Craig Revel Horwood will star as Miss Hannigan in a UK and Ireland tour of Annie from July 2015. The Strictly Come Dancing judge will appear in a new production of the musical, which opens&#…
A campaign to save a west London library from demolition by turning it into a multipurpose arts centre has taken a step forward, with the group behind the plans preparing to submit a bid to&…
The Bush's artistic director Madani Younis has complained that UK theatre "feels like a country club for a privileged few", criticising the lack of diversity in leadership roles in the secto…
The Hunters Grimm, an outdoor promenade production based on the Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm, will take place in Deptford next month. The show is produced by Teatro Vivo in associat…
Jennifer DiNioia will join the London cast of Wicked from next month. DiNoia, who has performed in the show in North America and internationally for the past eight years, will play the role …
Nathalie Carrington is both a cast member and the creative producer behind The Liberation of Colette Simple, a new piece of music theatre that has worked with eight different lyricists inclu…
Janie Dee is set to star in a new production of 84 Charing Cross Road at Salisbury Playhouse next year. Dee, who recently appeared in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre, will star in the&#…
Siobhan McCarthy will star in Tooting Arts Club's production of Sweeney Todd, which will be staged next month in London's oldest pie shop. McCarthy, who originated the role of Donna in Mamma…
Croydon's Fairfield Halls has compiled more than 2,500 items for a new online archive the venue claims provides "an illustrated history of post-war British theatre". The arts centre in Croyd…
Grimsby Auditorium will transfer its management 
from Ambassador Theatre Group to Lincs Inspire, a 
subsidiary of North East 
Lincolnshire Council, at the end of this month…
Rula Lenska will star in Sarah Waters' The Frozen Scream at Wales Millennium Centre and Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas. Her theatre credits include The Vagina Monologues at Wyndham's T…
Arts Council England spent £9.3 million in the second year of its strategic touring programme, 21% of which was awarded to theatre projects. The majority of funding was spent on combined …
Yard Theatre, London: A verbatim script made up of interviews and film dialogue spoken by Tom Cruise is the basis for this surreal cross-examination of celebrity culture, fame, and the moder…
Amelia Bullmore's Di and Viv and Rose will transfer to London's Vaudeville Theatre next year, with Tamzin Outhwaite reprising her role as Di. She will be joined by Samantha Spiro as Viv and …
She may be best known for her vintage-style, burlesque-inspired cabaret and as the compere of Another F*cking Variety Show, but it is Lili la Scala's operatic roots that have been the bigges…
Three quarters of models have worked for no or very low pay, while the same number have been left out of pocket as a result of low or no pay work, a survey conducted by…
The Royal Shakespeare Company will receive £1.5 million from the Department for Culture Media and Sport to translate the full works of Shakespeare into Mandarin, in an attempt to boost bu…
West End theatres will dim their lights tonight in memory of actor Donald Sinden who died on September 11. The marquees of West End theatres in central London will be dimmed for one minute a…
Darren Day and Oliver Tompsett will lead the cast of White Christmas at West Yorkshire Playhouse later this year. Day and Tompsett will star as Bob Wallace and Phil Davis respectively, and w…
Ambassador Theatre Group has invested more than £3 million over the last two years in the rollout of VIP lounges and bars at its theatres. The work, part of an ongoing plan to improve fac…
Darlington Borough Council has agreed to spend £425,000 on the purchase of a former fire station to create a flagship children's theatre. Children's company Theatre Hullabaloo lost its ho…
The shortlist has been announced for the theatre category of the Hospital Club's hClub100 awards, which celebrate the most innovative and inspirational people across the creative industries …
Culture minister Ed Vaizey and Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey have claimed strategic partnerships are crucial to the industry's survival in light of budget cuts and depleted…
Almost 60% of professional musicians have suffered from depression or other psychological issues, while 82% have experienced money problems, a new survey has revealed. The Health and Wellbei…
Haydn Gwynne, Jerome Pradon and Anna Skellern will join the previously announced Tamsin Greig in the UK premiere of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which opens in London in Decemb…