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Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre has dominated at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, winning in six categories. The Lyceum picked up
Theatre Royal Stratford East has partnered with production company Perfect Pitch on a £12,000 new musical award. The Perfect Pitch Award for
Judi Dench has spoken about the constant "fear" she lives with as an actor, claiming that being a performer gets more frightening
The government has been accused of playing "fast and loose with the country's educational wellbeing", after it revealed plans for compulsory GCSEs
Betty Blue Eyes composers George Stiles and Anthony Drewe are writing the music for a new show called Becoming Nancy, directed by
Imelda Staunton is to join other West End performers in a special gala concert marking Stephen Sondeim's 85th birthday. Called Hey, Old
West End performer Alison Jiear has revealed she put herself forward for Britain's Got Talent because she has been “anonymous" in the
Curve artistic director Nikolai Foster has revealed plans for a festival dedicated to new musicals. Foster, who last year promised to make
Actor Tim Pigott-Smith has criticised the government for undervaluing performers, claiming the industry is going to have to "fight" for its survival
Best play Simon Stephens, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Best musical Fun Home Best revival of a play
Mike Bartlett's King Charles III has won the theatre prize at this year's South Bank Sky Arts Awards. The Almeida Theatre production
Leicester's Curve is to install an extra 99 seats into its auditorium to cater for demand and drive more income. The theatre
A musical featuring Irving Berlin songs and based on the film The Smallest Show on Earth will open in September. It will
Arts Council England's budget is to be cut by about £1.2 million in 2015/16, after the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
A stage adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Pixie Lott as Holly Golightly will become Leicester Curve's first commercial West End production.
Miss Saigon's return to the West End has been documented by Cameron Mackintosh, who claims it is the most "comprehensive" look at
Musical Xanadu will receive its UK premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in October. The show, based on the film of the same
Playwright Kate Lock has won this year's Adrian Pagan Award, which is aimed at nurturing new writing talent. Lock received the prize
Outgoing Chichester Festival Theatre artistic director Jonathan Church is to form his own production company, backed by Cameron Mackintosh. Church announced earlier
Writers producing drama scripts on BBC training schemes are being paid less than £3 an hour, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Derren Brown's new show Miracle will run at the Palace Theatre in the West End this November. It will run from November
Performers Alex Gaumond, Cynthia Erivo and Sally Ann Triplett feature in the next series of Singular Sensations at Charing Cross Theatre. The
AÂ glance at the West End's musical theatre landscape tends to throw up the same few names in terms of writers and composers.
When Natalie Mendoza suffered an injury that forced her to leave the cast of ill-fated Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
A free ticketing app that its founders claim will make the West End "more accessible than ever" has been launched. Todaytix has
