Wednesday, March 21, 2018
David Harrower is to adapt Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie starring Lia Williams to mark the centenary year of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMPlans to build a hotel next to the West End’s Adelphi Theatre have sparked fresh concerns over the “detrimental” impact of potential
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMTuesday, March 20, 2018
Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed the West End is falling behind Broadway in terms of creating original musicals. Speaking to the BBC’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:05AMMonday, March 19, 2018
Last week, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced a West End transfer of its two-part show Imperium, based on the novels of Robert
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMFriday, March 16, 2018
Actor Monica Dolan has called on the theatre and TV to better support female writers, claiming organisations are currently too focused on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMThursday, March 15, 2018
Lenny Henry has called on the industry to “step up and be more bullish” in persuading the government about its value
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMAmbitious plans to secure the future of arts provision in schools and ensure drama remains a vital part of children’s education have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe Stage Debut Awards will return for a second year in September, once again honouring breakthrough actors and creatives. Last year’s inaugural
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMWednesday, March 14, 2018
Amanda Holden has been named a new patron of Polka Theatre. She has been brought on board specifically to support the children’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMChoreographer Gillian Lynne is to become the first woman to have a West End theatre named after her, after Andrew Lloyd Webber
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AMTuesday, March 13, 2018
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Imperium, based on the Cicero trilogy of books by Robert Harris, is to transfer to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMChristopher Wheeldon will choreograph a new production of Cinderella that will feature more than 90 dancers and is being billed as “the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:34AMBryony Shanahan has been named new associate artistic director of the Royal Exchange in Manchester. Shanahan, a former winner of the Young
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMMusical theatre collaborators are being offered guidance on every aspect of creating a show, through a new resource launched this week. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMMonday, March 12, 2018
Long-held plans to turn a former north-east London cinema into an entertainment venue managed by Soho Theatre have moved a step closer,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AMFriday, March 9, 2018
Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance has launched an online course in theatre studies that it claims will offer an “affordable
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThis year’s Olivier Awards will centre on the global Time’s Up movement, in an effort to make the industry “an even safer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMA new tour of musical Saturday Night Fever billed as a “big new music and dance spectacular” will open this year. Produced by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMThursday, March 8, 2018
An £8,000 fund has been launched to commemorate Northern School of Contemporary Dance founder Nadine Senior, which will be used to help
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMStuart Murphy, former director of Sky Entertainment Channels, has been named chief executive of English National Opera. He replaces Cressida Pollock, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AMWednesday, March 7, 2018
Arts Council England is to establish a Digital Culture Code that theatres will be expected to sign up to, in an effort
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
Theatre Royal Stratford East has been hit by a series of high-profile departures and has closed its acclaimed musical theatre development programme,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PMMonday, March 5, 2018
West End venue the Queen’s Theatre is to bolster its protection against a potential “blast and ballast attack”, after a review found
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMTheatre group Nimax has stopped handing out plastic straws at its West End venues in an effort to become more environmentally friendly.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMFriday, March 2, 2018
Drama school Italia Conti Academy is considering a sale of its principal central London premises. The academy, which is often said to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMMaureen Lipman has claimed that “a lack of moral courage” has enabled a culture of harassment in the entertainment industry, adding drama
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMThursday, March 1, 2018
As snow continues to fall across the UK, theatre productions including Cilla the Musical and Flashdance have had to cancel planned performances.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMTim Bano has been appointed joint lead critic at The Stage, as part of a move that sees Mark Shenton become New
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMProducer Underbelly and London venue the New Diorama Theatre have announced the winners of its inaugural Untapped Edinburgh competition, for which three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMMartin Shaw has claimed shorter rehearsals mean younger actors are not being given the chance to develop their skills. He has also
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMEquity has issued its strongest warning yet that theatre managements will be held to account for any instances of sexual harassment that
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