1,225 stories by "Nicola Merrifield"
Dance leaders should improve the language they use and help dancers feel more valued, according to experts in management and psychology. At the annual Rural Retreats event run by Dance East …
Joan Littlewood's Oh What a Lovely War is set to return to Theatre Royal Stratford East 50 years after it first premiered at the London venue. Directed by Olivier award-winner Terry Johnson …
Roman theatre remains dating back to the second century AD have been discovered in fields outside a market town in Kent. The excavated site at Faversham has revealed an open-air 'cockpit' th…
Helen Atkinson Wood will replace Connie Fisher in a production of Noel Coward's The Vortex at the Rose Theatre Kingston. Atkinson Wood, who has appeared in TV show Blackadder, will play the …
Claire Foy, who is best known for starring in TV series White Heat and The Promise, will star as Lady Macbeth as part of a season of work directed by Jamie Lloyd at London's Trafalgar...
The stage version of Chariots of Fire currently playing at London's Gielgud Theatre will close a month early, with its last performance taking place this weekend. Mike Bartlett's adaptation,…
British theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged for staging a play with gay themes in Uganda after he was issued a warning not to do so, has had his case dismissed. At a court...
Actors Ewan McGregor and Adrian Lester have been recognised in the 2013 New Year honours list alongside other arts figures such as director of the Cultural Olympiad Ruth Mackenzie and choreo…
Soul Sister, the new musical based on the lives of Ike and Tina Turner and featuring their music, will continue its UK tour in 2013. Beginning in Glasgow at the King's Theatre on January 14,…
Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience " A Parody by Dan and Jeff is to once again return to the West End, during spring 2013. It will run from March 23 to April 14 at...
London-based fringe venue Ovalhouse has announced a £15,000 commission for a live performance piece to feature in its 50th anniversary year alongside a new season of work to celebrate eac…
The Royal Opera House has begun its search for a chief executive, with the aim of appointing a new leader by March 2013. Its current boss, Tony Hall, was named the new director general of...
Actors Robson Green and Alun Armstrong and writer Lee Hall are among a group of artists who have spoken out against Newcastle City Council's proposal to remove 100% of its funding to arts or…
Chichester Festival Theatre has received a grant of £1.2 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards its redevelopment project. The HLF grant will support the restoration of the grade-…
A touring production of Great Expectations will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre from next year. Based on the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens, the stage adaptation by Jo Clifford…
Arts organisations need to better articulate the regeneration benefits they can bring to town and city centres when approaching private donors, according to a leading philanthropist. Michael…
Norfolk and Norwich Festival has unveiled highlights of its 2013 programme, which will include the UK premiere of Life and Times by New York-based company Nature Theater of Oklahoma and the …
Images of famous 20th century British theatre productions that were captured by photographer Douglas H Jeffery have been revealed in a new collection available to view at the V&A museum.…
A 235-seat theatre in Shoreditch, London, has been proposed to occupy a site where Shakespeare's works are thought to have been first performed. The London Borough of Hackney has received a …
Producer and director Sam Hodges will lead the Southampton's Nuffield Theatre in the new role of creative and executive director and chief executive from June 2013. This follows a move…
Buddy " The Buddy Holly Story is set to tour the UK and Ireland from next autumn to celebrate its 25th anniversary year. The musical will begin its run at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre on.…
Ghost the Musical will tour the UK from next spring. It will open at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in April 2013 before touring to other venues yet to be announced. Ghost the Musica…
More than half of musicians earn less than £20,000 a year, a report on their pay and working conditions has revealed. Commissioned by trade body the Musicians' Union and based on a survey…
Owen Calvert-Lyons has been named the new artistic director of The Point and its sister venue the Berry Theatre. He will take over the running of the Eastleigh venues from his predecessor Sa…
A production of the disputed Shakespearean comedy Fair Em is to be staged at the Union Theatre in London in the new year. It will be directed by Phil Willmott – whose previous work at.…
