Monday, February 3, 2014
Robert 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...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMOrchestras in the UK have experienced an 11% decline in income from ticket sales in real terms since 2010, a survey has revealed. The report by the Association of British Orchestras found t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Theatres should provide more free space for rehearsals and performances to help protect new writing, a survey of UK playwrights, directors and other practitioners has found. The In Battalion…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMHoxton Hall in east London, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford and Northumberland’s Alnwick Playhouse are among five venues to receive money from the Theatres Trust for improvements t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMMore than 200 fringe shows and cross-artform events will take place in Yorkshire as part of the first ever cultural festival to coincide with the launch of the Tour de France this summer. Th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMTuesday, January 28, 2014
Four world premieres, including new plays from James Graham and Mike Bartlett, and an increased touring schedule thanks to the launch of a pop-up theatre, are to feature as part of Paines Pl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:45PMLenny Henry has won the best actor prize while Lesley Manville has been named best actress at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards. Henry was recognised for the Theatre Royal Bath …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMMonday, January 27, 2014
Russell Maliphant has taken home the prize for best modern choreography at this year’s National Dance Awards, seeing off competition from Matthew Bourne, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Guilherme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMLucy Ellinson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Leanne Best and Vicki Lee Taylor will compete for the title of best female performance at this year’s Off West End Theatre Awards. Ellinson has been no…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMThursday, January 23, 2014
Angela Lansbury has paid tribute to the “wonderful” and “complete” training that actors receive in the UK, compared to that which is provided in the US. She said that there were fewe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMJermyn Street Theatre’s former artistic director Gene David Kirk has launched an advisory body to help artists stage work on the fringe using a cooperative business model. The director has…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:57AMArts Council England is to introduce new conditions on funding that would force its national portfolio organisations to share their audience data. The move has been welcomed by leading indus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Ray Cooney is to direct his 1984 play Two Into One at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory this spring. The show will run from March 8 to April 26, with press night on March 19. Design...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThe Almeida Theatre’s production of Ghosts starring Lesley Manville has extended its run at the Trafalgar Studios in London by a further two weeks. The show, which transferred to the West …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMArts Council England has given the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme £450,000 to expand its programme and attract more applicants from diverse communities. The initiative, which awards…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMTuesday, January 21, 2014
The Cutty Sark in Greenwich is to open a new 85-seat studio theatre next week. As revealed in The Stage last month, the performance space – which is located in the lower hold of the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:23PMRichard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim’s rarely performed musical Do I Hear a Waltz? it to open the new spring season at the Park Theatre in north London. The show, which is based on the pla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMMonday, January 20, 2014
Sheffield Theatres has cast Richard Wilson in a production of Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. The one-man play will run from June 25 to July 19, with press night on July 1. It will...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:11AMPunchdrunk is looking to extend the run of its London show The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable by a further nine months to the end of 2014. The immersive theatre company has submitted a plann…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMThe Southbank Centre’s proposed £120 million redevelopment could be in jeopardy after the Mayor of London said that the skate park beneath the venue should remain in its current position.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMFriday, January 17, 2014
The newly-opened Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is expected to attract an additional 100,000 annual audience members to the Shakespeare’s Globe South Bank site, the venue’s directors have said.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52AMA website profiling creative industries across Britain has been unveiled in a bid to attract more investment and partnerships from abroad. The online resource includes information such as ho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMThursday, January 16, 2014
Employers that fail to pay the National Minimum Wage to workers could be fined up to £20,000 from February, the government has confirmed. This new maximum penalty is a fourfold increase on …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMPersonal injury claims relating to the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse could exceed £1 million, a theatre insurance specialist has said. The incident at the London venue last month, which s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWednesday, January 15, 2014
Danny Boyle has been named the patron of new Manchester venue Home. Home has been created through a merger between the city’s Library Theatre Company and art and film centre Cornerhous…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AMSouth Bank arts organisations have raised concerns over local authority proposals to introduce licensing conditions that could restrict free programming in the area. Lambeth Council publishe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMOld Red Lion Theatre artistic director Nicholas Thompson is to step down this spring. He is leaving to pursue work as a freelance director, producer and general manager but will continue to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AMA proposal from Croydon Council to become a controlling member of the organisation running Fairfield Halls has been dropped by the local authority, following discussions with the Charity Com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMStagecoach Theatre Arts has agreed not to publicise itself as the “original” and “best” part-time performing arts school in the world, following a complaint that was made to the Adve…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe performing arts, music and visual arts sector was worth almost £4.6 billion to the UK’s economy in 2012, according to new statistics published by the Department for Culture, Media and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, January 14, 2014
This year’s Manchester Theatre Awards has revealed a shortlist including Kenneth Branagh, Maxine Peake and Sian Phillips across the acting categories. Branagh has been nominated for best a…
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