Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Double Olivier award-winning choreographer Stephen Mear has hit out at drama school CPA Studios for failing to inform its patrons of its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMDrama school CPA Studios has closed suddenly blaming “financial challenges”, leaving staff out of work and students with nowhere to train. CPA
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Actor Caroline Sheen and playwright Barney Norris have been named new associates of the Watermill Theatre in West Berkshire. They have been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMRose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance is hosting free movement warm-up sessions for performers at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The
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Follies, Summer and Smoke and The Inheritance have been nominated for this year’s Knight of Illumination Awards. The awards honour international video
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMIan McKellen gave an impromptu ‘Audience with…’ event at the weekend, after an injury forced him to pull out of performing the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMEarlier this week, Fiona Mountford, theatre critic for the Evening Standard, tweeted: “I am so tired of seeing some male critics asleep
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMFriday, August 3, 2018
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre will no longer present the UK premiere of Pasek and Paul musical A Christmas Story, with Sondheim revue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMA play commissioned by the BBC as part of a controversial initiative for debut playwrights at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMJoanna Read is stepping down as principal of LAMDA to become chief executive of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre. She joined LAMDA in
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A production company has come under fire for plans to charge young people up to £100 to appear in its shows. Spark
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Rufus Norris has revealed there have been instances where his own behaviour in the rehearsal room has been challenged, following the implementation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMNew laws aimed at reducing knife crime in the UK could pose serious problems for fight directors and stage management in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMMikaela Bennett is to replace Sierra Boggess in the role of Maria for the BBC Proms production of West Side Story. Boggess
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F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is being turned into a musical, which will be showcased as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PM Charlotte Bence is to replace Emmanuel de Lange as Equity’s low pay/no pay organiser. Bence is a former student scheme coordinator
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Natasha Barnes is to play Charlotte Bronte in the world premiere of musical Wasted. The musical, written by Christopher Ash and Carl
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00PMMarianne Elliott has admitted she has considered giving up being a director, because she does not “find it easy”. Elliott, speaking on
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has launched a steering group that aims to strengthen the arts and culture sectors in the area.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMThursday, July 26, 2018
New Equity president Maureen Beattie has used one of her first public addresses to call on actors to “wake up and make
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMTheatres and music venues in England have secured much-needed protection from the threat of licensing restrictions and closure because of noise complaints
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMWednesday, July 25, 2018
A member of Lyric Hammersmith’s youth theatre will be funded to complete a 10-month foundation course at Arts Educational Schools under a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMA weekly support group for queer performers, producers, critics and backstage staff has been created for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has rebranded the venue division of his organisation as LW Theatres. The name change, from Really Useful Theatres, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMHoward Panter and Rosemary Squire’s Trafalgar Entertainment Group has made one of its most significant purchases since forming in 2017, with the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, July 24, 2018
Katori Hall’s Our Lady of Kibeho will receive its UK premiere at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton. The production will be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:51PMWendi Peters is to star in a UK tour of the musical Salad Days. The musical will tour from September, opening at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMAlexandra Burke is to join the cast of Chicago in the West End. She will play Roxie Hart in the production, at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMFriday, July 20, 2018
Theatre benefitted from £77 million of tax relief in 2017//18, up from £44 million the year before – a 75% increase. Official
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMTheatre by the Lake is to transfer its entire season of summer shows to the York Theatre Royal for the first time,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMPlaywright James Graham has revealed that an early draft of his new Brexit drama has been stolen and leaked online. The writer
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