Friday, November 11, 2016
Michael Attenborough has been named director emeritus at RADA, a role in which he will teach students and advise on the building
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMThursday, November 10, 2016
BBC Radio 4 has secured exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for a three-part documentary, which will feature audio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMTheatre Royal Bury St Edmunds has unveiled a new leadership structure, as general manager Adrian Grady announces he will step down from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMEvery student studying drama in Sheffield will be able to see all productions at the city’s Crucible theatre for free, as part
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AMRobert Hastie will kick off his first season as new artistic director of Sheffield Theatres with a production of Julius Caesar that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AMTuesday, November 8, 2016
Tim Pigott-Smith will reprise the title role in a BBC2 adaptation of Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III, which sees Charlotte Riley joining
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMDaniel Evans has claimed emerging directors face more challenges than performers in forging a career, claiming there are a “limited number of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMPerformer Jackie Clune has become the latest figure to criticise the lack of support for working parents in theatre, claiming the industry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMStiles and Drewe musical The Wind in the Willows will transfer to the London Palladium next summer. The show opened earlier this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Staff working outside the West End are likely to be the hardest hit by compulsory redundancies, union BECTU has claimed. The union
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMFriday, November 4, 2016
West End star Kerry Ellis has joined the presenter line-up for new radio station Encore. The station, which launched earlier this month,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMFormer culture ministers Ed Vaizey and David Lammy have been appointed to the board of the National Youth Theatre. Lammy was a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is to open new studio spaces in south London, putting it at “the heart
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child has extended its booking period in London to February 2018. A further 60,000 tickets for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:38AMA third of all secondary state schools in the UK have signed up to a free National Theatre initiative that allows students
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMPerformer, campaigner and broadcaster Amy Lamé has been appointed as London’s first ever night tsar, a role in which she will become
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMThursday, November 3, 2016
Broadcaster Sky has claimed its drama output is “leading the way” when it comes to its own diversity targets, with new statistics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMActor Romola Garai has accused the theatre industry of discriminating against parents, claiming some performers are being made to choose between a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Carole King musical Beautiful will tour the UK next year. The show opens at the Bradford Alhambra on September 9, 2017, running
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:15PMStage Directors UK founder and chief executive Piers Haggard is to step down from the post. Haggard said he was “stepping back”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMLondon’s Young Vic Theatre is to hold its first parent-and-baby performance, as part of a series of inclusive events planned at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMAmbassador Theatre Group is to carry out compulsory redundancies, as chief executive Mark Cornell looks to free up funding for the company’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMTuesday, November 1, 2016
Matthew Seadon-Young and Barbara Drennan are to join the cast of West End musical Beautiful. Seadon-Young, whose credits include Billy Elliot and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMMonday, October 31, 2016
Jim Steinman musical Bat Out of Hell will receive its world premiere in the UK next summer. The musical will run at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMTheatre company Graeae has launched a £10,000 crowdfunding campaign to support a scheme aimed at giving d/Deaf and disabled creatives training and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMMiriam Margolyes, Morgana Robinson and Michelle Collins feature in Park Theatre’s new season, which sees an access performance programmed for every production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMActor Noma Dumezweni has spoken of the challenges she faces as a parent working in theatre, revealing that “work just stopped” when
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMFriday, October 28, 2016
Lighting designer Lee Curran has criticised Shakespeare’s Globe for scrapping contemporary theatre design at the venue, claiming the move is “nonsense” and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMMel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein will receive its UK premiere at the Newcastle Theatre Royal next year, prior to a planned West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMEvelyn Hoskins is to lead the cast of Peter and the Starcatcher at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton. The show receives
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMThursday, October 27, 2016
Tracie Bennett has been named the first patron of Manchester fringe venue the Hope Mill Theatre. The theatre opened at the end
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