Stratford Circus Arts Centre 'beefs up' drama programming in new season
Stratford Circus Arts Centre has unveiled a new drama strand in its latest season, which will see the east London venue "beef
Stratford Circus Arts Centre has unveiled a new drama strand in its latest season, which will see the east London venue "beef
Sheridan Smith’s return to Funny Girl will be delayed as the performer continues to recover from stress and exhaustion. Smith took a
The American performer has toured his one-man show YOUARENOWHERE across the globe. He talks to Georgia Snow about bringing it to the
Performers Penelope Wilton and Vera Lynn and Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells have received top accolades in the Queen’s birthday honours. They are
Bristol Old Vic is calling on artists to mark the closure of its studio space by contributing to special video projects celebrating
Women were employed more in the music, performing and visual arts sector in 2015 than any other part of the UK's creative
Plays The Woman in Black will launch a new UK tour in September, as the West End production marks 27 years at
The National Theatre is to commission new work for virtual reality headsets. It will create an immersive storytelling studio as part of
West End play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has removed live owls from its production. It follows reports that one of
Philip Ridley’s new fantasy drama, Karagula, will be staged in a former ambulance repair depot in north London, The Stage can reveal.
British Asian theatre company Rifco has appointed Jenny Roberts as its new executive director. Roberts joins the Watford-based company as it embarks
Theatremakers Yinka Ayinde and Caitlin McLeod are among the five winners of this year’s Sky Academy arts scholarships. Ayinde, a creative producer,
US producer Scott Rudin has pulled out of the forthcoming Groundhog Day musical, which opens in London next month ahead of a
Salisbury Playhouse has received almost £9,500 to continue its development of young directors. The venue has been given the money " totalling
Caryl Churchill, Lucy Kirkwood and EV Crowe are to pen new plays that will conclude the Royal Court’s 60th anniversary season. The
Jeremy Herrin has called for arts organisations to have their funding cut if they fail to improve diversity. The Headlong artistic director
A new fringe theatre is being created in east London by two actors, with the aim of being an “incubator” for small-scale
Arts leaders have called for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland's lead and give every primary schoolchild the chance to
Matthew Keeler has been appointed new producer of the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. He replaces Ben Monks and Will Young, who
A project to open up the Theatres Trust’s archive has been given a £5,200 boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Open
Dancer Julie Cunningham has been announced as the inaugural choreography fellow at Rambert. The programme was launched earlier this year " in
Playwright Peter Shaffer has died aged 90. The Equus and Amadeus writer died on a visit to Ireland after a short illness,
JK Rowling has attacked the “bunch of racists” who criticised the casting of a black actor as Hermione in Harry Potter and
Academic Gordon McMullan has been awarded the 2016 Sam Wanamaker Award for his work celebrating the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death. The award,
Endangered venue the Dudley Hippodrome has been thrown a lifeline by council bosses who have agreed to hand the building over to