Audible reveals multimillion-pound fund for emerging playwrights
Audiobook giant Audible has launched a $5 million (£3.9 million) drive to commission and produce new audio plays by emerging writers. Playwright
Audiobook giant Audible has launched a $5 million (£3.9 million) drive to commission and produce new audio plays by emerging writers. Playwright
Sam Bailey and Elaine C Smith have joined the cast of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends " The Musical. Bailey, who won The
Plays hailing from Portugal, France, the US and Germany, and a collaboration with English National Opera make up Ellen McDougall’s first season as
Bolton Octagon has unveiled the latest plans for its £10 million redevelopment to make the building more accessible for audiences and artists.
Actors including Andrew Garfield, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance are among more than 30 theatre figures backing a ticket scheme set up
Theatres around the UK have ramped up security in the face of heightened threat levels, with venues enforcing stricter bag checks and
West End musical The Girls is to end its run at the Phoenix Theatre in July, after five months. Following its London
The BBC is launching a new live theatre programme for Radio 4. Described as “virtual reality for radio”, Theatre on 4
Playwright DA Nixon has won Out of Joint’s inaugural playwriting award. The Writers in Theatre Award was set up earlier this year
Hamilton is to hold open auditions for male company members, ahead of the musical’s West End premiere in November. Producers are advertising
Ken Dodd has been appointed patron of the £19 million Shakespeare North Playhouse in Merseyside. Dodd, a Liverpool native, made his Shakespearean
West End shows including 42nd Street, An American in Paris, School of Rock and The Wind in the Willows are among shows
Theatres are being advised to ensure their staff and buildings are prepared to deal with an attack, following the bombing in Manchester
Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced its autumn and winter season, which includes new work by Douglas Maxwell and a revival of Tom
The press night for On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has been postponed due to “the incapacity of one
Josh Roche has won the 2017 James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director award. He wins a prize of £25,000 and will direct a production
A new card detailing what questions it is illegal to ask at an audition is to be created after actors complained they
Beautiful " The Carole King Musical is to close in the West End after running for two and a half years. The
The National Theatre has launched a new podcast series featuring actor Harriet Walter, NT director Rufus Norris and politician Ed Miliband. The
Social and economic mobility is to be given a renewed focus on Equity’s national agenda, with its equality and diversity officers taking
Equity has launched a stinging attack on Arts Council England’s diversity monitoring strategy, claiming the detail and transparency being provided is "not
Equity is to redouble efforts to support D/deaf and disabled actors and stage managers to increase their visibility within the industry. The
The first images of the new cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have been released. It is the first time
Actors and stage managers have urged Equity to take a more active role in publicly challenging casting decisions that fail to demonstrate
Labour has launched a creative manifesto pledging to reverse the damage wrought by Conservative cuts to the arts if Jeremy Corbyn is