Wednesday, 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMGreen arts organisation Julie’s Bicycle and a consortium led by BAFTA that provides guidance on energy efficiency have joined forces to “shout louder” about the environmental impact of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMThe Futurist Theatre in Scarborough faces closure after the local authority agreed the continued operation of the north Yorkshire venue at its current site is “unsustainable”. Scarboroug…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMMonday, August 5, 2013
The arts sector needs to create a “plan B” in case public funding is removed completely in the future, playwright Mark Ravenhill has warned. Speaking at the launch of this year’s Edinb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMThe BBC has appointed Sean O’Connor and Jessica Dromgoole as editors at its Radio 4 drama department in Birmingham. O’Connor takes up his role in September and will be the new editor of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMSunday, August 4, 2013
Professionals tell Nicola Merrifield their advice for making the most of your time at the Edinburgh Fringe
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:37AMFriday, August 2, 2013
London’s Royal Court Theatre has revealed that around half of its audience members were attending for the first time during its summer season. The theatre-goers were attending Open Court, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMHampstead Theatre’s former artistic director Michael Attenborough will return to the London venue this autumn when he directs Godchild by Deborah Bruce as part of the new season in the dow…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:09AMMax Irons and Rachel Tucker are to appear in the UK premiere of Beau Willimon’s Farragut North at the Southwark Playhouse this September. Irons, who is best known for his role in BBC drama…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMThursday, August 1, 2013
A new amphitheatre is due to be built in the town centre of Harrow ready for opening in spring 2014. The 220-seat venue is part of a £1.48 million redevelopment of Lowlands Recreation Groun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMHackney Empire has been awarded more than £1 million after winning a ten-year legal battle against an insurance firm, which was found liable for outstanding construction costs to the venue.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMSimon Russell Beale has said that staging seasons of curated plays in the West End is the way forward for creating demanding work in London’s Theatreland. The Olivier award-winning actor w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:08AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe are to link up in the summer of 2016 to help host a one-week conference marking the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWednesday, July 31, 2013
Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks is to appear in the stage version of his novel at the Theatre Royal Brighton tomorrow night. His one-off cameo appearance will coincide with the remaining da…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTom Ellis has been cast in the transfer of US comedy The Lyons, running at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London this autumn. He will play the part of Curtis Lyons, whose father Ben is...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMTuesday, July 30, 2013
Tom Stoppard has won the 2013 Pen/Pinter Prize, which recognises a British writer of outstanding literary merit. The prize, which was launched in 2009 by the freedom of expression charity En…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMAll arts critics at the Independent on Sunday are to be cut from this September as part of cuts to the newspaper’s workforce. It is thought that a total of seven journalists are affected, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMFriday, July 26, 2013
Nottingham Playhouse has appointed Fiona Buffini as associate director of the venue. She begins in this newly created role from September and will be responsible for directing professional a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMLuke Owen has been named the winner of this year’s Papatango New Writing Prize, which is jointly run by the Finborough Theatre in London. His debut play, Unscorched, was selected from more…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMTheatre Royal Stratford East is to produce a festival of 30 performances that will take place at the homes of London residents this autumn. Called Home Theatre (UK), the one-actor shows will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:17AMThursday, July 18, 2013
Drama schools providing university-level tuition have raised fears that funding cuts to the higher-education sector could lead to a reduction in the number of teaching hours they provide and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
London jazz venue the Bull’s Head is under threat because its new owner plans to convert it into a restaurant, campaigners have claimed. Supporters of the 100-person music room in Barnes h…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMDominic Dromgoole has announced he is to step down from his position as artistic director at Shakespeare’s Globe in spring 2016. He will leave the company on April 23, 2016 after a decade …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMThe Princess Theatre in Hunstanton has been forced to cancel a Joe Longthorne concert that was due to take place at the end of this month after the show was double-booked with another venue.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:08AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Alina Cojocaru is to join English National Ballet this autumn as lead principal dancer. She recently announced her departure from the Royal Ballet, a company she had performed with for more …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMMatthew Bourne has announced the second year of his New Adventures Choreographer Award competition will include Kneehigh Theatre Company co-artistic director Emma Rice on its judging panel. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMImmersive theatre company Punchdrunk and city guide magazine Time Out London have joined forces to create a one-off performance for readers this summer. A total of 50 readers have been invit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMShakespeare’s Globe is to begin a two-year tour of Hamlet across the globe from next spring, aiming to visit every country in the world. Directed by artistic director Dominic Dromgoole, th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMMonday, July 15, 2013
Government plans for a blanket ban on the use of all wild animals in travelling circuses go “too far”, according to MPs scrutinising the proposed legislation. MPs on the environment, foo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMGlyndebourne opera singer Robert Poulton was killed following a head-on collision with a car that had drifted onto his side of the road, an inquest has heard. Poulton survived the car crash …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Richard Wilson is to appear in A Little Hotel on the Side at Theatre Royal Bath this summer. He will perform the role of Basiten, joining the already announced Richard McCabe, who is appeari…
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