Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Curve artistic director Nikolai Foster has urged theatre creators to do more to combat bad audience behaviour, claiming good performances will “silence people”.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Nottingham Playhouse artistic director Giles Croft is to step down from the role after 18 years. Croft, who joined the venue in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AMNational Theatre director Rufus Norris has warned that the arts sector has become “out of touch” with the rest of the country,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMEdinburgh’s festivals generated £280 million for the city in 2015, a 19% increase from the £235 million raised in 2010. According to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMMonday, July 25, 2016
The Stage Critic Search has announced the three grand finalists in the 2016 competition. Fergus Morgan, Kate Wyver and Will Thomas were
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMCheek by Jowl co-artistic director Declan Donnellan will be awarded a lifetime achievement prize at this year’s Venice Biennale. Donnellan will take
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMActor Freddie Fox has stepped into the role of Romeo in the West End production of Romeo and Juliet, after both Richard
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:14AMEastEnders actor Jack Derges and Miranda star James Holmes have joined the cast of The Boys in the Band at the Park
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMIndustry body Stage Directors UK has unveiled details of a new mentoring scheme aimed at offering “bespoke support” for its members. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMFriday, July 22, 2016
More than half of people who have booked to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are first-time theatregoers, the play’s producers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMTyrone Huntley had ruled himself out of ever playing Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. The performer believed his own physicality – short
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMCostumes worn by David Tennant, Judi Dench and Laurence Olivier during productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company are to be displayed as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMThursday, July 21, 2016
A tourism tax and increased partnerships with higher education bodies are among proposals being explored by an inquiry into the future of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMA video that goes behind the scenes of the new production of The Wind in the Willows has been released by the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMLondon’s Park Theatre has appointed Rachael Williams as its new executive director. Williams joins from Improbable, where she has been executive director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMA Royal Shakespeare Company bursary set up in the name of a South African performer is to end after 10 years, with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AME4 is to go behind the scenes of a drama school to bring viewers an “all-singing, all-dancing journey of auditions, love affairs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMMichael Grandage has announced an expansion of his theatre company in which the organisation will move into providing general management services for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, July 20, 2016
A video of Amber Riley performing I Am Changing from Dreamgirls has been released, ahead of her taking the lead role in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMBirmingham Repertory Theatre has secured more than £300,000 to continue a scheme that supports emerging talent from the West Midlands. Grants totalling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMMagicians who appeared in last year’s production of Impossible have accused producer Jamie Hendry of copying their acts for the show’s current
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, July 19, 2016
Hampstead Theatre’s production of Mike Bartlett’s Wild is to be live-streamed on July 23. In association with The Guardian, the production will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMMonday, July 18, 2016
Theatres and industry bodies including London’s Old Vic, the Donmar Warehouse and Equity have joined forces to create a major new consortium
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has appointed Rebecca Kane Burton as the new managing director of his theatres operation. Burton joins Really Useful Theatres
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMSaturday, July 16, 2016
Cast and crew from the forthcoming production of The Secret Garden have won this year’s West End Bake Off, which has raised
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMFriday, July 15, 2016
Ed Vaizey, the longest serving arts minister in British political history, has left the government following Theresa May’s appointment as prime minister.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:15PMBrexit’s impact on the cultural landscape is to be explored in a special edition of arts programme Front Row on BBC Radio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMNiamh Cusack and Matthew Lewis have been cast in the London premiere of Owen McCafferty’s play Unfaithful. Also starring Sean Campion and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMThursday, July 14, 2016
A musical based on novel Crime and Punishment that features the music of Toyah Willcox will run at open air theatre the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMUnderbelly, the production company behind the London Wondergound and Udderbelly festivals on the South Bank, is to transform Leicester Square into a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMActor Andy Serkis has become an honorary patron of Lancaster arts venue the Dukes. Serkis, who has performed with the theatre 14
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