Monday, March 13, 2017
A series of three residencies for artists of colour has been launched in Scotland following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The Megaphone residencies
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMA major redevelopment of Warwick Arts Centre and a new 5,000-capacity performance venue in Derby form part of an investment strategy in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AMElena Ferrante’s quartet of Neapolitan novels has become a literary force. Delicate and brutal, the books lay bare the complexities of female
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMAndre Squire is playing Tom Joad in a stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s great American novel The Grapes of Wrath. He talks to
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A new rehearsal space will be opening in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, prompted by the rise in theatre, television and dance companies relocating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PM Comedian Jason Manford will host this year’s Olivier Awards ceremony. Manford made his stage debut in 2012 playing the role of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMDirector Michael Blakemore has expressed concerns that younger actors are neglecting training in traditional acting skills, such as projection. Speaking at a
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A new 200-seat theatre is to open in Cirencester later this year. The Barn Theatre, which is attached to grade II-listed Ingleside
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AM Plans for a £13.6 million redevelopment scheme at West Yorkshire Playhouse will go before Leeds City Council next week. The plans
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Actor and singer Sharon D Clarke has lamented the quality of musical theatre in the UK, saying that “it needs to do
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMEnglish Touring Theatre has appointed actor Paapa Essiedu to its board, along with producer Tara Wilkinson and Greg Williams, editor of technology
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Nominations for the 2017 Olivier Awards were announced this week. Here’s a breakdown of the facts and figures in detail. 41 – the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMThe Tricycle Theatre in London has announced a new season of work, including its first co-production with the National Theatre. The Great
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMUS playwright Clare Barron has won the 2017 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Dance Nation. Barron beat nine other contenders
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An all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado will tour the UK later this year. The operetta will be directed by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMBest actor in a supporting role in a musical Ian Bartholomew for Half A Sixpence at Noël Coward Theatre Adam J Bernard
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From casting controversies to a snack crackdown, we look back at February’s biggest stories. The row about diversity in the cast of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMFull casting has been announced for a new production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at London’s Donmar Warehouse. Lucy Ellinson
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMPerformers Derek Jacobi and Patricia Hodge are to judge this year’s Royal Theatrical Support Trust director award scheme. The winner of the
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Sunderland, Portsmouth, Perth and Coventry are among the 11 areas bidding to be the UK City of Culture in 2021. Hereford, Paisley,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMKenneth Branagh will be recognised for his contribution to British theatre at this year’s Olivier Awards. The actor and director, who recently
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMNick Giles is to step down as director of Shoreditch Town Hall after five years in the role. Giles took up the
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Virtual reality still exists in that uncharted intersection between gaming, movie-going and theatrical experience. But Lindsey Ferrentino’s play, Ugly Lies the Bone,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01PMThe Play That Goes Wrong has announced that it will be extending until February 25, 2018. Mischief Theatre’s Olivier award-winning show is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMThe National Theatre has announced a free virtual reality experience to run alongside its production of Ugly Lies the Bone. It will
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Gary Barlow has announced details of upcoming jukebox musical The Band. Speaking after the live final of BBC1’s Let It Shine, which
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West Yorkshire Playhouse will develop a festival that explores living with dementia, after receiving £99,950 from Arts Council England. The Festival of
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The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond picked up four wins at this year’s Off West End Theatre Awards. John Ramm was named
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The producer of Horrible Histories and David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny has pulled all future shows from Leeds Grand Theatre in protest at
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