Friday, September 9, 2016
Katherine Parkinson is to star in a West End revival of Terry Johnson’s play Dead Funny. Steve Pemberton and Ralf Little have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMRADA has cut all but one of its postgraduate design courses as part of a shake up of the school’s technical training.
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Camden’s Roundhouse is to launch a new, crowd-sourced online history project to celebrate the venue’s 50th anniversary. The arts centre is seeking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMDavid Fynn is to lead the cast of new West End musical School of Rock, alongside 39 child actors. Fynn will be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMNicholas Hytner will release a book next year about his experiences in charge of the National Theatre. Balancing Acts, to be published in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMA new Jack Thorne musical and a “radical” version of Pygmalion will be staged by Headlong next year. Thorne has written the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMTate director Nicholas Serota has been appointed new chair of Arts Council England. He will replace Peter Bazalgette, who announced in January
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Mark Gatiss has launched an attack on expensive West End tickets, claiming they make theatre feel like “an exclusive club for rich
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMProducers have hailed the government’s theatre tax relief as “game changing” and “essential” two years after it was introduced. Both commercial and
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Sarah Harding has temporarily withdrawn from Ghost the Musical due to a throat infection. The singer had been performing as lead role
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Arts Council England has defended the amount of public funding spent on arts management, after it was accused of abetting a “mafia”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMHelen McCrory has revealed she had a panic attack on stage while starring in the National Theatre’s current production of The Deep
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMShakespeare’s Globe has teamed up with the BBC for the first ever live stream of a production from the theatre. The final
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMAfter staging Jenufa at Opera North, the conductor was invited to become its music director. He tells David Hutchison about his plans
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Natasha J Barnes is to take on the title role in the upcoming Palladium pantomime Cinderella. Known for taking the central role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMA charity group attempting to restore Plymouth’s Palace Theatre has put forward plans to fix its leaky roof, which could mean the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMA stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is to transfer to the West End for a 12-week run. The play,
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All-male dance troupe BalletBoyz is to release its first feature-length film, as well as a shorter version that will air on TV
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMGemma Arterton’s performance in Saint Joan at the Donmar Warehouse is to be broadcast live to cinemas around the world. The production,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AMThe UK’s first dementia-friendly opera performance is to be staged at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. Scottish Opera will perform a shortened version of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMTheatre Royal Bury St Edmunds is seeking a new chair after Stephen Bourne announced he will step down. Bourne joined the theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMEnglish National Opera’s new artistic director Daniel Kramer has issued a fiery riposte to detractors who want the company downsized, telling them
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Chichester Festival Theatre’s staging of Half a Sixpence is to transfer to the West End later this year. The entire Chichester cast
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMBECTU is to officially merge with a larger union after members voted in favour of the landmark move. The union and all
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Joe Sumsion has announced he will step down as artistic director of the Dukes in Lancaster after nearly 10 years. The director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMA national conference on the state of play for black, Asian and minority ethnic artists, companies and audiences is to be held
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMA former underground car park in south London is to open as a brand new Off-West End theatre in October. Located beneath
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Richard Gadd’s Life After Death has been crowned best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. He beat six other comedians to the
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After a friend was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Rigby was inspired to make a show based on one of his final efforts:
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Edinburgh fringe venue Summerhall has scooped four prizes at the Total Theatre Awards, continuing its dominance of awards at the festival this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMA new touring production of Be My Baby is in turmoil after a third of the cast walked out of the show,
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