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Cardiff’s first pub theatre, the Other Room, has announced its inaugural season, which includes Sarah Kane’s Blasted and a new bi-lingual play by Alun Saunders. Blasted will be d…
Backstage union BECTU is calling for a 5% pay increase for its members working in regional theatres as well as the adoption of the living wage, as part of a new claim submitted to trade̷…
The Bush Theatre has agreed a partnership with the West12 shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, which will donate £6,000 to support a ticket scheme at the venue. The 12-month partners…
Full casting has been announced for Sheffield Theatres’ Sarah Kane season, which begins in February. The season includes productions of three of Kane’s plays – Blasted, Cra…
Playwright David Edgar has been announced as this year’s visiting professor of drama studies at Oxford University, which will see him host a week-long series of talks and debates over …
York Theatre Royal is to be sold by the City of York Council to a conservation trust for the nominal sum of £1. The theatre, which has been under council ownership for around 300 years,&#…
Iain Gillie has been announced as the new chairman of Out of Joint, while producer Vicky Graham will join the company as in-house producer. Gillie is currently managing director of PW Produc…
Jonathan Pryce will play Shylock in The Merchant of Venice as part of Shakespeare’s Globe’s summer season, which also includes As You Like It, starring Michelle Terry. Pryce, who…
Andrew Scott, Ian McKellen and Julian Rhind-Tutt have been nominated for best actor at the 2015 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Scott, who is nominated for Slipping by Claudine Toutoungi, is up agai…
A dispute between the National Theatre and former musicians in the West End production of War Horse has reached a “satisfactory resolution”, according to a statement made by the …
Sharon D Clarke is to appear in Sally Cookson’s production of Romeo and Juliet at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, which also stars Audrey Brisson and Joseph Drake as the eponymous lovers…
Christine Bottomley and Neil D’Souza will join the previously announced Maxine Peake in How to Hold Your Breath at the Royal Court. Bottomley’s theatre credits include Alaska and…
Cassie Compton and Stephanie Fearon are to lead the cast of musical Molly Wobbly, which opens at Leicester Square Theatre later this month. Compton and Fearon are joined in the cast by Jane …
Kristin Scott Thomas has been made a dame in the 2015 New Year honours list, while fellow actors Joan Collins and John Hurt have been recognised with a damehood and knighthood respectively. …
Tom Piper is a theatre designer, currently working on the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Christmas Truce, based on the Christmas Day football match played on the battlefields of the firs…
Abigail Pogson has been named as the new managing director of Sage Gateshead. She will take up the post in May 2015, succeeding Anthony Sargent, who announced in April that he would be stand…
Production news stories featured on The Stage website from December 16 to 23. MUSICALS Glenn Carter is to star as Jesus in a UK tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which will also feature Rhydia…
East Lindsey District Council will transfer its leisure and cultural services to an external charitable trust as of January 1, in a move that will save the council £700,000 per year. Newl…
West End show Neville’s Island has claimed it has been confirmed as the first production to benefit from theatre tax relief in the UK. Jamie Hendry Productions, which produces the show…
Having never seen a pantomime as a child, Pete Dunwell fell in love with Christmas shows when he started performing in them. This year, he is taking on the role of Father Christmas in Santa&…
Katy Harris is a show director for Disneyland Paris, where she has worked for 21 years. Explain your role at Disneyland. I am a show director for Disneyland Paris, which basically entails fo…
New guidance could see theatres with suspended fibrous ceilings recommended to appoint dedicated members of staff to monitor them, as well as carry out regular inspections. A working party l…
Arts Council England has announced the recipients of the 17th round of its strategic touring programme, which includes the Southbank Centre, Leeds Theatre Trust and dance company Jabadao. 12…
Former stage manager Rachael Presdee, who was paralysed 
in a fall while working at 
Soho Theatre, has urged the industry to "start having a deeper look" at health and safety for…
Production news stories featured on The Stage website between December 9 to 16. PLAYS The Railway Children has extended its run at the specially-built King’s Cross Theare until Septemb…
