The West End production of Noel Coward's Private Lives starring Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor is to be screened in UK cinemas next year. The show is the second in Digital Theatre's West …
Buxton Opera House chief executive Andrew Aughton has left the company after 15 years in the post. David Fry, who has previously worked at the Lowry in Salford, has been brought in to take o…
The War Horse puppet Joey is to be permanently displayed in the Victoria and Albert museum in London from tomorrow. Donated by Handspring Puppet Company, which created all the puppets for Wa…
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has appointed Jeffrey Sharkey as its new principal. He succeeds John Wallace, who will retire in September 2014. Sharkey leaves his position as director o…
Choreographer Drew McOnie is to launch a new dance company to create work that bridges the gap between musical theatre and dance audiences. The McOnie Company will develop new or re-imagined…
The Arts Council for Wales will have its revenue funding cut by more than 3% next year as part of the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2014/15. Spending will be reduced to £32.7 millio…
Sherman Cymru has appointed Rachel O'Riordan as its new artistic director. O'Riordan, who is currently artistic director at the Perth Theatre, will begin her new role in February 2014. She t…
The National Theatre's newly appointed artistic director Rufus Norris has said he will "attack" his new role with "vitality and gusto", pledging to broaden the venue's audiences further. He …
The opening dates of the UK tour of Scrooge the Musical have been cancelled after Tommy Steele, who plays the lead role, suffered an injury. The planned runs at the New Wimbledon Theatre in …
Plans to cut Cardiff Council's grant funding to arts groups by more than £220,000 for 2014/15 have been approved by the local authority's cabinet. At a meeting held yesterday, councillors…
The Old Vic in London is to submit a planning application to the local council to create a dedicated space for its talent development arm as part of major restoration works aimed at securing…
Stockton's Globe Theatre is to receive a grant of nearly £4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help re-open the venue. The grade-II listed art deco theatre in Stockton-on-Tees will…
Sadler's Wells is expanding its UK touring programme for 2013/14, visiting around 80% more venues this year with more dates expected to be confirmed. The dance company will take its shows to…
Natalie Casey is to star in In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl at the St James Theatre in London next month. She will appear alongside Jason Hughes, who is best known for his roles...
Shadow culture minster Dan Jarvis has left his post as part of the Labour party's cabinet reshuffle, being replaced by Helen Goodman. Goodman has been part of the Department for Culture, Med…
Rambert is to mark the opening of its new £19 million home on the South Bank with a series of free events for members of the public. Visitors will be able to tour the dance...
Southampton's Nuffield Theatre is to co-produce a collection of nine one-act plays by Noel Coward next year with English Touring Theatre as part of its 2014 season. The venue's new creative …
Aberystwyth Arts Centre has appointed Gareth Lloyd Roberts as its new director. Roberts, who is currently producer at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, joins the venue following a series o…
Industry chiefs have written to Brighton and Hove City Council, urging it to support Brighton Hippodrome's return to being a live performance venue. Cameron Mackintosh managing director Nich…
A unique mobile theatre built from Second World War bomb trailers is under threat of closure as part of cost-cutting measures from a local authority, campaigners have claimed. Supporters are…
The Royal Shakespeare Company's former executive director Vikki Heywood is calling on artists to “shed more daylight” on their role in society by engaging further with local comm…
A Quentin Tarantino film is to be adapted for the stage by US theatre company Secret Theatre in London later this year. The production marks the UK debut of the company, which does not revea…
A new fringe venue is set to open in east London next month featuring two performance spaces that will host theatre, comedy and music events. Located in Dalston, the venue " called Ophelia "…
Industry body the Theatrical Management Association has announced it will be re-named as UK Theatre from next year. As part of a series of changes, the TMA will officially start using its ne…
Iain Glen and Richard McCabe have been cast in an adaptation of Ivan Turgenev Fortune's Fool at the Old Vic. Glen, who has recently starred in HBO TV series Game of Thrones, will play Kuzovk…