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The Cutty Sark in Greenwich is to open a new 85-seat studio theatre next week. As revealed in The Stage last month, the performance space " which is located in the lower hold of the...
Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim's rarely performed musical Do I Hear a Waltz? it to open the new spring season at the Park Theatre in north London. The show, which is based on the play.…
Sheffield Theatres has cast Richard Wilson in a production of Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. The one-man play will run from June 25 to July 19, with press night on July 1. It will...
Punchdrunk is looking to extend the run of its London show The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable by a further nine months to the end of 2014. The immersive theatre company has submitted a plann…
The Southbank Centre's proposed £120 million redevelopment could be in jeopardy after the Mayor of London said that the skate park beneath the venue should remain in its current position.…
The newly-opened Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is expected to attract an additional 100,000 annual audience members to the Shakespeare's Globe South Bank site, the venue's directors have said. Thi…
A website profiling creative industries across Britain has been unveiled in a bid to attract more investment and partnerships from abroad. The online resource includes information such as ho…
Employers that fail to pay the National Minimum Wage to workers could be fined up to £20,000 from February, the government has confirmed. This new maximum penalty is a fourfold increase o…
Personal injury claims relating to the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse could exceed £1 million, a theatre insurance specialist has said. The incident at the London venue last month, which…
Danny Boyle has been named the patron of new Manchester venue Home. Home has been created through a merger between the city’s Library Theatre Company and art and film centre Cornerhous…
South Bank arts organisations have raised concerns over local authority proposals to introduce licensing conditions that could restrict free programming in the area. Lambeth Council publishe…
Old Red Lion Theatre artistic director Nicholas Thompson is to step down this spring. He is leaving to pursue work as a freelance director, producer and general manager but will continue to …
A proposal from Croydon Council to become a controlling member of the organisation running Fairfield Halls has been dropped by the local authority, following discussions with the Charity Com…
Stagecoach Theatre Arts has agreed not to publicise itself as the "original" and "best" part-time performing arts school in the world, following a complaint that was made to the Advertising …
The performing arts, music and visual arts sector was worth almost £4.6 billion to the UK's economy in 2012, according to new statistics published by the Department for Culture, Media and…
This year's Manchester Theatre Awards has revealed a shortlist including Kenneth Branagh, Maxine Peake and Sian Phillips across the acting categories. Branagh has been nominated for best act…
The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Southbank Centre are to offer paid internships to students from King's College London as part of a competition being run by the university. The initiati…
South London's Rose Theatre Kingston has reported a loss of more than £200,000 compared with last year. The venue's accounts, which show figures for 2012/13, reveal that box office income…
Royal Opera House cleaners are to go on strike during this year's BAFTA film award ceremony, which takes place at the London venue next month. The workers, who are employed by an agency R…
Sheffield Theatres has been given £1 million from Arts Council England towards a £1.9 million refurbishment of its Lyceum Theatre later this year. The organisation will use the money t…
Contact in Manchester has been awarded a £10,000 prize that recognises world-class arts organisations in the north-west of England. The young person's organisation received the Lever Priz…
Campaigners hoping to save the Brighton Hippodrome from being converted into a cinema and bar complex have attracted more than 1,000 supporters so far. A petition – which closes today …
Nicholas Hytner has revealed he is to form a new commercial production company when he steps down from his post at director of the National Theatre next year. Hytner has said he will work wi…
Pantomime ticket revenues were up over this festive season, with the two leading producers, First Family Entertainment and Qdos Entertainment, reporting improved figures on 2012/13. FFE, the…
The Apollo Theatre in the West End is to build a deck beneath the damaged part of its auditorium ceiling so it can reopen, the local council has confirmed. Once installed, the deck will prov…
