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Laura Mvula is one of three composers who will create music for the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2017 spring and summer season. She
Bush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis has unveiled the programme that will reopen the venue following its £4.3 million redevelopment, with 50%
Sonia Friedman is leading calls from West End producers for more government and industry support to tackle the secondary ticket market. Friedman
Glenda Jackson's performance as King Lear in London's Old Vic Theatre's production of the Shakespeare play is being adapted for BBC Radio
Marianne Elliott has left the National Theatre after a decade as an associate director to form her own production company. Elliott is
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Glasgow Citizens Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and Watford Palace Theatre will each host an emerging producer for a
A dance production starring Adam Cooper that was billed as the world's first immersive ballet has been cancelled after losing funding from
This has been a week of big openings for musical theatre. At the one end, the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new
Cameron Mackintosh has claimed Half a Sixpence star Charlie Stemp is the best new talent he has seen since Michael Crawford 40
As Half a Sixpence opens in the West End, Matthew Hemley met cast members and producer Cameron Mackintosh to discuss bringing the show from
A stage musical based on the Debbie Isitt Nativity films will open at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre next year. The show, which
Adrian Scarborough and Gawn Grainger have joined the cast of Don Juan in Soho, starring David Tennant. As previously announced, the production
Secondary school teachers have warned that creative subjects are being "sidelined and devalued" as a result of the government's education reforms, with
New West End musical School of Rock is holding open auditions for child performers to appear in the production. The Andrew Lloyd
Stephen Schwartz musical Working will receive its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse next year. It will run from June 2 to
Operators of West End venue the Palace Theatre have been forced to carry out emergency remedial work after discovering a leak that
Campaign group Parents in Performing Arts is to explore the possibility of flexible childcare for theatre workers, as 92% of respondents to
Mischief Theatre's production of The Play That Goes Wrong is to open on Broadway next year. It will run at the Lyceum
Lee Mack is to make his West End debut in The Miser alongside the previously announced Griff Rhys Jones. Sean Foley will
Linda Nolan is to star in a new UK tour of Madness musical Our House. The production, which will tour from August
Patrick Stewart and Andrew Lloyd Webber used speeches at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards to criticise the government's "elitist" education
Ralph Fiennes and Billie Piper have won the acting gongs at this year’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, with two prizes also going
Deborah Rees has been named new director of Doncaster venue Cast. Rees, who joins the venue from the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury,
Theatr Clwyd will offer four residencies to playwrights next year, as part of an ongoing commitment to being a "home for writers
Emilia Fox is to star in the UK premiere of Laura Eason's Sex With Strangers at the Hampstead Theatre. Directed by Peter
