Thursday, January 11, 2018
Vanessa Redgrave has been cast in The Inheritance at the Young Vic. The play, by Matthew Lopez, is directed by Stephen Daldry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMShadow culture secretary Tom Watson has set out a series of demands for the government’s new arts team, calling for ministers to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMJustin Audibert has been appointed artistic director of the Unicorn Theatre in London. He will take over the leadership of the children’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMWednesday, January 10, 2018
Hackney Empire has announced a restructure of its senior management team to align its business and artistic operations more closely. The east
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMJimmy Nail has withdrawn from the UK premiere of Sting musical The Last Ship, in which he was due to star. Last
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMEntertainment ticket fraud has cost would-be audiences £1.6 million in the six months to October last year, according to new police figures.
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London’s Vault Festival has announced a new venue for 2018 that will be dedicated to immersive shows. This year’s event will also
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMonday, January 8, 2018
The West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre is to undergo a renovation of its plaster ceiling to protect it for the future. A planning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMTheatre consultancy Charcoalblue has launched a comprehensive theatre design service promising to take a venue from conception through to completion, inspired by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMGershwin musical An American in Paris is to be broadcast in cinemas worldwide later this year, following its closure in the West
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The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury is to be run by an independent charitable trust, after the city council agreed to handover the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMLondon venue the Roundhouse has formed a creative partnership with arts organisations in Gloucester to boost access to the arts for young
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMThursday, January 4, 2018
Emma Rice was “the best thing” to happen to Shakespeare’s Globe, despite the controversy surrounding her tenure, incoming artistic director Michelle Terry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:29AMPaapa Essiedu, Julia McKenzie and John Hurt are among the finalists for the 2018 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Essiedu and Hurt, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMWednesday, January 3, 2018
Vicky Featherstone has been named the most influential person in British theatre, taking the number one spot in The Stage 100. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMVenue operator Sweet, which runs spaces at the Edinburgh and Brighton fringes, is to open a second permanent space in Brighton and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMFrancesca Moody has been appointed executive producer at theatre company Curious Directive. Moody will take up the newly created post in February,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMTuesday, January 2, 2018
Full casting has been announced for the Almeida Theatre’s production of Summer and Smoke. The Tennessee Williams play will star the previously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMComputer software that enables touts to exploit the secondary ticketing market by bulk-buying theatre seats will be banned under new government legislation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMReally Useful Theatres is opening up its biggest West End venues on Sunday nights to accommodate what it sees as a growing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, December 21, 2017
The National Theatre’s security has come under scrutiny after intruders broke into the building at night and scaled the inside of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMTheatres that do not report their gender pay gap under new government rules could face unlimited fines. Just one arts organisation that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Hall for Cornwall has been awarded more than £2.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to conserve the building’s heritage features. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMThe Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced plans to build a temporary venue that will host productions while its current building is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMTuesday, December 19, 2017
Theatre Royal Stratford East’s pantomime will be live-streamed to nearby hospices and a hospital next week. Rapunzel will be broadcast live from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMMonday, December 18, 2017
Kate Marlais has been announced as the Cameron Mackintosh resident composer for 2018. Marlais will be placed at the Lyric Hammersmith for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMTheatres creating potentially controversial work can now receive training on how to handle sensitive subjects, as part of a new scheme from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMFriday, December 15, 2017
A major £14 million redevelopment of West Yorkshire Playhouse has been given the green light by Leeds City Council. The revamp will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMChicago is to return to the West End next year following a five-year absence. The Kander and Ebb musical will run at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMThursday, December 14, 2017
Alan Ayckbourn’s two-part play The Divide has been merged into one for its run at the Old Vic, with producers claiming additional
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMThe Royal Court has set up a writers’ group specifically for playwrights in the north of England, in order to bridge what
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