Thursday, January 5, 2017
Out of Joint has launched an £8,000 playwriting prize specifically for new writers who already work in theatre. In collaboration with charitable
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMA mystery £1 million discovered in Equity’s accounts can be used for union purposes as well as donated to charity, the High
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AMWednesday, January 4, 2017
The government has appointed its first director of labour market enforcement as part of a major crackdown on minimum wage violations and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThe producers of Dreamgirls have confirmed that Amber Riley has been suffering from pneumonia, as she remains absent from the show. Riley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMDetailed plans for the £110 million Factory arts centre in Manchester will go before the council next week, when a decision on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMThom Southerland is to direct a new musical based on the life of Louis Braille. Starring Jerome Pradon, The Braille Legacy will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMTuesday, January 3, 2017
Robert Lindsay, Pippa Haywood and Danny Sapani are among the finalists of this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards, with nods also for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock broke box office records on both sides of the Atlantic in the final week of 2016.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMFriday, December 30, 2016
Mark Rylance has been knighted in the 2017 New Year honours list, in which the highest accolades were also given to fellow
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31PMFriday, December 23, 2016
Ralf Little has been cast in the European premiere of Ugly Lies the Bone at the National Theatre. He joins the previously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMThursday, December 22, 2016
A new drama school is being launched in Brighton next year, offering the city’s only degree course in the performing arts. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:40AMWith two shows at the Criterion Theatre and a busy Christmas in the West End, Alec Connell tells Georgia Snow what that means for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMWages for actors and stage managers working in subsidised repertory theatre are expected to increase by £50 per week, under what Equity
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, December 21, 2016
Sonia Friedman, Bristol Old Vic, the Menier Chocolate Factory and Graeae Theatre Company are among the nominees of The Stage Awards 2017,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMBradford’s Alhambra Theatre and three other council-owned venues in the city could be sold, as the local authority faces shrinking budgets. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMSalisbury Playhouse has confirmed it is to submit a joint bid with two other organisations to Arts Council England for the next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMTuesday, December 20, 2016
Equity has condemned fringe venue the Print Room’s “unacceptable” casting of Caucasian actors in a play set in ancient China, claiming its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMMonday, December 19, 2016
An investigation into illegal ticketing activity will be carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority. It comes amid ongoing debate around
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMThe Welsh Government has committed to establishing an equivalent to Creative England as part of its bid to become the “most creatively
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMFriday, December 16, 2016
Dale Rooks is education director at Chichester Festival Theatre. As well as overseeing the organisation’s learning, education and participation initiatives, she directs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMA former employee at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry has pleaded guilty to stealing £5,000 in a ticketing scam. Graham Aylott, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMGraeae artistic director Jenny Sealey has claimed Arts Council England must do more to investigate why the number of disabled arts workers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMDreamgirls has announced it has extended its run at the Savoy Theatre until October 2017. The West End musical, which opened this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMThursday, December 15, 2016
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is to receive a 62% cut in its funding from the council, meaning it will be operating with nearly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMMPs are calling on the government to do more to help regional theatre weather the difficult financial climate, particularly around rebalancing funding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMWednesday, December 14, 2016
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will be the next August Wilson play to be brought to the screen by Denzel Washington, the actor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTuesday, December 13, 2016
Rambert has appointed Helen Shute as its new chief executive and executive producer. She replaces Nadia Stern, who leaves the company in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMMost respondents to a poll by The Stage do not think it is acceptable to give standing ovations in the middle of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMMonday, December 12, 2016
Black and minority ethnic representation among Arts Council-funded theatres is improving but the sector is still failing people with a disability, a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:29AMFriday, December 9, 2016
Five theatremakers from the West Midlands are to create new plays with and for communities across Birmingham as part of a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMContemporary dance company Rambert has announced an artistic development partnership with the Dutch National Ballet to nurture choreographers and composers from both
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