Newly discovered documents about Shakespeare’s father have thrown light on the playwright’s early life and how his political views were formed. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMSeats from Theatre Royal Drury Lane are being offered free to “a good home” when the venue undergoes a refurbishment next year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMA performer in musical 42nd Street has made West End history by becoming the first to take a role on a job-share
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMDenise Van Outen has been forced to postpone her appearance in the current West End production of Chicago after suffering an injured
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMWriting in The Stage, Mark Shenton has questioned whether the UK can cope with the number of US musical theatre shows headed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMA rep company of 27 actors that reflects the nation “in terms of gender, ethnicity, regionality and disability” is being formed by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMEfforts to tackle sexual harassment in the entertainment industry are to be ramped up, after Equity won major support for a campaign
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMProposed tax reforms that threatened to hit low-income theatre workers with a fivefold increase to their national insurance payments have been scrapped.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMAs Kinky Boots celebrates its third birthday in the West End, Matthew Hemley meets the shows leads who are part of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMSherman Theatre’s Rachel O’Riordan has been named new artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith. She replaces Sean Holmes, who leaves in October.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMThe Theatre Royal Plymouth has been listed in recognition of its importance as an example of post-war repertory theatre. It has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMNational Theatre associate director Simon Godwin is leaving to become artistic director of US-based the Shakespeare Theatre Company. He will succeed Michael
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMPerforming arts college CPA Studios has officially gone into liquidation, citing financial challenges that made it unable to compete with its rivals
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMLabour has vowed to put creativity back at the “heart of the school curriculum” when it is next in government, claiming it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMLeading playwrights and arts figures including Dominic Cooke and Erica Whyman have rallied around Kiln artistic director Indhu Rubasingham, who has come
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMMadani Younis is stepping down as artistic director of the Bush Theatre to become creative director of the Southbank Centre He will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AMShakespeare’s Globe is launching a podcast that will take listeners behind the scenes and into rehearsal rooms. Hosted by artistic director Michelle
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMGhost Stories is to return for a run at the Lyric Hammersmith as part of artistic director Sean Holmes’ last season, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:09AMAndrew Lloyd Webber is ploughing more than £60,000 into supporting paid work placements for designers and lighting technicians in leading UK theatres
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMA plaque honouring Alan Jay Lerner has been unveiled at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, with Andrew Lloyd Webber paying tribute to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMJason Donovan is moving into theatre producing and has teamed up with Mark Goucher to launch a new tour of musical Priscilla,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMAndy Nyman is to star as Tevye in the new Menier Chocolate Factory production of Fiddler on the Roof. Directed by Trevor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMElla Stokes is the winner of a new scholarship at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire funded by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The grant will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMMaria Friedman, Lesley Garrett and Bonnie Langford are joining together to launch an album and UK tour. Called Golden Girls, the album
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMA Mamma Mia! spin-off show that was postponed following concerns from local residents is to open at the O2 in London. Mamma
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMRemains of Shakespearean playhouse the Theatre are to go on display to members of the public for the first time, as part
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMEarlier this month, leading performers including Michael Xavier and Emma Williams called on producers to do more to make it clearer when
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMWest End stars including Michael Xavier and Emma Williams are calling on producers to reintroduce pre-show audio announcements when understudies are performing.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMLinzi Hateley is to star in the 2018 UK tour of Blood Brothers. She will play Mrs Johnston in the Bill Kenwright
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMJulie Hesmondhalgh has won the first of this year’s The Stage Edinburgh Awards, for her performance in The Greatest Play in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMDouble Olivier award-winning choreographer Stephen Mear has hit out at drama school CPA Studios for failing to inform its patrons of its
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