Five ballet companies from around the globe will join forces next month to stream live footage online from their rehearsal studios for the first time. On October 1, the Royal Ballet, along w…
Alan Bennett's The History Boys is to tour the UK in a new production in 2015, which will see 200 free tickets given to new theatregoers. It will begin its run at the Palace Theatre…
Ian McDiarmid is to star in a revival of Rupert Goold's Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre later this year, as part of the venue's winter/s…
Performers owed thousands of pounds from the failure of the 2014 production of touring musical Bugle Boy have been told by union Equity that there is little chance of them recovering their m…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has welcomed the government's plans to simplify working regulations for child performers, insisting theatre producers are not "Victorian pit owners sending children down …
Derby City Council has confirmed it will not buy Derby Hippodrome, stalling campaigners' plans for its restoration as a live venue. Derby Hippodrome Restoration Trust wants the council to ac…
John Hannah is to star in Uncle Vanya at the St James Theatre in London from next month, marking his return to the stage after a six-year absence. Hannah, who has recently appeared in Sky…
BECTU members in regional theatres have voted to accept a two-year pay deal, which would see their earnings increase by 2% for 2014/15 if venue managers accept the offer. Nearly 60% of backs…
The government's forthcoming theatre tax relief scheme will help to revive regional theatre and ensure the industry's success is felt across the country and not just in London's West End, Ch…
A new touring production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia is to be one of the first shows to benefit from the government's theatre tax relief scheme, which comes into effect from September 1. The s…
Sutton Council has announced plans to close its two theatres from 2015 as part of measures to make £40 million of savings over the next five years. A report drawn up by the south London&#…
The majority of theatregoers believe tickets to plays, musicals and dance performances cost the right amount, according to a study of audiences in Tyneside. Nearly 75% of survey respondents …
Actors now are "much more talented and versatile" after graduating from drama school than performers were at the start of their careers 50 years ago, Tim Pigott-Smith has said. However, the …
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is to transfer To Kill a Mockingbird to the Barbican in London next summer, with Robert Sean Leonard reprising his role as Atticus Finch. The transfer will fol…
Declan Perring, Bryan Burroughs, April Hughes and ensembles from theatre companies Little Soldier and Ontroerend Goed are the final winners of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at this …
Companies core-funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland are preparing themselves for a proposed 5% in-year cut following reductions to the funding body's budget, which theatres claim c…
Child performers would be able to work longer hours in the theatre under new government proposals that aim to simplify and streamline regulations governing young actors. Plans include inc…
Independent Theatre Council chief executive Charlotte Jones has warned about the growing wealth gap between large and small arts organisations. She said the financial situation for smaller t…
Actors campaigning in support of the Orange Tree Theatre have accused Arts Council England of failing to engage with the theatre community, after they received a "standard, almost pro forma"…
Edinburgh International Festival director designate Fergus Linehan has questioned why the event has failed to feature most leading British theatre directors in recent years, adding that ther…
Lyric Hammersmith's Secret Theatre Company, Jade Anouka and Conor Lovett are the most recent winners of The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They were …
The Union Theatre in south London is preparing to move to a new purpose-built venue opposite its current premises in April. Plans have been submitted to Southwark Council to convert a nearby…
Cambridge City Council has agreed to hand over the management of the Corn Exchange to reduce the local authority's annual subsidy for the venue and "secure its future". The newly formed not-…
Janet Suzman is to star in one of the opening productions at the Coronet in west London, the new home of fringe company the Print Room. She will appear in new play Solomon and Marion…
Cast members from both the original West End production of Miss Saigon and the current revival of the musical at the Prince Edward Theatre are to appear onstage together in a gala performanc…