West End audiences top 15 million for the first time, SOLT data reveals by Georgia Snow

West End theatre audiences exceeded 15 million for the first time last year, as box office revenue also grew for the 14th

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:58am on February 27, 2018☆⚑

Isabelle Huppert to perform at London's Southbank Centre as part of 2018 programme by Georgia Snow

Isabelle Huppert has announced a solo performance at the Southbank Centre that will see her read extracts by radical 18th-century philosopher the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44am on February 26, 2018☆⚑

Stunt casting is bad for the theatre industry " The Stage poll by Georgia Snow

Nearly 90% of people responding to a poll by The Stage think stunt casting is a negative activity for theatre. The online

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09am on February 26, 2018☆⚑

Les Miserables announces UK and Ireland tour by Georgia Snow

Les Miserables will tour the UK and Ireland later this year for the first time in nearly a decade. Producer Cameron Mackintosh

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 9:40am on February 26, 2018☆⚑

Playwright David Edgar to make stage debut in new one-man show by Georgia Snow

Playwright David Edgar will make his debut as an actor in an autobiographical one-man show, it has been announced. Edgar, who is

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:46am on February 26, 2018☆⚑

WhatsOnStage Awards 2018: Winners in full by Georgia Snow

Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Juliet Stevenson and Ross Noble have all picked up prizes at this year’s WhatsOnStage Awards. The annual awards,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 4:30pm on February 25, 2018☆⚑

Simon Stephens and Tamsin Oglesby among writers penning new work for UN gender equality event by Georgia Snow

Playwrights Tamsin Oglesby and Simon Stephens will create new pieces of work as part of a programme of events supporting the United

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:40am on February 23, 2018☆⚑

Alan Bennett world premiere to be staged at Hytner and Starr's Bridge Theatre by Georgia Snow

Nicholas Hytner will direct a new Alan Bennett play at the Bridge Theatre in London, it has been announced. Allelujah! will be

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:58am on February 23, 2018☆⚑

Lulu returns to West End after three decades for 42nd Street run by Georgia Snow

Lulu is set to return to the West End for the first time in 30 years to take over the role of

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:48am on February 23, 2018☆⚑

Southampton's Mayflower Theatre named among best UK employers by Georgia Snow

The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton has been named one of the 100 best companies to work for in the UK. The Mayflower

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34am on February 22, 2018☆⚑

Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation donates £36,000 for musical theatre training bursary in Liverpool by Georgia Snow

A drama school in Liverpool has been given more than £30,000 from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s foundation to fund a new scholarship. The

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27am on February 22, 2018☆⚑

Emma Williams and Jonny Fines to star in An Officer and a Gentleman by Georgia Snow

Emma Williams, Jonny Fines and Ray Shell are to lead the cast of An Officer and a Gentleman " The Musical, when

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:06am on February 22, 2018☆⚑

Cameron Mackintosh's Music Theatre International promotes Drew Cohen to chief executive by Georgia Snow

Cameron Mackintosh’s theatrical licensing company Music Theatre International has reshuffled its senior leadership, appointing president Drew Cohen as global chief executive. Alongside

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:34am on February 22, 2018☆⚑

MPs to debate plans to extend shared parental leave to self-employed by Georgia Snow

Legislation that could help prevent theatre workers from being forced out of the industry when they have children has taken its first

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

War Horse to return to National Theatre for First World War commemoration by Georgia Snow

War Horse is set to return to the National Theatre later this year to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. The Michael

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:23am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

Cast confirmed for Brian Friel's Translations at National Theatre by Georgia Snow

Ciaran Hinds has joined the cast of Brian Friel’s Translations at the National Theatre, alongside the previously announced Colin Morgan. The play

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:23am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

Ray Quinn to lead Summer Holiday UK tour by Georgia Snow

Ray Quinn has been cast in the lead role in a new tour of Summer Holiday. Quinn rose to fame after he

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 8:07am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

Arts in England to lose £40m funding per year from Brexit by Georgia Snow

  English arts organisations received £345 million from the European Union in a decade, a new report has estimated. The statistics detailing

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 6:34am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

Rising cost of 'antiquated' digs poses risk to touring, warn theatre stars by Georgia Snow

The theatre digs system in the UK has become “antiquated and unsustainable”, theatre workers have warned, amid growing fears that the health

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 4:00am on February 21, 2018☆⚑

Critics' Circle National Dance Awards 2017: Winners in full by Georgia Snow

The cast of West End musical 42nd Street and Matthew Bourne’s long-time design collaborator Lez Brotherston are among the winners of this

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:13am on February 20, 2018☆⚑

Almeida for Free festival programme announced by Georgia Snow

The Almeida Theatre in London has unveiled the line-up for its second free festival for young people, which coincides with its production

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39pm on February 19, 2018☆⚑

Haydn Gwynne to replace Linda Bassett in Donmar's The Way of the World by Georgia Snow

Linda Bassett has withdrawn from the Donmar Warehouse’s production of The Way of the World due to personal reasons. She will be

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 9:14am on February 19, 2018☆⚑

Theatre stars among actresses signing Time's Up letter demanding change in British entertainment by Georgia Snow

Actresses Carey Mulligan, Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Noma Dumezweni and Sophie Okonedo are among more than 200 female stars of British entertainment

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 7:31am on February 19, 2018☆⚑

Father and son Edward and Freddie Fox to star in West End An Ideal Husband by Georgia Snow

Edward Fox and his son Freddie are to star as a fictional father and son in An Ideal Husband in the West

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 1:39pm on February 16, 2018☆⚑

Arts Council's Ian Tabbron appointed to lead Shakespeare North Playhouse by Georgia Snow

Ian Tabbron has been appointed interim chief executive at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside. Tabbron becomes the organisation’s first chief

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14am on February 16, 2018☆⚑