Immersive theatre and film event producers Secret Cinema have come under fire following the cancellation of last night's screening of Back to the Future. The event, which involves 84 actors …
Ireland's Arts Council must create a new investment strategy to transform itself into a development agency for the sector, according to an independent review of how the funding body operates…
Fewer than one-fifth of UK residents believe that obtaining a degree in dance is worth the costs incurred while attending university, according to new research. Just 19% of people taking par…
Ian Talbot is to direct a stage adaptation of crime writer Peter James's Dead Simple next year as part of a UK tour. Adapted by Shaun McKenna, the play will tour to venues including Dartford…
Campaigners wanting to see Brighton Hippodrome restored as a live venue have vowed to continue their fight, despite the local council's decision to support plans to convert the disused venue…
Music campaigners are claiming a double victory today with the government's announcement of an £18 million boost to music education and its decision to back down on a recommendation to lo…
Hampstead Theatre's production of Wonderland by Beth Steel is to be live-streamed for free online this weekend. The north London venue will broadcast the production via its own website and t…
Craige Els is to play Miss Trunchbull in the West End production of Matilda the Musical from this autumn, taking over from Alex Gaumond. Els, who has previously appeared in West End shows in…
Northumberland Theatre Company and Yellow Earth Theatre have warned they are at risk of closure as a result of losing Arts Council England support three years ago, demonstrating the long-ter…
The King’s Head Theatre in north London has announced Matthew Parker will become artistic director of its new fringe venue, which launched last autumn guaranteeing all creatives would …
Brighton councillors have approved plans to convert the city's grade-II* listed hippodrome into a  £20 million cinema house, despite calls from campaigners to turn the building back in…
National Theatre Live is to broadcast the forthcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Gillian Anderson to cinemas across the UK in September. This marks NT Live's first colla…
The Finborough Theatre in west London has been saved, after the local council rejected a developer's planning application to build new flats within the building. Proposals to build more resi…
Venues funded by Arts Council England are failing to attract new theatregoers and are instead relying on a core regular audience, the findings of a new report have shown. Data collected by t…
Actors that have been to drama school are often "over trained" and are unable to perform the stories that producers and writers want, according to National Youth Theatre artistic director Pa…
Sheffield Theatres' general manager Sarah Nicholson has been named the new executive director of the Orange Tree Theatre in south-west London. She replaces Gillian Thorpe who retires after 3…
Bristol theatre company Show of Strength has warned it is under threat of closure following a decision by its local authority to remove its entire annual grant. Councillors have voted to cut…
Arts Council England's recent funding announcement has delivered a "massive blow" to smaller companies, with a "disastrous cut" felt in the north-east in particular, the chief executive of t…
Theatremakers have called on venues to open up their spaces to practitioners from a range of backgrounds in a bid to boost diversity in the industry. Disabled, black, Asian and minority ethn…
Ambassador Theatre Group has appointed Jonathan Grisdale as its managing director of sponsorship, sales and marketing. This is a newly created executive director role, which will see Grisdal…
Tamzin Outhwaite, Jemima Rooper and Nicholas Burns have been cast in a new play by Ben Ockrent, which opens a season from emerging producers at the St James Theatre in London. Breeders will …
The Dukes theatre and cinema in Lancaster has appointed Ivan Wadeson as its new executive director. He joins from The Audience Agency, where his role is joint executive director. His previou…
Simon Callow will revive his role in The Man Jesus for a UK tour this autumn. Following the premiere of the one-man show last year at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, it will now visit…
Harriet Walter and Siobhan Redmond are among 50 actors and poets that will recite poetry as part of the Southbank Centre's Festival of Love, which launched this week. Walter will read Margar…
Nuffield Theatre's creative and executive director Sam Hodges has revealed his second season at the Southampton venue, which will include a stage adaptation of the Coen Brothers' film The Hu…