Friday, November 9, 2018
Ian McKellen has announced plans to raise money for 80 theatres across the UK as part of an ambitious nine-month solo tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMThursday, November 8, 2018
Talawa Theatre Company’s artistic director has argued “grey areas” must be acknowledged in the debate around identity, following claims that a placement
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMThe cost of building Manchester’s Factory arts centre has risen by nearly £20 million, almost doubling the council’s funding contribution, it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMWednesday, November 7, 2018
Warnings have been issued over the under-representation of people from lower-income backgrounds in the music industry, after it was revealed that children
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMHealth secretary Matt Hancock has declared that prescribing arts and culture should become an “indispensable tool” in tackling loneliness, mental health and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, November 6, 2018
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has extended its run in the West End until September 2019. The musical, which celebrates its first anniversary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMMonday, November 5, 2018
An Arts Council England-funded programme for minority ethnic arts leaders has found itself at the centre of a controversy after it was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMKevin Shaw, artistic director and chief executive of the Oldham Coliseum, has announced he is stepping down after 17 years. Shaw will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMFriday, November 2, 2018
LGBT+ cabaret venue the Royal Vauxhall Tavern has signed a 20-year lease, securing the future of the endangered entertainment club. The south
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMMore than half of those responding to a YouGov survey have backed giving GPs the power to offer arts on prescription as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMLondon dance organisation the Place has appointed Eddie Nixon as its new artistic director. He takes over from Richard Alston, who leaves
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMRoyal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward has joined the cast of the forthcoming film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. It is understood
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMThursday, November 1, 2018
Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling has announced it will transfer to the West End next year. The play, which premiered at Theatr
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMSouth East Dance has established a fund in memory of its former artistic director and chief executive Jamie Watton, who died earlier
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMThe UK Theatre Awards will revamp its judging process for 2019 to include input from its member venues. UK Theatre’s annual awards
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:12AMWednesday, October 31, 2018
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire’s Trafalgar Entertainment Group has made two major appointments as it looks to expand in the UK and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32PMMore than 100 MPs have written to the culture secretary demanding he step in to protect the Black Cultural Archives in south
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMA cast of more than 100 actors will appear in a new interactive survival experience set to run in a secret location
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMMonday, October 29, 2018
The decline of arts subjects in schools is not only impacting the creative industries, but is also having a damaging effect on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PMKwame Kwei-Armah is to collaborate with Idris Elba on a new multi-genre production inspired by South Africa for next year’s Manchester International
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMFriday, October 26, 2018
A stage show based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s life and career is being developed and will be workshopped at a London theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMLegislation that could have enabled self-employed parents in theatre and the creative industries to share parental leave has failed to progress past
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMDaisy Heath has been appointed executive director of Kiln Theatre in London. Heath joins from the Young Vic, where she has held
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMOpera North is to receive nearly £500,000 towards its multimillion-pound expansion plans, as part of Arts Council England’s small capital grants programme.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMThursday, October 25, 2018
Howard Goodall’s musical The Hired Man is being revived at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch next year, it has been announced. The musical,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMPointe shoes for black, Asian and minority ethnic ballet dancers are being made in the UK for the first time, in what
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMCaro Newling is to step down as the chair of new writing theatre company Paines Plough after nine years. The theatre producer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMThe BBC could outsource the making of its topical arts coverage, and has announced it will open a bidding process for its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMThe Royal Court’s international director, Elyse Dodgson, has died. Dodgson, who worked at the Royal Court for more than 30 years and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMWednesday, October 24, 2018
The Royal Opera House will appeal a landmark ruling in favour of a musician who claimed his hearing was “irreversibly damaged” during
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMPlans for Coventry’s forthcoming year as UK City of Culture have been given a £5 million boost by Arts Council England. The
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