3,863 stories by "Matthew Hemley"
Thriller Live has extended its West End run to September next year. The Michael Jackson tribute show, at the Lyric in London, had been booking until April 26, 2015. It will now run until Sep…
Michael Vine, the co-founder of Peep Show and Fresh Meat producer Objective Productions, has left the company after more than 15 years. Vine, who was a joint managing director, said he had m…
The West End run of King Charles III has been extended until January next year. Written by Mike Bartlett, the play had been booking at Wyndham's Theatre until November 29. It has now been ex…
Brighton Hippodrome, Plymouth's Palace Theatre and the Victoria Theatre in Salford top this year's Theatre Buildings at Risk Register, which lists 33 venues around the UK " down from 48 in 2…
ITV has scrapped a new singing talent show before it was even broadcast. Rising Star sees viewers vote for contestants via an interactive app. The format was bought by ITV last year from …
Producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit have revealed plans to stage original musical theatre productions at the Coliseum in London as part of their partnership with English National Oper…
Former Whatsonstage chief Terri Paddock will this week bring a tribunal against her former employer on the grounds of unfair dismissal. As revealed by The Stage, Paddock " who co-founded the…
Emma Thompson is to return to the West End stage for the first time in 25 years, in a production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd alongside Bryn Terfel. The semi-staged production of the m…
Susan Hill's book The Small Hand has been adapted for the stage and will tour the UK from next month. Adapted by Clive Francis and directed by Roy Marsden, the play will open at the…
A planned New York production of American Psycho has been cancelled. The musical, which originally opened at the Almeida Theatre in London last year, was due to play Off-Broadway at the Seco…
A costume supplier that has built up a collection of about 7,000 items since it was set up in 1968 faces an uncertain future after being evicted from its home. Oxfordshire Drama Wardrobe, wh…
Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen are to star in a new three-part ghost story for Sky Living. The drama, called The Enfield Haunting, will be directed by Kristoffer Nyhol…
Plans for £750,000 of improvements at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre " including making the venue more accessible " have been boosted by a provisional grant from the local council. To mark it…
Theatre company Punchdrunk is teaming up with the National Maritime Museum in London to create an immersive production for children aged six to 12. Against Captain's Orders: A Journey into t…
Brian Conley has revealed that being dyslexic made him want to become a performer. The actor, who went to Barbara Speake stage school, said he had problems with writing as a child, but that …
Darren Day's management is taking legal action to recoup unpaid fees following a failed touring production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2013, with other performers and mu…
Plans to introduce licences for street performers on Notting Hill's Portobello Road have been labelled "counterproductive" by the Musicians' Union. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelse…
A Bournemouth-based ticketing agency has moved to reassure consumers that its systems have not been "breached", after scam emails were sent out that appeared to be sent from the company. The…
Playwright Roy Williams has been honoured for his contribution to the UK arts sector with an honorary degree from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. The writer, whose credits include Sucker …
The first images of Tamsin Greig in the forthcoming musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown have been released. Greig is making her musical theatre debut in the UK…
Catherine Tate has been cast in Jamie Lloyd's production of Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory, alongside Andy Nyman and Mike McShane. Tate, whose theatre credits include Much Ado Abo…
Pubs around the UK are being urged to host live entertainment " including theatre shows " as part of a new campaign launched by Equity. The Live Entertainment Works! campaign is aimed at hig…
Bonnie Langford and Gary Wilmot are to join the West End cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Langford, whose credits include Spamalot and Chicago, takes the role of Muriel Eubanks, and replaces…
Broadway musical Beautiful " The Carole King Musical will open at the Aldwych Theatre in February next year. Based on the life and career of singer and songwriter King, the show has a book b…
Mark Heap and Peter Serafinowicz are to lead the cast of a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens. The cast for the six-part series " which is about the…
