Monday, February 27, 2017
The Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal College of Art are launching a new performing arts-led archive course based at the V&A’s theatre collections. Called the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMThe Tricycle Theatre’s former auditorium and stage is to be given in its entirety to a school in Kent. Last year, The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMDisabled performer David Toole has been dancing for 25 years, after quitting his job as a postman to turn professional. He tells
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West End show Wicked is partnering with a technology company to launch what is being described as London theatre’s first social booking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has joined campaigners in criticising the exclusion of the arts from the English Baccalaureate. Khan also launched an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMA new musical based on the life of Cilla Black is to hold open auditions to find its star. The musical will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMIndira Varma and Julian Ovenden will appear in Martin Crimp’s The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre in London They join the previously
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Campaign group Parents in Performing Arts is launching a survey to explore childcare options in central London. It follows calls from actors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMShrek the Musical is to return for a national tour beginning in December. The show, which opened in the West End in
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Matt Berry, Simon Bird and Lily Cole are to star in a new London production of The Philanthropist, directed by Simon Callow.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMOne Dance UK chair Sue Wyatt has been appointed director of the English National Ballet School. She will replace Delia Barker, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMRising business rates combined with local authority arts cuts may lead to a “zero-subsidy model” for regional theatres. Higher business taxes that
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A new organisation to nurture emerging musical theatre artists is being launched, and will partner with Theatre Royal Stratford East for its
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Rep will return to Manchester for the first time in more than half a century, as part of a growing trend for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMPlans for a new creative hub at the Theatre Royal Wakefield have taken a step forward after the council granted the project
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The first preview of Hamlet, starring Andrew Scott, has been cancelled owing to staff changes on the production. Hamlet was due to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMAn immersive production of rock musical Hair is to run at the Vaults in London, in celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMTelevision presenter Caroline Flack is to star in a national tour of Crazy for You. Flack, who won Strictly Come Dancing in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMPlans for a major arts and cultural development in Sunderland have been given a £6 million boost by Arts Council England. The
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Trevor Nunn has claimed the National Theatre has as much duty to new work as it does to the classics, and must
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMThe casting director of Half a Sixpence has responded to criticisms of the show’s all-white cast, claiming black and Asian performers were
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New Chichester Festival Theatre artistic director Daniel Evans has unveiled his inaugural season at the venue, with productions including a revival of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMDarren Henley has unveiled the first details of Arts Council England’s 25-year Creative Talent Plan, including a major collaboration with De Montfort
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMA new temporary theatre is to be built in Marble Arch, after council bosses gave plans the green light. Westminster Council’s planning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMThe world premiere of a play marking 70 years of Indian independence and a new collaboration between Andy Smith and Fuel feature
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMThe writer, performer and puppeteer developed his work in puppetry after training in physical theatre. He talks to Georgia Snow about his
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Samantha Barks and Arthur Darvill are to star in the UK premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon in Vegas. The concert production,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:51AMInspired by the South African township where she grew up, the choreographer’s latest show includes contemporary dance, music and circus and features
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St David’s Hall and the New Theatre in Cardiff are to remain under council control after the local authority U-turned on long-held
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMAn inquiry into working-class representation in the arts is being launched by Labour in a bid to combat a “leaky pipeline” from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMAnn Ogbomo is performing in Southwark Playhouse’s School Play, which tackles what it means to be a primary school teacher in Britain
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