Tuesday, 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMMonday, February 17, 2014
Theatre Royal Bath’s summer season will see Felicity Kendal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alison Steadman and Clare Higgins perform across its programme of four productions. Pigott-Smith will appear …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMBooks by director Michael Blakemore and actor Michael Simkins have been nominated alongside a biography of Laurence Olivier by Philip Zeigler for this year’s annual Sheridan Morley book co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMA new 65-seat studio theatre is to open in south-west London from next month. The London Theatre Workshop in Fulham will open on March 10, led by artistic director Ray Rackham. Located above…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMFriday, February 14, 2014
The forthcoming West End stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love will see Tom Bateman and Lucy Briggs-Owen play the lead roles of Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps. Bateman, whose credit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMThursday, February 13, 2014
Liverpool Empire Theatre was forced to cancel last night’s performance of Ghost the Musical due to the “extreme” weather in the region. Gale force winds of up to 86mph were reporte…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMArts charity IdeasTap has launched a free cultural training programme for young people with organisations including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures and physi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35AMThe National Youth Theatre has revealed it is looking to repeat its West End rep season in the regions from next year. Plans to set up a 15-member rep company of student actors aged 16...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, February 12, 2014
Alan Ayckbourn is to direct the world premiere of his 78th play Roundelay at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough this summer as part of a season that comprises five new works. The piec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMBritish companies including the Royal Opera, English National Opera and Welsh National Opera will compete for the prize for best new production at this year’s International Opera Awards. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:59AMModel and actor Lily Cole is to star in a stage adaptation of Homer’s The Iliad at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. She will play Helen of Troy in the world premiere of The...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMChild performer licensing reforms accepted in parliament have been described as a “landmark victory” by campaigners, although they have warned there remains work to be done to ensure equ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe National Theatre intends to keep its temporary venue the Shed in place until 2017. The organisation has applied to Lambeth council for an extension to the venue’s planning permission u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:44AMTuesday, February 11, 2014
Michael Gambon, Harriet Walter and David Hare are to take part in this year’s HighTide Festival in April. Gambon and Hare will feature as part of the event’s Face to Face series, which s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMPatricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin and Rory Bremner are to star in the West End transfer of Theatre Royal Bath’s Relative Values from next month. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the Noel Coward pla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMThis year’s London International Festival of Theatre will see 30 productions staged across 15 venues in the capital, including a free-running dance show from theatre company Fuel and a pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMMonday, February 10, 2014
Royal Exchange Theatre joint artistic director Greg Hersov is to step down this summer. The Manchester venue has announced he will leave at the end of the spring/summer programme after 27 ye…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMMusicians have moved one step closer to securing a uniform policy that would allow them to take their instruments on planes after the European Union’s parliamentary body voted in favour of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Another Country by Julian Mitchell is to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in London this spring. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the show will see c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMThe Musicians’ Union has urged the government to do more to support music hubs, after a critical report from Ofsted claimed the publicly-funded initiative was largely failing. The union re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMFriday, February 7, 2014
Industry figures have warned of a tough year ahead for regional theatre with the expected closure of more venues. However, there are also hopes that the sector will see a rebalancing of pubi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Shakespeare’s Globe has cast Eve Best in its production of Antony and Cleopatra at the London venue this summer. She will appear as Cleopatra and will perform opposite Phil Daniels, who wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMRoyal Opera House cleaners due to go on strike during the BAFTA film awards ceremony have won a pay dispute, securing them the London living wage. The workers, who are employed by an agency …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMThe Southbank Centre is to put its £120 million redevelopment plans on hold, following the Mayor of London’s objection to the relocation of the skate park currently positioned beneath the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMMoney generated by funded theatres’ commercial hits, such as War Horse, should be paid back to Arts Council England for redistribution to smaller companies, the Indepen-dent Theatre Counci…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMFormer culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has called on Arts Council England to only fund organisations in those areas of the country where local authorities also subsidise the arts. He said thi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
A new play by verbatim writer and actor Robin Soans is to be staged at the Bush Theatre in London as part of its 2014 season. Directed by the venue’s artistic director Madani Younis, Perse…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMTamara Harvey is to direct a quartet of plays by Simon Gray, including a revival of Japes and three unperformed pieces, at the Hampstead Theatre in London. Presented in repertory over nine w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMThe Stage Awards 2014 winners have been revealed. We speak to them to find out their reactions. Regional theatre of the year, sponsored by Audience Systems Sheffield Theatres Artistic direct…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMMonday, February 3, 2014
English National Ballet lead principal Daria Klimentova is to retire after 18 years with the company. She will step down after her final performance as Juliet in ENB’s Romeo and Juliet, at…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMRobert Webb is to join the cast of Jeeves and Wooster show Perfect Nonsense in the West End from the spring. Webb, who is best known for his appearance in Channel 4’s Peep Show, will...
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