Writers' Guild secures 2% fee increase for playwrights
Playwrights working in theatres across the UK are to receive a 2% increase on minimum fees, thanks to a new rate negotiated
Playwrights working in theatres across the UK are to receive a 2% increase on minimum fees, thanks to a new rate negotiated
Playwright Ronald Harwood has claimed that casting women in male Shakespearean roles is “an insult to the playwright” and “astonishingly stupid”. His
In the Heights is to close in January 2017 after a run of over a year. Arun Blair-Mangat, Juliet Gough and Stephanie
Baritone Huw Montague Rendall has won the 51st John Christie Award for a promising young singer. Montague Rendall was awarded the annual
Nine out of 10 respondents to a poll in The Stage would object to London theatre productions starting later after the introduction of the
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to reverse more than £40 million of arts cuts, in a newly announced arts policy. The policy, unveiled
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts has dropped its writing musicals course after just a year. The course's lead staff claimed that a
Theatre company the Atticist will take its Edinburgh Festival Fringe show to New York next year after winning this year’s Carol Tambor
Props, posters and correspondence from Tommy Cooper's personal archive have been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum. The V&A has purchased
Joe McElderry is to return to play the lead role in a 2017 tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Former
Plays Tamsin Greig and Jessica Hynes will star in the UK premiere of Tony Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and
The number of students taking performing arts GCSE in the UK has dropped by 9% year on year, new figures reveal. GCSE
Shakespeare’s Globe is planning a major redevelopment project that will create a new library and archive facility, rehearsal studios underneath the theatre
London mayor Sadiq Khan has begun the process of appointing a ‘night tsar’ for the capital, who will develop a vision for
Equity has welcomed the launch of broadcast equality monitoring project Diamond, claiming it will hold the television industry to account on diversity
Around 200 people have attended what is being hailed as the first Instagram photocall, in which members of the public were invited
Manchester School of Theatre has been ranked the top drama school for overall student satisfaction for the second year running. All students
Now performing her self-written show Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night at Edinburgh, the writer and actor tells Georgia
West End show Beautiful " The Carole King Musical has extended its run at the Aldwych Theatre until July 2017. The show,
Equity is investigating a complaint made against producer Stephen Leatherland over money allegedly owed for a recent touring production. Leatherland, who features
Just a third of arts graduates polled by the National Union of Students believe their degree was worth the money. A study
Earl Carpenter and Anita Louise Combe are to star in a new actor-musician production of Ragtime at the Charing Cross Theatre. Carpenter
As the magician stages his latest show, he tells Georgia Snow why his kind of magic is all about fun. What can
Southend's New Empire Theatre is to be demolished following the site's purchase by an unknown Asian investment firm. The Hong Kong-based company
Industry support body Dancers’ Career Development has announced an expansion of a scheme aimed at helping professional dancers find careers after performance.