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Marketing agency AKA Promotions has opened an office in Scotland. AKA already has offices in Manchester, Sydney, Melbourne, New York and London,
West End play McQueen is closing three weeks earlier than planned. The show, about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, began its run at
West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is to hold open auditions for the roles of the Oompa-Loompas. The show will
Julian Fellowes' musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows will receive its world premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth next year,
Investment firm Gate Ventures has hired producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit as part of a drive to significantly expand its role
A long-running dispute between Shakespeare's Globe and its tour guides has been resolved, after the employees accepted a 3% pay increase. Tour
Sheffield Theatres, the Lyric Theatre in Belfast and Theatre by the Lake in Keswick have been named among the UK's 12 most
London's Criterion Theatre has renamed its bar in honour of the venue's former chairman, Richard Attenborough. The Lord Attenborough Bar was unveiled
A full-time school for aspiring musical theatre performers will open in Birmingham next year, with its founder claiming it will bring "the
Trevor Nunn's production of Ben Jonson's Volpone has been filmed and will be made available to audiences online, as part of new
The West End production of The Commitments will play in Dublin next year prior to a UK tour. Jamie Lloyd's staging of
Actors and directors including John Simm, Romola Garai and Vicky Featherstone are backing an industry-wide initiative aimed at supporting parents working in
Charlene James' Cuttin' It, which looks at the issue of female genital mutilation and won the Alfred Fagon award last year, will
Shaun Dooley and Finty Williams will star in Dinner With Friends at the Park Theatre. The play, directed by Tom Attenborough and
A campaign inspired by Benedict Cumberbatch that is aimed at tackling the use of mobile phones in the theatre has been launched.
Nicholas Hytner has been presented with the Critics' Circle award for services to the arts. The former National Theatre director was announced
The Royal Shakespeare Company generated an income of £63.9 million in 2014/15, up from £61.3 million on the previous year. In its
Original cast members from Les Miserables including Frances Ruffelle and Colm Wilkinson will return to mark the show's 30th anniversary. A gala
Theatre directors are pushing for a 50% increase to their fees and a 1% share of a production's royalties as part of
London's Shaftesbury Theatre has begun work on the final phase of a £5 million extension that will update its technical capabilities and
Stephen Tompkinson is to star in Pig Farm at the St James Theatre. The previously announced play, written by Greg Kotis, will
BECTU and the Royal Albert Hall are at loggerheads after the London venue unexpectedly rejected the outcome of a staff vote for
Glenn Close will star as Norma Desmond in a semi-staged production of Sunset Boulevard at the Coliseum in London. The show is
English National Opera has unveiled a restructure of its artistic leadership team following John Berry's departure, and extended Cressida Pollock's role as
Trevor Nunn discovered Michael Xavier's knack for performing Shakespeare through musical theatre. It happened when the director was working with Xavier on
