Glasgow Citizens' executive director Judith Kilvington to step down
Judith Kilvington is to step down as executive director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, after five years. The theatre said Kilvington
Judith Kilvington is to step down as executive director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, after five years. The theatre said Kilvington
Hugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett and John Marquez have been cast in a new comedy by the writer of The 39 Steps, Patrick
Ticketmaster has announced it is closing down its two secondary ticketing sites, Get Me In! and Seatwave, in a move it claims
Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan has been criticised for programming just three performances at the city’s Playhouse Theatre, with BECTU claiming
Glyndebourne has appointed Stephen Langridge as its new artistic director. He replaces Sebastian F Schwarz as the opera company’s artistic leader. Schwarz
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Front-of-house, box office and technical staff at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are routinely exploited by employers and forced to work in unfair
Danielle Hope and Sam Ferriday have been cast in the forthcoming tour of Rock of Ages, which begins next month. Hope will
People with autism going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are being offered free kits filled with items to help them relax in
The National Theatre’s production of Network, starring Bryan Cranston, will transfer to Broadway later this year. The adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976
Leeds Playhouse has established a repertory company of Northern actors who will perform in a season of pop-up productions at the theatre.
Public voting has opened for this year’s competition to find the UK’s most welcoming theatres. Run by UK Theatre, the UK’s Most
Alexandra Burke is to return to lead the cast of The Bodyguard when it sets out on a UK tour later this
EastEnders star Tameka Empson has been cast in Hackney Empire’s 2018 pantomime, Aladdin. Empson will appear alongside the previously announced Clive Rowe,
The government has given £100,000 to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to go towards promoting emerging artists on a global stage. The funding
Local authorities in England will spend £8.8 million less on culture this year, according to government figures that indicate shrinking nationwide arts
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Tim Howar will lead the new cast of The Phantom of the Opera in the West End, it has been announced. Howar,
Robert Icke will adapt Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck for the Almeida Theatre later this year, which will be his next production
Edinburgh Fringe operator Assembly has added four new venues for its line-up this year, including a treehouse bar that doubles as a
West End restaurant Joe Allen has launched a series of musical theatre-themed brunches, which started last weekend with performances by Bat Out
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Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of Lies will be revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year, 35 years after it premiered in
More than half of people responding to a poll by The Stage do not think producers need to take contemporary social values
Academic Simon Smith has won this year’s Shakespeare’s Globe Book award for his work analysing music in early modern theatre. The biennial