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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Akane Takada: ‘Creating a role is a very different experience to doing classical ballet’ by Georgia Snow

A first soloist at the Royal Ballet, Akane Takada is currently in rehearsal for her debut performance in Giselle, in which she

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Monday, March 14, 2016

RSC launches From Page to Stage tour by Georgia Snow

The Royal Shakespeare Company is to launch a new tour as part of the reopening of the Other Place theatre. The company’s

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Emma Rice to redress gender imbalance in Shakespeare by Georgia Snow

Emma Rice has said she feels a responsibility to address gender imbalances in Shakespeare plays. The incoming artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe,

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Casting announced for Brideshead Revisited tour by Georgia Snow

Christopher Simpson, Rosie Hilal and Brian Ferguson are to lead the cast of the forthcoming stage adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. They will

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Production news round-up: March 2 to 8 by Georgia Snow

Musicals A new musical by the Feeling’s frontman Dan Gillespie Sells will premiere at the Crucible in Sheffield next year. Everybody’s Talking

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Hall for Cornwall unveils £18m overhaul plan by Georgia Snow

Plans for a multimillion pound redevelopment of Hall for Cornwall have been unveiled, which the organisation’s bosses hope will make it the

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Lloyd Webber closes Asia Pacific office of Really Useful Group by Georgia Snow

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group is to close its Asia Pacific office as it moves all of its global operations to

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Thursday, March 10, 2016

Sadiq Khan mayoral manifesto puts London arts plan in black and white by Georgia Snow

Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has reinforced his commitment to support the arts in London if he becomes mayor. Khan’s Manifesto for

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Punchdrunk takes immersive theatre to care homes by Georgia Snow

Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk is launching a pioneering project that sees it take its work into care homes. In collaboration with intergenerational

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Douglas Rintoul: ‘A theatre’s atmosphere always comes from the top’ by Georgia Snow

Douglas Rintoul first directed a show aged seven – a devised one-hander starring classmate Susan and featuring a backdrop painted by the

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Carrie Hope Fletcher joins Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tour by Georgia Snow

Carrie Hope Fletcher is to join the touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Fletcher will play Truly Scrumptious in the musical

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

London Theatres Small Grants Scheme gets £125k cash injection from Soho Estates by Georgia Snow

London property company Soho Estates is ploughing £125,000 into the London Theatres Small Grants Scheme, enabling a further 25 venues to carry

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Welsh government pumps £165k into community culture scheme by Georgia Snow

The Welsh government is to give £165,000 towards the expansion of a cultural programme for disadvantaged communities. Fusion: Tackling Poverty Through Culture

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Theatre 2016 survey to ‘gauge optimism’ of UK theatre industry by Georgia Snow

A new survey which hopes to measure the health of the theatre industry has been launched as part of the forthcoming UK-wide

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Brian Blessed to make directing debut with Agatha Christie play by Georgia Snow

Brian Blessed is to make his stage directing debut with Agatha Christie’s The Hollow. Blessed will direct the stage adaptation of Christie’s

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Paulette Randall wins lifetime achievement award for women in the arts by Georgia Snow

Paulette Randall has been recognised for her contribution to the arts as part of a new awards ceremony dedicated to celebrating women

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Low-income theatre workers face 500% tax hike by Georgia Snow

Struggling performers, stage managers and freelance theatre staff face a 500% hike in National Insurance payments. Equity has warned that the proposed

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Monday, March 7, 2016

Michelle Terry to play Henry V at Regent’s Park by Georgia Snow

Michelle Terry will play the title role in Henry V at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre later this year. It is the

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Linda Jasper steps down from Youth Dance England by Georgia Snow

Youth Dance England director Linda Jasper is to step down from her post at the end of this month after more than

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John Godber spurs young creatives to overcome class barrier with tenacity by Georgia Snow

Playwright John Godber has urged young creatives not be put off by claims that the theatre industry is closed off to working-class

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Alisha Bailey: ‘I’m excited by projects where I have to work ’til I’m shattered’ by Georgia Snow

After trying a year at university, she knew drama school was the right route for her. Now, the actor talks to Georgia Snow as

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Friday, March 4, 2016

Marylebone Theatre to start hosting professional shows by Georgia Snow

A theatre belonging to Regent’s University London is to open its doors to the public as it moves into staging professional productions.

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Daniel Evans unveils final Sheffield season by Georgia Snow

A new musical by The Feeling’s frontman Dan Gillespie Sells will premiere at the Crucible in Sheffield next year. Everybody’s Talking About

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:19AM

Theatres to host Disabled Access Day by Georgia Snow

Theatres across the UK will be hosting events, including captioned performances and accessible venue tours, as part of Disabled Access Day. West

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Controversial early Hamlet receives rare performance by Georgia Snow

A 1603 version of Hamlet that Shakespeare’s audiences could have seen is to receive a rare performance in London next month. The

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

First fully holographic production to premiere in London by Georgia Snow

More than 400 performers will appear as holograms in a new stage show that is being described as the first ever fully

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Production news round-up: February 24 to March 1 by Georgia Snow

Plays Jenna Russell and Jade Anouka have joined the cast of Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York’s Theatre, as the show

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Council backs down in dispute over drama student tax demands by Georgia Snow

Reading council has backed down over a dispute in which it pursued a student at a local performing arts college for council

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Jenny Sealey, Samuel West and Vikki Heywood to speak at Theatre 2016 conference by Georgia Snow

Actor Samuel West, Graeae’s Jenny Sealey and Royal Society of the Arts chairman Vikki Heywood are among the first speakers confirmed for

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Improbable and Blind Summit among theatre headliners for Latitude 2016 by Georgia Snow

Australian circus troupe Circa, theatre company Improbable, puppeteers Blind Summit and the Berlin-based Gob Squad will headline the theatre programme at Latitude

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Park Theatre’s JJ Almond joins Assembly Hall Tunbridge Wells by Georgia Snow

John-Jackson Almond has been appointed theatre director of the Assembly Hall Theatre in Tunbridge Wells. Almond is currently executive director of the

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