Friday, 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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMAdrian Edmondson is to join Rufus Hound in the cast of Neville’s Island at Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn. Edmondson – who is best known for appearing in BBC TV series Bott…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMJo Brand is to make her pantomime debut by starring in Aladdin at the New Wimbledon Theatre this Christmas. She will appear as the Genie alongside Matthew Kelly, who will perform as Widow Tw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe Donmar Warehouse production of The Weir by Conor McPherson is to transfer to Wyndham’s Theatre next year. All members of the original cast – Ardal O’Hanlon, Risteárd Cooper, B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMThursday, July 11, 2013
Ruth Mackenzie has been appointed as the new artistic director of Holland Festival. Mackenzie, who was director of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, will take up her role in early 2014 in preparat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMWednesday, July 10, 2013
Touring theatre company Northern Broadsides is to hold a props and costume sale in order to raise some of the £13,000 it needs to fill a gap in its funding. The organisation will sell off...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMManchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has announced Ng Choon Ping as the winner of its inaugural award for emerging theatre directors. Ping received the Royal Exchange Theatre Hodgkiss Award…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMEducation and community activities in theatres are being sidelined at most cultural organisations when they should be given equal status to the professional programme, Derby Theatre’s arti…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AMThe Comedy Club in London has been censured for using critics’ testimonials about its shows on its website after the venue failed to prove to the advertising watchdog that they were genuin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMThe controversial arts complex in West Bromwich that cost a reported £72 million to build and suffered a series of setbacks before completion in 2009 is being considered for use as a sixth …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMTuesday, July 9, 2013
West End performer Peter Karrie has resigned his title as honorary fellow at Aberystwyth University due to its alleged “cruel” and “appalling” treatment of staff at its on-site profe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMMonday, July 8, 2013
The Royal Opera House is to transfer its production of The Wind in the Willows to the Duchess Theatre this Christmas, in an attempt to replicate the success that other subsidised organisatio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMRoyal Court Theatre artistic director Vicky Featherstone has announced her first full season of work at the London venue, which will include plays by writers Dennis Kelly and Abi Morgan. Kel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMFriday, July 5, 2013
A temporary theatre made entirely from recyclable materials is to be built in the grounds of Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama this summer. The Willow Theatre will be made f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMWeymouth Pavilion Theatre is set to reopen after a local group was selected to take over the running of the venue. The building was closed at the end of May by Weymouth and Portland Borough…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMThe Barbican in London is to present the UK premieres of two works by New Zealand’s Live Live Cinema, which brings together live music and performance with film. The two shows, Carnival of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMThursday, July 4, 2013
Park Theatre’s production of Daytona starring Maureen Lipman is to embark upon a national tour this autumn. Directed by David Grindley, the new play by Oliver Cotton will visit the Rose Th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:52PMBen Miles has been cast as Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptations of Hilary Mantel’s novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. Also appearing in the plays, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PMNational Theatre artistic director Nick Hytner has lodged a formal objection against the Southbank Centre’s £120 million redevelopment project, claiming the plans would “damage the sett…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:04AMUshers at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley have been told by Parkwood Leisure, which runs the venue on behalf of the local council, that they will not be paid for overtime work during the summer…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMTouring theatre companies have warned they face an increasing threat of closure because growing numbers of regional venues can no longer offer financially viable contracts for visiting shows…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMWednesday, July 3, 2013
Drama schools must better prepare their students for the wide range of career paths that are available to them upon graduating, industry professionals have said. Their comments came at a for…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMA stage adaptation of The Butterfly Lion, a book by War Horse writer Michael Morpurgo, is to tour the UK this autumn. The production will open at Mercury Theatre Colchester before visitin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMPlans to reduce the coursework content in GCSEs would in “no way” suit the arts, dance representatives have told MPs. At the annual general meeting of the All Party Parliamentary…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMTheatre leaders have expressed relief over the 5% cut to arts funding as part of the government’s spending review for 2015 to 2016, while warning of the “unprecedented pressure” that w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMTuesday, July 2, 2013
North London’s Little Angel Theatre has expanded its biennial puppetry festival for adults across four extra venues. Suspense London Puppetry Festival will this year include work and event…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:42PMArts Council England has announced a series of new funding initiatives, while also launching a new application process for its Grants for the Arts scheme. In partnership with the British Cou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMMonday, July 1, 2013
Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti is to return to the Tricycle Theatre next year as part of the venue’s new season, which also includes the world premiere of a play by Moira Buffini. Direct…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:38AMFriday, June 28, 2013
Talawa Theatre Company is to bring together a group of 14 emerging theatre makers and director Mojisola Adebayo to create a new piece based on gender and sexuality. The company will provide …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMPerformers and producers will no longer have to obtain an entertainment licence to stage shows during the day with an audience of up to 500 people after regulations were relaxed. Following a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMTheatre funding organisation Stage One has awarded £30,000 to Gavin Kalin to co-produce the West End transfer of the Young Vic’s A Doll’s House. Kalin will co-produce the show with Mark…
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