Tuesday, 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.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMTicketing platform Eventbrite has moved to make itself the third largest ticketing site in Europe, after acquiring self-service platform Ticketscript. Ticketscript was
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Four out of five theatre professionals who answered a poll by The Stage claim to have been left unpaid by an employer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMJulian Fellowes has claimed period stage productions have less of a responsibility to employ diverse casts than shows set in the modern
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMFriday, January 27, 2017
Sonia Friedman made an impassioned speech at The Stage Awards, calling on the industry to use its power to make a difference
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35AMSonia Friedman has been named producer of the year at The Stage Awards in association with Insurance Brokers Ltd, marking the third
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AMRed carpet arrivals at this year’s Olivier Awards will be broadcast live around the world for the first time at this year’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMBeautiful Thing writer Jonathan Harvey is penning the first authorised new musical about Dusty Springfield, which will be directed by Maria Friedman.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMMore than 7,000 people have backed a campaign to save two theatres in north Devon from closure, amid fears the area will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMThursday, January 26, 2017
Open auditions are being held to find a new Tracy Turnblad for the upcoming tour of Hairspray. The auditions will take place
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMA talent agency launched by writer Jim Cartwright has formed a partnership with the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, in a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMLee Hall’s Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is to transfer to the West End. The musical will run at the Duke of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMWednesday, January 25, 2017
Theatre companies Graeae and Deafinitely have been awarded a share of more than £2 million as part of the latest round of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AM MPs are under renewed pressure to consider the impact of Brexit on the arts before voting to trigger article 50, from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMBillie Piper will reprise her award-winning turn in Simon Stone’s Yerma as part a new line-up of shows at the Young Vic,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMTuesday, January 24, 2017
Libby Purves has pulled out of hosting a new theatre show that will be aired on BBC Radio 4. The station announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMMusical Wicked has extended booking in the West End to May next year. It is now booking until May 26, 2018, at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMTom Stoppard has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to writing at this year’s Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards. Caryl Churchill
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMAmbassador Theatre Group operations director Peter Evans has become the latest high-profile departure from the company following management changes implemented last year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMMonday, January 23, 2017
Two theatres in north Devon have closed and cancelled all future shows after the trust operating them ran into financial problems. North
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMJohn Cleese has adapted Georges Feydeau’s farce Bang Bang for Mercury Theatre Colchester. The production will run from February 24 to March
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMThe number of grassroots music venues in London is stable for the first time since 2007, a new report claims. The London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMTalent management company Rights Ownership Artist Representation Group has acquired comedy agency Christian Knowles Productions, which represents talent such as Micky Flanagan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMPerformer Jonathan Ansell stormed the stage of a show produced by Stephen Leatherland in a protest over unpaid wages. As reported by
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Fast food chain Leon is opening a London branch that will hire performers who will serve and sing to customers. Leon said
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PMHoxton’s Courtyard Theatre is to relaunch as a home for new writing, after handing over the programming of its main space to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMNicholas Lyndhurst is to return to the West End stage following a five-year hiatus, starring alongside Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMBen Whishaw features in the Almeida Theatre’s new season, which includes premieres from James Graham and Christopher Shinn. Shinn’s play, Against, will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMThursday, January 19, 2017
Natalie Casey has joined the cast of Stepping Out in the West End. She joins the previously announced Amanda Holden, Tracy-Ann Oberman
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMA group of cross-party MPs is calling on the government to ban unpaid internships in the sector, following evidence submitted to an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMHackney Empire creative director Susie McKenna has stepped down from the role after seven years. She will take on a new part-time
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