Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Royal Court artistic director Vicky Featherstone has announced a day of events that will take place in response to the sexual harassment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PMAndrew Lloyd Webber has quit the House of Lords, where he was a Conservative peer, because of his theatre commitments. The composer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMThe Casting Directors’ Guild has issued a statement emphasising its members’ responsibility to be vigilant against any abuse of its duty of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMThe West End production of Stomp is to close in January after a 15-year run. The production, which has been playing at
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Paines Plough’s pop-up auditorium, the Roundabout, was forced to cancel shows at the weekend after it was vandalised. The 168-seat Roundabout, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMThe creators of musical In the Heights have asked the Weinstein Company to release the film rights to the show, following the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AMHayley Tamaddon is to star in a forthcoming tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie, which returns in 2018. Tamaddon, best known for her
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMA musical about the Rothschild banking dynasty, and the European premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s Building the Wall are among the productions announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMMoney worries, poor working conditions and bullying are among the leading contributors to mental health problems in musicians, including those working in
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Industry leaders have called on the theatre sector to speak out about bullying and harassment in the wake of mounting allegations against
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMChichester Festival Theatre has appointed Jeremy Woodhouse as producer. He joins from English Touring Theatre, where he is currently a producer, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMAlfred Enoch, known for his role as Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film franchise has joined the judging panel for this
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David Hare will be given this year’s Gielgud award for excellence in the dramatic arts at the 2017 UK Theatre Awards. The
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The National Theatre has detailed its attempts to move away from using commercial transfers to balance the books, admitting that it had
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMSinners Club, which is inspired by the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain, will transfer to the Soho
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMFrustrated ticket holders for delayed West End musical Hamilton have complained about the “appalling” process of reallocating seats, which has left some
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Full casting has been announced for Anders Lustgarten’s The Secret Theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe. Aidan McArdle and Tara Fitzgerald star in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMAkram Khan has announced he is to retire as from performing in full-length dance pieces after his next production at Sadler’s Wells.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMMonday, October 9, 2017
The Arts Council of Wales has struck a three-year agreement with the Welsh NHS Confederation to promote the benefits of culture to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMTessa Peake-Jones and Aden Gillett are to star in the forthcoming production of The Winslow Boy, which tours next year. The Chichester
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMScriptwriters for ITV are to receive a 2% pay rise following negotiations between the broadcaster and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMFriday, October 6, 2017
Campaigners fighting to preserve Cardiff’s live music scene have heralded a breakthrough after plans to develop flats in the heart of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMThe shortlist for the 2017 Verity Bargate playwriting award has been announced. For its 16th year, the competition – run by London’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMCate Blanchett, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anna Wintour have been announced as co-hosts of this year’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, alongside the
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Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins are to star in a new television adaptation of King Lear, directed by Richard Eyre. The TV
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMLyn Gardner will be recognised for her outstanding contribution to British theatre at this month’s UK Theatre Awards. The theatre journalist and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:48AMWednesday, October 4, 2017
British theatre is “narcissistic” and mostly concerned with politics and class, Steven Berkoff has claimed. The writer, director and actor said his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMThe Royal Theatrical Support Trust has renamed its flagship directing award after the late Peter Hall, who died last month. The RTST
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMShobna Gulati and Pauline McLynn are among the cast of an age-blind, diverse production of Daisy Pulls It Off, directed by Paulette
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Sophie Okonedo, Colin Morgan and Rhys Ifans are among the actors that will feature in the National Theatre’s 2018 season, it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMThe National Theatre has unveiled new technology that will enable D/deaf audiences to see captions for performances in front of their eyes
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