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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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Shakespeare biographer James Shapiro wins Sheridan Morley Prize by Georgia Snow

James Shapiro has won this year’s Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. Shapiro, who is a professor at Columbia University in New

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Broadway musical Side Show to run at Southwark Playhouse by Georgia Snow

Broadway musical Side Show will receive its UK premiere later this year at Southwark Playhouse. The show, which first ran in New

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Mamma Mia! and Wicked star Louise Plowright dies after cancer battle by Georgia Snow

Musical theatre performer Louise Plowright, known for her roles in Mamma Mia! and Wicked, has died aged 59. Plowright, who also appeared

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Kneehigh’s pop-up theatre returns for sixth summer by Georgia Snow

Kneehigh’s pop-up theatre, the Asylum, is to return for a sixth year, staging three shows throughout the summer. The purpose-built tent will

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Michael Ball: ‘Theatre is better at diversity than film’ by Georgia Snow

Performers Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton have praised the theatre sector for its diversity, claiming it is better than in the film

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Rhiannon Faith: ‘I try to make sure I take the audience on a journey’ by Georgia Snow

Collaboration can be the key to producing new work. Here, the dancer tells Georgia Snow how personal traumatic experiences inspired the creation

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Casting announced for Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Loves by Georgia Snow

Tamzin Outhwaite, Nicholas Le Prevost and Jenny Seagrove are to star in How the Other Half Loves in the West End. They

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Stephen Joseph Theatre appoints Theatre 503’s Paul Robinson as artistic director by Georgia Snow

Theatre503 artistic director Paul Robinson has been appointed to lead the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Robinson, who has run the Battersea-based

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Heavyweights Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh lead Olivier nominations by Georgia Snow

IN DETAIL: Click here for a full list of this year’s nominations Imelda Staunton, Judi Dench, Mark Rylance and Kenneth Branagh are among the

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Southwark Playhouse dominates 2016 Offies by Georgia Snow

Performers including Clare Higgins and Matthew Tennyson are among the winners at the 2016 Off West End Awards, also known as the

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Sky offers £150k funding to emerging artists by Georgia Snow

Sky has launched the fifth year of its arts scholarship programme, which will include comedy and film categories for the first time.

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ENO chorus votes to strike in pay dispute by Georgia Snow

Chorus members at English National Opera will strike for the first time in 13 years in response to proposed changes to their

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Jenna Russell joins Doctor Faustus cast by Georgia Snow

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

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Gavin McAlinden launches London Irish Rep company by Georgia Snow

A director who was at the centre of a row over actors’ wages has set up a new theatre company, with a

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Crowdfunding campaign launched for Edinburgh Fringe bloggers by Georgia Snow

A new scheme to help bloggers cover the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched. The project, called the Network of Independent Critics,

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Norfolk and Norwich Festival announces 2016 programme by Georgia Snow

A new production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest leads the theatre programme for the 2016 Norfolk and Norwich Festival. Kim Noble and Belgian

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Wales Millennium Centre and WNO hit with 3.5% funding cuts by Georgia Snow

Wales Millennium Centre and Welsh National Opera are among the major organisations to have suffered funding cuts under Arts Council of Wales’

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Menier Chocolate Factory to stage new David Baddiel show by Georgia Snow

David Baddiel is to premiere his new show, My Family: Not the Sitcom, at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year. It

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Mohsen Nouri: ‘Puppets have an ability to come to life in a way that actors don’t’ by Georgia Snow

After initially training as a prop maker, Nouri has worked on a range of theatre projects as well as in film. He

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Young Vic announces four new shows for 2016 by Georgia Snow

The Isango Ensemble is to return to the Young Vic for the UK premiere of A Man of Good Hope later this

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Meera Syal joins cast of Branagh’s Romeo and Juliet by Georgia Snow

Meera Syal has joined the cast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet. She will perform alongside the previously announced

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Edinburgh’s Sweet Venues expands to Brighton Fringe by Georgia Snow

Edinburgh venue operator Sweet will run a programme at the Brighton Fringe for the first time this year. The 2016 fringe, which

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Friday, February 19, 2016

Ron Cook to join cast of Donmar’s Faith Healer by Georgia Snow

Ron Cook is to join the cast of Faith Healer at the Donmar Warehouse. Cook will appear alongside the previously announced Stephen

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Family Arts Festival extended for 2016 by Georgia Snow

The Family Arts Campaign has announced that its festival will run for a full month in 2016, making it the largest since

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Richard Fleeshman and Louise Dearman cast in Guys and Dolls tour by Georgia Snow

Richard Fleeshman and Louise Dearman are to lead the cast of Guys and Dolls on its forthcoming tour of the UK. Fleeshman

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All-star cast announced for Globe’s The Complete Walk film series by Georgia Snow

Simon Russell Beale, Peter Capaldi, Dominic West and Hayley Atwell are among the first performers announced for Shakespeare’s Globe film series The

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Lorcan Cranitch: ‘Actors are guns for hire’ by Georgia Snow

Irish actor Lorcan Cranitch has carved a career out of moving between theatre and screen work, and between the UK and Ireland.

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

BalletBoyz launches dance scheme for people with disabilities by Georgia Snow

Dance company BalletBoyz is launching a new initiative offering dance lessons to people with a disability. Kingston-based BalletBoyz is partnering with YMCA

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Tara Fitzgerald and Ray Fearon cast in the Globe’s Macbeth by Georgia Snow

Tara Fitzgerald and Ray Fearon have been cast in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of Emma Rice’s inaugural season as artistic

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Street dance Jungle Book to tour from April by Georgia Snow

A reimagining of The Jungle Book featuring street dance and circus is to tour the UK later this year. Jungle Book has

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