Andrew Lloyd Webber autobiography to be adapted for the stage
A stage show based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s life and career is being developed and will be workshopped at a London theatre
A stage show based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s life and career is being developed and will be workshopped at a London theatre
Legislation that could have enabled self-employed parents in theatre and the creative industries to share parental leave has failed to progress past
Daisy Heath has been appointed executive director of Kiln Theatre in London. Heath joins from the Young Vic, where she has held
Opera North is to receive nearly £500,000 towards its multimillion-pound expansion plans, as part of Arts Council England’s small capital grants programme.
Howard Goodall’s musical The Hired Man is being revived at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch next year, it has been announced. The musical,
Pointe shoes for black, Asian and minority ethnic ballet dancers are being made in the UK for the first time, in what
Caro Newling is to step down as the chair of new writing theatre company Paines Plough after nine years. The theatre producer
The BBC could outsource the making of its topical arts coverage, and has announced it will open a bidding process for its
The Royal Court’s international director, Elyse Dodgson, has died. Dodgson, who worked at the Royal Court for more than 30 years and
The Royal Opera House will appeal a landmark ruling in favour of a musician who claimed his hearing was “irreversibly damaged” during
Plans for Coventry’s forthcoming year as UK City of Culture have been given a £5 million boost by Arts Council England. The
The Royal Court is partnering with TV production company Kudos to offer a series of bursaries for writers from under-represented groups. Three
The Royal Court has unveiled a new season of work, including a production that reunites Jack Thorne and John Tiffany and a
A restaurant featuring a cast of singing waiters that is dubbing itself the ‘UK’s answer to Ellen’s Stardust Diner’ in New York
Nearly a third of British schoolchildren do not know William Shakespeare was a playwright, according to new research commissioned by LAMDA. The
Former Complicite producer Judith Dimant has founded a new production company she says will look beyond the usual sources of inspiration to
Plans for a new venue billed as the UK’s first purpose-built immersive theatre have fallen through a month before it was due
Act for Change has appointed its first permanent member of staff, as it looks to expand its efforts to achieve greater diversity
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, the Young Vic, Hull Truck Theatre and the Unicorn are among the inaugural winners of the WhatsOffStage Awards.
Freddie Fox will star in the UK premiere of Edmond de Bergerac, which has been translated into English for a run at
A £3.7 million investment fund for the arts has been created to address a "gap in the market" for small-scale loans. The
LGBT+ theatre Above the Stag has opened an all-day cafe and bar at its new premises in Vauxhall, which will also house
Company has extended its run in the West End until March next year. Marianne Elliott’s gender-swapped production, which stars Rosalie Craig and
New industry awards for dance are being billed as the first of their kind and will celebrate people working across the sector
London’s Southbank Centre has abandoned plans to install a rooftop bar and outdoor performance space after receiving more than 100 objections about