Thursday, April 12, 2018
Alex Beckett, who was appearing in The Way of the World at the Donmar Warehouse, has died. The theatre confirmed the sudden
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMEquity, the Musicians’ Union and the Incorporated Society of Musicians will investigate the culture in specialist performing arts colleges, after concerns were
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
Daniel Evans has claimed theatregoers in the regions are waking up to new writing in a way never seen before, but argued
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMMichelle Terry will play Hamlet in a gender-blind staging of the play, her first major production as artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMA stage adaptation of Zadie Smith’s seminal novel White Teeth will be produced later this year at the Tricycle Theatre, which has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AMThe Tricycle Theatre has announced it is changing its name to Kiln Theatre, as it prepares to reopen after two years of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMTuesday, April 10, 2018
The Olivier award for best director will be renamed to honour the late Peter Hall from next year, organisers have announced. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMFunding for Dance and Drama Awards will be maintained until at least 2020, the government has confirmed. The DaDA scheme offers means-tested
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMDavid Tennant’s trousers, doublet and hose worn by Judi Dench and Ian McKellen’s coat are among more than 50 costumes being auctioned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMMonday, April 9, 2018
The winners of the 2018 Olivier Awards have been announced. Hamilton came away as the night’s biggest winner, while other successful productions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMThe Society of London Theatre has apologised for omitting Peter Hall from its in memoriam tribute at this year’s Olivier Awards. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMWidespread calls to end sexual harassment in theatre dominated this year’s Olivier Awards, at which many also hailed a new era of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMMarianne Elliott has claimed the risks needed to get her production of Angels in America to the stage would not have been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company has accused Daily Mail critic Quentin Letts of exhibiting a “blatantly racist attitude” in a recent review. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMITV’s coverage of the Olivier Awards attracted a slimmed down audience of 600,000 this year, after hitting one million viewers in 2017.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMFriday, April 6, 2018
Richard Alston has announced he is ending his tenure as artistic director of contemporary dance organisation the Place after more than 20
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:29AMDavid Lan will be recognised for his outstanding contribution to theatre at this year’s Olivier Awards with special honours, it has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMMurray Head has withdrawn from the forthcoming West End production of Chess at the London Coliseum due to personal reasons. A statement
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMThursday, April 5, 2018
Theatre’s largest employers have pledged to increase the number of women in technical roles in a bid to improve the gender pay
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMAn awards ceremony celebrating rural touring work is to return for second year, with three new categories. The Rural Touring Awards were
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
Children are being prevented from taking dance and drama exams because of government rules about school absence, the award body for dance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMTuesday, April 3, 2018
Green Day musical American Idiot will return for a UK tour next year in celebration of the show’s 10th anniversary. The tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMCasting has been announced for the London transfer of Fun Home, which opens at the Young Vic in June. Kaisa Hammarlund will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMTheatres are being urged to be more rigorous in the vetting of chaperones looking after child performers, amid ongoing concerns about the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMThursday, March 29, 2018
A London-based charity that uses performance to help young people who have left the care system has put forward proposals for new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMAmerican musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will perform at this year’s Olivier Awards in a special appearance marking the 60th anniversary of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMWednesday, March 28, 2018
Culture secretary Matt Hancock has issued a rallying cry to improve diversity across the creative industries at a government-led forum event billed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has set up a playwriting workshop programme in which students will collaborate with experienced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMNon-disclosure agreements intended to suppress complaints of sexual harassment at work should be banned, according to the UK’s national equality organisation. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMMonday, March 26, 2018
Playwrights commissioned by independent theatre companies in the UK are set to see their pay rise by 2.9% from next month, as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMJobs in the creative industries are set to grow twice as fast as the UK average by 2024, new research has claimed.
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