Emergency funding will help to keep struggling organisations afloat over the summer Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Some of England's most at-risk arts organi…
Theatre Royal Windsor production first in UK to begin rehearsals after lockdown The age of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been the subject of much debate. But no one has mooted that he is 81. Rega…
Industry leaders welcome plan but say they urgently need dates to plan their Covid-19 recovery Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A five-stage roadmap to help ge…
Many on freelance PAYE contracts are desperate, surviving lockdown on handouts and savings Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Freelance workers in the UK's creat…
Exclusive: almost 100 leading creative figures sign letter calling for government action to prevent demise of sector Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britain's…
Report says 400,000 jobs likely to be lost across sectors including music, theatre and art Britain is facing an irreversible "cultural catastrophe" with a projected £74bn drop in revenue …
Actor says government intervention for the arts is needed as some venues are 'teetering' Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British theatre will need some form o…
London arts organisation calls for more funds as Covid-19 lockdown hits cash reserves Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK's largest arts and cultural orga…
Letter to culture secretary asks for urgent help to 'shore up our cultural landscape' Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A call for the government to step up wit…
Leading figures call for government help as Covid-19 lockdown causes existential crisis Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British theatres are in a state of "hi…
Call for creative celebrations " such as with a painting, cake or dog trick " for virtual project Hottest front-room seats: theatre and dance online The best arts and entertainment during s…
Productions to be streamed on YouTube include James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Thursday night could become National Theatr…
Funding announced to protect arts bodies and freelancers as coronavirus hits revenues Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A £160m emergency response package is…
Company says it will no longer work with star choreographer and artist-in-residence The Royal Ballet has said it will no longer work with its star choreographer Liam Scarlett, who had been a…
Kate O'Donnell, who is herself trans, pulled out of Breakfast on Pluto over casting decision A transgender actor has spoken of her disappointment and tears after she felt forced to withdraw …
Absolutely Fabulous star shocked young people have never heard of 'cavalier' Victorian actor She was a superstar in her day: mobbed by fans, paid a fortune and one of the finest stage perfor…
Pop-meets-Shakespeare show split critics but wins big at awards voted on by public A musical which one theatre critic hated, calling it "silly, misguided and idiotic", and another loved as …
Rufus Norris rebuffs Downton creator Julian Fellowes' claim that NT is in a cultural bubble Rufus Norris, the director of the National Theatre, has taken aim at a suggestion he is in a "left…
Former Doctor Who star will lead revival of CP Taylor's Good, produced by the new company Fictionhouse David Tennant is returning to the stage in a play that tackles the question of how sane…
Theatre to stage adaptation of Henry VI series, the subject of disputes over authorship William Shakespeare almost certainly did not write Henry VI Part 1 " but it doesn't matter, the Royal …
Chief executive wants to bring art 'to people's doorsteps', but critics say strategy is vague England's arts chiefs have said they want to create a nation that has better access to culture i…
Contingency Plan by Steve Waters to be staged at Donmar Warehouse and Theatr Clwyd A double bill of plays that premiered 10 years ago and were hailed as the first big theatre productions to …
Sir Nicholas Serota says east of England and libraries could also be priorities in 10-year plan More artists, writers and composers at an early stage of their careers should get public money…
Arts organisations will have to provide data on socio-economic background of employees for first time next year Arts organisations will for the first time have to provide data on the socio-e…
Author David Walliams hopes new musical about 12-year-old Dennis can speak to everyone While the Royal Shakespeare Company's big new family musical The Boy in the Dress is, on the face of it…