Young Vic Directors Program awarded £450,000 from Arts Council
Arts Council England has given £450,000 to the Young Vic Directors Program, securing the scheme until at least 2021. As a talent
Arts Council England has given £450,000 to the Young Vic Directors Program, securing the scheme until at least 2021. As a talent
Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre has appointed David Mercatali as associate director. He will work alongside the theatre’s artistic director Rachel O’Riordan and will
Theatres in France are to begin screening adverts before performances as part of a strategy conceived by a Parisian advertising agency. The
A succession of UK governments have exhibited a “consistent failure” to understand the importance of arts education over at least two decades,
A musical based on the life of Tina Turner will have its West End premiere at the Aldwych Theatre next year. Last
Sharon D Clarke, Joseph Millson and Tanya Moodie are among the performers shortlisted at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. For the first
Clare Burt will join the cast of Big Fish the Musical at London’s the Other Palace, starring alongside the previously announced Kelsey
Best new play Half Breed by Tash Marshall, Talawa Theatre Company and Soho Theatre Narvik by Lizzie Nunnery, Box of Tricks Wish List
Act for Change and The Stage have announced a partnership to hold a conference on diversity in theatre criticism. A panel of
Only 6% of teachers at the UK's leading drama schools come from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, research by The Stage
The Stage spoke to former students of some of the UK's leading drama schools about their experiences of diversity at their institutions.
Production notebooks belonging to Samuel Beckett, letters written by JB Priestley from the First World War front line and an uncensored version
Esther Smith has been cast in James Fritz’s new play Parliament Square. Smith, who originated the role of Delphi Diggory in Harry
Peter Hall, the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a former director of the National Theatre, has died aged 86. Hall
Zoe Wanamaker, Toby Jones and Stephen Mangan are to star in a 60th"anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party. Ian Rickson
Learning-disabled theatre company Access All Areas has announced a partnership with talent agency Simon and How to improve opportunities for actors with
Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins are to be the subject of a new documentary film on the BBC.
Natasha J Barnes is to star in a revival of thriller play Tryst at the Tabard Theatre in west London. Karoline Leach’s
Joanna Riding, Lauren Samuels and Carly Bawden will appear in Romantics Anonymous at Shakespeare’s Globe, which will be Emma Rice’s final project
Hamilton has postponed its opening at the Victoria Palace Theatre, blaming time constraints during a refurbishment of the building for the delay.
National Theatre audiences will have the chance to dine on stage during its forthcoming production of Network. An adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s
Michael Crawford will be teaching celebrities how to become musical theatre performers as part of a new television show announced by ITV.
A new fringe festival has been created in Morecambe, Lancashire, in a revived music hall in the seaside town. The organisation, which
John R Wilkinson has been announced as the recipient of the Genesis Futures Directors Award for 2018. He will direct a production
Angels in America has confirmed a transfer to Broadway in spring 2018. The National Theatre production, which closed August 19, will transfer