Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Actors Tanya Moodie, Harriet Walter and Samantha Bond and Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah have been named judges for this year’s Sir
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMTuesday, April 17, 2018
New Young Vic artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah has claimed he wants to “mess” with that notion that the UK only imports American
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMKwame Kwei-Armah’s first season as artistic director of the Young Vic will open with a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night and see
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMMonday, April 16, 2018
Curve is to stage the world premiere of Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, based on the book by Riaz Khan. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMSaga has awarded the contract to supply onboard entertainment on two of its new cruise ships to Cumbria-based Explosive Productions. Explosive will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMThe success of musical revivals of Hair and Pippin has seen the director’s star rise, but he is equally comfortable taking on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMActor Leo Wringer has accused critic Quentin Letts of an “unforgivable racial slur” against him. The actor, appearing in the Royal Shakespeare
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMLast week, it was announced that the Tricycle Theatre in north London has been renamed the Kiln Theatre. Artistic director Indhu Rubasingham told
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMThursday, April 5, 2018
Sherlock actor Amanda Abbington is to join Danny Mac in the UK premiere of Andrew Lippa’s A Little Princess. The semi-staged concert
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMA “passive culture of endorsing bullying” is allowing inappropriate behaviour to thrive in the industry, a new report claims. This is one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMWednesday, April 4, 2018
Exeter Northcott artistic and executive director Paul Jepson is to step down from the post after three years. Jepson joined the venue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMTheatres across the UK are boosting the support they provide to employees with children and caring responsibilities following ongoing pressure from campaigners.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, April 3, 2018
Last week, claims of actors being weighed at auditions emerged, with some reports suggesting performers had been stripped to their underwear as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMITV is to follow performers auditioning for leads in a West End show as part of a new series. The Big Audition
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMMonday, April 2, 2018
As the film star prepares to put that famously husky voice to full use in the West End, she tells Matthew Hemley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMSunday, April 1, 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber will become the first living composer to have musical-theatre songs performed live in space when he helps to launch
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMThursday, March 29, 2018
Ian McKellen’s life and career is the subject of a new film that promises “unprecedented access” to archive material, including behind-the-scenes footage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMA performing arts library in Surrey that houses thousands of musical scores and play texts is under threat as the local council
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMWednesday, March 28, 2018
Billie Piper and the cast of Yerma have kick-started Equity’s Safe Space campaign, which was developed following accusations of harassment in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMA package worth more than £150 million to help the creative industries thrive has been unveiled by the government. The creative industries
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMMatthew Kelly and David Yelland are to star in a new tour of Alan Bennett’s The Habit of Art. It begins on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMTuesday, March 27, 2018
An 80-seat temporary theatre, first introduced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is moving to London to become a third space for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMClaims of actors being stripped and weighed at auditions and being told they are “too fat” for roles have promoted calls for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMActor Anne-Marie Duff has revealed how a bout of stage fright almost put an end to her career. Duff said it was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMMonday, March 26, 2018
Last week, Andrew Lloyd Webber claimed the West End is not currently matching Broadway in terms of successes with original musical theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:29AMSingers including Marc Almond, Ronan Keating and Rick Astley are to put their own stamp on Andrew Lloyd Webber songs, as part
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Playwright Alistair McDowall is the winner of the 2018 Pinter Commission and will write a new play for the Royal Court in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Caroline, Or Change is to transfer to the West End. The show, which ran in Chichester last
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMThursday, March 22, 2018
Salford venue the Lowry is piloting a scheme aimed at helping solo theatregoers meet other people attending shows alone. Going Solo works
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMWednesday, March 21, 2018
Pippin and Hair producer Aria Entertainment has teamed up with Tony-award-winning New York company Keirstead Productions to stage musicals in both London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:57AMDavid Harrower is to adapt Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Lia Williams to mark the centenary year of
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