Thursday, February 25, 2016
Walter Meierjohann, head of theatre at Manchester venue Home, has insisted the city is not just a testing ground for London-bound shows.
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While preparing to portray the entertainer Gracie Fields at Oldham Coliseum, Sue Devaney talks to David Hutchison about the Rochdale icon, being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMLabour’s new culture head Maria Eagle has attacked John Whittingdale for campaigning to leave the EU, claiming it is at odds with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMMore than £56 million of arts funding has been cut by local councils in England since 2009, it has emerged. The scale of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMA new scheme in Sheffield to boost both talent and leadership in the arts in the area has received £550,000 in funding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMBlack and Asian drama students at LAMDA have voiced concerns their race will hinder them in securing leading roles. Survey data released
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Star Wars actor John Boyega is to become the first patron of the Identity School of Acting in London. The actor trained
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMWriters are invited to enter their funniest scripts for the second Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize, which focuses entirely on comic plays. First launched last
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMScottish Youth Theatre has appointed Jacky Hardacre as chief executive following a leadership restructure at the company. Hardacre will join in April
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMEmma Keith has become head of NT Live, taking over from its founder David Sabel. Sabel, who helped pioneer the live theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMWednesday, February 17, 2016
Southwark Playhouse has announced it will now allocate seats to ticket-buyers after audiences thronged the venue to see sold-out musical Grey Gardens.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMChoreographer Wayne McGregor has revealed designs for his new dance venue in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which will be free for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMArts Council England has proposed a major overhaul of its funding strategy that could lead to major theatres getting four-year funding deals,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMArts Council England’s Peter Bazalgette is to replace Archie Norman as chairman of ITV. Bazalgette’s new role, effective from May 12, will
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While working as a barman at Manchester’s Royal Exchange, Phil Davies saw a show and was hooked on theatre. He talks to
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Stef O’Driscoll has been named artistic director of touring theatre company Nabokov, with plans to place greater focus on site-specific new work.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMVeteran playwright Edward Bond has struck out at the state of English theatre, claiming it is patronising, childish and serves no function.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMA script of upcoming West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be go on sale at midnight after the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMClybourne Park is to have its regional premiere in a new production at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. Bruce Norris’ 2010 play – never
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMSouth London arts centre The Albany is to undergo a major refurbishment this summer to install a new flexible staging and seating
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A new performing arts venue is to be founded in Woolwich after the local council signed a deal with theatre, music and
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Pursuing a modern concept of producing Shakespeare’s plays, artistic director and actor Scott Ellis founded Merely Theatre, which stages gender-blind productions. He
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First mooted last year but now officially confirmed, the National Theatre is getting rid of Sunday shows. “The case has not been
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Ronald Harwood has said he will never allow a woman to play the lead role in his renowned play The Dresser, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMTheatre in Wales is snubbed by critics at national newspapers, according to Sherman Cymru artistic director Rachel O’Riordan. The director said it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMMusician and performance artist Greg Sinclair has won the first Arts Foundation Children’s Theatre Award. The £10,000 award, which honours performers, writers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMTuesday, February 2, 2016
Linda Marlowe has been cast in a London revival of Tennessee Williams’ play In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel. Directed by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMA new show by Australian circus troupe Circa and stand-up by Reginald D Hunter lead the line-up for this year’s Udderbelly Festival
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMMonday, February 1, 2016
A worldwide tour of Hamlet by Shakespeare’s Globe is to play at the Good Chance Theatre in the Calais migrant camp. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:14PMMaxine Peake has claimed women are better at running theatres than men because they are more adept at multitasking and often have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:14PMHeadlong Theatre’s executive director, Henny Finch, has announced that she is leaving after more than 10 years, to join Hofesh Shechter’s dance
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