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Andrew Fishwick, the West End producer who was jailed for fraud in 2010, is to re-enter the theatre industry working as executive director of the soon-to-launch Park Theatre in London.
Des O'Connor will appear in the title role of the Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium from May 22.
An actor who has worked for the Rondo Theatre in Bath and has appeared in TV series including Casualty, Teachers and Mistresses, has been reported missing in London.
Royal Ballet director speaks out about eating disorders at Dance UK conference and Brits do well on Broadway with awards nods for James Corden and Tracie BennettTalking pointeThe movers and …
Independent theatre producers are combining to launch an association that will represent their interests in negotiations with theatre managements, in the face of worsening trading conditions…
Minister for the arts Ed Vaizey has accused Labour's shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman of 'concocting' a rumour that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is set to be abolished.
The stage musical adaptation of The Bodyguard will open in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre in December.
Covering McKellen - An Understudy's Tale by David Weston has won this year's Theatre Book Prize, awarded by the Society for Theatre Research.
Hampstead Theatre has revealed that it will be forced to close its education department at the end of this academic year, following a 100% cut to its funding from Camden council.
Ambassador Theatre Group has introduced a revised booking fee structure across its network of regional venues, which will see between £1.90 and £4.90 added to the face value of e…
Sheffield Theatres' revival of Democracy by Michael Frayn will transfer to London's Old Vic Theatre this June.
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has defended his behaviour in his handling of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB, insisting that he acted with "scrupulous fairness" throughout.
West End musical Wicked has picked up three prizes at the inaugural Mousetraps, a new set of awards voted for by young people.
Smash and Spooks star Raza Jaffrey is to play Billy Flynn in the West End production of Chicago.
Headlong artistic director Rupert Goold has announced the touring company's 2012 season of work, including a new stage musical version of the novel American Psycho.
Sam Pritchard has been awarded the 2012 James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award.
Ice-skater Robin Cousins is to star in Chicago, while Chariots of Fire races to the Gielgud in time for the GamesOlympic meddlingAfter the glitz of last weekend's Olivier awards, London's We…
The National Theatre, Royal Opera House and Royal Albert Hall have clubbed together to form an energy-buying collective that will enable them to purchase electricity at lower rates.
The stage version of The King's Speech will close in the West End on May 12, after a run of less than eight weeks at Wyndham's Theatre.
Pop-up company Theatre Delicatessen is to take over the former BBC London offices in Marylebone for an immersive staging of Henry V this summer.
The new stage version of Chariots of Fire will transfer into the West End this summer, following its run at London's Hampstead Theatre.
The theatrical great and the good dust off their glad rags for Sunday night's Oliviers, Tamara Rojo leaps into position at English National Ballet, and chancellor George Osborne takes heat o…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has sold the Palace Theatre, one of his flagship venues and the original West End home to Les Miserables, to Nimax Theatres for an undisclosed sum.
Lloyd Webber donates £125,000 to help theatres in need of renovation, Mark Rylance stirs things up at the Globe, and Mogadishu's National theatre comes under attack from militantsRenovati…
Qdos Entertainment, the UK's largest pantomime producer, has unveiled record results for its 2011/12 Christmas season with box office up by nearly £1 million on the previous year.
