All events from late March cancelled at the theatre, which is in a priority location for the government’s Levelling Up fund Oldham Coliseum has cancelled all of its forthcoming events from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMAudibert, who runs the Unicorn children’s theatre in London, will replace Daniel Evans who is moving to the Royal Shakespeare Company Chichester Festival theatre has appointed Justin Audib…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMShooting to fame as a teenager with the Royal Ballet, Grey won international acclaim as a dancer and was artistic director of the company that became English National Ballet The renowned dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMWhodunnit running in the West End since 1952, interrupted only by Covid, will open in New York in 2023 The world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, is to finally make its Broadway debu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM‘Fierce, feminist’ show from Francesca Moody is written by former Grange Hill actors Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan and tells an ‘almost true’ story A musical about Silvio Berlusco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMKimber Lee’s award-winning drama, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, will be staged at Manchester’s Royal Exchange while Miss Saigon opens at the Sheffield Crucible The Royal Exchange theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThe story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMIn Dreams, a jukebox show written by David West Read, will use back catalogue of ‘the Big O’ to tell fictional story of female singer A new musical using the songs of Roy Orbison, create…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM‘A world of rising prices’ ushers in the final curtain for the second longest running non-musical play in London The Woman in Black, one of the longest-running plays in London, is to clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMIan McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre Unicorn, London, 17…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMPart of a £300m regeneration of the area near Tottenham Court Road station, @sohoplace combines intimacy with innovative design A major new West End theatre is to open this autumn, designed…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMThe director’s landmark achievements include a nine-hour Mahabharata, putting Shakespeare on trapezes and directing Olivier, Gielgud and Scofield at the RSC Mark Lawson on Peter Brook: the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMInfections among workforce lead theatres to cancel performances, with loan repayments, soaring energy prices and the cost of living crisis adding to their woes With infections on the rise in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMAdam Meggido’s comedy considers the PM’s blustering school performance as Richard III, drawing potent parallels to his current political position It is the tale of a leader’s ruthless …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMLucy Moss, who at 26 became the youngest female director of a Broadway musical, is now writing a new show and a film with co-creator Toby Marlow It was written by two university students, ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48AMThree actors from The Lehman Trilogy go head to head, the musical Six picks up eight nominations and the production MJ – about Michael Jackson – is also recognised British talents have r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMAwards for Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley among musical’s wins, with Life of Pi also recognised in several categories Full list of winners An intimate revival of the musical Cabaret, wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PMDawn King’s dystopian courtroom drama The Trials, dubbed ‘12 Angry Young People’, is part of a programme that also includes European premieres of The Band’s Visit and A Doll’s Hous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMHenry will also star in August in England, to be staged at London’s Bush theatre as part of 50th birthday celebrations Lenny Henry is to make his debut as a playwright with a drama about t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMCancelled pantos decimated income at peak time as soaring cases caused cast and crew absences and restrictions cut audiences As panto season draws to an end, Britain’s theatres are countin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMWith a surge in cancellations across the country, the new strain of Covid might be the biggest threat to the UK’s stage industry yet It is the crucial season for theatres when families, sc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMThis month, Lucy St Louis becomes the first woman of colour to play Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical in the West End The first black actor to star as Christine in The Phantom of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMLaura Wade, writer of Posh and Home, I’m Darling, criticises government’s attitude to industry as unions fight cuts to performing arts degrees The government has insufficiently supported…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMTwo-metre minimum distancing rules cap audiences at a tiny fraction of capacity and hamper tours too, say venues Theatres in Scotland have called for an urgent review of Covid-19 social dist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMEmma Rice’s adaptation of Bagdad Cafe and Harold Pinter’s darkly comic The Dumb Waiter staged in July as venue reopens The Old Vic in London will welcome back theatregoers this summer in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMSound Stage, a season of eight new audio plays, will enable audience members to connect with each other virtually A new digital initiative has been launched to recreate the social experience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54PMAs theatres are forced to close for the third time this year, the panto was recorded at its final preview as a gift for families It’s Tuesday night at the panto and the theatre resounds wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMFuture plays, the brainchild of playwright Tamsin Oglesby, is a collection of captivating extracts introduced by their authors Seen any great plays recently? Seen any new plays recently? Mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMNew drama by Roy Williams and Clint Dyer will be given socially distanced production in Olivier theatre Rufus Norris: Covid funding must do more than just allow theatres to survive The Natio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AMWith the reopening of indoor venues delayed, it’s open season for outdoor performances with companies heading out into the sunshine If you want to watch live theatre in the UK, you current…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMThey fill the coffers, nurture audiences and enable venues’ other activities. Pantomimes are pivotal for the UK stage industry – a year without them could be catastrophic It’s like a s…
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