Friday, March 9, 2018
Parts of the Shaw Theatre in central London have been damaged by a fire that broke out earlier this afternoon (March 9).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PMThe Musicians’ Union, BECTU and Equity are demanding a special anti-harassment clause to be added to employment contracts, in a bid to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMBBC Radio 1Xtra has recorded its first plays for broadcast, including a collaboration with new writing company Paines Plough. Sabrina Mahfouz’s With
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMThursday, March 8, 2018
Robert Davis, the deputy leader of Westminster Council who oversaw the borough’s culture strategy and founded West End Live, has resigned. Davis’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMSamuel West will join Romola Garai in the cast of The Writer at the Almeida Theatre in London, it has been announced.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMMountview Academy of Theatre Arts has been given more than £800,000 by London mayor Sadiq Khan towards its new building in Peckham.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMWednesday, March 7, 2018
Phyllida Lloyd has called on the Arts Council to refuse funding for theatre companies unless they commit to gender equality on and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMTheatre figures including directors Vicky Featherstone and Phyllida Lloyd have been recognised at the Southbank Centre’s Women in the Creative Industries Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe under-representation of drama school teachers from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds has not improved in the past year, new figures
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
Arts Council England has launched a £14.4 million fund for research and development projects. The money will be made available to individual
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AM David Bintley has announced he will step down as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet after 24 years. He leaves to pursue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMThe producers of an immersive The Great Gatsby show have ramped-up safeguarding measures after two incidents of sexual assault occurred at its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMSonia Friedman has warned that West End theatre is missing out on “a whole body of work” because it does not have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMMonday, March 5, 2018
An arena version of the West End musical Elf will tour the UK this Christmas, it has been announced. The musical, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMFriday, March 2, 2018
Off-West End theatre Southwark Playhouse will leave its current premises next year to return to London Bridge in a newly created venue.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMFive of the UK’s leading drama schools including RADA and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts have signed up to a three-year contract,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMCatherine Tate has been announced as the host of this year’s Olivier Awards. The actor and comedian will present the awards ceremony
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMNicholas Hytner has ruled out using quotas to achieve diversity or gender balance at the Bridge Theatre, claiming he is “not going
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThe singer and Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley will write a new musical for Sheffield Theatres described as being a “heart-breaking love song
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMThursday, March 1, 2018
Theatre company Improbable will premiere a new work exploring the impacts of fascism at this year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival, it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMMatt Lucas has been cast in Chichester Festival Theatre’s revival of Me and My Girl, alongside Caroline Quentin. He will make his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMActor Juliet Stevenson has implored the industry not to let momentum fade in the fight against sexual harassment, warning that change will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has renamed its performance studio after actor and alumna Judi Dench. The Dench Studio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMWednesday, February 28, 2018
A charitable organisation set up by Kevin Spacey to support young artists is to close immediately. The Kevin Spacey Foundation took down
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMTuesday, February 27, 2018
Rhys Ifans has withdrawn from Mood Music at the Old Vic, in which he was due to star. The actor has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMWest End theatre audiences exceeded 15 million for the first time last year, as box office revenue also grew for the 14th
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMMonday, February 26, 2018
Isabelle Huppert has announced a solo performance at the Southbank Centre that will see her read extracts by radical 18th-century philosopher the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMNearly 90% of people responding to a poll by The Stage think stunt casting is a negative activity for theatre. The online
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMLes Miserables will tour the UK and Ireland later this year for the first time in nearly a decade. Producer Cameron Mackintosh
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMPlaywright David Edgar will make his debut as an actor in an autobiographical one-man show, it has been announced. Edgar, who is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMSunday, February 25, 2018
Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson and Ross Noble have all picked up prizes at this year’s WhatsOnStage Awards. The annual awards,
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