3,863 stories by "Matthew Hemley"
Tom Nash has been named winner of this year's Red Planet Prize, run by prolific television writer Tony Jordan. Nash's script Percentages
A code of conduct aimed at supporting venues and companies at the Edinburgh Fringe to pay the living wage has been drawn
Prolific producer Danielle Tarento has claimed that paying actors the Equity minimum would prevent her from staging the shows she has become
Simon Callow, Rufus Hound and Meera Syal will make digital cameos in a new production of Much Ado About Nothing that will
Veteran actor Rula Lenska, who is this year making her debut on the Edinburgh Fringe, has warned that the Brexit vote will
More than £1 million has been paid out in wages under Equity's fringe agreement since it launched last year. The union said
A tour of popular show Dirty Dancing is to be hit by protests, following a bitter dispute over the production's use of
Voting has opened to discover the UK's most welcoming theatres. Across Britain, 241 venues are competing to win the Most Welcoming Theatre
Comedy troupe Kill the Beast and performer Liam Brennan have been named as the first winners of The Stage Edinburgh Awards. Kill
Former Liverpool Everyman artistic director Alan Dossor has died at the age of 74. The director worked at the venue between 1970
West End theatre owner and producer Nica Burns has criticised national newspapers for cutting back on their arts coverage, claiming "proper, erudite"
42nd Street writer Mark Bramble will direct a new production of the musical that will run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Broadway performer James Monroe Iglehart and West End star Trevor Dion Nicholas " who both play the Genie in musical Aladdin "
Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Miss Saigon will open on Broadway in March next year, running in the same theatre where the musical
Harry Lloyd, Ilan Goodman and Michael Simkins have been cast in Good Canary, which will be directed by John Malkovich. The play
Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama will perform for agents and casting directors in New York next month,
Richard Madden has pulled out of Kenneth Branagh's production of Romeo and Juliet completely following medical advice. The role of Romeo will
Major research aimed at identifying training and development gaps in offstage roles has been commissioned. The report is being conducted by creative
Casting organisation Spotlight is dropping its print directories after almost 90 years. The organisation began printing its directories in 1927, but has
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is to be adapted into a stage production where the creature will be portrayed by a full-sized puppet controlled
Guys and Dolls is to close in the West End four months earlier than planned. The musical, which opened in Chichester before
Former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding is to make her theatre debut in the touring production of Ghost " The Musical. She
Miss Saigon’s 25th anniversary performance is to be broadcast to cinemas in October. The musical was filmed on its 25th anniversary in
A series of suicides in the industry has prompted the launch of a new website aimed at supporting entertainment professionals facing mental
Lin-Manuel Miranda's 14-minute musical 21 Chump Street will receive its European premiere as part of this year's From Page to Stage festival.
