Tina Turner musical's empowering theme 'will attract new theatregoers'
The Broadway star chosen to play Tina Turner in a new musical has said she hopes the production will inspire new theatre
The Broadway star chosen to play Tina Turner in a new musical has said she hopes the production will inspire new theatre
Designer Jon Bausor has said the "white, middle-class" theatre design sector needs to be more inviting to people from different backgrounds. The
There is still an "awful long way to go" before female writers are equally represented on stage, playwright Lizzie Nunnery has said.
Directors have too much control about how plays are staged, playwright David Hare has said. Hare argued the balance of influence between
Musical Hot Gay Time Machine will run at the Other Studio as part of the London venue's new season. Following a run
The producers of The Red Lion at London's Trafalgar Studios are hoping to inspire new theatre fans by working with football clubs.
Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderon is making his debut at London's Royal Court with political drama B. He tells Giverny Masso
Sheffield Theatres' musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie has scooped two accolades at this year's UK Theatre Awards. Actor John McCrea won the award
A woman was allegedly assaulted when she took her son to watch Dirty Dancing at Liverpool's Empire Theatre. Merseyside Police has confirmed it
London's Hackney Empire has cancelled an opera production after the company behind it was accused of "racist" casting. Contemporary opera company Music
Actor Maggie Bain is touring in the Wales Millennium Centre production of Manfred Karge's one-woman show Man to Man, which is based
X Factor judge Louis Walsh is to make his stage debut in Nativity! The Musical. Walsh will appear in the Christmas show
A new musical about the assisination of media personality Katie Hopkins has been announced as part of Theatr Clwyd's new season. It
For the first time, the majority of shows in the commercial West End charge more than £100 for their best seats, The
Arts organisations can raise an extra 17% in public donations when they use match funding, new research has revealed. Arts Council England,
A production of Trump " The Panto at London's Leicester Square Theatre has been cancelled. The satirical show about Donald Trump was
Members of Derby's theatre groups have gathered outside the city council headquarters to protest against proposals for a new music and performance
Howard Brenton's adaptation of Miss Julie will premiere in London at the Jermyn Street Theatre. The adaptation of August Strindberg's work will
Matthew Kelly and Josefina Gabrielle are to star in the world premiere of The Box of Delights at Wilton's Music Hall in
Having planned her father's funeral when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, then finding out the doctors had made a mistake,
National Theatre Wales has been announced as a new partner in a creative programme for young entrepreneurs. The organisation will join Battersea
A new immersive lab has opened in Brighton which will enable theatre companies to experiment with virtual reality technology. This is the
Short plays by Vinay Patel and Phoebe Eclair-Powell are to feature in a podcast series showcasing new work. Theatre company the Miniaturists,
Industry body One Dance UK has secured almost half a million pounds to tackle inactivity in deprived areas of the country using
A Welsh opera company has been forced to defend the "racist" casting of Caucasian actors in an opera set in a Chinese