English Touring Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton are among 32 arts organisations that will host fellowships " to support creatives ranging from choreographers…
Ghost Stories has extended its run at the Arts Theatre until March next year. The show, written by Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson, who also direct with Sean Holmes, had been booking until Janua…
Playwrights Alan Ayckbourn and Arnold Wesker have joined performers including Judi Dench and Christopher Biggins in calling for Brighton Hippodrome to be retained as a theatre. They are amon…
Gods and Monsters, a stage adaptation of Christopher Bram's novel Father of Frankenstein, will receive its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse next year. The book has been adapted by R…
West End show The Play That Goes Wrong has recouped its £250,000 production costs in 12 weeks, its producers have claimed. The show, produced by Kenny Wax and Stage Presence, opened at th…
US performers Nic Rouleau and Brian Sears are joining the West End production of The Book of Mormon. They will take over as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham respectively from February 2 next…
Miss Saigon has picked up 12 nominations for this year's Whatsonstage Awards, including in the best musical revival category and best actor and actress sections. Alistair Brammer is nominate…
Maxine Peake has been cast in Zinnie Harris' How to Hold Your Breath at the Royal Court. It will be directed by Royal Court artistic director Vicky Featherstone and opens at the Jerwood Thea…
Marti Pellow is to star as the Narrator in a tour of musical Blood Brothers next year. He will be joined by Maureen Nolan as Mrs Johnstone. Both Pellow and Johnstone have played the roles…
Performers are more likely to work over the age of 40 on television and radio than in theatre, but the live sector is more diverse in terms of the ethnicity of actors it employs. These…
A staging of musical Saturday Night Fever was cancelled in Liverpool on its first night due to "technical faults". The musical is currently touring the UK and is at the Liverpool Empire unti…
Sky Atlantic drama The Tunnel, Sky1's The Smoke, BBC2's Rev and Channel 4's Utopia were multiple winners at the Royal Television Society's Craft and Design Awards. The Tunnel won for Adrian …
Lyric Theatre, London: It takes a special show to hold an audience of young children captivated, but physical theatre company Tall Stories succeeds with its inventive stage adaptation of Jul…
Around 50% of stunt performers working in television and film have experienced bullying, with 47% claiming sexual harassment is common in the sector. The statistics are the findings of a sur…
Leicester Square Theatre artistic director Martin Witts and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art principal Joanna Read have been honoured for their support of new writing. Witts and Read…
Commercial radio station Magic has become the new radio broadcast partner of the Olivier Awards, bringing to an end the ceremony's relationship with the BBC. The awards were broadcast by Rad…
More than 100 previously unseen letters written by playwright Harold Pinter " in which he discusses works such as The Birthday Party " have been acquired by the British Library. The letters …
Leading arts organisations including the National Theatre are backing a new membership body representing the creative industries, which is aimed at giving the sector a "stronger and more …
Simon Russell Beale, John Hurt and Lesley Manville have been cast in an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace for BBC Radio 4, which will be played out over 10 hours on New Year's…
Nicholas Hytner is to chair the judging panel for the 2015 Bruntwood Prize, which also includes playwright Bryony Lavery and actor Meera Syal. Other judges for the prize, which marks its 10t…
Performers who graduated from drama school in 2013 took 30% fewer jobs in the fringe sector compared with the previous year. Industry figures claim the drop demonstrates "savvy" performers a…
A theatre-themed cafe is to open in London's West End, which will be decorated with memorabilia from musicals. The Theatre Cafe is being launched by Jill and Joe Davey, who own London Theatr…
Emerging directors Daniel Bailey, Rebecca Frecknall, Jesse Jones and Jo Newman have been named as the winners of this year's Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme. The initiative, a Young V…
Nigel Harman has criticised the number of new musicals that mock the musical theatre genre, claiming they have a negative impact on the sector. Harman, who recently directed the UK and Irela…
Channel 4's Utopia has scooped the best drama series prize at the International Emmy Awards. The drama, penned by Dennis Kelly and cancelled by Channel 4 after two series in the UK, beat pro…