The Edinburgh Festival Fringe just grows and grows, doesn’t it? The statistics defy predictions, break records, and every time things look as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMMusical postponed AUSTRALIA/MELBOURNE The Gordon Frost Organisation and Opera Australia have announced that their new production of Jekyll and Hyde has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMEvery two years the British Council’s Edinburgh Showcase rolls into town as the single biggest opportunity for UK theatre companies to introduce
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTeatre Lliure season SPAIN/BARCELONA Barcelona’s Teatre Lliure has announced its programme for the 2015/16 season, its 40th, including the return of Nuria
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:43PMSetting up your own professional theatre company is difficult enough nowadays, but in Poland it’s an even greater challenge because there you
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMLondon is an integral part of the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) world map, and has been so longer than you
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMGlobal fringe forum CANADA/MONTREAL The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals and Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society have announced that the 2016 Fringe World
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMHeading for Hong Kong CHINA/HONG KONG London-based Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, one of the major producers of live entertainment in Australasia, will open
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMIndigenous choice AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY Sydney Festival has announced that its next festival director will be Wesley Enoch. Taking over from Lieven Bertels in
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMFinancial shake-up AUSTRALIA/CANBERRA As part of a new budget, attorney general George Brandis announced expenditure of A$104.8 million (£53 million) over four
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:40PMHamlet in Hanoi Vietnam/Hanoi As part of a move to restore its status after a period of financial uncertainty, the Vietnam National
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMOne of the more intriguing voices for world theatre is the International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians (OISTAT). There can’t
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMCelebrating dance World April 29 saw International Dance Day celebrated all over the world, with a large number of live performances from professionals
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMBritish companies are highly visible across the globe for their contribution to creating today’s rapidly expanding international touring circuit, where not only
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMSchilling’s take on Faust shuns festival Hungary/Budapest A two-part, two-evening version of Goethe’s Faust, directed by Arpad Schilling, premieres in Budapest at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMAs a place to seek out talent, London has always been a hub for international productions. The fact that English is now
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMProtests over sacking RUSSIA/NOVOSIBIRSK Public protests have been mounting against Novosibirsk State Opera Theatre over the sacking of its boss and the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMWorld Theatre Day UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/FUJAIRAH Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski of Warsaw’s Nowy Teatr delivered the World Theatre Day Message on stage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMRed Rattler says sorry AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY The board of Sydney’s Red Rattler Theatre has issued an apology for refusing to allow a Jewish
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMDirectors’ sessions ITALY/SPOLETO The 16th La Mama Umbria International Symposium for Directors has announced its programme for 2015. Running from June 27-July
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMOpera House in need AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY Chief executive of Opera Australia Craig Hassall has welcomed the promise of new funds to refit Sydney
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:25PMHong Kong Arts Festival chief executive Tisa Ho tells Nick Awde about the strength of the arts in the region, how she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMThis year, the world’s nations united in slashing culture budgets and the first ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe show was cancelled because of protests. Nick Awde rounds up the key performin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTheater Amsterdam: Constructed in six months while the cast rehearsed, Theater Amsterdam is possibly the first ever purpose-built venue to showcase a single play - impressive, before you…
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