Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Howard Davies, a former associate director with the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Almeida Theatre, has died at the age of
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Jimmy Perry, who ran the Watford Palace Theatre before finding fame writing a raft of television hits including Dad's Army and It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2016
As artistic director of the Soho Poly theatre from 1988-91, Tony Craze " himself an award-winning playwright " proved an ardent and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PM[SHARE]When news of Ann Emery's death at the age of 86 was announced, Stephen Daldry, who had directed her in the hit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2016
Selina Cartmell has been named new director of Dublin's Gate Theatre. She becomes the fourth person to hold the post since its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AM[SHARE]Four-time Olivier award-nominated playwright Stephen Clark, who wrote the book and lyrics for Howard Goodall's Love Story, has died at the age
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AM[SHARE]Friday, October 14, 2016
Ireland’s Arts Council has received an 8% boost to its funding from the Irish government as part of its recent budget. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AM[SHARE]A jester with a caustically comical view of politics, Dario Fo was a prolific playwright whose work confronted inequality, injustice, corruption, crime
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 13, 2016
Dario Fo, the Nobel prize-winning Italian actor and playwright famed for Accidental Death of an Anarchist, has died at the age of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2016
Described by his fellow producer John Stalker as "a towering figure in theatre and one that belied his diminutive, ever cheerful and
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Malcolm Drury had a promising career in the diplomatic service ahead of him when he decided to leave politics for television, where
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Hazel Douglas enjoyed something of an Indian summer playing scatter-brained and often sharp-tongued matriarchs in a career that spanned eight decades. Having
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 26, 2016
Local government authorities in Northern Ireland have been challenged to match-fund a £1.5 million initiative by the region's Arts Council to increase
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Theatre in Ireland has never been healthier. Despite the continuing aftershocks of the economic recession, the range on offer is considerable and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]In a career that spanned five decades, Edward Albee brought a critical, often caustic, focus to bear on the American dream. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AM[SHARE]Fiach Mac Conghail is a man with a mission. Certainly, no figure in Irish theatre over the past quarter-century has ranged so
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 17, 2016
Three times Pulitzer prize winner Edward Albee, author of Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, has died at the age of 88. His
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Education has been at the heart of English Touring Opera since its formation in 1979. Launched as Opera 80 by the Arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]New guidelines on gender equality by Dublin's Abbey Theatre have been described as "a momentous step forward" in achieving equal employment opportunities
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It was while touring with Donald Wolfit's company in 1942 as a callow 17-year-old that Brian Rix decided to emulate the great
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2016
As producer of BBC Radio 4's The Archers, William Smethurst was credited with breathing new life into a soap already into its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Those who knew and worked with the actor Roni Page regarded her with deep affection as a "dynamo of a woman in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 21, 2016
As one of the most singular British choreographers of her generation, Rosemary Butcher was a seminal figure in postmodern dance. Largely eschewing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Fiach Mac Conghail, director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, spoke for many when he described Anita Reeves, who has died aged 68, as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 14, 2016
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is to see its budget reduced by nearly £500,000 to £10.49 million in 2016/17. The cut
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AM[SHARE]With her geriatric chat-show host Mrs Merton and coarse couch potatoes The Royle Family, Caroline Aherne refashioned the template and tone of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Moving with eloquent ease between theatre, ballet and opera, Desmond Heeley was one of the most distinctive designers of his generation. His
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Spending on original British television drama increased to £311 million in 2015, according to the latest annual report on public service broadcasters
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No British tenor laid so indisputable a claim to ownership of one of Wagner's most charismatic characters so memorably and securely as
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As a widely respected producer and administrator, Nicola Thorold straddled the creative and financial sides of theatre with an ease that belied
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 29, 2016
As general administrator of the National Theatre in the second half of the 1970s, Peter Stevens played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in
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