Amanda Britton has been named new principal and artistic director of the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. Britton is currently deputy principal and head of undergraduate acad…
Meryl Streep, who stars in the film adaptation of Into the Woods, joins Catherine Tate and Imelda Staunton in discussing performing the works of Stephen Sondheim. Tate is currently in Assass…
Wicked producer Marc Platt has defended the show's former star Idina Menzel, after the actor was criticised for missing notes during a performance on New Year's Eve. Menzel was singing Let I…
Rupert Goold has said more needs to be done by the industry to enable critics to review shows in the regions, claiming this will help emerging directors build profiles. Without this, he said…
Regional venues the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and the Salisbury Playhouse have disputed the low fees attributed to them in a new report on directors' pay. In Stage Directors' UK's rec…
Ann Emery has retired from playing the role of Grandma in the musical of Billy Elliot after 10 years. Emery originated the role in 2005, and will now be replaced by Gillian Elisa. Elisa has&…
Claire Sweeney is to host her own musical theatre-themed radio show on Magic. The radio station, which is now available nationally throughout the UK on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), will…
Sonia Friedman and Danielle Tarento will battle it out for producer of the year at The Stage Awards 2015, which also sees the Liverpool Everyman, London's Young Vic and Leicester's Curve pic…
Glenn Carter is to star as Jesus in a UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, which will also feature Rhydian Roberts as Pontius Pilate. The production opens at the Churchil…
Industry body UK Theatre is working with unions Equity, BECTU and the Musicians' Union on a joint initiative to overhaul its existing collective agreements for performers, backstage staf…
Planned funding cuts to local councils in England could see arts provision "damaged irrevocably", Equity has warned. The government announced last week that local authorities will f…
Pantomime is to be put under the spotlight in a new BBC documentary that goes behind the scenes of an amateur company's production in Nottingham. Panto!, produced by documentary maker Jeanie…
Jerry's Girls, a musical revue celebrating the songs of Jerry Herman, is to have a two week run at the St James Theatre. The show features songs from shows such as Mame, Hello, Dolly! and…
John Browne is to replace Chris Smith as chair of the Donmar Warehouse's board. He will work alongside artistic director Josie Rourke and executive producer Kate Pakenham, and takes up the p…
West End musical The Commitments has extended its run at the Palace Theatre to September next year. It had previously been booking until April, but will now run until September 13. Producer …
Vault Festival, which returns in January for a six-week run in tunnels near Waterloo in London, has added a programme of work aimed at young people. Mini Vault, for children under 11, will c…
Repertory theatre will return to the Theatre Royal Windsor for the first time in 25 years with a season of six plays, including Daphne du Maurier's September Tide and Noel Coward's Hay Fever…
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will end its West End run on March 7 next year. The musical will then tour the UK, as well as Australia, South Korea and Germany. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, written by …
Musical The Goodbye Girl is to have its first London revival since running in the West End in 1997. The show, which has a book by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by…
Spend on first-run UK-originated drama programmes by the main public service broadcast channels fell by 34% over the five years from 2008 to 2013. According to media regulator Ofcom's annual…
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has defended freedom of speech within the arts, labelling cultural boycotts as "needlessly divisive". He described protests that result in productions being pul…
A beleaguered tour of Barry Manilow musical Copacabana has hit further problems, with Croydon's Fairfield Halls cancelling planned dates in 2015. The Stage previously reported that the tour,…
Indhu Rubasingham will direct the world premiere of a play by actor John Hollingworth as part of the Tricycle Theatre's 2015 season. The theatre will also stage The Father, starring Kenneth …
Stage manager Rachael Presdee, who was left paralysed after an accident at the Soho Theatre in 2012, has been awarded £3.7 million in compensation. The money was secured by union Equity, …
Arts and Minds, a joint industry initiative aimed at raising the awareness of mental wellbeing in the entertainment sector, has launched a survey to identify the "areas of stress" for people…