Michael Buffong: 'Use diversity quotas or nothing will change'
Director Michael Buffong has called for quotas in the theatre industry to ensure diversity both on and off stage. Buffong, who is
Director Michael Buffong has called for quotas in the theatre industry to ensure diversity both on and off stage. Buffong, who is
Dear Lupin, starring father and son James and Jack Fox, is to transfer to the West End following a UK tour. Based
Wilton’s Music Hall has unveiled its first season following a multi-million pound redevelopment, which includes a stage adaptation of David Ward’s 1973
A new outdoor theatre festival will take place in east London this summer. Walkie Talkies will be hosted by the Yard Theatre
David Brownlee is to step down from his post as executive director of UK Theatre to establish a new industry guidance body.
Shakespeare's contemporaries and Samuel Beckett's impact on modern drama will be explored as part of a full series of culture magazine show
A production company that will focus on collaborations between emerging theatre and opera artists launches this week. The company, And So Forth,
Dominic West, Michelle Dockery and Janet McTeer are to star in a revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse as
Sky Arts is to document the making of a new play that forms part of the National Youth Theatre's 2015 season. The
Tamara Harvey has been appointed artistic director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Harvey will join the theatre in August and replaces Terry Hands,
Participatory show You Me Bum Bum Train is to return for a new production later this year. The company said that in
Bristol Old Vic, the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and Newcastle's Live Theatre are among five regional partners joining with Creative England
Having spent the first part of his career as an actor-musician, Eamonn O'Dwyer has now left the stage to concentrate on composing.
Liza Minnelli is to return to the London Palladium later this year as part of a series of one-off shows. An Intimate
Llandudno's derelict Grand Theatre could return to cultural use now the building's sale has been finalised. New owner MBI Hotels bought the
A show by disabled artist Jess Thom, which was cancelled following the fire at Battersea Arts Centre, is to be resurrected after
A Somerset further education college is proposing to shut its performing arts and music department, claiming a decline in interest has made
Arts charity Ideastap has pushed back its intended closure to launch a final series of initiatives aimed at supporting emerging creatives. Ideastap
Famed for bringing shows such as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon to the London stage, producer Cameron Mackintosh is also credited with
Dominic Dromgoole has announced his final season as artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, which includes a revival of Ellen Terry with Eileen
A series of new political plays is to be produced, which will be inspired by comments and opinions from members of the
Industry body Directors UK has welcomed the addition of a new directing category in the Royal Television Society's Craft and Design Awards.
PLAYS ' Robert Powell is to star in 
a touring production of King Charles III this autumn. Powell will play the eponymous
Alex Clifton has been appointed as the first artistic director of production company Chester Performs, which will run a new multi-million pound
Most actors have felt exploited at a casting, according to an online poll conducted by The Stage. Of 168 respondents to the