Michael Grandage has warned that the West End will "close" unless producers provide cheaper tickets and better access for young people to London's major theatres. The director claimed that i…
Nottingham Playhouse's confirmed 100% funding cut from its county council will result in "tougher" times ahead and fewer actors being employed by the venue next year, the theatre's chief exe…
Michael Blakemore has won this year's Sheridan Morley book prize for theatre writing. The director, who is currently working on Blithe Spirit in the West End, received the award for Stage Bl…
Culture secretary Maria Miller has said regional arts organisations should not see themselves as "competing" with London-based ones for funding. In a speech she made this afternoon at the Lo…
Southwark Playhouse's presentation of a new chamber version of musical Titanic has won the most prizes at this year's Off West End Theatre Awards, including best musical production. The revi…
Stewart Pringle has been appointed the new artistic director of the Old Red Lion Theatre in north London. He joins the fringe venue next month and replaces Nicholas Thompson, who leaves in A…
Punchdrunk has confirmed its immersive show The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable has been extended until “at least” April. The show, which is a co-production with the National Thea…
Cardiff Council has confirmed it will remove its entire annual funding to more than 10 arts organisations including venue Sherman Cymru and circus company Nofit State Circus as part of a bud…
Nottinghamshire County Council has confirmed it will remove all of its funding for Nottingham Playhouse from April despite campaigners' attempts to convince the local authority not to go ahe…
London Theatre Direct has announced it is to accept Bitcoins as a payment, claiming it has become the first ticket agency to use the digital currency. The online retailer has said it hopes t…
David Walliams has revealed plans to return to the theatre in another show directed by Michael Grandage. The comedian said that after appearing as Bottom in the Michael Grandage Company's pr…
Campaigners have called for a new £30 million theatre in Exeter, following the publication of a report claiming a city centre theatre is "long overdue". The Theatre for Exeter Development…
Steve Winter, the director of Old Vic New Voices in London, is to step down this week after nine years at the organisation. Winter, who joined the Old Vic's talent development arm in 2004, i…
Roisin McBrinn is to leave her position as Sherman Cymru associate director at the end of this month. She has been in post at the Cardiff theatre for two years and during that time has...
This year's Brighton Fringe Festival " which runs from May 3 to June 1 " has increased its number of free shows and events by 5% with fringe audiences paying nothing for almost a third...
The National Theatre production of The Elephantom is to transfer to the West End this summer. Adapted from Ross Collins' children's picture book by Ben Power, the show will run at the New Lo…
Two men accused of attacking actor Clive Mantle in a row that left the former Casualty star with some of his ear bitten off have been cleared of all charges. According to reports, a jury...
Dawn French has announced she will tour a new one-woman comedy show around the UK this summer, directed by Michael Grandage. The show, 30 Million Minutes, marks her first ever solo tour and …
Brighton Festival is to premiere a new work jointly created by playwright Lucy Kirkwood and dance company Lost Dog and will host the first UK touring date of a stage adaptation of Catch 22 a…
The National Theatre of Scotland production of Let the Right One In has been confirmed as the show that will reopen the Apollo Theatre in London at the end of March following its ceiling col…
The Michael Grandage Company and The Book of Mormon have won the most prizes at this year's Whatsonstage Awards, with both of them receiving four gongs each. Within the MGC five-play season,…
An overnight production of Macbeth is to be staged by immersive production company Rift in London this summer. The show will take place on the top floor of an "iconic" London tower block in …
Shameless actor Rebecca Ryan is to appear in the Hull Truck Theatre production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey. Ryan " who also appeared in BBC TV series Waterloo Road – will pla…
The resident theatre company running the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in north London is to hand over its lease of the building to a new organisation to secure its future. The fringe venue is cu…
The Tricycle Theatre is to host the Birmingham Repertory Theatre production of Rachel De-lahay's Circles and Paines Plough's production of Hopelessly Devoted by Kate Tempest, which both tran…