Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Paines Plough is to launch its portable in-the-round theatre in August at Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue Summerhall, where it will partner with Northern Stage to present a series of perform…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMPlans are being drawn up to open a new open-air theatre on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, inspired by the cliff-side Minack Theatre in Cornwall. A former actor is leading a campaign in Te…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMMore emergency money was handed out by Arts Council England to performing arts companies than any other type of its regularly funded organisations between 2011 and 2013, it has been revealed…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, June 3, 2014
Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron are to collaborate on a new touring arena show based on the director’s 2009 film Avatar. The production will begin a 10-year worldwide tour from late 201…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMMonday, June 2, 2014
West End Live will this year include performances from musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Miss Saigon and for the first time will feature a 1920s Spiegeltent featuring talks with…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:08PMFriday, May 30, 2014
Arts Council Wales and the Welsh Government have revealed they will commit £20 million to improving how the arts are used in education from this autumn. The fund, which is expected to be di…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMWilton’s Music Hall is to host a three-day dance festival this autumn to showcase new work by emerging artists and forge relationships for future collaborations. The east London venue will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMThursday, May 29, 2014
Four band members were arrested after busking in central London earlier this month, prompting further calls to create uniform guidelines for musicians playing in public spaces. The arrest of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and English Touring Theatre are to collaborate for the first time on a touring production of A Mad World My Masters by Thomas Middleton next spring. The show, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMIpswich theatre and film company Red Rose Chain is to open a 120-seat flexible venue this autumn, which will enable it to produce more work year-round. The Avenue Theatre will allow the comp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, May 28, 2014
Moscow’s Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre is to perform the UK premiere of a theatre adaptation of Eugene Onegin at the Barbican next spring. A 45-person ensemble of actors, dancers and m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse is to stage its first dementia-friendly performance this December. The venue will present a specially adapted version of its Christmas musical – Irving Berlin’s …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMMore than three-quarters of actors in the UK earned less than £5,000 in 2013, according to a new survey by a castings website. Research revealed that of the 1,700 respondents, 46% made less…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, May 27, 2014
Around 85% of audiences that attend live screenings of opera do not feel more compelled to see the art form live afterwards, according to a new survey. The investigation found that, after se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMLinda Bassett and Robin Soans are to appear in a new play about dementia by Barney Norris when it transfers to the Bush Theatre in London this November. Both will reprise their roles in Visi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMPhyllida Lloyd will return to the Donmar Warehouse to direct an all-female production of Henry IV, the second of a trilogy of Shakespearian productions that began with Julius Caesar in 2012.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:54AMFriday, May 23, 2014
David Hare’s play Skylight starring Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard is to be broadcast live from the West End this summer. The production, which runs at Wyndham’s Theatre fr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMJoanne Froggatt has been cast in the UK premiere of Rabbit Hole at the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn. The actor, who is best known for her role in ITV’s Downton Abbey, will appear in the&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMWomen’s theatre company Clean Break and dance organisation Hofesh Shechter Company have received prizes for their board members’ work at this year’s Arts and Business Awards. At a cere…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, May 22, 2014
Plans to extend the Piccadilly Theatre’s first floor bar by building an external balcony have been submitted to Westminster City Council, after it was revealed the venue is losing trade to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTax breaks for the theatre industry to be introduced this autumn could bring in £100 million for commercial theatre and £20 million for touring productions in coming years, Arts Council En…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHetty Feather is to transfer to the West End this summer, replacing Handbagged at the Vaudeville Theatre. The stage adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson’s book by Emma Reeves will run from Augu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMThe Bush Theatre in west London has appointed Jon Gilchrist as its new executive director. He will begin in his role from September 1, joining from the Lowry in Salford where he has been mar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMEquity is to push for minimum rates of pay for child performers, following concerns about “insufficient protection” being provided by the union for child actors. Actors have claimed that…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMActors have called for more support to be provided to performers who have depression and other mental health problems. This follows the suicides of actors Richard Gent and Paul Bhattacharjee…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:15AMPlans to introduce actors to mime the parts of musicians who were made redundant from the National Theatre’s West End production of War Horse in March have been labelled “desperately unf…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:45AMWednesday, May 21, 2014
Gate Theatre’s Grounded, starring Lucy Ellinson, is to transfer to the US before embarking on a tour of the UK this summer. The show, which is currently playing at the Gate Theatre in west…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMEnglish National Ballet dancers Junor Souza and Alison McWhinney have been named joint winners of the company’s Emerging Dancer Competition. At the live competition on Monday night at Lond…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMHip hop artist Ivan Blackstock and Chinese company Tao Dance Theatre are among the performers featuring at this year’s Dance Umbrella festival, which stages works across London venues. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMFriday, May 16, 2014
Suranne Jones has become a patron of new Manchester venue Home, which opens in spring 2015. The actor joins fellow patrons including director Danny Boyle and National Theatre director Nichol…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMThursday, May 15, 2014
Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre artistic director Ken Alexander is to leave the venue at the end of next month after 18 months in post and will not be replaced. He will step down from his&…
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