A touring production of Glenn Miller musical Bugle Boy has collapsed for the third time in as many years, leaving doubt over thousands of pounds due to the show's 16 performers and musicians…
Jenna Russell and Jonathan Slinger will reprise their roles in Urinetown when the show transfers to the West End later this year. However, Richard Fleeshman " who led the cast as Bobby Stron…
ITV drama series Downton Abbey has been nominated for 12 Emmy awards, with actors Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Jim Carter and Joanne Froggatt all up for awards. Nominations for the US pri…
I Can't Sing! director Sean Foley has claimed the musical would have found an audience and run for longer if it had been produced in the subsidised sector. Speaking to The Stage for the firs…
BBC director general Tony Hall has unveiled plans to allow the Corporation's in-house production teams to make content for rival broadcasters, as part of a shake-up he has described as a "co…
Performers and musicians left unpaid following their work on a West End production stand to lose thousands of pounds, after the production company behind the show went into liquidation. Movi…
Malcolm Sinclair has been re-elected as Equity president for a third term. Sinclair received 2,411 votes, with fellow candidates Jean Rogers and Dave Eager picking up 1,748 and 387 respectiv…
A Liverpool theatre company has been made homeless after the theatre in which it was based was sold to developers. English Rice Productions has been running the 80-seat Liverpool Actors Stud…
War Horse director Marianne Elliott has defended the National Theatre's decision to axe five musicians from the show. Speaking to The Stage for the first time about the issue, Elliott said t…
BBC Comedy has hired Ben Farrell as an executive producer. Farrell joins the in-house department from Objective Productions, where he is currently head of comedy, a role he has had since 200…
Critics from the national press should be more supportive of new British musical theatre productions if the genre is to survive, Curve chief executive Fiona Allan has warned. The Leicester t…
A new musical based on Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ will receive its world premiere at Curve in Leicester, following a workshop last year. The musical is writt…
Touring theatre companies Dark Horse and Theatre Sans Frontieres have warned that 100% cuts to their funding from Arts Council England will prevent them from continuing to take work around t…
The Charing Cross Theatre has denied claims it is to replace paid front of house staff with volunteers. Reports on Twitter said the theatre in London had written to ushers at the venue to in…
Playwright Edward Bond has criticised Arts Council England's decision to axe its entire funding for theatre in education company Big Brum, labelling the cut an "immeasurable debt that societ…
Niamh Cusack is to star in Juno and the Paycock at the Bristol Old Vic, as part of the venue's winter season. Sean O'Casey's play will be directed by Gemma Bodinetz and is a co-production…
A sequel to musical Dreamboats and Petticoats, called Dreamboats and Miniskirts, will open at the Theatre Royal in Windsor this summer. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield, the m…
Campaigns have been launched to save theatre companies Propeller and Red Ladder, both of which were hit with 100% cuts to their funding from Arts Council England this week. A petition callin…
Partnerships between 10 theatre makers and venues have been announced as part of a new initiative aimed at helping contemporary theatre "thrive" and developing audiences. The projects, which…
The National Theatre of Wales has teamed up with arts festival Green Man to stage a site-specific production this summer. Called Green Man/Red Woman, the show has been created by Gerald Tyle…
This week I attended the launch of Act for Change, a campaign aimed at increasing diversity on television and in the arts. It came about after an advert for ITV's drama output failed to i…
Pantomime producer Paul Holman Associates has expanded its operations by joining with children's theatre company Premier Stage Productions, in a move that will see the two organisations work…
Theatre Royal Stratford East is bringing back its production of Oh What a Lovely War as part of its forthcoming season, which will also include a new version of Antigone by Roy Williams a…
A third of adults who watch television feel programming has got worse in the last year, with repeats and "lack of variety" to blame. According to a report by media regulator Ofcom looking at…
Musical Urinetown, which ran at the St James Theatre from February this year, is to transfer to the West End's Apollo Theatre. It replaces Let the Right One In when it plays at the venueR…