Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Michael Grandage has warned that the West End will “close” unless producers provide cheaper tickets and better access for young people to London’s major theatres. The director claimed …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMNottingham Playhouse’s confirmed 100% funding cut from its county council will result in “tougher” times ahead and fewer actors being employed by the venue next year, the theatre’s c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMMichael Blakemore has won this year’s Sheridan Morley book prize for theatre writing. The director, who is currently working on Blithe Spirit in the West End, received the award for Stage …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMMonday, March 3, 2014
Culture secretary Maria Miller has said regional arts organisations should not see themselves as “competing” with London-based ones for funding. In a speech she made this afternoon at th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMSunday, March 2, 2014
Southwark Playhouse’s presentation of a new chamber version of musical Titanic has won the most prizes at this year’s Off West End Theatre Awards, including best musical production. The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:01PMFriday, February 28, 2014
Stewart Pringle has been appointed the new artistic director of the Old Red Lion Theatre in north London. He joins the fringe venue next month and replaces Nicholas Thompson, who leaves in A…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMPunchdrunk has confirmed its immersive show The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable has been extended until “at least” April. The show, which is a co-production with the National Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AMCardiff Council has confirmed it will remove its entire annual funding to more than 10 arts organisations including venue Sherman Cymru and circus company Nofit State Circus as part of a bud…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMThursday, February 27, 2014
Nottinghamshire County Council has confirmed it will remove all of its funding for Nottingham Playhouse from April despite campaigners’ attempts to convince the local authority not to go a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:11PMLondon Theatre Direct has announced it is to accept Bitcoins as a payment, claiming it has become the first ticket agency to use the digital currency. The online retailer has said it hopes t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PMDavid Walliams has revealed plans to return to the theatre in another show directed by Michael Grandage. The comedian said that after appearing as Bottom in the Michael Grandage Company’s …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AMCampaigners have called for a new £30 million theatre in Exeter, following the publication of a report claiming a city centre theatre is “long overdue”. The Theatre for Exeter Developme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMSteve Winter, the director of Old Vic New Voices in London, is to step down this week after nine years at the organisation. Winter, who joined the Old Vic’s talent development arm in 2004,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMRoisin McBrinn is to leave her position as Sherman Cymru associate director at the end of this month. She has been in post at the Cardiff theatre for two years and during that time has...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMWednesday, February 26, 2014
This year’s Brighton Fringe Festival – which runs from May 3 to June 1 – has increased its number of free shows and events by 5% with fringe audiences paying nothing for almost a third…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe National Theatre production of The Elephantom is to transfer to the West End this summer. Adapted from Ross Collins’ children’s picture book by Ben Power, the show will run at the Ne…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
Two men accused of attacking actor Clive Mantle in a row that left the former Casualty star with some of his ear bitten off have been cleared of all charges. According to reports, a jury...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMDawn French has announced she will tour a new one-woman comedy show around the UK this summer, directed by Michael Grandage. The show, 30 Million Minutes, marks her first ever solo tour and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMBrighton Festival is to premiere a new work jointly created by playwright Lucy Kirkwood and dance company Lost Dog and will host the first UK touring date of a stage adaptation of Catch 22 a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AMMonday, February 24, 2014
The National Theatre of Scotland production of Let the Right One In has been confirmed as the show that will reopen the Apollo Theatre in London at the end of March following its ceiling col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMSunday, February 23, 2014
The Michael Grandage Company and The Book of Mormon have won the most prizes at this year’s Whatsonstage Awards, with both of them receiving four gongs each. Within the MGC five-play seaso…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMFriday, February 21, 2014
An overnight production of Macbeth is to be staged by immersive production company Rift in London this summer. The show will take place on the top floor of an “iconic” London tower block…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMShameless actor Rebecca Ryan is to appear in the Hull Truck Theatre production of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey. Ryan – who also appeared in BBC TV series Waterloo Road – will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMThe resident theatre company running the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in north London is to hand over its lease of the building to a new organisation to secure its future. The fringe venue is cu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThursday, February 20, 2014
The Tricycle Theatre is to host the Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of Rachel De-lahay’s Circles and Paines Plough’s production of Hopelessly Devoted by Kate Tempest, which both …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMWilton’s Music Hall is to stage a new show about Romanian gypsies this spring as its final full-scale production before undergoing front-of-house building works. The east London venue will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Julie Crofts is to step down from her role as executive director of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama at the end of this month. She will leave the higher education membership body – wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMThe Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre summer production of Porgy and Bess is to star Sharon D Clarke and Nicola Hughes. Clarke will play Mariah and Hughes will reprise the role of Bess, which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMA proposal to reduce Bristol City Council’s arts budget by nearly 10% has been withdrawn following widespread opposition by local cultural groups. At a council meeting yesterday, which fin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMShakespeare’s Globe in London has revealed a turnover of £21 million in 2013, up nearly 6% on the previous year. In its annual review, the organisation claims it generated a surplus of ne…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, February 18, 2014
The National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is to tour the UK from December. The show, which is an adaptation of Mark Haddon’s book by Simon Stephe…
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