by Matthew Hemley

Director Rebecca Frecknall stepped into her own production of The Duchess of Malfi at London’s Almeida Theatre this week, after a cast

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AM

Critics’ Circle to name best play award in honour of Michael Billington by Matthew Hemley

Michael Billington’s five-decade career will be honoured by the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, which is to name its best play prize after

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Actor saves Les Mis on opening night in newly renovated venue with just two hours’ rehearsal by Matthew Hemley

An actor in the new staging of Les Misérables stepped in to save the show after he was called on to cover

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AM

Young Vic launches scheme to support emerging creatives on next steps of career by Matthew Hemley

Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah has launched a new programme of events to support emerging and mid-career creatives, opening up “new

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Immersive Wolf of Wall Street to close in January by Matthew Hemley

Troubled immersive production The Wolf of Wall Street is to close in January, just six weeks after its official opening night. The

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AM
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Restaurant group behind the Ivy teams up with Lloyd Webber for Drury Lane offering by Matthew Hemley

Caprice Holdings, the restaurant group behind Balthazar, J Sheekey and Sexy Fish, has teamed up with LW Theatres to launch a new

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AM
Monday, December 16, 2019

DEAG acquires ticketing company Gigantic in move to expand its UK footprint by Matthew Hemley

German live music promoter Deutsche Entertainment AG has expanded its UK footprint, after taking a 75% share in ticketing company Gigantic. The

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AM
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

National Theatre to slash Saturday rehearsals in move towards five-day weeks by Matthew Hemley

National Theatre productions will restrict 50% of their rehearsal periods to five days a week from next year, limiting the amount of

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:24AM
Monday, December 9, 2019

Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever review at Duke of York’s Theatre – ‘a loving recreation of the TV show’ by Matthew Hemley

Few parents will have escaped Peppa Pig. The ubiquitous, happy hog has been jumping up and down in muddy puddles for the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PM

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