Lyric Hammersmith announces 2017 season
The Lyric Hammersmith is to stage the UK premiere of Ferdinand von Schirach’s Terror, in which the audience becomes the jury. It
The Lyric Hammersmith is to stage the UK premiere of Ferdinand von Schirach’s Terror, in which the audience becomes the jury. It
The Creative Industries Federation has appointed Rick Haythornthwaite as its new chair. He replaces founder John Sorrell, who announced he would step
Read the nominations in full here. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has become the most nominated new play in the history
Jonathan Church has announced his inaugural programme as artistic director of the Theatre Royal Bath’s summer season, featuring actors including David Haig
Tim Johanson has produced shows in London at Trafalgar Studios and Southwark Playhouse, as well as working in Edinburgh and New York.
The BBC is to broadcast a new documentary series about the history of opera, in collaboration with the Royal Opera House. Presented by
Channel 4 is to offer work opportunities to 40 television directors from minority groups, as it refocuses its efforts to improve diversity.
Brad Birch, Elinor Cook and Sarah McDonald-Hughes are to premiere new work in Paines Plough’s Roundabout as part of the company's 2017
Michael Auger's love of theatre led him to becoming one quarter of the Britain's Got Talent-winning musical theatre group Collabro, with which
The Kid Stays in the Picture at the Royal Court Theatre in London has postponed its opening to give the company more
Birmingham-based company DanceXchange is launching an artist-development programme to support and nurture dance professionals in the Midlands. The company has appointed
The winning play from the inaugural Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize is to be staged for the first time thanks to a £14,850
Actor Riz Ahmed has issued a rallying cry for diversity in the media, claiming the government should intervene to ensure that minority groups
Tamzin Outhwaite has temporarily withdrawn from the West End production of Stepping Out after fracturing her foot. She will be replaced in
Denise Gough and Matt Henry will announce the nominees of this year’s Olivier Awards on March 6. Gough and Henry, who both
Greg Hicks is to play Richard III in a new production of the play at the Arcola Theatre in London. It forms
The drama and music arms of Birmingham City University are to come together in a merger that will see them become Birmingham
Audience members have been banned from eating during performances of West End play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, "out of consideration for
The National Theatre production of Hedda Gabler is to tour the UK later this year. Patrick Marber’s new version of the play,
Peterborough-based Lamphouse Theatre has become the latest company to sign up to Equity’s fringe pay deal, becoming the first in East Anglia
The Victoria and Albert Museum and Royal College of Art are launching a new performing arts-led archive course based at the V&A’s theatre collections. Called the
The Tricycle Theatre’s former auditorium and stage is to be given in its entirety to a school in Kent. Last year, The
Disabled performer David Toole has been dancing for 25 years, after quitting his job as a postman to turn professional. He tells
West End show Wicked is partnering with a technology company to launch what is being described as London theatre's first social booking
London mayor Sadiq Khan has joined campaigners in criticising the exclusion of the arts from the English Baccalaureate. Khan also launched an