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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMTheatres and other arts organisations in London are not doing enough to engage with audiences with learning disabilities, according to a new report. Published by social analysts Lemos and Cr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMTheatre productions in the UK by subsidised companies have increased by nine per cent in the last five years, despite fears that government arts cuts would have a negative effect on the indu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMFormer Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd has launched a campaign to support drama in schools, which aims to “inspire curiosity in young people”. Headed by Belgrade…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:40AMMichael Ball has been confirmed to lead the cast of a new production of Mack and Mabel at the Chichester Festival Theatre, which will then tour the UK. The venue’s artistic director Jonath…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMSonia Friedman has been crowned producer of the year at The Stage Awards 2015, where the Young Vic and Park Theatre were honoured, alongside the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton. Liverpool’…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AMSubmissions for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015 are now open, with original, unperformed and unproduced plays eligible for entry. The winning writer will win £16,000 in addition to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:45AMBackstage union BECTU has launched a survey for theatre workers across the UK aimed at understanding the impact arts cuts have had on pay. The survey is open to all workers – whether they …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMThe Audience Agency has appointed Sheila Healy as the chair of its board of trustees. She takes on the role in addition to her positions as chair of Arts Council England South West, and trus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMBen Caldwell has been appointed chair of the board at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. He replaces Paul Lee, who is stepping down after 14 years in the role. Speaking about his new pos…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMStockton arts venue ARC has launched a scheme where audiences can pay what they think a show is worth after they have seen it. The Pay What You Decide system is now in effect for all…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMProduction news stories published on The Stage website between January 13 to 20. MUSICALS West End musical Made in Dagenham is to close in April after a run of five months. The show, at the&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMGypsy director Jonathan Kent has described the process of launching new musicals as “difficult and treacherous”. His comments follow the announcement that Made In Dagenham is to close in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMPerformer Mark Strong has warned that interesting characters will disappear from theatre if working-class actors and writers are not supported. His remarks come after Julie Walters claimed e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMSouthbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly has said the arts has a responsibility to highlight the “dangerous subject” of gender imbalances affecting women in the industry. Kelly was …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:11AMMark Strong and Helen McCrory have won the acting prizes at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, with awards also presented to Chichester Festival Theatre’s revival of Gypsy and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMCharlie and the Chocolate Factory has extended its West End run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Previously booking until October 31 this year, the musical will now run until June 4, 2016. P…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMYouth dance and music schemes will benefit from an increased £109 million in government spending in the coming year, after the Department for Education pledged its support for cultural educ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMAfter seeing Michael Flatley on television when he was six years old, Liam Riddick begged his parents to take him to dance lessons. Nineteen years after they obliged, Riddick is a member of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMAfter seeing Michael Flatley on television when he was six years old, Liam Riddick begged his parents to take him to dance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMSian Phillips will lead the cast of Sheffield Theatres’ revival of Arthur Miller’s Playing for Time. The production – which marks 100 years since Miller’s birth and 70 years since th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMBattersea Arts Centre is to host more than 30 arts companies from across the country this year, as part of an initiative to highlight the “breadth and depth” of regional theatre. The yea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMCathy Tyson is to star in the world premiere of a play that will tour nationally as part of an initiative to increase the visibility of black and ethnic minority theatre. She Called Me Mothe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AMSimon Callow is to direct a gala concert at the Southbank Centre to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, as part of the centre’s new classical music season. The concert wil…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMPhoebe Waller-Bridge is among the judges of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Playwright Award, which is now accepting script submissions. Launched in 2013, the award celebrates fresh writing talent, an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMSting has claimed that his Broadway musical The Last Ship would have continued for longer if he was able to stay in the lead role. The musician joined the cast of the show in December…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:07AMEnglish National Opera’s chairman Martyn Rose has announced he will step down from his role on February 15. Company trustee Harry Brunjes will then become acting chair until a new chair is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMKevin Spacey will reprise the title role in Clarence Darrow in a second run of the production at the Old Vic. The one-man play, originally performed for a limited two-week run last year, wil…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMBirmingham Stage Company is leaving the Old Rep Theatre, where it has been the resident company for 23 years. The group – known for its productions of Horrible Histories and Skellig – wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMHull Truck Theatre artistic director Mark Babych has denied that a £250,000 grant the theatre received from Arts Council England is a bailout, insisting there is “no crisis” at the venu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMMaxine Peake and Suranne Jones have received best actress nominations at the Manchester Theatre Awards, with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Jersey Boys picking up nods for best musical. Dirty R…
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