Thursday, February 16, 2017
Marketing and PR agency Target Live is to open a Manchester office as it marks its 10th anniversary. Target Live was bought
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, February 15, 2017
North London venue the Park Theatre is to introduce booking fees on tickets purchased over the phone for the first time, as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMArts grants awarded by Bath and North East Somerset Council are to be abolished completely after councillors approved a new budget for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMEdward Fox is to star in a one-man play about poet John Betjeman. Sand in the Sandwiches is penned by Hugh Whitemore
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMCampaigners hoping to save the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough from demolition have vowed to fight a decision that prevents the building being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMWest London theatre the Lyric Hammersmith is partnering with the London South Bank University to launch a new master’s degree in creative
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMTuesday, February 14, 2017
Under-25s are being offered free tickets to see the Almeida Theatre’s production of Hamlet starring Andrew Scott, as part of a four-day
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse has appointed Amy Leach as associate director. Leach has previously directed Kes at the theatre in 2016, as well
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMMonday, February 13, 2017
London mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans to turn the Thames Estuary into a hub for the creative industries, including a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMFriday, February 10, 2017
Manchester’s Royal Exchange is to publish a manifesto outlining what audiences want from theatres. The manifesto will be presented on February 20
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMPlaywright Gary McNair has been become an associate artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. He joins a team of associate artists
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThursday, February 9, 2017
A play cancelled by the National Youth Theatre because of its apparent “extremist agenda” is to be given a new lease of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMLeading West End director Rachel Kavanaugh has criticised the static levels of pay in the sector, claiming they have not increased in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMWednesday, February 8, 2017
New Jez Butterworth play The Ferryman has announced a West End transfer before it has even premiered at London’s Royal Court. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
Producers and collaborators involved in the development of new British musicals will share details of their success stories as part of an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMMonday, February 6, 2017
Actors including Timothy West and Tony Robinson have hit out at “savage” cuts to arts budgets in the South West, with Equity
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMMore than half of respondents to a poll conducted by The Stage do not think that casting for a period production needs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMRose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has been given power to award its own degrees. From September this year, students will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMFriday, February 3, 2017
Grants to arts organisations in Bath are to be phased out completely by the local council, with campaigners claiming it will lead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMTheatre company Out of Joint has vowed to increase the amount of work it commissions from women to 50% of its output,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMAnthony Biggs is to step down as artistic director of London fringe venue Jermyn Street Theatre, to be replaced by Tom Littler.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMOne in 10 teachers responding to a Guardian survey claim art, music or drama has been dropped from their schools due to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMJulian Fellowes has backtracked on his claims that the West End production of Half a Sixpence should be all-white to reflect historical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMTheatre Royal Stratford East artistic director Kerry Michael is to leave the venue at the end of 2017 after 12 years in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMA production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Broadway performer Audra McDonald will open in the West End this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMThursday, February 2, 2017
John Smith is to step down as general secretary of the Musicians’ Union after 15 years. Announcing his retirement, Smith said he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMTewkesbury Theatre the Roses is to begin streaming productions live from its website, after receiving funding from Arts Council England. The theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMThomas Hescott has been appointed to run Stage Directors UK in the new role of executive director, as part of a management
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, February 1, 2017
An actor from the West End production of The Kite Runner used a curtain call to challenge US president Donald Trump’s new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMA leading diversity campaigner has criticised the theatre sector for being “actively racist”. Fraser Ayres, from the Triforce Creative Network, told a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMTuesday, January 31, 2017
Industry figures from across UK theatre came together on January 27 for The Stage Awards, held at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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