1,225 stories by "Nicola Merrifield"
The cultural sector does not have sufficient data to demonstrate how it is "unique" in providing a range of benefits to society, a report by Arts Council England has found. More evidence mus…
Ghost Stories by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman has extended its run at London's Arts Theatre by a further three months. The play, which opened at the venue in February, was previously booking …
US actor Anne Archer is to appear in the world premiere of a play about Jane Fonda's opposition to the Vietnam War at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Archer, whose credits include the…
Tom Conti will join the cast of Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre from the end of this month. He will replace Martin Shaw from March 31 to play Juror Number Eight, in a...
Director Michael Grandage and casting director David Grindrod have joined a campaign to retain a major funding stream for vocational drama, dance and musical theatre training in England. The…
The Nottingham Playhouse has announced its production of The Kite Runner will return this summer as part of its new season. Directed by the venue's artistic director Giles Groft, the show is…
The Michael Clark Company, a new play by David Leddy and a panel discussion with John Hurt are to feature as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2014. Michael Clark's dance company will…
The Watermill Theatre in Newbury is to stage a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility next month. The show is adapted and directed by Jessica Swale, whose recent debut play Bl…
Former Boyzone singer and Coronation Street actor Keith Duffy is to appear in a revival of Billy Roche's A Handful of Stars at Theatre503 in south London next month. He will play Irish boxer…
Powys County Council has proposed a 100% cut to three theatres it helps fund in 2016/17. At a budget meeting last week, plans to remove its combined £283,500 of financial support for the …
Lyric Hammersmith's Secret Theatre season is to continue for a further year by touring the UK, following a one-off grant of £265,000 from Arts Council England. The west London theatre wil…
London-based training centre Circus Space has been renamed as the National Centre for Circus Arts, to recognise its role in providing training and also championing the artform since the comp…
The nominations in full for the Olivier Awards 2014 are: Best actor Henry Goodman for The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui at the Duchess Theatre Tom Hiddleston for Coriolanus at the Donmar W…
West Berkshire Council has confirmed it will reduce its funding to Newbury's Corn Exchange by 45% from this April, but will spread the cut over five years. At a budget meeting last week, cou…
Musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Merrily We Roll Along have secured the most number of Oliver Award nominations this year for a singular production. The two shows have been rec…
Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans is to direct a new production of musical Anything Goes over the Christmas period. The show, which has music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a …
This year's Manchester Theatre Awards have seen prizes go to Kenneth Branagh, who took best actor for his turn as Macbeth at the Manchester International Festival, and also to Cush Jumbo, wh…
The Headlong production of 1984 is to transfer from the Almeida Theatre to the Playhouse Theatre in London this summer. It will run from April 28 to July 19 and takes over from the Playhouse…
The cultural sector is failing to provide equal access to jobs, which is "stifling" the industry's ability to grow and diversify, according to a new report. The review, written by leading sk…
Highlights from touring musical Dirty Dancing will form part of this year's Latitude Festival theatre programme along with shows presented by the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester and Lon…
The Olivier Awards nominations are to be be live-streamed on the internet when they are announced next week. This year's nominees will be revealed on March 10 at an event hosted by performer…
ITV has ordered a third series of its drama Mr Selfridge, with actor Jeremy Piven reprising his lead role as Harry Gordon Selfridge. In its current run, the series has become the highest rat…
The Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies will transfer to the West End this summer. Adapted from Hilary Mantel's books by Mike Poulton, the shows will r…
Drama school graduates are not being made aware of the time it will take them to gain success as an actor and the reality of the industry, the outgoing director of the Old Vic's talent de…
Imelda Staunton is to star as Mama Rose in Gypsy at Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn, in a show that will reunite the creative team behind the venue's 2011 production of Sweeney To…
