Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Graham Norton has been announced as the host for this year’s West End Bares charity fundraiser, which will include a performance from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMRebecca Applin has been named as the first female winner of the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer Scheme. She will become resident composer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:22AMMonday, September 7, 2015
High-quality drama will form the “backbone” of the BBC’s services over the next decade, director-general Tony Hall has announced. The corporation has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:55PMTheatre critic Michael Billington has branded regional theatre “a shadow” of what it used to be. He also said that venues outside
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMFriday, September 4, 2015
Christine Payne has been re-elected for a third term as general secretary of Equity. Payne, who has held the position since 2005,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMMichael Xavier has been cast in the leading role in Sheffield Theatres’ new production of Show Boat. The musical, which is directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMVoting has opened for the most welcoming theatre category at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. As previously reported, this year marks the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMCassidy Janson is to take over from Katie Brayben in the title role of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, as the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMUna Stubbs and Adjoa Andoh have joined the cast of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse. Their casting follows that of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMThursday, September 3, 2015
A disused Stafford library is in line to become a multi-purpose arts centre for theatre, music and dance. The Old Library Trust
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMWednesday, September 2, 2015
A website that matches theatres with touring productions is being launched. The website – tour-finder.org – has been set up by south-east arts centre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMLabour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reverse arts funding cuts made since 2010 if he becomes prime minister. The Islington
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMBloomsbury Theatre in London has closed for major construction work four months earlier than planned due to asbestos in the building. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMTuesday, September 1, 2015
Ambassador Theatre Group has acquired a top North American theatre chain in a deal that will see the organisation gain five new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMKristin Scott Thomas, Beverley Knight and and Matthew Warchus are among theatre figures nominated for the Hospital Club’s h.Club 100 awards. Playwright
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMThursday, August 27, 2015
Gecko and Touretteshero are among theatre companies chosen to perform in a two-hour live broadcast on BBC4. Live from Television Centre, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PMA religious group is to stage a protest at an upcoming production at Mac in Birmingham, claiming the play vilifies their guru.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PMThe director of the cancelled National Youth Theatre production Homegrown has claimed the decision sets a “dangerous precedent” that will encourage theatremakers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AMWednesday, August 26, 2015
Previously unknown plays by Agatha Christie have been discovered in archives of the author’s possessions. The ten plays – five full-length and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMCamden People’s Theatre has presented its inaugural People’s Theatre award to experimental theatre company Gameshow and upcoming director Emily Lim. The £1,500
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMA new annual festival of music and drama backed by actor John Hannah is to be launched in Richmond. Richmond Theatre and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMTuesday, August 25, 2015
Newport Live has appointed Gillian Mitchell as head of theatre, arts and culture. The trust, which runs a number of culture and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMMonday, August 24, 2015
A man injured when a set collapsed during a production of Fuerzabruta at the Roundhouse has been awarded £5,500 in compensation. Three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMSaturday, August 22, 2015
Seth Kriebel trained and worked as a film producer, before gravitating towards more creative, theatrical forms of expression. In his current one-man
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMFriday, August 21, 2015
Sheffield Theatres has appointed Caroline Dyott in the new position of associate producer. The role will see Dyott lead the company’s production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMProducers have cancelled the August 21 performance of Grand Hotel at Southwark Playhouse after a cast member was hit by a motorbike
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMDramatist and poet Liz Lochhead has cautioned that there are not enough Scottish creatives working at the National Theatre of Scotland. Lochhead,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMThursday, August 20, 2015
A new scheme has been launched that will provide free Edinburgh Fringe tickets to more than 1,400 children living in care in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:10PMLucian Msamati has been cast as the lead in the Tricycle Theatre’s upcoming premiere A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes. Sharon D Clarke
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:26AMThe National Theatre has been named London’s favourite theatre after topping a public poll of venues in the capital. A surprise second
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMWednesday, August 19, 2015
Julie Atherton and Siobhan McCarthy are to star in the premiere of Pure Imagination, a musical revue celebrating songwriter Leslie Bricusse. Dave
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