Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A new play marking 30 years since the miners' strike is to premiere at Hampstead Theatre. Wonderland by Beth Steel, which was a finalist for the 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn prize, will be pre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AM[SHARE]Richard Armitage is to star in the Old Vic's new production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Armitage, who will play John Proctor, has recently found fame as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AM[SHARE]Friday, April 11, 2014
The University of St Andrews has proposed a rescue package to reopen the Byre Theatre in Scotland after it closed suddenly in February 2013. The venue closed when its then operator, Byre The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 10, 2014
A new musical work by composer Helen Chadwick and the Olivier award-winning choreographer behind Black Watch, Steven Hoggett, is among the highlights of this year's Greenwich and Docklands I…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PM[SHARE]Equity has expressed "extreme concern" over plans to decriminalise licence fee non-payment, claiming the Corporation is one of the most significant employers of the union's members and that …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Booking for Punchdrunk's immersive production of The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable has been extended to June 29. The show, a co-production with the National Theatre, was previously taking b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AM[SHARE]Underground theatre troupe Belarus Free Theatre, which has garnered support and acclaim from the likes of Tom Stoppard and Kevin Spacey, has been granted a residency at Falmouth University's…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AM[SHARE]A national competition that champions young people's creativity in the arts has been launched. The Young Brits competition, sponsored by clothing brand Jack Wills, hopes to find eight people…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:23AM[SHARE]Management of the Swindon Arts Centre has been handed over to staff at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre as a result of funding cuts at the local authority, prompting the resignation of the arts cent…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AM[SHARE]Caroline Sheen and Graham MacDuff will star in a concert performance of Tony award-nominated musical Rags in the West End. The show, which has music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Stephen …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Sheffield Theatres' partnership with a car parking operator and a clothing company's sponsorship of the Almeida Theatre's American Psycho are two of the nominees for this year's Arts & B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AM[SHARE]Anthony Field, the vice president of Theatre Projects Consultants and former finance director of the Arts Council, has died. Previously a chartered accountant, Field began his career in the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AM[SHARE]Director Michael Blakemore's book Stage Blood, which won this year's Sheridan Morley prize for theatre writing, will compete with Daniel Rosenthal's 50th anniversary compendium of the Nation…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM[SHARE]Friday, April 4, 2014
The Reduced Shakespeare Company will perform onboard an Easyjet flight as part of a season of events being organised by the budget airline to celebrate the playwright's 450th birthday. Th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PM[SHARE]Irving Berlin's White Christmas and The Crucible by Arthur Miller are to feature as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse's upcoming autumn/winter season. White Christmas is to be directed by…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AM[SHARE]Theatre director Max Stafford-Clark has decried the coalition government's treatment of the arts, claiming it has done "more harm to the infrastructure of theatre in four years than Mrs That…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AM[SHARE]The Royal Shakespeare Company is to celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with storytelling sessions, stage fighting workshops and a live Twitter interview featuring artistic director Grego…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:29AM[SHARE]Hampstead Theatre is to embark on a £100,000 fundraising drive to renovate its 'overcrowded' foyer. The venue in north London has already raised £350,000 of the £450,000 needed from…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 3, 2014
Tommy Cooper's hand-made magic props and Charlie Chaplin's cane are among exhibits at a new museum for comedy fans to open in central London, which will also include a 100-seat performance s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM[SHARE]Birmingham Hippodrome has claimed a record-breaking 12 months, with attendances at the venue increasing by 23% year on year to more than 625,000. The venue credited productions such as The L…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 2, 2014
The organisation running the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton " which went into administration last year " has been granted charitable status, in a move it says will improve its fundraising abil…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 11, 2013
An employment tribunal has awarded more than £10,000 in unpaid wages to three staff members of the Brixton Club House, the south London venue that recently hosted a revival of Boy George …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Rambert Dance Company will return to the Southbank Centre in London to present four new works this spring. Company members Dane Hurst, Miguel Altunaga, Kirill Burlov, and Patricia Okenwa hav…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PM[SHARE]West End performer Daniel Boys has been chosen to record the theme song for Australian soap Neighbours. Boys was joint winner of the Neighbours Remixed competition, the search to find a new …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
Producers of musical Dirty Dancing claim the show will sell its one millionth ticket this month since it began touring in September 2011. They expect the ticket to be sold on April 10, with …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PM[SHARE]Soho Theatre is partnering with regional venues for the first time in judging this year's Verity Bargate Award. The £5,000 prize is given biennially to first time and emerging writers, an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2013
Soho Theatre will present a new season of political productions this summer that will include a stage adaptation of Kathrine Kressmann Taylor's novella Address Unknown, which was originally …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM[SHARE]Northampton's Royal and Derngate has announced James Dacre as its new artistic director. Dacre previously directed the world premiere of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, which beat Jerusalem …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Jonathan Miller's production of Githa Sowerby's Rutherford and Son is to transfer to London's St. James Theatre in June. The production has been touring with Northern Broadsides since its pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM[SHARE]West End musical Wicked has recorded its five millionth audience member since opening in 2006. The milestone was reached at the matinee performance on Saturday, March 30. Michael McCabe, UK …
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