Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical School of Rock will open on Broadway in December next year. The show will preview at the Winter Garden Theatre from November 2, 2015, with a press night o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMJersey Boys has extended its tour of the UK until 2016. Previously booking until April 18, 2015, the musical will now tour until January 3, 2016, with added venues including Wales Millennium…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AMA trust set up to preserve the Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre in Newcastle is to take over the management of the venue next year. The Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust has set up̷…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Gypsy will transfer to the Savoy Theatre in the West End next year. Imelda Staunton is confirmed to reprise her role as Momma Rose in the transf…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AMA bid to turn an old Acton library building into an arts centre has been rejected by the local council, with the group behind the bid expressing their “bitter disappointment”. Ealing Cou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30PMChildren’s minister Edward Timpson has said the government’s final proposals on child performance rules are “common sense”, and will give young people greater scope for pursuing thei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMCulture minister Ed Vaizey has rejected comments made by actor Janet Suzman that theatre is “a white invention”, and said more needed to be done to address diversity in the sector. Suzma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMDakota Blue Richards has been cast in English Touring Theatre and Brighton Theatre Royal’s national tour of Arcadia. The actor – known for roles in TV show Skins and the film adaptation …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMRobert Delamere and Michael McCabe have been appointed to English Touring Theatre’s board of trustees. Delamere, the co-founder of Digital Theatre, will take up his new position alongside …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMThe Railway Children has extended its run at the specially-built King’s Cross Theatre until next September. Previously only booking until March 1, 2015, the production will now run until S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMDarren Henley has been named as the new chief executive of Arts Council England, replacing the outgoing Alan Davey. Henley is currently the managing director of Global Radio station Classic …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMStephen Unwin is to direct a new production of A View from the Bridge, which will tour the UK next year. Jonathan Guy Lewis and Michael Brandon will lead the cast in the new version…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AMSuzy Cooper was 22 years old when her agent told her someone had dropped out of Berwick Kaler’s celebrated pantomime at the York Theatre Royal. At an audition she caught Kaler’s eye and,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMDamian Lewis will return to the West End in a new production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo. Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans will direct the play, which will run at Wy…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMMembers of the public can now apply to become judges of the 2016 Olivier Awards, after the Society of London Theatre opened applications. Alongside professional panellists, members of the pu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMSamuel West will direct a world premiere to be performed at both the Theatre Royal Plymouth and the Tricycle Theatre in London. After Electra is written by April de Angelis, and will be prod…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMAn £18 million plan to convert an old Bradford cinema into a 4,500-capacity concert hall has been backed by the local council. Charity Bradford Live was successful in its bid to the council…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMA £160,000 theatre housed on a barge is to open in London this week. The 50-seat Waterhouse Theatre operates on a canal boat that will travel across the waterways of London, and is to stage…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:02AMSheena Wrigley is stepping down as the chief executive of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Leaving her role at the theatre after six years, she will join Manchester’s new arts and culture cen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMTheatre leaders have welcomed Arts Council England’s new diversity drive, which has been hailed by some as an “imperative step forward in the fight for equality”. Under a new strat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMJanet Suzman has defended her comments that theatre is a “white invention”, adding that she was talking about the “a small part of a larger picture”. The actor told the Guard…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMJanet Suzman has claimed that theatre is a “white invention”, and that black people do not attend because it is “not in their culture”. The actor was responding to comments made by M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMArts Council England unveiled its new diversity strategy today, with funded theatre companies told that they must reflect minorities in their work or risk losing financial support. The counc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMTheatre companies risk losing Arts Council England funding if they do not demonstrate diversity in their work, under a new strategy unveiled today. As part of new regulations, ACE’s nation…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:01AMMartin Bonger is the artistic director of Move to Stand theatre company and also sustains a busy acting career. He plays the lead role in an upcoming adaptation of Around the World in 80 Day…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMA former Sunderland fire station will be transformed into a performing arts hub after being granted £2.4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The conversion of the building, which has be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMHarriet Walter will star alongside her husband Guy Paul in a new play at the Trafalgar Studios in London. The couple will star in Boa, an “acerbic, warm and honest” account of two people…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMDance venue The Place and cultural centre King’s Place have joined 33 other organisations in a new initiative aimed at sharing ideas and research. The Knowledge Quarter – a partnership o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PMNorthern Ballet’s principal character artist Darren Goldsmith is to retire after 21 years with the company. Darren’s final performance with Northern Ballet will be as Captain Hook in Pet…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMCaroline Quentin is to star The Life and Times of Fanny Hill – an adaptation of John Cleland’s novel – as part of Bristol Old Vic’s new season. The play is based on the 1748…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMThe Peacock Theatre in London’s West End is to undergo its first refurbishment work in 50 years. The building, which is used by Sadler’s Wells and visiting companies for live performance…
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