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A Royal Shakespeare Company bursary set up in the name of a South African performer is to end after 10 years, with
E4 is to go behind the scenes of a drama school to bring viewers an "all-singing, all-dancing journey of auditions, love affairs
Michael Grandage has announced an expansion of his theatre company in which the organisation will move into providing general management services for
A video of Amber Riley performing I Am Changing from Dreamgirls has been released, ahead of her taking the lead role in
Birmingham Repertory Theatre has secured more than £300,000 to continue a scheme that supports emerging talent from the West Midlands. Grants totalling
Magicians who appeared in last year's production of Impossible have accused producer Jamie Hendry of copying their acts for the show's current
Hampstead Theatre's production of Mike Bartlett's Wild is to be live-streamed on July 23. In association with The Guardian, the production will
Theatres and industry bodies including London's Old Vic, the Donmar Warehouse and Equity have joined forces to create a major new consortium
Andrew Lloyd Webber has appointed Rebecca Kane Burton as the new managing director of his theatres operation. Burton joins Really Useful Theatres
Cast and crew from the forthcoming production of The Secret Garden have won this year’s West End Bake Off, which has raised
Ed Vaizey, the longest serving arts minister in British political history, has left the government following Theresa May’s appointment as prime minister.
Brexit's impact on the cultural landscape is to be explored in a special edition of arts programme Front Row on BBC Radio
Niamh Cusack and Matthew Lewis have been cast in the London premiere of Owen McCafferty's play Unfaithful. Also starring Sean Campion and
A musical based on novel Crime and Punishment that features the music of Toyah Willcox will run at open air theatre the
Underbelly, the production company behind the London Wondergound and Udderbelly festivals on the South Bank, is to transform Leicester Square into a
Actor Andy Serkis has become an honorary patron of Lancaster arts venue the Dukes. Serkis, who has performed with the theatre 14
Dominic Cooke and Paulette Randall are among leading directors who have criticised poor levels of pay in their sector. Their comments come
Punchdrunk's production of Sleep No More is to open in Shanghai later this year, marking the company's premiere in Asia. Staged in
A UK production company opening a musical in New York has claimed to have suffered a shortfall of around £10,000 in its
A cast recording of Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith will be released on August 5. News of the recording follows Smith's return
Assistant directors working in the West End will be paid standardised rates for the first time, after an historic agreement was made
David Williams' children's book The First Hippo On the Moon has been adapted for the stage and will tour the UK later
Dundee Rep has appointed Andrew Panton as its new artistic director. He replaces Jemima Levick, who left to join Stellar Quines Theatre
Julian Glover has pulled out of Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Strife following a bout of pneumonia. He will be replaced by
Sunny Afternoon writer Joe Penhall has revealed how his relationship with Kinks frontman Ray Davies "rotted into a cancerous feud", with the
