Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Scotland’s arts funding body has promised it will work to ensure theatremakers and artists are properly paid. Creative Scotland warned that if
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMJack Thorne’s script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sold nearly 850,000 copies in its first week on sale, making it
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Theatre, the arts and other cultural activities are now worth £27 billion to the UK economy – a third more than five
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMA new performing arts free school for young people between 11 and 18 has been proposed in Essex as an alternative to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:29AMAn initiative to boost the number of plays telling black British stories has been backed by the National Theatre, which will now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMFriday, August 5, 2016
West End staff who say they have been underpaid by Ambassador Theatre Group have lodged nearly 40 legal claims against the chain.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMTheatre Royal Plymouth has upgraded its lighting and sound capabilities with state-of-the-art equipment, after a former support charity gave the venue all
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMOne of the oldest working theatres in the UK has received nearly £40,000 from Arts Council England to help sustain its operation
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Shoreditch Town Hall is to create a new archive to celebrate its 150th anniversary, after receiving a £10,000 grant from the Heritage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMRufus Norris has revealed he likes nearly half of his casts to be made up of actors he knows personally or has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Leicester Curve has named Ian Squires as the new chair of its board of trustees. The former journalist and broadcaster was chair
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMBarking’s Broadway Theatre might not fully reopen until late October in the wake of a fire that caused major damage to its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMJames Corden has warned that acting is becoming an “elitist sport” in the UK, claiming his performing career is not as highly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThe script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has sold 680,000 print copies in the first three days of its release,
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MPs have called on the BBC to publish the salaries of actors, presenters and onscreen talent who earn more than the prime
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMRoyal Court artistic director Vicky Featherstone will take part in a public Q&A at the theatre aimed at advising women wanting to
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One of the most successful pieces of children’s theatre, The Gruffalo, has returned to the West End this summer. Its co-director, also
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFriday, July 29, 2016
Theatre leaders have criticised a planned increase in drama school fees, with actor and campaigner Samuel West warning it will lead to
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Matt Grinter has become the eighth winner of the annual Papatango New Writing Prize, winning a full production at the Southwark Playhouse.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMA script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is set to become one of the most widely purchased plays, with pre-orders
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMA fire near the Broadway Theatre in Barking has forced the building to close for several weeks to fix “extensive damage” to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMWednesday, July 27, 2016
New images have been released of the planned cultural quarter in London’s Olympic Park that will house a 550-seat dance theatre for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMA theatre in Weston-super-Mare is to be given extra funding by the local council to bring in more professional, “off-the-wall” shows. Starting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMRichmond’s Orange Tree Theatre has received a £75,000 funding injection from Arts Council England – the venue’s first major grant from the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMSome of the UK’s leading drama schools are set to increase their fees by £250 a year, after the government announced plans
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Broadway theatre owner and impresario James M Nederlander has died aged 94. Known as Jimmy Nederlander, he was chairman of the Nederlander Organization,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:17PMA new play about female activists in India who fight the oppression of women has received a £100,000 boost from Arts Council
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMBritish musical Matilda has scooped a record-breaking 13 gongs at the Australian Helpmann Awards 2016, winning every single category it was nominated
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMMonday, July 25, 2016
A new website has been launched to help disabled performers promote their work internationally. Set up by the British Council, Disability Arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMDavid Bowie musical Lazarus is to transfer to the Kings Cross Theatre in London later this year. Michael C Hall will reprise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMBefore finishing drama school, Ayre landed a leading West End role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from
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