Performers Benny Young and Olwen Fouere have been announced as the winners of the first round of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Young was recognised…
Wimbledon Studios Ltd, the company behind the TV studios where series such as the BBC comedy Episodes is filmed, has gone into administration. The company operates three film and television …
Disgraced producer Paul Coxwell was today jailed for 39 months after pleading guilty to four charges, including fraud and breaching an order preventing him from being a company director. Bel…
Former Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou is to lead the cast of comedy drama Next Fall, which gets its UK premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in September. The show will be directed …
The West End production of The Lion King has now been seen by more than 12 million people, producers have claimed. According to Disney Theatrical Productions, which produces the musical, its…
Musical comedy Altar Boyz will make its UK premiere at the Greenwich Theatre in October. The show will be directed by Steven Dexter, who was behind Loserville in the West End. It is being pr…
London Theatre Report, the industry’s first major study into the size and scope of London Theatre, was published earlier this week. The report found that around £620 million is s…
Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre is set to become a producing house for the first time, with a focus on new writing. For its first production " the British premiere of a new play that has yet…
West Yorkshire Playhouse artistic director James Brining has defended the right of regional theatre to stage plays that are also being produced in London, claiming venues should not operate …
Okay, okay " I know it's called Hemley on TV. But anyone who knows me will know I also have a (pretty big) passion for musical theatre, so this week's column sees me break from…
Martin Green, who was head of ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics in London, has been appointed chief executive of Hull: UK City of Culture. The appointment has been described as a "major coup"…
Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall has urged MPs and future governments to protect funding for theatre, claiming that the industry's grassroots need particular safeguarding. The writer, whose adap…
Betty Blue Eyes creators George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have warned writers and producers of original musicals not to place too much emphasis on a show's production values, claiming the his…
An awards ceremony dedicated entirely to classical theatre " which its organisers claim will be the first of its kind in the UK " will be launched in September. Created by theatre company Ow…
Bakersfield Mist starring Kathleen Turner is to close three weeks earlier than planned, with producers blaming poor ticket sales among tourists. The show will close on August 9, instead of i…
Louise Dearman is to perform at a celebration of the work of Marvin Hamlisch, produced by the team behind the recent staging of Putting It Together at the St James Theatre. The Music of the&…
Around £620 million was spent on London theatre tickets in 2012/13 by more than 22 million people, according to a major new report. The findings are included in London Theatre Report, whi…
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group is suing the promoter of the cancelled US tour of Jesus Christ Superstar in a bid to recover costs. The musical was due to begin touring the US in&#…
The London premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole starring Joanne Froggatt has been postponed, with its producers blaming scheduling issues. Rabbit Hole had been due to open on Septe…
Forbidden Broadway, currently running at the Menier Chocolate Factory, is to transfer to the West End. The show will move to the Vaudeville Theatre on September 9, and run until November 22,…
Bruce Forsyth is to front a new BBC variety show, which will see singers and comics pay tribute to people who inspired their own careers. Forsyth's presenting role will be his first since an…
Tonight, the next episode of The Honourable Woman is on BBC2. I'll be watching it. Others will claim to – and yet, they won't actually be watching. Confused? Let me explain. I say I…
Previously unpublished letters written by My Fair Lady lyricist Alan Jay Lerner just three months before his death in 1986 reveal his "desolation" at having to pull out of working on Andrew …
Producer Bill Kenwright has blamed a "get rich quick" mentality among inexperienced producers for the number of shows and tours that are leaving performers unpaid. His comments come as a tou…
Of Mice and Men, starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, is to become the first Broadway production to be broadcast as part of National Theatre Live. Also starring Leighton Meester and Jim N…