Barbara Eifler to leave post as SMA executive director by Alistair Smith

Barbara Eifler is to step down as executive director of the Stage Management Association after 13 years in post.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:52am on February 13, 2012☆⚑

Raymond Gubbay latest to warn of Olympic threat for London theatre by Alistair Smith

Opera impresario Raymond Gubbay has become the latest Theatreland figure to express his concerns about the potential effect of the London 2012 Olympics on theatre attendance in the capital.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:15am on February 13, 2012☆⚑

Seven days on stage: Great Gatsbies by Alistair Smith

The Stage's Alistair Smith rounds up the week in theatre " from three productions of The Great Gatsby to the funniest joke of 2011, plus the best theatrical tweetersGreat GatsbiesYou wait ye…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35am on February 10, 2012☆⚑

Dirty Dancing musical extends UK tour by Alistair Smith

Dirty Dancing is to extend its UK tour into the summer of 2013, with producers announcing five more dates.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 8:00am on February 10, 2012☆⚑

Doctor Who star Matt Smith made patron of Royal Court Young Writers Festival by Alistair Smith

Matt Smith has been appointed as patron of the Royal Court's Young Writers Festival.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:11am on February 10, 2012☆⚑

Christopher Eccleston joins NT Antigone by Alistair Smith

Christopher Eccleston has been cast in the National Theatre's forthcoming production of Antigone.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:40am on February 10, 2012☆⚑

Exclusive: New Off-West End venue to replace Westminster Theatre after ten-year wait by Alistair Smith

A replacement for the old Westminster Theatre will finally open this autumn, following a protracted and sometimes bitter decade-long battle to create a new purpose-built, mid-scale theatre i…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:01pm on February 8, 2012☆⚑

Third London Great Gatsby adaptation announced by Alistair Smith

A third London stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby has been announced in two days, with a musical version due to open at the King's Head Theatre in August.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 8:58am on February 8, 2012☆⚑

Madani Younis announces debut Bush season by Alistair Smith

Madani Younis has unveiled his inaugural season as artistic director of London's Bush Theatre, saying he intends to take more work "beyond the building".

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:51am on February 7, 2012☆⚑

West End revenues hit another all-time high by Alistair Smith

London theatre enjoyed a record-breaking 2011, with box office 3% up on 2010, but attendances falling by 1.7%.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:14am on January 31, 2012☆⚑

Time Out buys Whatsonstage.com by Alistair Smith

Time Out Group has bought theatre website Whatsonstage.com, the company's third acquisition in the last three months.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22pm on January 23, 2012☆⚑

Theatres suffer 8% audience slump by Alistair Smith

Total audiences at subsidised theatres across England have dropped by 8% percent over the last two years, according to figures released by Arts Council England.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 8:10am on January 19, 2012☆⚑

Equity settles royalties dispute for original Les Miserables cast by Alistair Smith

Cast members from the 1985 production of Les Miserables will continue to receive royalties from the original London cast recording of the musical, after Equity settled a dispute which began …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:59am on January 18, 2012☆⚑

We help new talent with £620k of Stage Scholarships by Alistair Smith

The Stage this week unveils its largest ever bank of scholarships for aspiring performers and theatre staff, with 72 awards on offer across 17 schools, worth a total of up to £620,000.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:02am on January 12, 2012☆⚑

RSC unveils Stratford 2012/13 winter season by Alistair Smith

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced its 2012/13 winter season in Stratford-upon-Avon, featuring a new family production on the main stage.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:04am on January 10, 2012☆⚑

TMA launches advice scheme to help local authorities through funding cuts by Alistair Smith

Local authorities will be able to seek advice on how best to sustain their support for arts services in the face of funding cuts, under a new scheme being launched by the Theatrical Manageme…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53am on December 7, 2011☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe venues go bust owing thousands by Alistair Smith

One of the Edinburgh Fringe's leading venue operators, Remarkable Arts, is being wound up, owing tens of thousands of pounds in unpaid box office receipts to companies who staged work at its…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:59am on December 7, 2011☆⚑

Performers protest agains West End parking hike by Alistair Smith

Musicians and actors have held a protest in the West End against Westminster City Council's plans to extend parking charges in the borough.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23pm on December 2, 2011☆⚑

Scrubs star Braff to make West End debut by Alistair Smith

Scrubs star Zach Braff is to make his UK stage acting debut in his own play, All New People.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51am on November 29, 2011☆⚑

Arts Council England publishes internship guidelines for cultural organisations by Alistair Smith

Arts Council England and Creative and Cultural Skills have published guidelines for arts organisations wanting to take on interns, including that they pay them at least national minimum wage.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52am on November 28, 2011☆⚑

Seven days on stage " in pictures by Alistair Smith

From One Man, Two Guvnors hitting the West End, to this week's theatre award winners. Plus Brucie at the Albert Hall and Rocky the musicalAlistair Smith

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32am on November 25, 2011☆⚑

So who is the mystery West End tweeter? by Alistair Smith

While @westendproducer poses as an impresario, many producers don't even know what Twitter is, still less have the time. Might a resting actor be to blame?Thanks to an article in the Observe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:23am on November 17, 2011☆⚑

Sing-along-a Grease to tour UK in 2012 by Alistair Smith

The sing-along version of the film musical Grease has announced a major UK tour for 2012, which will visit 80 theatres across the country.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:35am on November 14, 2011☆⚑

Seven days on stage " in pictures by Alistair Smith

Poor Spider-Man's caught in a web of law suits and there's no room for Spacey on the Evening Standard theatre awards shortlist; meanwhile Sooty meets Chicago in the West End. The Stage's Ali…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33am on November 11, 2011☆⚑

Commercial theatre struggles in Evening Standard shortlist by Alistair Smith

Kevin Spacey and James Corden have missed out on the shortlist for the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in a line-up that is full of surprises.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:09am on November 7, 2011☆⚑