David Shrigley announced as Brighton Festival guest director for 2018
Brighton Festival has announced visual artist David Shrigley as its 2018 guest director. The multi-arts festival has also revealed part of its
Brighton Festival has announced visual artist David Shrigley as its 2018 guest director. The multi-arts festival has also revealed part of its
The new festival director of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival has been announced as Daniel Brine. Brine is artistic director and chief
A new fund has been launched to encourage arts organisations to experiment with immersive technology. Arts Council England and Digital Catapult will
Olivier Award-winning director Lyndsey Turner and former Talawa Theatre Company artistic director Paulette Randall are among the new board members announced for
Design in public areas of theatre to be restored to its 1812 glory Seating capacity to be reduced from 2,200 to 2,000
Welsh-language script writers and theatremakers are missing out on opportunities in Wales, a writers' union representative has claimed. Writer and actor Manon
Abdul Shayek is artistic director of Cardiff-based Fio theatre company, which he founded in 2015 to tell diverse stories. He tells Giverny
The Royal Shakespeare Company's box office income last year was £34 million, down £1.1 million from 2015/16. In 2016/17, 2.7 million tickets
Women working in theatre are often sidelined from leadership jobs, director Elizabeth Freestone has claimed. Freestone was formerly artistic director of
Marcus Brigstocke and Laura Pitt-Pulford have been cast in Barnum at London's Menier Chocolate Factory. Barnum, which has music by Cy Coleman,
The company set up to deliver Hull UK City of Culture 2017 has announced it will carry on as a national arts
Playwright Peter Nichols has said that regional arts journalism is "critical" for emerging theatre talent. Nichols was speaking in conversation with director
Arts organisations are becoming less experimental and more focused with their use of digital technology, a survey has revealed. The Digital Culture
James Norton and Imogen Poots have been announced to star in a new season at the Donmar Warehouse. Belleville, a new play
Designer Tom Scutt will curate a new week-long design festival at London's Donmar Warehouse. Donmar on Design, which runs at the theatre's
A LAMDA graduate is opening a new pub theatre space in London Bridge. The 50-seater Katzpace will be located in the basement
London's Theatre N16 is desperately searching for a new home after discovering it will have to leave its current premises at the
Leading theatremakers have said they are "thrilled" about what Kwame Kwei-Armah's appointment as artistic director of London's Young Vic "means for theatre".
Cardiff's New Theatre and the Nottingham Playhouse are among the 12 regional winners of the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre Award 2017. All
LAMDA and the Genesis Foundation have launched a new mentoring programme for actors, stage managers and technicians. The Genesis LAMDA Network pairs
The Guildford School of Acting's foundation course has been restructured, raising concerns from a former tutor it is being turned into "an
Birmingham Conservatoire has been granted a royal title by the Queen. Joining a select list of performing arts institutions, the music and
Patti LuPone will star in a West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company. Marianne Elliott will direct the musical, which will be
An Edinburgh Festival Fringe show exploring suicide is to transfer to London's Soho Theatre. Dust by Milly Thomas, who won The Stage
A year of international cultural events has been launched in celebration of Swedish film director and writer Ingmar Bergman. This will include