Friday, March 22, 2013
As 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 07:48AMKeeley Hawes will star opposite Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock in Barking in Essex at Wyndham’s Theatre this autumn. The play, which is written by Clive Exton, will run from September 6, 201…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMThe Musicians’ Union and BECTU are to put forward a joint motion at the Trades Union Congress Young Members’ Conference this weekend against unpaid internships, which they say are respon…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMJust 17% of stage managers in the UK were in work for the whole of last year, according to a census conducted by the Stage Management Association. Meanwhile, of the 615 stage management prof…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThursday, March 21, 2013
Park Theatre’s first season will feature four UK premieres as well as a new adaptation of The School for Scandal starring Belinda Lang. Jessica Swale will direct the new version of Richard…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMArts Council England has commissioned research to review GCSE qualifications in drama, dance, music and art and design. The project will also create a draft new curriculum for each of the fo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMWednesday, March 20, 2013
Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk is to join forces with the National Theatre this summer to present its biggest production to date. The company will stage a promenade show in a “vast�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PMEquity’s council is attempting to renegotiate controversial proposals from West End producers that include a clause giving them the automatic right to stage two shows on a Sunday. The clau…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMGreat Expectations, which is currently running at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, will close two months early. It was originally planned to run until June 1, but will now finish on March 3…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Riverdance is set to embark on a 20th anniversary tour from next September. The show will begin its run at Southend’s Cliffs Pavilion from September 2 to 7, 2014, before visiting 15 other …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:21PMThe Royal Opera House has appointed Alex Beard as its new chief executive. Beard joins from art organisation Tate, where he has held the position of deputy director since 2002. He has also b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMMonday, March 18, 2013
Greenwich Theatre has launched a gay writing initiative that will be led by writer and director Patrick Wilde. The London venue is introducing a year-round programme of work on this subject,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AMA campaign designed to support organisations in providing family friendly cultural events will launch later this spring. Led by industry groups including the Society of London Theatre, Dance…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AMThursday, March 14, 2013
Proposals to ensure fairer treatment of musicians travelling on planes with instruments will be considered by the European Union’s parliamentary body. The proposals are part of a wider set…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
The Royal Ballet’s 2013/14 season will include a new full-length work from artistic associate Christopher Wheeldon, which will be based on Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. It will run …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMPlans to create a modernised £6.5 million theatre in Bognor Regis have been given the go-ahead by a local council committee. Proposals to increase the seating capacity of the Alexandra Thea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PMMonday, March 11, 2013
A new website designed to help people find qualified dance teachers has been launched. The Dance Register acts as a search engine by providing an online directory of local teachers, artists …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
Royal Shakespeare Company deputy artistic director Erica Whyman has labelled it “shocking” that leaders in the theatre industry are still predominantly male. She was speaking at a forum …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMFriday, March 1, 2013
This year’s High Tide Festival will feature the return of Bottleneck by Luke Barnes as well as a play from Thomas Eccleshare, who was the winner of the Verity Bargate Award 2011 for emergi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMThursday, February 28, 2013
Maxine Peake will star in a stage adaptation of Percy Shelley’s poem The Masque of Anarchy directed by Manchester Royal Exchange’s artistic director Sarah Frankcom as part of this year�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMA new higher education performing arts school that will teach its courses in English is set to open in Barcelona this summer, claiming to be the first in continental Europe to offer both tec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMWednesday, February 27, 2013
A not-for-profit organisation that supports entrepreneurs working in the arts has launched today in partnership with a commercial investment company. Me We 360 supports its members by provid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMLondon theatres and ticket agents have been told to stop hiding extra booking fees and other compulsory costs on their websites by the UK’s advertising regulator. The Advertising Standards…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AMThe European premiere of The Disappearances Project from Australian theatre ensemble Version 1.0 and a stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner are to be highlights of t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
Technical equipment supplier Stage Electrics has appointed Alex Cann to the newly created role of technical project manager for professional theatre. This position has been created due to an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:16PMComedy producer Just For Laughs Group has launched a dedicated theatrical division, which will operate in London and New York. The company, which is best known for producing The Montreal Jus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMThe Review Show will move from its weekly BBC2 slot to BBC4, where it will air just once a month. Presented by Martha Kearney and Kirsty Wark, the show – which began around 20 years...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:16AMRobert Hardy will be replaced by Edward Fox in Peter Morgan’s The Audience, which is running at the Gielgud Theatre in London. It was announced yesterday that Hardy had decided to withdraw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMAn investigation into the difficulties facing smaller theatres in London has been launched by the organisation that scrutinises the activities and decisions of the capital’s mayor. The Lon…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMonday, February 25, 2013
Robert Hardy has pulled out of Peter Morgan’s The Audience following an accident he had in which he fell over and cracked his ribs. Despite this, the 87-year-old actor appeared in the show…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMRomesh Ranganathan has been named the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award. The announcement was made yesterday at Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival show, where Mark S…
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