Friday, July 6, 2018
Imelda Staunton has been awarded honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music. Honorary membership is limited to 300 living people who
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A toolkit aimed at helping arts organisations strengthen their relationships with audiences is being launched. Led by Arts Council England, the Impact
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMHeathers – The Musical starring Carrie Hope Fletcher is to transfer to the West End following its run at the Other Palace.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AMWednesday, July 4, 2018
Playwright James Graham has called on theatres and arts organisations to adopt collective writing models for new work, in a bid to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMTuesday, July 3, 2018
Steven Atkinson is to step down as artistic director of HighTide after 12 years, as the company announces it will take a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMA theatre haulage company has gone into liquidation blaming cash-flow problems caused by a string of collapsed musical tours, including Thoroughly Modern
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:36AMSunday, July 1, 2018
Choreographer Gillian Lynne, whose credits include Cats and The Phantom of the Opera, has died aged 92. News of her death was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54PMFriday, June 29, 2018
Misty, the Bush Theatre production written by Arinze Kene, is transferring to Trafalgar Studios. It will run at the venue from September
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMThursday, June 28, 2018
Arts Council England is to hire an economist for the first time, claiming the new role will enable it to make a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMWednesday, June 27, 2018
NT Live productions are to be free to the public for the first time. The National Theatre has teamed up with Wembley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMArts Council England chief executive Darren Henley has called for all schoolchildren to be taught creative subjects, claiming anything that is “good
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMGlobal licensing house Theatrical Rights Worldwide has launched a search to represent the UK’s next generation of musical theatre writers. TRW, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMTuesday, June 26, 2018
Performers are being warned to scrutinise contracts properly, after it emerged that agreements used on the recently collapsed Thoroughly Modern Millie tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMMonday, June 25, 2018
Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney are taking a show to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where each will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMIndustry body Stage Directors UK is piloting a series of ‘hubs’ outside the capital – based in Wales, Glasgow and Manchester –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:25AMLast week, it was revealed that Wayne McGregor is choreographing a big screen adaptation of Cats. The film will follow screen adaptations
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMSaturday, June 16, 2018
Producer Thelma Holt has been awarded the 2018 Sam Wanamaker Award, which celebrates work that has increased the understanding and enjoyment of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMFriday, June 15, 2018
Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn are to star in the West End premiere of Sam Shepard’s True West. It will run at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMA theatre website has apologised “unreservedly” for a review in which a critic referred to the weight of performer Nicola Coughlan. Coughlan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMThursday, June 14, 2018
Equity low pay no pay officer Emmanuel de Lange is to become the union’s new West End organiser. He will replace Virginia
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMAndrew Lloyd Webber has labelled cuts to music education in schools as “ludicrous”. The composer, a staunch advocate of the importance of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMDavid Threlfall and Rufus Hound are to reprise their roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Don Quixote when the play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:42AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is naming its sixth-form college’s studio theatre after playwright Willy Russell. The new studio will officially be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMTunbridge Wells’ Assembly Hall Theatre is to begin producing its own work for the first time and has appointed Carole Winter to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Mark Dobson is to step down as executive director of the Royal Exchange in Manchester after less than two years, blaming differences
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMSophie-Louise Dann, Liam Tamne and Damian Humbley have been cast in the UK premiere of Spamilton: An American Parody. They join Marc
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMMonday, June 11, 2018
The Almeida Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke is to transfer to the West End. It will play at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMFriday, June 8, 2018
Rose Theatre Kingston has committed to ending single-use plastic at the venue as part of a commitment to becoming a greener organisation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMAn actor appearing in 42nd Street saved a performance of Mamma Mia! just down the road, after she made a quick dash
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMProducer Paul Elliott has insisted he is not retiring from the industry, despite a press release issued earlier this week that announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMThursday, June 7, 2018
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has unveiled new onsite studios that will enable most of its productions to be rehearsed within its
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