Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan’s claim that students who choose to study arts subjects such as drama will have limited career options have been labelled “anti-arts propaganda”, with cri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AMRobert Webb will reprise his role in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense on the show’s UK tour next year. The actor and comedian will once again play Bertie Wooster from February 4, thr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMLeading public figures including former Conservative prime minister John Major have backed a new Arts Council England report that lays out its case for government funding for the arts. Sever…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMDanyah Miller trained in drama, dance and English, before beginning a 15-year career in theatre management. Missing the creativity of the stage, she founded the Wizard Presents production co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30PMGate Theatre in west London has revealed the line up for its new season, including a play by The Walking Dead actor Danai Gurira. Gurira is one of two Zimbawean playwrights featured in the �…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMThe Young Vic’s production of A View from the Bridge is to transfer to the West End next year. The play will run at Wyndham’s Theatre from February 11 to April 11, with a press…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMJune Watson and Charles Edwards have won the 2014 Clarence Derwent awards. The awards, which recognise performers in supporting roles on stage, have been presented by Equity to one actor and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:35AMRose Theatre Kingston has appointed Chris Foy as chairman of its board of trustees, replacing Anthony Simonds-Gooding after six years in the role. Speaking about his resignation, Simonds-Goo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMSell A Door Theatre has announced a new London production of Jekyll and Hyde that will tour across the UK. Adapted by Jo Clifford, the new “steampunk” interpretation will be set in an �…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AMTiata Fahodzi has named Natalie Ibu as its new artistic director. She joins the British African theatre company – now in residence at Watford Palace Theatre – from her previous role as c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMEducation secretary Nicky Morgan has warned young people that choosing to study arts subjects at school could “hold them back for the rest of their lives”. Speaking at the launch of a ca…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMJonathan Miller will direct a new production of King Lear at the Viaduct Theatre in Halifax, before taking the show on a national tour. Produced by Northern Broadsides, the company’s artis…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMTheatre Royal Windsor has appointed Robert Miles as its new executive director. He joins the theatre from his role as artistic director of the Isle of Wight’s Quay Arts centre. Miles previ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMIan McKellen has backed plans for a £1.5 million refurbishment of the People’s Theatre in Newcastle. The development plans include a new 100-seat studio theatre, in addition to its main a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMDavid Thacker, artistic director of Bolton’s Octagon Theatre, is to step down from his post after six years to head a new theatre degree at the University of Bolton. Appointed as the unive…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMKingston’s Rose Theatre has revealed the line-up for its 2015 season, including a new production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Sally Cookson. Composer Benji Bowan is also working on the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMManchester’s Royal Exchange theatre has announced its spring/summer season for 2015, led by an Ellen McDougall-directed production of Anna Karenina. The “stripped back, contemporary” s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMA stage show based on The Hunger Games will be performed at a new purpose-built theatre near Wembley Stadium. Based on Suzanne Collins’ novels and the subsequent film adaptations, the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMPhilip Quast has joined Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel in the cast of Lonny Price’s production of Sweeney Todd. Quast will reprise his role as Judge Turpin in the semi-staged West End produ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMYoung children are seeing less theatre now than they were six years ago, according to a government report. Only a third (32%) of five to 10 year-olds have participated in theatre and drama a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMReading Repertory Theatre has announced the line-up for its 2014/15 season, including the first stage adaptation of A Little History of the World. The play, based on Ernst Gombrich’s book,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMPreston’s Guild Hall and Charter Theatre has been transferred into private ownership, with the new owner promising to broaden the venue’s appeal. Local businessman Simon Rigby bought the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:25AMSocial media site Twitter has announced it will hold a one-day event to celebrate UK theatre. The website is asking theatres across the country to take part in its Love Theatre day on Novemb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMMammia Mia! has extended its booking to October next year. The musical – which has been at the Novello Theatre in London since 2012 – was booking until April 25, 2015, but has now extend…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMSouthwark Playhouse has revealed the 2015 spring season for its smaller theatre the Little, including two world premieres. These Trees Are Made of Blood, which is written by Darren Clark, Am…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AMDerek Jacobi has criticised drama schools for allowing students to graduate with a desire “to get famous quickly”. Jacobi said he did not believe that drama schools “can teach you to b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AMDeaf-led theatre companies have criticised a “broken” government scheme which they claim is withholding support from deaf actors. The Access to Work initiative provides funding for deaf …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMThe Unicorn Theatre has won this year’s Empty Space…Peter Brook award. The theatre took home the £2000 prize, beating the Orange Tree Theatre and Park Theatre, as well as the Union Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:59AMShakespeare’s Globe has launched a video-on-demand service allowing more than 50 of the theatre’s plays to be streamed online for the first time. Globe Player currently offers the theatr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:41AMRosehill Theatre in Cumbria has been granted £450,000 of funding from the Coastal Communites Fund to help renovate the theatre. The 55-year-old building in Whitehaven will undergo a £2.7 m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AMScarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre has revealed plans for its 60th anniversary in 2015, including a new production of The Woman in Black – which originally opened at the theatre in 198…
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