Monday, July 29, 2019
James McAvoy is to star in a new version of Cyrano de Bergerac in the West End’s Playhouse Theatre, the first in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMFriday, July 26, 2019
London drama schools RADA and LAMDA will leave the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama next week after more than 15 years as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMAisha Jawando will take over the title role in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical from October, as current star Nkeki Obi-Melekwe
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMThursday, July 25, 2019
A show premiering at Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month will feature costumes and props made from discarded clothes, as part of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMOne of British circus’ last big-cat trainers has criticised the news he will no longer be able to feature wild animals in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMNicky Morgan has been appointed culture secretary by new prime minister Boris Johnson. She replaces Jeremy Wright in the role, which he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMWednesday, July 24, 2019
MPs are to investigate whether changes should be made to the operation of the National Lottery, in the face of falling ticket
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMA bill banning wild animals in travelling circuses in England has been passed by parliament, bringing an end to a 13-year legislative
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Boris Johnson has been urged to support the UK’s creative industries in his new role as prime minister, in an open letter
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMHampstead Theatre will be expanding its month-long submissions window into a year-round operation, as part of a series of initiatives announced by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMA stage adaptation of Kay Mellor’s crime drama series Band of Gold will tour the UK in 2020, it has been announced.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMMonday, July 22, 2019
BECTU is exploring developing a sector-wide policy around equipping theatre staff with body cameras, after it emerged that some West End venues
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMThe international tour of Titanic the Musical has pulled dates in Russia and Saudi Arabia, with cast and crew reportedly given their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:29AMThe Inbetweeners’ Joe Thomas will star in a UK tour of What’s In a Name?, an adaptation of the French comedy Le
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMCassie Chadderton is to step down as head of UK Theatre. She has been in the role since 2016, and will leave
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMFriday, July 19, 2019
Complicité, Punchdrunk and English Touring Theatre have become the latest organisations to sign up to a board-shadowing programme aimed at diversifying theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMTheatre companies taking work to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe have joined together to encourage funded organisations to pay to see their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMProfessional musicians, including those working in West End pits, will be able to access a face-to-face counselling service as part of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMEverybody’s Talking About Jamie stars Layton Williams and Shane Richie have been confirmed for the show’s first UK tour, which begins in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMThursday, July 18, 2019
The English Baccalaureate should be scrapped in order to stem the decline of creative subjects at GCSE, a think tank has claimed,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMSarah Connolly has been forced to pull out of forthcoming performances at English National Opera and the BBC Proms after being diagnosed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMThe West End run of Fleabag will be live screened by National Theatre Live, producers have announced. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman show will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMWednesday, July 17, 2019
Google has suspended Viagogo from taking out paid-for advertising in its search results, claiming the secondary ticketing site has breached its advertising
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMSouthwark council has approved a £3.75 million loan to the Old Vic to deliver a “bold plan” for a new education and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMTuesday, July 16, 2019
Ushers working in West End theatres have begun wearing body cameras to combat increasing levels of aggressive behaviour from audiences. The Society
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMMonday, July 15, 2019
Directors in Scotland are calling on the country’s cultural sector to come together to help close a perceived gap in the career
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMPlays by Clare Barron, Kaite O’Reilly and Jeremy O Harris have been nominated for this year’s James Tait Black Prize for Drama.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMAndy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s Ghost Stories is to return for a three-month run at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMFirst Night Records, an independent label which specialises in West End and Broadway cast recordings, has been acquired by Warner Music Group.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMFriday, July 12, 2019
Plans to create the first theatre in Warrington for more than 25 years are no longer going ahead, the council’s leader has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMElla Hickson will premiere a new play at Shakespeare’s Globe later this year, directed by Natalie Abrahami. Swive [Elizabeth] “interrogates the power
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