Friday, February 8, 2019
Northern Broadsides has named Laurie Sansom as its new artistic director and chief executive. He replaces Conrad Nelson, who was appointed to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMThursday, February 7, 2019
Michelle Fairley and Irfan Shamji are the winners of this year’s Clarence Derwent awards. The awards, from union Equity, honour best supporting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMCirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has purchased The Works Entertainment, the company behind shows such as The Illusionists. The company said the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMA role in a forthcoming stage version of CBeebies’ Twirlywoos is to be job shared between two performers with young children, marking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
Theatre designer Vicki Mortimer has joined the board of the National Theatre, as part of a number of new appointments. She joins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMHope Theatre artistic director Matthew Parker has announced his intention to step down this year. Parker, who has run the north London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMThree London drama schools are offering aspiring performers the chance to audition for all of them on one day, for a flat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMLes Miserables designer John Napier has lamented plans to replace the current West End staging with a touring version, labelling the newer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMAfter more than three decades in the West End, John Napier’s staging of Les Miserables is set to be replaced by the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMTuesday, February 5, 2019
A stage production based on George A Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is to run in a new immersive space in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMMonday, February 4, 2019
A new initiative that seeks to bridge the gap between relaxed performances in the West End has launched, offering young people with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMFriday, February 1, 2019
West End shows will come together to sell props, photos and posters as part of a new event to raise money for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMClive Owen and Lia Williams are to star in Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana in the West End. The play,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMThursday, January 31, 2019
Producer Peter Wilson has pulled out of a planned takeover of the Arts Theatre in London, blaming “inadequate” proposals for the venue’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMCasting director David Grindrod, choreographer Arlene Phillips and producer Danielle Tarento are among the names lined up to appear as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMWest End theatres will dim the lights tonight at 7pm as a mark of respect for producer Duncan C Weldon. Weldon’s death
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMWednesday, January 30, 2019
Performers Charlie Stemp and Jodie Jacobs will talk about their mental health struggles as part of a new initiative that aims to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMA new flexible performance venue from the team behind the King’s Cross Theatre is to open in west London this summer, based
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMTuesday, January 29, 2019
Sadler’s Wells is to premiere a new dance production set to the music of Sting and choreographed by Kate Prince. Message in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMMusical Daddy Long Legs and a stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s The Butterfly Lion will form part of the Barn Theatre’s 2019
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMonday, January 28, 2019
English National Opera has launched what it describes as a “key step forward” in making the industry more representative, with plans to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMGeorge Perrin and James Grieve are stepping down as joint artistic directors of new writing theatre company Paines Plough after nine years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMA “game-changing” study will follow hundreds of children over the first 25 years of their lives, to monitor how their involvement with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMFriday, January 25, 2019
Mischief Theatre, the company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, is to take over the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre for a year-long
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMMiriam-Teak Lee is to star in a new musical about Juliet from Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, that will feature pop songs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
Theatre agent Stuart Piper has revealed details of a new “boutique” company, which counts Danielle Hope and Wayne Sleep among its first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Giles Terera has pulled out of the Old Vic’s forthcoming production of The American Clock citing personal reasons, with Clarke Peters replacing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMCasting directors behind shows including Follies and Hamilton have been nominated for an inaugural awards ceremony honouring their work. The Casting Awards
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMNorthern Ireland Opera has lost a tribunal brought against it by actors including Coronation Street’s Kerri Quinn, which revolved around performers’ rights
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:06AMMonday, January 21, 2019
This week, Matt Trueman criticised theatre for failing to do enough to address Brexit on stage. He said: “British theatre dropped the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMA theatre company is offering parents free childcare when they attend its latest production. Anyone attending a Sunday matinee of Rachel Harper’s
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