Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital
The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMWednesday, April 2, 2025
Officers attended theatre in Southend after reports of altercation at end of Paul Chowdhry’s show
Police were called to a comedy show in Essex after a fight broke out in the audience, whic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, March 20, 2025
Lynette Linton, outgoing creative director of Bush Theatre, hopes production will lead to people getting more support
Part of the creative team behind a new play about the impact of dementia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTuesday, March 11, 2025
A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play’s songs
A review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PMWednesday, February 26, 2025
Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industries
Arts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMTuesday, February 11, 2025
Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street
The National Theatre’s decision to stage a work by a “pioneering” and �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMThursday, January 30, 2025
Ellen Elphick, 31, accused the elite institution in London of breaching its duty of care
The Royal Ballet school has reached a financial settlement with a former student who said the body sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWednesday, January 29, 2025
Producers say it is ‘impossible to continue’ with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April
A stage version of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline has been cancelled after all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood
Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste has said there is still “a dearth of gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
Anti-corruption champion to examine Arts Council England projects and lack of facilities in some areas of country
Margaret Hodge will oversee a review into regional inequality in the arts af…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMWednesday, November 27, 2024
Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than decade in charge at the Almeida theatre
Rupert Goold is leaving the Almeida theatre after more than a decade in charge to take over at …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMMonday, November 4, 2024
Outgoing artistic director of Young Vic calls for urgent government action to redress arts funding in schools
Kwame Kwei-Armah, the outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, has warned th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMThursday, October 10, 2024
As hundreds of personal effects belonging to playwright John Osborne go up for sale, Hare laments that the V&A is not bidding
The vital memorabilia and personal effects of our greatest p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMWednesday, September 18, 2024
Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who played Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo, says racist abuse went on for months
The actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who received a barrage of online racia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMWednesday, September 11, 2024
Inaugural season to include adaptation of James Baldwin novel and an immersive rave
An immersive rave, voguing and an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel Giovanni’s Room are all part of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMTuesday, September 10, 2024
Fifty drawings of displaced people will be exhibited in a London church, in collaboration with UN refugee agency
Providing safe routes for asylum seekers should be the focus of the UK govern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, September 3, 2024
Tinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were common
The lack of investment in arts schemes aimed at working-class children will cr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMThursday, August 8, 2024
Deborah McAndrew’s Bright Lights Over Bentilee recreates the local legend of a UFO sighting in the fields behind a housing estate in 1967
For residents of the Bentilee housing estate in St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PMMonday, August 5, 2024
Glaswegian, 44, says angioplasty was ‘shot across the bows’ and she will now swap Red Bull for hummus
A car breaking down when you’re hours away from an important Edinburgh fringe warm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:14PMWednesday, July 31, 2024
Mainly male audience members had to step out of preview performance of The Years after graphic scene
An award-winning play premiering in London had to be stopped for 10 minutes during a prev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMWednesday, July 24, 2024
Ageism standing in way of older writers breaking into the industry, playwrights claim
The phrase “emerging playwright” should not be restricted to those under the age of 40, leading UK t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMMonday, July 22, 2024
Queen, his biggest show to date, opens in Liverpool and features new commissions of the city’s drag performers
As a child, Magnus Hastings loved stealing his sister’s clothes and wearing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMWednesday, July 17, 2024
Manager ‘was everything we didn’t have in our politics’, insists James Graham as he rewrites ending of play
The playwright James Graham has paid tribute to the outgoing England footbal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThursday, July 4, 2024
Children’s experiences form basis of play that weaves 150 years of care system history into narrative
When theatre-makers Matt Woodhead and Helen Monks gathered with a small group of child…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMThursday, June 20, 2024
As Benedict Lombe’s play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there
Theatre audiences are “thirsty” for romance stories told from a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMWednesday, June 12, 2024
Exclusive: Actors call for all parties to back investment as figures suggest 16% cuts since 2017
Imelda Staunton and Olivia Colman have called on all political parties to urgently invest in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMTuesday, June 11, 2024
Company performing Shakespeare classic formed of 12 members who moved to small Uzhhorod town during war
Vyacheslav Yehorov was working at a film school creating art therapy for children when…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42AMTuesday, June 4, 2024
Exclusive: Playwright James Graham says he will rewrite Dear England depending on outcome of Euros
If the Three Lions lift the men’s Euros trophy this summer, they will have rewritten the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe says much of the anger about a non-disabled actor playing the role has been misogynistic
Michelle Terry, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, May 17, 2024
Trio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter
The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the deca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMTuesday, May 7, 2024
Exclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early
Rufus Wainwright has defended his musical Opening Night, which was forced to close early a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AM 
