Arts Council England report says progress is slow and Michael Buffong asks 'Why?'Talented black actors, writers and artists are sill being kept out of the arts because of "painfully" slow pr…
Kate Prince's ZooNation commissioned to create 'uplifting story' called Message in a BottleIt is not, for some music lovers, the most obvious material for a hip-hop dance show, but the chore…
Mischief Theatre to start year-long residency giving it plays running at three venues at onceA theatre company that just six years ago consisted of a bunch of struggling actors playing to sp…
Cuban superstar says he wants to expand repertoire and reach out to more diverse audiencesCarlos Acosta, the ballet superstar considered one of the greatest dancers of all time, is to take c…
Dancer withdrawn from Swan Lake after he posted series of sexist comments on InstagramSergei Polunin, the Royal Ballet-trained dancer who revels in a "bad boy of ballet" reputation, has been…
Steve Tompkins tops list for projects such as Battersea Arts Centre and Bristol Old VicAn architect described as a 21st-century Frank Matcham " the legendary designer of the London Palladium…
From opera to bus stop signs, Insiders/Outsiders will tell the stories of arts figures who fled NazisThey are far from household names but perhaps should be: Fritz Busch, Carl Ebert and Rudo…
Top seats up to £117.52 average " Hamilton leading at £250 " while cheapest fall to £19.31Top end ticket prices for West End shows have risen by 19% to an average of £117.52, wit…
More than 90 venues including National Theatre sign up to trade union initiative More than 90 UK theatres have signed up to a trade union initiative seen as the largest effort yet to tackle …
Duo triumph for performances in Antony and Cleopatra, as Hamilton and Company also land prizesRalph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo's dazzling performances as Antony and Cleopatra at the National…
Considered one of playwright's greatest works, it will run in London next yearTom Hiddleston is to return to the London stage in a new production of Betrayal, considered one of Harold Pinter…
Company head explains decision to give job to man with white parents who identifies as blackThe theatre company which gave a job targeted at ethnic minorities to a man who identifies as blac…
Sir Nicholas Hytner says council cuts and sidelining of subjects at school add to crisisSir Nicholas Hytner has delivered alarming warnings about the health of British arts and culture amid …
National Theatre director says Windrush scandal and Brexit makes the production timelyAndrea Levy's celebrated novel Small Island is to be staged next year by the National Theatre, a product…
Ivo van Hove directs adaptation of Bette Davis-propelled Hollywood classicGillian Anderson is to play a role made famous by Bette Davis when she takes the lead in a West End stage adaptation…
Royal Shakespeare Company to assemble consciously diverse cast for season of three playsThe Royal Shakespeare Company is to choose actors for its 2019 summer season who reflect the nation in…
Artistic director of west London's Bush theatre to leave for new role at UK's biggest arts centreMadani Younis, the artistic director of the Bush theatre in west London, has been named as th…
Comedian joins all-star cast to perform British playwright's work at eponymous theatreThe comedian Lee Evans has announced he is stepping out of retirement to be part of a London stage seaso…
Maureen Beattie also hopes anti-harassment measures set out by UK actors' union will be adopted by wider industryWorking class youngsters who dream of becoming actors or performers are incre…
Anne-Marie Duff to star in BBC radio play based on the sprawling and controversial novelThe White Hotel has become known as one of the great unadaptable works of modern literature, almost bu…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's New London theatre is renamed after Cats choreographerCarried to the stage on a golden throne and surrounded by dancers from the musical Cats, the choreographer Dame Gi…
In a £15.8m redevelopment, the influential regional theatre will revert to its old nameThe West Yorkshire Playhouse, one of the most important of the UK's regional theatres, plans to clos…
Billionaire vows to continue 'tradition of excellence' at Theatre Royal HaymarketThe billionaire entertainment mogul and arts philanthropist Sir Leonard Blavatnik has bought one of London's …
Actor is cast opposite Stephen Dillane in production to be directed by Katie Mitchell Cate Blanchett is to return to the UK stage for the first time in seven years when she makes her debut a…
Matthew Lopez's hit about group of middle-class gay men in New York will open at the Noel Coward Theatre in SeptemberA sprawling, sold-out seven-hour play about the lives of a group of middl…