Monday, April 4, 2016
Comedy plays are often unfairly snubbed by theatre awards shows, Gemma Arterton has claimed. Arterton, who was in the running for best
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMFriday, April 1, 2016
BECTU has extended a cautious welcome to the government’s new National Living Wage, branding it a “step forward” but insisting young backstage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:27PMEquity has called on Arts Council England to take stronger action to ensure performers and creative workers are adequately paid. The actor’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMThursday, March 31, 2016
Younger people are more likely to attend theatre on a Tuesday or Wednesday than at weekends, according to exclusive data seen by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMThe Grange estate’s new opera festival has announced its inaugural season in Hampshire, following Grange Park Opera’s decision to exit the site
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:52PMCheaper day seats for peak shows at the Royal Court in London are to be made available online for the first time.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMWomen leaders at top subsidised theatres are paid £29,000 less on average than men, according to new research by The Stage. Among
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, March 30, 2016
Wellingborough Council has terminated its contract with the current operator of the Castle Theatre, claiming it has not brought in enough revenue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PMBackstage workers at the Lyceum and Crucible theatres in Sheffield have negotiated a 2% pay rise. BECTU has also confirmed discussions with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:09AMTuesday, March 29, 2016
Sonia Friedman has admitted she made the “wrong decision” to charge full price for previews of Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet. The West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PMGemma Arterton has voiced concerns about big screen broadcasts of plays and musicals, claiming audiences miss out on the “magic” of live
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PMMonday, March 28, 2016
Wrestling with issues of white privilege and poor minority representation in theatre, Deborah Pearson’s new play Made Visible premieres at the Yard in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThursday, March 24, 2016
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Guildhall School of Music and Drama have both been named in the top 10 universities in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:12PMRotherham Civic Theatre is to reopen today just over a week after part of the ceiling collapsed onto the stage. The council-operated
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMWednesday, March 23, 2016
Hull New Theatre will miss out on at least three more months of the City of Culture festival next year, after the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:50PMArcheologists have found new evidence suggesting Shakespeare’s skull was stolen from his grave, according to a new Channel 4 documentary. The programme
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMLenny Henry has called on the BBC to entrench ethnic diversity in its new Royal Charter, to address “systemic failure” in representing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMTuesday, March 22, 2016
Theatres across London are to host more than 60 shows by companies outside the capital as part of a plan by Battersea
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:08PMThe JP Morgan emerging director award winner gained a National Theatre Studio residency and a production of her choice at the Orange
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMMonday, March 21, 2016
Newcastle Theatre Royal has confirmed it will start charging for the free acting course it launched last year. Announcing that the course
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:13PMA relaxed performance of Wonder.land will be staged at the National Theatre next month for audiences with learning disabilities or autism. Relaxed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PMCinema screenings of plays are not stealing audiences from theatres but are encouraging them to visit live theatre more, one of Kenneth
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMChoreographer Matthew Bourne has claimed that West End productions that start their life in smaller venues should be charging less for their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMFriday, March 18, 2016
Theatres and playwrights are censoring their plays for fear of offending Muslims, a leading free speech campaign group has claimed. Jodie Ginsberg,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:33PMBig name theatre stars need to be encouraged to perform in shows outside London and not just in the West End, an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:25PMMany theatres still fear shows involving disabled actors will “not be very good”, according to DaDafest artistic director Ruth Gould. Speaking at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:25PMIndependent producers are short-changing audiences by spending less on the production values of touring shows, a leading regional producer has claimed. Tracey
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMThursday, March 17, 2016
Theatres have received a boost in their protection against noise complaints in a new planning law announced by the government. Equity and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AMAspiring backstage worker Katie Williams has won a two-month internship with the production team of West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AMWednesday, March 16, 2016
Royal Shakespeare Company head Catherine Mallyon has called for a national theatre awards ceremony that recognises regional shows as well as those
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMPlaywright Brad Birch has been awarded the 2016 Pinter Commission to write a new play for the Royal Court in London. Now
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