Wilton's Music Hall is to stage a new show about Romanian gypsies this spring as its final full-scale production before undergoing front-of-house building works. The east London venue will p…
Julie Crofts is to step down from her role as executive director of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama at the end of this month. She will leave the higher education membership body " whic…
The Regent's Park Open Air Theatre summer production of Porgy and Bess is to star Sharon D Clarke and Nicola Hughes. Clarke will play Mariah and Hughes will reprise the role of Bess, which s…
A proposal to reduce Bristol City Council's arts budget by nearly 10% has been withdrawn following widespread opposition by local cultural groups. At a council meeting yesterday, which final…
Shakespeare's Globe in London has revealed a turnover of £21 million in 2013, up nearly 6% on the previous year. In its annual review, the organisation claims it generated a surplus of ne…
The National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is to tour the UK from December. The show, which is an adaptation of Mark Haddon's book by Simon Stephens…
Theatre Royal Bath's summer season will see Felicity Kendal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alison Steadman and Clare Higgins perform across its programme of four productions. Pigott-Smith will appear op…
Books by director Michael Blakemore and actor Michael Simkins have been nominated alongside a biography of Laurence Olivier by Philip Zeigler for this year's annual Sheridan Morley book comp…
A new 65-seat studio theatre is to open in south-west London from next month. The London Theatre Workshop in Fulham will open on March 10, led by artistic director Ray Rackham. Located above…
The forthcoming West End stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love will see Tom Bateman and Lucy Briggs-Owen play the lead roles of Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps. Bateman, whose credit…
Liverpool Empire Theatre was forced to cancel last night’s performance of Ghost the Musical due to the "extreme" weather in the region. Gale force winds of up to 86mph were reported in…
Arts charity IdeasTap has launched a free cultural training programme for young people with organisations including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and physica…
The National Youth Theatre has revealed it is looking to repeat its West End rep season in the regions from next year. Plans to set up a 15-member rep company of student actors aged 16...
Alan Ayckbourn is to direct the world premiere of his 78th play Roundelay at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough this summer as part of a season that comprises five new works. The piec…
British companies including the Royal Opera, English National Opera and Welsh National Opera will compete for the prize for best new production at this year's International Opera Awards. The…
Model and actor Lily Cole is to star in a stage adaptation of Homer's The Iliad at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. She will play Helen of Troy in the world premiere of The...
Child performer licensing reforms accepted in parliament have been described as a "landmark victory" by campaigners, although they have warned there remains work to be done to ensure equal a…
The National Theatre intends to keep its temporary venue the Shed in place until 2017. The organisation has applied to Lambeth council for an extension to the venue's planning permission unt…
Michael Gambon, Harriet Walter and David Hare are to take part in this year's HighTide Festival in April. Gambon and Hare will feature as part of the event's Face to Face series, which sees …
Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quentin and Rory Bremner are to star in the West End transfer of Theatre Royal Bath's Relative Values from next month. Directed by Trevor Nunn, the Noel Coward play …
This year's London International Festival of Theatre will see 30 productions staged across 15 venues in the capital, including a free-running dance show from theatre company Fuel and a progr…
Royal Exchange Theatre joint artistic director Greg Hersov is to step down this summer. The Manchester venue has announced he will leave at the end of the spring/summer programme after 27 ye…
Musicians have moved one step closer to securing a uniform policy that would allow them to take their instruments on planes after the European Union's parliamentary body voted in favour of a…
Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Another Country by Julian Mitchell is to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in London this spring. Directed by Jeremy Herrin, the show will see cas…
The Musicians' Union has urged the government to do more to support music hubs, after a critical report from Ofsted claimed the publicly-funded initiative was largely failing. The union re-i…