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Broadcasting giant Sky is supporting a new fund at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama that will provide disabled students
English National Opera is to reduce pay levels for senior management by 20% as it seeks to make savings of £5 million.
Arts Council England's Pete Staves is to join Frantic Assembly as executive director and joint chief executive. Staves leaves his post at
Manchester's Royal Exchange has appointed Mark Dobson as its new executive director. Dobson, who has been chief executive of Tyneside Cinema for
Phantom of the Opera actor Philip Griffiths has officially become the longest-serving cast member of a West End show. As previously reported
Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have bolstered the core team of their new theatre company, with the appointment of NT Live head
Bend It Like Beckham star Lauren Samuels has been cast in new musical The Buskers Opera. She is joined by George Maguire,
West End performer Jodie Jacobs and Hollyoaks actor Sophie Austin will judge a Glee-inspired show choir competition next month. Masters of Show
West End theatres have reported a 12th year of growth at the box office, but attendances to London shows have remained flat.
Arts Council England's London chair Veronica Wadley has joined the debate about access to the arts, insisting opportunities should not be just
Arlene Phillips has warned that female choreographers need to fight to get ahead in the sector, claiming men are better at “seducing
Musical Million Dollar Quarter is to embark on its first UK tour, opening at Curve in Leicester. The show, about Johnny Cash,
Maureen Lipman and Katie Brayben lead the cast of Charlotte Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should at the St James Theatre.
Applications for the second Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice Awards have opened, with winners standing to receive £10,000. The initiative provides
Bertie Carvel will make his directorial debut at Chichester Festival Theatre as part of the venue's 2016 season, which also includes Hugh
Hampstead Theatre has announced world premieres from Howard Brenton and Mike Bartlett as part of its 2016 season. Brenton's play is called
Mrs Henderson Presents star Emma Williams has claimed out-of-town try outs are essential for new shows, because productions need "nourishing and breaking
Trade bodies BECTU, Equity and the Musicians' Union are planning a joint crisis meeting to save English National Opera from becoming a
Samantha Spiro and Oliver Tompsett are to join the cast of musical Guys and Dolls. They join alongside US actor Richard Kind
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland deputy principal Maggie Kinloch is leaving the organisation after 10 years. The conservatoire's principal, Jeffrey Sharkey, praised Kinloch's
Global theatre group Stage Entertainment has axed its UK producing arm after 14 years, following several high-profile flops in London's West End.
Cabaret venue the Crazy Coqs is to be relaunched in September, with the space opened up to theatre companies as part of
Hand to God opens in the West End on February 15, after a successful run on Broadway. The play revolves around a
Harlow Playhouse has rolled out a Pay What You Can season, with an increase of about 50% in theatregoers at the venue for
Don Black has written new lyrics to previously unheard Jule Styne songs for a new production of Bar Mitzvah Boy. The musical
