Friday, February 20, 2015
Southampton Nuffield’s artistic director Sam Hodges has said that collaborating on theatre productions “isn’t easy”. The venue was recently named Regional Theatre of the Year at The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMThe Theatres Trust has backed revised plans for a 120-seat theatre in south London designed by David Hughes Architects, the company behind north London’s Park Theatre. Plans were initially…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMBenedict Cumberbatch’s turn as Hamlet will be broadcast to cinemas around the world as part of National Theatre Live. The play, directed by Lyndsey Turner, runs at the Barbican from August…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AMYoung Vic’s executive director Lucy Woollatt has praised the venues artistic director David Lan for creating a theatre where artists “feel comfortable taking risks”. The venue was rece…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13AMThursday, February 19, 2015
Trevor Nunn is to direct drama students in a production of Two Gentlemen of Verona at Arts Educational Schools. The play will open at the school’s Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre on…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMA festival of theatre-focused TV and radio programming will be held on BBC channels this year as part of a new national push to get people involved in the creative arts. The theatre festival…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:50AMA free school for the performing arts for 16 to 19 year olds has been proposed in Berkshire by an ex-Brit School student who wants to ease the “lottery” of state-funded drama education o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:52AMWednesday, February 18, 2015
Production news stories from February 12 to 18. PLAYS Full casting has been announced for London Classic Theatre’s production of Absent Friends. The show, which tours the UK from April 28,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMCultural education agency A New Direction has named Maggie Atkinson as its new chair. Atkinson is currently the children’s commissioner for England but will step down from the role at the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMJanet Suzman and Patricia Hodge have joined Tom Stoppard in claiming that theatre audiences have become less intelligent. The actors were responding to recent remarks made by Stoppard, who c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMTuesday, February 17, 2015
A new series of musicals reimagined as concerts will take place later this year, starting with How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying performed at the Royal Festival Hall. The conc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMA landmark new report has warned that more needs to be done to fix the “mismatch” between publicly funded arts and the taste of the general public, in order to avoid “cultural aparthei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMMonday, February 16, 2015
Damian Lewis has spoken about his American Buffalo co-stars, director, and the play’s author David Mamet. As announced in December, Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMFriday, February 13, 2015
Kate Fleetwood has been cast in High Society at the Old Vic, which will also star Barbara Flynn and Jamie Parker. The Maria Friedman-directed musical will also star Rupert Young and Annabel …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMBen Forster and Kimberley Walsh have been cast in the West End transfer of Elf. Forster reprises his role as Buddy in the musical – which originally played at Plymouth Theatre Royal and Du…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMThursday, February 12, 2015
David Byrne has been announced as the curator for the 2015 Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre. The musician – who recently co-wrote the music and lyrics for the National Theatre mus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art has launched a £26 million redevelopment at its west London campus that will see the school gain two new theatres. Much of the Baron’s Court campu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMExeter Northcott is to start producing work again in-house for the first time in six years, under new artistic director Paul Jepson. The venue staged in-house productions from its opening in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMTheatre companies have criticised the lack of provision and funding for creatives with learning disabilities, claiming a shortage of investment means actors working in this area could disapp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Finty Williams and former S Club 7 member Hannah Spearritt will lead the cast of The Armour at the Langham Hotel. Penned by the hotel’s writer-in-residence Ben Ellis, the site-specific pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMSonia Friedman has said she wants to see more new plays in the West End, describing them as her “emotional and intellectual bread and butter”. The producer – who was speaking after col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:45AMPortsmouth’s New Theatre Royal is to receive a £150,000 bail-out from the local council to prevent it from permanent closure. The theatre closed for a £4 million renovation project in ea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMA production of Sweeney Todd that was originally staged in a pie and mash shop is to transfer to an exact replica of the venue in the West End. The show ran at Harrington’s Pie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMContemporary circus NoFit State has embarked on a year-long project to archive its history, which will culminate in an exhibition celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Cardiff-based group �…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
Former X Factor finalist Amelia Lily will replace Marcus Collins in a touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Collins, who was due to play the Narrator, left the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:02AMMonday, February 9, 2015
Cast and crew from The Phantom of the Opera are to swap an onstage replica of the Paris opera house for the real thing, as part of a charity bike ride in memory of wig…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMElf will transfer to the West End for a 10-week run later this year. The Plymouth Theatre Royal production – based on the 2003 film of the same name – will run at the Dominion…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMFriday, February 6, 2015
English National Opera artist-in-residence Peter Sellars has described the managerial crisis at the company as a “Chernobyl meltdown”, warning that its troubles indicate a wider problem …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMBroadway musical Kinky Boots is to transfer to the West End in August this year. Based on the 2005 film of the same name, the production will preview at the Adelphi Theatre from August 21,&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Playwright Simon Stephens has warned that theatre in London is at risk because the city has become too expensive for practitioners to live in. Speaking at the launch of the Bruntwood Prize f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:54AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
Cynthia Erivo is to star as Puck in the Liverpool Everyman’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The actress – known for her roles in The Color Purple and I Can’t Sing! – is j…
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