Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey has said that ‘crossing geographical boundaries’ must be at the forefront of ACE's attention during its next set of funding decisi…
Measures to tackle bullying in the industry, such as practical training courses and harassment education booklets, will be put in place as part of a plan to develop the existing Creating Wit…
The Almeida's production of King Charles III will transfer to the West End this autumn. Mike Bartlett's play will run at Wyndham's Theatre from September 2 to November 9, with a press night …
The BBC and Arts Council England will face pressure to carry out and publish equality monitoring as part of a campaign to be developed by Equity. Speakers from the union's women's, LGBT, min…
Performers have voted to make 2015 the 'Year of the Fringe', during which actors and fringe theatres will work with Equity to "raise awareness of the artistic contribution" the sector makes …
Tobacco Factory Theatres has announced three more associate artists for 2014-2015, who will develop work with the Bristol-based organisation. Joel Daniel, The Paper Cinema and Wattle and Dau…
Suba Das will direct a new production of Abigail's Party at Leicester's Curve theatre, as part of the company's autumn/winter season. Curve's studio space will be converted into the round fo…
The Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd is to close as part of council budget cuts aimed at saving £70 million over the next four years. The arts centre, a converted church in the town's centr…
Ambassador Theatre Group and the National Theatre will be among the first organisations that will trial new technology, aimed at increasing access for deaf and hard of hearing audiences and …
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts has launched a new master's course in creative producing which will begin in September. The one-year course will be led by arts manager Chris Grady who has …
Andrew Lloyd Webber's next musical could become his first in more than 40 years to open on Broadway ahead of the West End, with the composer claiming child licensing rules in the US are more…
Jack Ellis, William Gaunt and Adrian Schiller will join Richard Armitage in the cast of The Crucible, which will run at the Old Vic this summer. Ellis, who is best known for his role in̷…
A derelict church in Ipswich is to be transformed into an arts centre that will host professional theatre productions and touring companies. St Clement's church has stood empty since 1979, b…
The Felixstowe Spa Pavilion, which has been closed since January 2013, could be given a new lease of life after its local council revealed it had selected a preferred bidder to revive the ve…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has ruled out reworking his musical Stephen Ward, following a disappointing run in the West End earlier this year. Speaking at the Royal College of Music where he was rec…
Charlotte Rampling is to join the cast of Broadchurch when it returns for a second series. The film and television actress will join David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buc…
Joshua Mcguire and Jessie Buckley will star alongside Rupert Everett in Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Amadeus this summer. Mcguire, who is currently appearing in Privacy …
Theatre company Fuel has announced its 10th birthday season, which includes brand new work alongside new versions of existing projects. Fuel have also announced a new funding campaign to hel…
Keith Jack, who came second in BBC's Any Dream Will Do in 2007, will perform his one man show Up Close and Personal in June at the London Hippodrome. Jack, who after appearing on the…
Daniel Rosenthal's The National Theatre Story has won the 2013 STR Theatre Book Prize. Rosenthal was awarded the prize in a ceremony at the London Palladium by actress Maureen Lipman, for hi…
Ipswich's New Wolsey Theatre will stage the world premiere of new musical Midsummer Songs as part of its autumn 2014 season. Midsummer Songs, written and directed by the Wolsey's artistic di…
Nominations for this year's Hospital Club hClub100 awards, which celebrate the 100 most innovative individuals working across the creative industries, have opened. Following public nominatio…
Southwark Playhouse will stage the European premiere of Dogfight, a new musical which first opened Off-Broadway in 2012. Dogfight is based on the 1991 film of the same name and will run at t…
Leicester's Haymarket Theatre, which has been out of use since 2007, is set to reopen as a training centre for the performing arts. The historic venue is to become a "hub for creative indust…
A new one-year performing arts diploma has been launched in Exeter. The Vocational Institute of Theatre Arts will open in September and has received support from performers such as Anita Dob…