Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Performers and backstage staff could face significant problems if West End shows start later after the introduction of all-night Tube services in London,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMMonday, August 22, 2016
The Almeida Theatre is to hold a relaxed performance of its latest play, They Drink It in the Congo. Taking place on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMProtests by the Musicians’ Union over a backing track being used in the stage show of Dirty Dancing have been overwhelmingly backed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMPerformers Lucy Jane Parkinson and Nancy Sullivan are winners in the third batch of The Stage Edinburgh Awards, alongside New York company
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMFriday, August 19, 2016
An exhibition exploring how historical events influenced the subject matter of productions staged during the Regency era is to open in Oxford.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMLondon’s 24-hour Tube service could see some West End shows abandon their traditional 7.30pm start times, the Society of London Theatre has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMTamsin Greig and Jessica Hynes will star in the UK premiere of Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMA-level results for the UK reveal a 15% drop in the number of students taking performing and expressive arts. This category includes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMThursday, August 18, 2016
Productions from Edinburgh Fringe venue Summerhall dominate the Total Theatre Awards nominations for this year. In total, Summerhall productions have picked up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PMCheek by Jowl founder Declan Donnellan has expressed concern that young directors are focusing too much on the aesthetics of their work,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMActors Celia Imrie and Ben Miles will appear as part of this year’s HighTide Festival, in a programme that also features four
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMA scheme for emerging talent run by the Old Vic in London has opened applications for its second year. The Old Vic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMAn anonymous collective of artists and producers is conducting a survey of working conditions at the Edinburgh Fringe through a website that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMFergus Morgan has been named the winner of The Stage Critic Search 2016. Morgan, who represented the East of England in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, August 17, 2016
A production of Snow White dubbed the world’s biggest pantomime that was due to star Spice Girl Mel B has been postponed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMThe Almeida Theatre has postponed its press night for They Drink It in the Congo after a cast injury. According to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:23AMLeicester venue Curve has announced a record turnover of £10.2 million, driven by an increase in ticket sales and touring work. Despite
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMLondon venue the Arts Theatre has defended itself against claims that an audience member was thrown out of a performance because she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMA decades-long campaign aimed at securing cheaper car insurance for actors has been abandoned by Equity, with the union claiming it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, August 16, 2016
Angela Lansbury will discuss her 70 years in showbusiness, including appearing in Broadway musicals such as Mame and Gypsy, as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AMKerry Ellis will star as Alice in the upcoming tour of musical Wonderland. The show, which has music by Frank Wildhorn, will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52AMLeading Edinburgh Fringe performers, venues and producers have issued a rallying call to the government to protect the flow of international artists
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMMonday, August 15, 2016
Musicians are planning further protests outside venues hosting the touring production of Dirty Dancing following a dispute over the use of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMMischief Theatre is to make its first foray into television, with a screen version of its hit show Peter Pan Goes Wrong,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMProducers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have denied entry to a “significant number of people” who bought tickets from online
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMFriday, August 12, 2016
Tom Nash has been named winner of this year’s Red Planet Prize, run by prolific television writer Tony Jordan. Nash’s script Percentages
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMA code of conduct aimed at supporting venues and companies at the Edinburgh Fringe to pay the living wage has been drawn
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMProlific producer Danielle Tarento has claimed that paying actors the Equity minimum would prevent her from staging the shows she has become
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, August 11, 2016
Simon Callow, Rufus Hound and Meera Syal will make digital cameos in a new production of Much Ado About Nothing that will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMWednesday, August 10, 2016
Veteran actor Rula Lenska, who is this year making her debut on the Edinburgh Fringe, has warned that the Brexit vote will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMMore than £1 million has been paid out in wages under Equity’s fringe agreement since it launched last year. The union said
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