Monday, October 14, 2019
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has announced its shortlist for 2019, which includes an international award for the first time. The international
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03PMLeading figures from across the arts and education sectors have condemned a growing inequality in schools’ cultural provision that is resulting in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03PMFriday, October 11, 2019
Sebastian Cater has been appointed head of UK Theatre, replacing Cassie Chadderton. Cater will lead the organisation and also hold the role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThe Color Purple writer Alice Walker has spoken publicly for the first time about the Seyi Omooba case, in a letter that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThe Arts Council of Wales has introduced minimum pay requirements for artists, creatives and staff working on the projects it funds amid
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMThe stage adaptation of Life of Pi, which premiered this year in Sheffield, will transfer to the West End next year. The
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Tom Chambers and Sally Bretton are to star in a 2020 UK tour of Dial M for Murder. Chambers, whose stage credits
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMNevill Holt Opera’s new building has won the RIBA Stirling Prize people’s vote. The award, in which the general public votes online
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMSelladoor Worldwide is developing a stage adaptation of the CBeebies show Pablo, which is the first animated TV series to star an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
Urdang Academy has created a new full-fee scholarship programme that is designed to support “exceptional raw talent” from any background. It will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMThe Tabard Theatre in west London is rebranding itself to become Chiswick Playhouse as it unveils ambitions to become a “breeding ground
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Battersea Arts Centre will partner with producers in locations including Wigan and Peterborough on a network intended to bring about a shift
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMAnnilese Miskimmon has been appointed artistic director of English National Opera. Miskimmon, currently director of opera at the Norwegian National Opera and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMThursday, October 3, 2019
Hackney Empire’s artistic director has taken aim at the “pathetic” pace of change around representation in British theatre, as he reveals his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMThe Young Vic is relaunching the network at the heart of its emerging directors’ programme to improve the opportunities it offers around
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMYaël Farber, Anthony Neilson, Kathy Burke and Terry Johnson will direct work at the Boulevard Theatre next year as part of its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMOld Vic artistic director Matthew Warchus has claimed the social value of theatre has been restored as crucial to the industry’s overall
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMWednesday, October 2, 2019
Climate activists have welcomed the news that the Royal Shakespeare Company is severing ties with BP, bringing an end to years of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company is to bring its sponsorship deal with BP to an end this year, in the face of mounting
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Matthew Warchus has extended his tenure as artistic director of the Old Vic for an additional three years in order to oversee
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMMonday, September 30, 2019
English National Opera has unveiled a new safety curtain for its London home, in honour of the opera director Jonathan Miller. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMSeyi Omooba, the actor who was replaced in a production of The Color Purple following the emergence of historic anti-gay comments, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMBroadway musical Be More Chill has confirmed a transfer to London, where it will make its UK premiere at the Other Palace.
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Climate activists are calling on Arts Council England to place the ecological emergency at the heart of its strategy for the next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMLeaders of Shakespeare’s Globe and the Royal Shakespeare Company have countered claims by the Guardian critic Michael Billington that the quality of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMThursday, September 26, 2019
Young people from across the country have threatened to boycott the Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatre productions over its continued sponsorship deal with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Ken Dodd’s charitable foundation has announced a £250,000 donation to the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Merseyside, of which he was a patron.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
A guide seeking to clarify the processes behind the government’s Access to Work scheme has been published to help arts workers with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMShakespeare’s Globe has set up a writers-in-residence programme, in which three playwrights will pen bespoke work for its stages. Writers Sami Ibrahim,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMonday, September 23, 2019
The Doctor, starring Juliet Stevenson, will transfer to the West End next year, it has been announced. Robert Icke’s adaptation of Arthur
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMTheatre engagement among children has experienced a significant decrease in the past year, falling more than any other creative activity, according to
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