1,225 stories by "Nicola Merrifield"
A petition has been launched to stop railway redevelopments going ahead that could force the Union Theatre in London to close and move to different premises. Members of the Union Street Trad…
Martyn Rose has been made the new chairman of English National Opera. He will take up his new position from May 1, when Ffion Hague and Glyn Barker, who currently share the role, will step...
Taunton Deane Borough Council will make a bid to secure the leasehold on the Brewhouse Theatre to safeguard its future as a pubic arts venue. The Somerset venue went into administration last…
Tim Firth's comedy Sign of the Times and the world premiere of Mick Martin's new play The Flame-Haired Dynamo will feature as part of Hull Truck Theatre's summer and autumn season. Directed …
A biography of director and actor Jonathan Miller by theatre critic Kate Bassett and another of playwright Samuel Foote by actor Ian Kelly have made the shortlist of this year's Theatre Book…
Southwark Playhouse will open its first season at its new site in Elephant and Castle with a revival of Claire Luckham's 1980 play Trafford Tanzi. Re-titled Tanzi Libre, the play will be led…
Puppet theatre company Erth, which is based in Australia, will perform Dinosaur Zoo at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer. The family show, which is suitable for 3-year-olds and abov…
Adrian Noble will direct a new stage adaptation of Lord of the Flies at the Oxford Playhouse this summer. Joanne Pearce, who will co-direct, has adapted William Golding's novel by adding lyr…
Entertainment unions BECTU and the Musicians' Union have had their joint motion against unpaid internships passed at the Trade Union Congress Young Members' Conference. At the conference, wh…
A membership society for fringe venue operators has been launched in a bid to represent the interests of independent theatres and createa better trading platform for them. The Society of Ind…
Equity has agreed a new deal with Channel 4 for its on-demand programmes in which more than £750,000 will be distributed to performers. The money will be paid out by the British Equity Co…
Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed Elizabeth Adlington as area theatre manager to run both Aylesbury Waterside Theatre and the New Theatre Oxford. This follows a similar pattern to other…
A new fundraising initiative that allows people to make donations to arts organisations by using their mobile phones has been launched. Donate will be introduced by organisations including t…
The British Council has partnered with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage in Qatar to present the Middle East's first ever arts and disability festival this month. The festival featu…
The Society of London Theatre has confirmed it will introduce a new voting system for the Oliver Awards in time for this year's ceremony. The changes will mean that producers and theatre ope…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has received the most nominations for the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards. The National Theatre production has been recognised across eight cat…
BBC 2 drama Parade's End has received the most nominations for this year's BAFTA Television Craft Awards. Parade's End, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Anne-Marie Duff and Rupert Everett a…
Michael Frayn and Gillian Lynne will be given prizes for their outstanding contribution to theatre at this year's Olivier Awards ceremony. They will both receive their Special Awards at the …
Liverpool's Royal Court will stage Lennon as part of the venue's first season from new artistic director Ken Alexander. The production will star John Power, who is best known for being the b…
The Independent Theatre Council has appointed Topher Campbell as it news chair. Campbell, who is artistic director of film and theatre company Red Room, takes up his new post with immediate …
As previously reported in The Stage, it has been confirmed that Singin' in the Rain will close in the West End this summer ahead of a national tour. It will end its run at the...
Keeley Hawes will star opposite Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock in Barking in Essex at Wyndham's Theatre this autumn. The play, which is written by Clive Exton, will run from September 6, 2013 …
The Musicians' Union and BECTU are to put forward a joint motion at the Trades Union Congress Young Members' Conference this weekend against unpaid internships, which they say are responsibl…
Just 17% of stage managers in the UK were in work for the whole of last year, according to a census conducted by the Stage Management Association. Meanwhile, of the 615 stage management prof…
Park Theatre's first season will feature four UK premieres as well as a new adaptation of The School for Scandal starring Belinda Lang. Jessica Swale will direct the new version of Richard B…
