Monday, April 7, 2014
Subsidy for arts and culture is supported by nearly 60% of the general public, representing a “significant increase” from previous years, new data from Arts Council England has found. Th…
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Jesus Christ Superstar is to embark on an arena tour of the United States this summer , starring Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams, Brandon Boyd, from rock band Incubus, and former …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:43PMAlexandra Palace has unveiled designs for restoring its Victorian theatre, which will see the venue brought back into use as a performance space for the first time in around 80 years. The pl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMJamie Lloyd’s first production as part of his second season at the Trafalgar Studios in London will star Martin Freeman in the title role of Richard III. Directed by Lloyd, the production …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMThursday, April 3, 2014
A Halifax theatre has been labelled financially unsustainable by an independent report investigating options for its future, which calls on the local council to take “urgent’ action to a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMA free exhibition of memorabilia from Darcey Bussell’s career is to open at the Royal Ballet School’s museum in west London this summer. It will feature photographs and costumes from Bus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMSadler’s Wells has revealed that the Olympic park in east London is a possible site for its proposed new 500-seat theatre. Last year, the organisation announced plans to create a fourth pe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMLocal authorities in England are spending on average three times less on culture than the majority of residents want invested, new research has revealed. According to the results of a new su…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
The Royal Ballet is to launch a year-long training scheme for graduate dancers aimed at providing female ballerinas in particular with an “extra chance” to gain employment in the indust…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMBill Kenwright has denied that the UK’s touring theatre sector is in crisis, but claims the industry is suffering a series of problems that need to be overcome. Responding to recent conce…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Shakespeare’s entire collection of 154 sonnets will be read by a group of actors and poets led by Simon Russell Beale and Harriet Walter at the Southbank Centre in London this summer. The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMMonday, March 31, 2014
Wayne McGregor is to create a new full length ballet based on Virginia Woolf texts as part of Royal Opera House’s 2014/15 season. Called Woolf Works, McGregor’s piece will be based on…
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The Rose Theatre Kingston has revealed it is to revive Alan Bennett’s Single Spies and host its first Shakespeare’s Globe production as part of its summer season. Sarah Esdaile, associat…
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The Royal Shakespeare Company has commissioned four new plays from writers including Timberlake Wertenbaker to be performed at the site of its Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMDesigns to renovate London’s Arts Theatre have been revised, with the addition of a large rehearsal room that doubles up as a studio performance space. Previous planning applications for t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMWednesday, March 26, 2014
The Mayor of London has unveiled his updated cultural strategy for the capital, which includes commissioning studies on the impact of public investment for culture, and how to better support…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMLast year’s cancelled musical The Golden Voice is to be relaunched by the show’s writer in a new version called Best of Friends. The Golden Voice, which was scheduled to run last summer …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMMichael Boyd is to make his opera directorial debut with a new production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Roundhouse in north London next year. The former artistic director of the Royal S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMCircus acts will be able to take part in a competition this summer at the South Bank’s Udderbelly Festival to win a £5,000 prize and the opportunity to create a new show. The event, Circu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMThe National Theatre has appointed Tessa Ross, Channel 4’s controller of film and drama, as its new chief executive. She replaces Nick Starr and will join the National in November. Ross wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMBenedict Cumberbatch is to star in the title role of a production of Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre in London next year, the venue has confirmed today. Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the show w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, March 25, 2014
Rory Mullarkey has won the 2014 Pinter Commission playwriting award, which sees a new work by the winner supported by London’s Royal Court Theatre. The prize is now in its third year and i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:01PMTicketmaster has announced the winners of its inaugural competition recognising live entertainment blogs, with the prize for best theatre blog going to West End Wilma. The TM Blog Awards, wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:29PMTheatre owners should ensure regular expert surveys are carried out to better understand the materials used in their buildings, national advisory body the Theatres Trust has said. In respons…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMJuliet Stevenson is to reprise her role as Winnie in the Young Vic’s production of Happy Days at the London venue next year. The play, by Samuel Beckett, will run from February 13 to March…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMFriday, March 21, 2014
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang producer Michael Rose has put his principal production company into liquidation, leaving venues and suppliers, including the Ambassador Theatre Group and the Belgrade…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AMWednesday, March 19, 2014
Industry figures have welcomed confirmation of a major new UK theatre tax relief scheme by the government, describing it as a “monumental” development that could create millions of pound…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:37PMA theatre in Portsmouth has been pushed to the brink of closure after its bank provider closed its accounts and the venue had no access to money for six weeks. The Groundlings Theatre was …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMTheatre productions are to benefit from a major new tax relief scheme that will come into effect from this autumn, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in his budget today. From September…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMLawyers representing victims of the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse last December have demanded the venue’s owner reveal the measures being taken to ensure the building is safe before it r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMTuesday, March 18, 2014
Dance tutors and artists have hit back at claims by Oftsed that teachers at a school in north London are “too casual” in their dress for work, saying that dance teachers must be allowed …
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