Monday, September 2, 2013
Equity president Malcolm Sinclair has spoken out against the Lyric Theatre’s decision to replace its artistic director with an executive producer, labelling the move as “idiocy”. The u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMRegent’s Park Open Air Theatre is to bring back its production of To Kill a Mockingbird next summer. The show will run at the venue from August 28 to September 13, 2014 before touring the.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMFriday, August 30, 2013
The Critics’ Circle is to host a conference next month to explore the future of professional theatre reviewing. The event marks the organisation’s centenary year since it launched. C…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMOne Man, Two Guvnors is to close in the West End in spring 2014. The National Theatre production, which is currently showing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, will end its run on March 1, 2014…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35AMThursday, August 29, 2013
Richard Croxford, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, is to step down after five years in the post. He will leave the venue in December to work on freelance projects. The Lyri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMWednesday, August 28, 2013
A new performing arts school is to open next month in north London under the leadership of former Bad Girls actor Simone Lahbib. Lahbib, who is best known for her role as prison governor Hel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMLondon’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is to introduce a new course for adults with learning disabilities from next year. The one-year Performance Making diploma will be launche…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMTuesday, August 27, 2013
This year’s Stage Awards for Acting Excellence were announced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Sunday. Patrick O’Kane was named best actor for Quietly at the Traverse, while R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMSunday, August 25, 2013
Theatre Ad Infinitum has been named the best ensemble at this year’s Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking the second time the company has been recog…
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Bridget Christie has won the best comedy show prize at this year’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She won for her show A Bic for Her, which has been running at the Stand Comedy Club. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMThursday, August 22, 2013
Miss Saigon, the musical written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, is to return to the West End from May 3 to October 25, 2014. The new production, which marks the musical’s 2…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PMThe Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers has joined with the Theatrical Management Association to encourage smaller, regional venues to help tackle unscrupulous ticket-selling practices. S…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, August 21, 2013
Kids Week 2013, a month-long initiative run by the Society of London Theatre that allows children to go to the theatre for free with a paying adult, has sold more than 100,000 tickets in a...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMNominations for this year’s best comedy show prize at the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards have revealed seven contenders including Seann Walsh for his show The Lie-in King, James Acaste…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:23AMA new performing arts centre is to be built on the site of a former Royal Mail sorting office in Twickenham as part of a redevelopment of the area. Plans for the south-west London venue,...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMUp to eight companies or artists are to be selected for a project in Worcestershire to help develop work for small-scale touring in the county. Worcestershire County Council has commissioned…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMThe Cochrane Theatre in Holborn has moved one step closer to demolition after losing its protection under planning regulation. Local authority Camden Council has decided the site should be c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:38AMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Anamaria Marinca is to appear in a new play by Rachel De-lahay at the Royal Court Theatre in London this autumn. The BAFTA award-winning actor, best known for her role in Abi Morgan’s 2005…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMTim Pigott-Smith is to star in Stroke of Luck by Larry Belling as part of the Park Theatre’s new season this autumn. The play, which will receive its premiere at the recently opened north …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMMonday, August 19, 2013
Steve Coogan is to present this year’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, which will take place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this weekend. Coogan, who won the competition’s best…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:37PMThe owner of the King’s Head Theatre in north London is looking for a buyer or partner to secure the venue’s long-term future. As part of its plans, the 120-seat fringe theatre is hoping…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMMark Bower has been appointed as managing director at MDQ Tickets. He will join the theatre ticket agency from November 1 and replaces Sandra Jenkins, who will take on an ambassador role. Bo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMFriday, August 16, 2013
Theatre companies Pilot Theatre and Slung Low along with York Theatre Royal are raising funds towards their autumn co-production through sales of a new chocolate bar. The chocolate bar has b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:51AMThursday, August 15, 2013
A new performing arts consortium formed from six outer-London venues has been launched to tour large-scale outdoor productions within the venues’ resident boroughs. The Albany theatre in D…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe Sound of Music has extended its run at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until September 14. The show, which stars Michael Xavier as Captain von Trapp and Charlotte Wakefield as Maria Rai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMCampaigners wanting to see Derby Hippodrome reopened as a performance space have welcomed a report suggesting the venue could be rebuilt as a theatre. A feasibility study commissioned by Der…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMThe Conservatoire for Dance and Drama and Rose Bruford College have been voted the best university-level drama institutions for overall satisfaction, according to a UK-wide student survey. B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:15AMWednesday, August 14, 2013
Love letters between actor Vivien Leigh and her husband Laurence Olivier are to be displayed at the V&A museum in London this autumn. The museum has acquired Leigh’s archive, which inc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMEquity has raised concerns about the government response to a consultation on reforming recruitment sector regulation, including entertainment agents, calling some proposals “weak and disa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMThe King’s Head Theatre in north London has commissioned a new piece in response to Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law. Called Sochi 2014, the play will include verbatim accounts from lesb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMWednesday, August 7, 2013
Arts education groups including National Drama, Music Mark and the National Dance Teachers Association have formed an alliance to create a unified voice for arts teachers. They are among fiv…
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