Nimax Theatres chief executive Nica Burns, Roundhouse executive producer Nicola Thorold and The Stage’s editor Alistair Smith are to judge the theatre category in this year’s Hospital Cl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMSoho Theatre’s plans to turn a former north London cinema into an entertainment venue have been boosted after the local council agreed to provide funding for the project. At a recent cabin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMActors are demanding a “substantial” pay rise of up to 10% from theatre managers in the West End as part of a four-year deal between Equity and the Society of London Theatre. The union i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMParticipation in after-school performing arts activities by primary school children has worsened under the current government, with those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds losing ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMRoger Allam is to star in Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar at the Hampstead Theatre this autumn. Allam will appear as Leonard, the role originated by Alan Rickman when the play premiered on Broadw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMThe Musicians’ Union has bolstered its campaign to reinstate the live band into the West End production of War Horse, after leafleting hundreds of concertgoers at the BBC Proms yesterday (…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMOnly around a third of audience members read reviews or media coverage of a show either before or after they have attended the performance, a new study has found. Of the 36% who do read rev…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMMore than 1,200 theatregoers have pledged to keep their mobile phones turned off during performances as part of a campaign to improve audience etiquette. Audience members have agreed to ensu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMPeter Davison has been cast in the first London revival of David Hare’s The Vertical Hour at the Park Theatre in north London. The actor, who is best known for playing the fifth doctor in&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMEdinburgh Fringe venue operator C Venues will launch three new spaces at the festival from tomorrow. C South is a 110-seat space with end-on staging at St Peter’s Church and will host work…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMDavid Tennant, Simon Russell Beale, Penelope Wilton and Derek Jacobi have added their names to a letter urging Arts Council England to explain its decision to remove Orange Tree Theatre’s …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMSecret Cinema has announced its immersive production of Back to the Future will go ahead from this Thursday, following the cancellation of its opening performances. The production, which inv…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMProposed government reforms for music and dance GCSE and A Levels that reduce the emphasis on practical work will be “hugely damaging” to pupils if they are introduced, industry bodies h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe UK’s cultural offering is the country’s most appealing feature for young people visiting from abroad, according to a new survey. More than a third of 18 to 34 year olds from Brazil, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMArts Council England and other public funders of culture should ring-fence at least 1% of their annual budget to help unlock millions of pounds of additional investment for the sector, accor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:05AMImmersive theatre and film event producers Secret Cinema have come under fire following the cancellation of last night’s screening of Back to the Future. The event, which involves 84 actor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMIreland’s Arts Council must create a new investment strategy to transform itself into a development agency for the sector, according to an independent review of how the funding body operat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMFewer than one-fifth of UK residents believe that obtaining a degree in dance is worth the costs incurred while attending university, according to new research. Just 19% of people taking par…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AMIan Talbot is to direct a stage adaptation of crime writer Peter James’s Dead Simple next year as part of a UK tour. Adapted by Shaun McKenna, the play will tour to venues including Dartfo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMCampaigners wanting to see Brighton Hippodrome restored as a live venue have vowed to continue their fight, despite the local council’s decision to support plans to convert the disused ven…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMMusic campaigners are claiming a double victory today with the government’s announcement of an £18 million boost to music education and its decision to back down on a recommendation to lo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMHampstead Theatre’s production of Wonderland by Beth Steel is to be live-streamed for free online this weekend. The north London venue will broadcast the production via its own website and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMCraige Els is to play Miss Trunchbull in the West End production of Matilda the Musical from this autumn, taking over from Alex Gaumond. Els, who has previously appeared in West End shows in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMNorthumberland Theatre Company and Yellow Earth Theatre have warned they are at risk of closure as a result of losing Arts Council England support three years ago, demonstrating the long-ter…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe King’s Head Theatre in north London has announced Matthew Parker will become artistic director of its new fringe venue, which launched last autumn guaranteeing all creatives would …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PMBrighton councillors have approved plans to convert the city’s grade-II* listed hippodrome into a £20 million cinema house, despite calls from campaigners to turn the building back into…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMNational Theatre Live is to broadcast the forthcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Gillian Anderson to cinemas across the UK in September. This marks NT Live’s first col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:34AMThe Finborough Theatre in west London has been saved, after the local council rejected a developer’s planning application to build new flats within the building. Proposals to build more re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMVenues funded by Arts Council England are failing to attract new theatregoers and are instead relying on a core regular audience, the findings of a new report have shown. Data collected by t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMActors that have been to drama school are often “over trained” and are unable to perform the stories that producers and writers want, according to National Youth Theatre artistic directo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AMSheffield Theatres’ general manager Sarah Nicholson has been named the new executive director of the Orange Tree Theatre in south-west London. She replaces Gillian Thorpe who retires after…
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