Friday, April 12, 2013
Seth Numrich will join Kim Cattrall in Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic this summer. Numrich, who has previously appeared in the Broadway production of War Horse as Albert Narracott, will …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMThursday, April 11, 2013
Howard Brenton’s new play about Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei will be streamed live on the internet for free later this month. Called #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWednesday, April 10, 2013
West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea has seen its ticket sales nearly double since last year after changing its programming policy and increasing its social media and marketing efforts. The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMTaunton Deane Borough Council has confirmed that it plans to keep the Brewhouse Theatre as an arts venue for the “foreseeable future”, to ensure local people are provided with a cultural…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMDerren Brown will bring his new show Infamous to London’s Palace Theatre this summer. This is the first time Brown has performed at the venue since his debut West End production Derren Bro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMTuesday, April 9, 2013
Producers of Billy Elliot the Musical held an audience vote to decide whether to include the song ‘Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher’ in last night’s performance of the London show. A sp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMMonday, April 8, 2013
Tonight’s performance of Billy Elliot The Musical will go ahead in London as scheduled, despite the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, which was announced earlier today. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMA play about Anne Boleyn’s alleged incestuous relationship with her brother will be performed at the Tower of London, where the Tudor queen was executed in 1536. Suffolk theatre company Re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMPlawright Peter Morgan will make a short speech at the start of this evening’s performance of The Audience to mark the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, which was announced…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMEquity and British fashion magazine Vogue have signed the first code of conduct for models to ensure their fair treatment during photo shoots in studios and on location. The Equity Ten Point…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:07AMFriday, April 5, 2013
A petition has been launched to stop railway redevelopments going ahead that could force the Union Theatre in London to close and move to different premises. Members of the Union Street Trad…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:58AMThursday, April 4, 2013
Martyn Rose has been made the new chairman of English National Opera. He will take up his new position from May 1, when Ffion Hague and Glyn Barker, who currently share the role, will step...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMWednesday, April 3, 2013
Taunton Deane Borough Council will make a bid to secure the leasehold on the Brewhouse Theatre to safeguard its future as a pubic arts venue. The Somerset venue went into administration last…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:53AMTuesday, April 2, 2013
Tim Firth’s comedy Sign of the Times and the world premiere of Mick Martin’s new play The Flame-Haired Dynamo will feature as part of Hull Truck Theatre’s summer and autumn season. Dir…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:08AMA biography of director and actor Jonathan Miller by theatre critic Kate Bassett and another of playwright Samuel Foote by actor Ian Kelly have made the shortlist of this year’s Theatre Bo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMSouthwark Playhouse will open its first season at its new site in Elephant and Castle with a revival of Claire Luckham’s 1980 play Trafford Tanzi. Re-titled Tanzi Libre, the play will be l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThursday, March 28, 2013
Puppet theatre company Erth, which is based in Australia, will perform Dinosaur Zoo at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer. The family show, which is suitable for 3-year-olds and ab…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMAdrian Noble will direct a new stage adaptation of Lord of the Flies at the Oxford Playhouse this summer. Joanne Pearce, who will co-direct, has adapted William Golding’s novel by adding l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMEntertainment unions BECTU and the Musicians’ Union have had their joint motion against unpaid internships passed at the Trade Union Congress Young Members’ Conference. At the conference…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMA membership society for fringe venue operators has been launched in a bid to represent the interests of independent theatres and createa better trading platform for them. The Society of Ind…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, March 27, 2013
Equity has agreed a new deal with Channel 4 for its on-demand programmes in which more than £750,000 will be distributed to performers. The money will be paid out by the British Equity Coll…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:32PMAmbassador Theatre Group has appointed Elizabeth Adlington as area theatre manager to run both Aylesbury Waterside Theatre and the New Theatre Oxford. This follows a similar pattern to other…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:19PMA new fundraising initiative that allows people to make donations to arts organisations by using their mobile phones has been launched. Donate will be introduced by organisations including t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMThe British Council has partnered with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage in Qatar to present the Middle East’s first ever arts and disability festival this month. The festival fea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AMTuesday, March 26, 2013
The Society of London Theatre has confirmed it will introduce a new voting system for the Oliver Awards in time for this year’s ceremony. The changes will mean that producers and theatre o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has received the most nominations for the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards. The National Theatre production has been recognised across eight cat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMMonday, March 25, 2013
BBC 2 drama Parade’s End has received the most nominations for this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Awards. Parade’s End, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Anne-Marie Duff and Rupert Eve…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMMichael Frayn and Gillian Lynne will be given prizes for their outstanding contribution to theatre at this year’s Olivier Awards ceremony. They will both receive their Special Awards at th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AMFriday, March 22, 2013
Liverpool’s Royal Court will stage Lennon as part of the venue’s first season from new artistic director Ken Alexander. The production will star John Power, who is best known for being t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMThe Independent Theatre Council has appointed Topher Campbell as it news chair. Campbell, who is artistic director of film and theatre company Red Room, takes up his new post with immediate …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMAs previously reported in The Stage, it has been confirmed that Singin’ in the Rain will close in the West End this summer ahead of a national tour. It will end its run at the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AM 
