Only 10% of actors are working class
Actors from working-class backgrounds make up only 10% of the profession, new research has revealed. Preliminary findings from the Acting and Social
Actors from working-class backgrounds make up only 10% of the profession, new research has revealed. Preliminary findings from the Acting and Social
Salisbury Playhouse has commissioned playwrights including Timberlake Wertenbaker and Anders Lustgarten to write works inspired by the Magna Carta, in celebration of
Sadler’s Wells has announced its autumn/winter season, which includes new work from Akram Khan, Hofesh Shechter and Russell Maliphant. Khan will premiere
New plays by Barney Norris and Rebecca Lenkiewicz lead the Arcola Theatre’s new season, which also includes a new British chamber musical.
The arts received a record amount of Lottery money in 2014/15, after National Lottery ticket sales hit an all-time high. £1.8 billion
Lanre Malaolu splits his time between acting and dancing with the company he founded, Protocol. His latest project is a new dance
Musician and performance artist Greg Sinclair began his career as a cellist and composer before branching into theatre and performance art, much
A London-based charity which helps disadvantaged young people gain access to arts education is to set up a permanent base in Newcastle,
Equity has launched a rate card for dancers, which brings together industry minimum rates across the union's dance agreements for the first
Fiona Allan is to leave Leicester's Curve to become chief executive of the Birmingham Hippodrome. Allan, who joined Curve as chief executive
The touring production of Godspell in Concert is to close after only five weeks. The 28-venue tour had been scheduled to run
Mark Gatiss is to join the cast of Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre. Patrick Marber’s adaptation of Ivan
Cardiff theatre Sherman Cymru is to launch a development scheme for directors, as the venue becomes the first Welsh partner for the
A children's theatre company in Wales has launched an initiative backing the creation of new work for young people and families. The
PLAYS Nicole Kidman is to return to the West End stage for the first time in 17 years in the UK premiere
Ellen McDougall is to direct a touring production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, which will open at West Yorkshire Playhouse in
1984 is to return to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre later this year ahead of a UK and US tour. It will
Tamasha co-artistic director Fin Kennedy has criticised a "steady amateurisation" of small-scale touring work, as a result of being "disproportionately badly hit"
Contemporary dance group Hofesh Shechter Company are to present a four-week season of work at venues including Stratford Circus and the O2
Sky Atlantic horror series Penny Dreadful and BBC1's Sherlock were the big winners at the 2015 British Academy Television Craft Awards, winning
Labour has launched a 20-point charter for culture, which the party pledges will "deliver the infrastructure and the support the creative industries
Having previously worked with organisations such as Bristol Old Vic, Laban and the Royal Opera House, Fleur Darkin took over as artistic
16-year-old Callum McMillan moved from Glasgow to London in September to study ballet at the Central School of Ballet. When did you
Under a third of new plays performed in UK theatres are written by women, a new report has revealed. The report, published
Merseyside's Southport Theatre and Convention Centre is set for new management after the local council put the venue's operation up for tender.