Wednesday, August 10, 2016
More than £1 million has been paid out in wages under Equity’s fringe agreement since it launched last year. The union said
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMA tour of popular show Dirty Dancing is to be hit by protests, following a bitter dispute over the production’s use of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, August 9, 2016
Voting has opened to discover the UK’s most welcoming theatres. Across Britain, 241 venues are competing to win the Most Welcoming Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMComedy troupe Kill the Beast and performer Liam Brennan have been named as the first winners of The Stage Edinburgh Awards. Kill
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMMonday, August 8, 2016
Former Liverpool Everyman artistic director Alan Dossor has died at the age of 74. The director worked at the venue between 1970
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:40AMWest End theatre owner and producer Nica Burns has criticised national newspapers for cutting back on their arts coverage, claiming “proper, erudite”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMFriday, August 5, 2016
42nd Street writer Mark Bramble will direct a new production of the musical that will run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMBroadway performer James Monroe Iglehart and West End star Trevor Dion Nicholas – who both play the Genie in musical Aladdin –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMThursday, August 4, 2016
Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Miss Saigon will open on Broadway in March next year, running in the same theatre where the musical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:04PMHarry Lloyd, Ilan Goodman and Michael Simkins have been cast in Good Canary, which will be directed by John Malkovich. The play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMStudents from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will perform for agents and casting directors in New York next month,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMRichard Madden has pulled out of Kenneth Branagh’s production of Romeo and Juliet completely following medical advice. The role of Romeo will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMMajor research aimed at identifying training and development gaps in offstage roles has been commissioned. The report is being conducted by creative
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, August 3, 2016
Casting organisation Spotlight is dropping its print directories after almost 90 years. The organisation began printing its directories in 1927, but has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMTuesday, August 2, 2016
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is to be adapted into a stage production where the creature will be portrayed by a full-sized puppet controlled
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AMGuys and Dolls is to close in the West End four months earlier than planned. The musical, which opened in Chichester before
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AMFormer Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding is to make her theatre debut in the touring production of Ghost – The Musical. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMMonday, August 1, 2016
Miss Saigon’s 25th anniversary performance is to be broadcast to cinemas in October. The musical was filmed on its 25th anniversary in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMA series of suicides in the industry has prompted the launch of a new website aimed at supporting entertainment professionals facing mental
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMLin-Manuel Miranda’s 14-minute musical 21 Chump Street will receive its European premiere as part of this year’s From Page to Stage festival.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AMJK Rowling has spoken of her hope that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will introduce young people to the theatre for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMFriday, July 29, 2016
July kicks off with new London mayor Sadiq Khan appointing Justine Simons as his deputy mayor for culture and creative industries, while
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMArts Council England is to release at least £60 million of unspent Lottery funding after building up all-time high reserves of more
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMAmbassador Theatre Group’s chief finance officer Helen Enright and business affairs director Peter Kavanagh have become the first high-profile departures from the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMA thriller written by JB Priestley is to be adapted for the stage and will receive its world premiere at the Old
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMThursday, July 28, 2016
Harriet Walter is to share her experiences playing both male and female Shakespeare roles in a new book. Brutus and Other Heroines
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMPaul Nicholls, Ben Onwukwe and Jack Ellis have been cast in the forthcoming tour of The Shawshank Redemption. The production will open
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMWest End performers from shows including Aladdin, Motown and The Bodyguard have backed a campaign launched by London mayor Sadiq Khan, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMTheatres in the West End and on Broadway will dim their lights in memory of theatre impresario James M Nederlander on August
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMWednesday, July 27, 2016
Bill Kenwright’s production of Evita is to tour the UK next year. The show previously ran at the Dominion Theatre in 2014
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AMCurve artistic director Nikolai Foster has urged theatre creators to do more to combat bad audience behaviour, claiming good performances will “silence people”.
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