Scottish newspaper the Herald has halved its budget for reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, in a move that has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMThe heads of Edinburgh’s major festivals have written to foreign secretary Boris Johnson protesting against the planned cuts to the British Council,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMGerman live music promoter Deutsche Entertainment AG has bought out British entertainment producer the Flying Music Group, as it looks to expand
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMAlice’s Adventures Underground creators Les Enfants Terribles are developing a new immersive show with Pussy Riot. The Russian feminist protest band is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMThe Menier Chocolate Factory is to stage a revival of Barnum this Christmas. The musical tells the story of 19th-century showman PT
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMMichelle Terry has revealed she will not direct any productions when she takes over the artistic directorship of Shakespeare’s Globe. Speaking for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMDarlington Hippodrome has unveiled a new exhibition celebrating the history and architecture of its Edwardian building, as it prepares to reopen after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMFull casting has been announced for Young Marx, the first production at Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s new theatre. The Bridge, next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMToby Jones has joined the cast of a new BBC Proms performance combining actors with live music to explore the story behind
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMDominic Dromgoole’s Oscar Wilde season in the West End is to be broadcast live to cinemas. His new company, Classic Spring, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMEmma Rice’s new company Wise Children has published details of its bid for Arts Council England support, after claims the decision disregarded
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:10PMYork Theatre Royal has announced an open-call commission for a playwright to pen a new work for its youth theatre. The venue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMThe Blockheads’ Chaz Jankel and Derek Hussey have collaborated with theatre company Graeae to write a protest song for its forthcoming tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMAndy Coxon is to star in the forthcoming 50th anniversary production of rock musical Hair. Coxon, whose recent credits include Yank! at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has announced a new partnership with one of China’s largest live entertainment groups to develop the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMLeading drama schools have defended their efforts to diversify the students that apply to their institutions, in the wake of a report
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMTony Gardner has joined the cast of Florian Zeller’s The Lie at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Gardner, best known for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMA British actor from Herefordshire has landed a $25,000 contract with US television network ABC following a competition to find UK stars
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMA new circus show inspired by the real-life stories of refugees fleeing war-torn countries will have its UK premiere next week. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMAndrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express is to return for a new workshop production. Members of the original creative team are set
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMProducer Thelma Holt has become the latest figure to rail against “dreadful” West End ticket prices, claiming they promote a culture
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMTechnology used for secure transactions in gold and diamond trading is at the core of a new ticketing platform trying to stamp
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMAaron Sidwell is to join the cast of Wicked for its 2018 UK and Ireland tour. Sidwell’s credits include musicals American Idiot,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMThe Family Arts Campaign has launched new guidance to help cultural organisations better suit the needs of older audiences. The scheme has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMBirmingham Royal Ballet is to hold open auditions for young dancers to appear in a Christmas production of The Nutcracker at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMThe “sky-high” cost of auditioning to drama school is “unjust and unfair”, preventing young, working-class actors from entering the profession, according to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:54AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child director John Tiffany has said he will not quit theatre for film despite there being an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThe Stage has announced the inaugural nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2017, featuring newcomers covering the length and breadth of British
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThe results of Labour’s Acting Up inquiry into working-class barriers to the performing arts have been published, highlighting a “class-shaped hole” in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company is selling more than 10,000 items of costume in a one-off jumble sale event next month. Costumes, shoes,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMThe north of England would need nearly £700 million more in arts funding for it to match the levels afforded to London,
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