Interviews: Jonathan Sidgwick: actor
After more than 10 years in the business, acting in television, film and on stage, Jonathan Sidgwick finds himself on both sides of the table as he writes and stars in About Miss Julie, a…
After more than 10 years in the business, acting in television, film and on stage, Jonathan Sidgwick finds himself on both sides of the table as he writes and stars in About Miss Julie, a…
A £10 million redevelopment project by Newcastle's Live Theatre " which will include a new outdoor performance space " has been given the go-ahead by its local council. Called LiveWorks, …
A new pub theatre is being launched in Cardiff, which its founders claim is the first venue of its kind in Wales. The Other Room was officially launched on Friday and aims to emulate theR…
'No frills' circus and a fusion of acrobatics and theatre are the order of the day in A Simple Space, the second show from Australian physical theatre company Gravity and Other Myths. Curren…
Rosemary Squire, Ambassador Theatre Group’s joint chief executive, has been recognised among a group of business people from London and the south region at the EY entrepreneur of the y…
The Musicians' Union has hit back at claims made by National Theatre executive director Nick Starr that the musicians in War Horse should have been axed in 2009, following the show's transfe…
Lindsay Lohan will make her stage debut in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow at London's Playhouse Theatre later this year. Lohan, who made her name starring in films such as Parent Trap, Freaky …
TKTS, the theatre ticket booth operated by the Society of London Theatre, will be offering half price tickets to 10 West End shows on Wednesdays throughout July. West End Wednesdays will all…
National Theatre executive director Nick Starr has said he regrets not axing live musicians from War Horse when the show transferred to the West End in 2009, claiming that would have been th…
Small theatre companies in London must not be ignored in the next round of Arts Council England funding, despite the need to address regional imbalances, the Independent Theatre Council has …
Matthew Xia has been appointed associate artistic director at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, following the departure of co-artistic director Greg Hersov this summer. Xia, who directed …
Amanda Drew, Jack Lowden and Diana Quick will join Kristin Scott Thomas in Sophocles' tragedy Electra, when it comes to the Old Vic this autumn. Drew, best known for her work in television d…
John Barrowman will embark on a 16-date concert tour in 2015, his first full UK tour in four years. Beginning on May 16, 2015 in Southend, the tour will visit towns and cities across theR…
The UK tour of dance show Flash Mob has been called off after only eight performances. The show, which stars dancers from reality television shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Britain's Go…
After formal dance training, Carolyn Maitland has learnt everything else she knows through her experience in musicals in London and internationally. She understudies Ellen in Cameron Mackint…
Actor Rochelle Neil's portfolio of shows includes West End productions of Ghost and Soul Sister. She is also known for her MCing at famous Soho nightclub The Box. Her latest role is i…
Simon Bailey and Laura Pitt-Pulford are to star in Stephen Sondheim's Marry Me A Little when it runs at the St James Studio next month. Bailey, whose West End credits include The Phantom of …
Tamsin Greig will star in the UK premiere of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a musical stage adaption of Pedro Almodovar's film of the same name. The show premiered on Broadway in…
Sheffield Theatres saw a 23% year-on-year increase to its audience numbers in 2013, its annual report has revealed. More than 439,000 people visited the Crucible, Studio and Lyceum Theatres …
Redevelopment plans for Glasgow's Citizens Theatre have taken a major step forward after it was announced the theatre will receive £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Glasgow Cit…
An immersive theatre show co-produced by Bristol Old Vic is one of six projects in Bristol to be given funding in a grant of almost three quarters of a million pounds from Arts Council Engla…
Tom Lister, Alex Hammond and Phoebe Street are set to join Jodie Prenger in the upcoming national tour of Calamity Jane. Lister, who will play Wild Bill Hickok, recently appeared in Water Ba…
A site-specific performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet will take place on Margate beach next month as part of the Theatre Royal Margate's annual Shakespeare on the Beach event. Kent-b…
Australian dancer Hilton Denis began dancing at a young age and has been a regular fixture on the Australian dance scene ever since. He was a contestant on the first series of So You Thin…
Jake Smith is a trainee director at Chichester Festival Theatres, where he is on a two-year bursary. This season he is working on Black Comedy/Miss Julie, Pitcairn, Gypsy and The One Hund…