Construction has begun today on Lyric Hammersmith's £16.5 million capital development project. After six years of fundraising, the west London venue plans to build new facilities inclu…
Nick Payne has been named the winner of the best play category for Constellations at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The 29-year-old, whose winning play was originally staged at…
Maureen Beattie and Zoe Boyle will appear in Polly Stenham's new play No Quarter, at London's Royal Court Theatre next year. Beattie, who is best known for her role in television drama Casua…
A revival of Ronald Harwood's Equally Divided and a new work from Bush Theatre associate playwright Tom Wells will feature in Watford Palace Theatre's spring 2013 season. Harwood's play will…
Vinette Robinson and Danny Webb have been named the winners of this year's Clarence Derwent Awards for supporting actors. Robinson has been recognised for her role of Ophelia in the Young…
The Lyric Hammersmith theatre in London has been recognised for its efforts to operate as an environmentally sustainable venue. It has been given a three star Industry Green status " the hig…
Culture secretary Maria Miller has welcomed the publication of a report that says the Arts Council England should refuse or reduce grants to organisations that do not provide evidence of leg…
Jeff Goldblum, Amy Nuttal and Freddie Fox are set to appear in the 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala, which is being held by the Old Vic Theatre in London next month. The event, which will...
Durham County Council, which owns the Gala Theatre, is investigating setting up a not-for-profit trust to run the venue from early 2014. The change in management, which would be applied to a…
Salisbury Playhouse artistic director Gareth Machin will direct musical A Man of No Importance and J B Priestley’s Dangerous Corner as part of the venue's 2013 spring and summer season…
London's Barbican Centre has collaborated with a biomedical research body to create works inspired by a neuroscience conference that is scheduled as part of its spring programme. Wonder: Art…
Performing arts centre Hoxton Hall has received a grant of around £1.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its restoration project. The grade II-listed Victorian music hall, which …
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is set to appear on board cruise voyages next year as part of a series of themed sailings. The television personality will be joined by profes…
Objections from London music venue Union Chapel about plans to build residential housing behind the site have been rejected by the local council. The Islington venue had mounted a campaign t…
Sadler's Wells associate artist Jasmin Vardimon has been named the first guest artistic director of the new National Youth Dance Company. Vardimon, who has worked with the London-based venue…
Julie Walters, Patrick Stewart and Hugh Bonneville are to star in a 60th anniversary performance of The Moustrap. Joining them for this one-off event will be actors Tamsin Greig, Miranda Har…
A £10 million arts quarter in Worcester is being planned which would include a new studio theatre and outdoor performance space. An architectural firm is drawing up the designs, after a l…
Plans to resurrect London's Elizabethan Rose theatre have been boosted after a £250,000 Heritage Lottery Fund development grant was awarded to the trust managing the site. The Rose Reveal…
Manchester International Festival 2013 is set to feature a production of Macbeth starring and co-directed by Kenneth Branagh. The piece will be performed in a deconsecrated church for a tota…
South Hill Park Arts Centre has launched a live streaming programme after it was awarded more than £140,000 from Arts Council England for the project. The Berkshire venue will begin its t…
A £2 million outdoor entertainment space in Dorset is set to open next summer, following the demolition of a controversial cinema and leisure building. Open-air Shakespeare performances, …
Site-specific theatre company Dreamthinkspeak is to bring a new production to London's Somerset House early next year. In the Beginning Was the End is inspired by an apocalyptic Leonardo Da …
London's Southwark Playhouse has confirmed that it will move to a nearby converted office and warehouse space at Elephant and Castle next year while its current venue undergoes redevelop…
Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins have been shortlisted for the title of best actress at this year's London Evening Standard Awards. Blanchett has been recognised for her performance in Sydne…
Young Vic associate artist Walter Meierjohann has been appointed as the first artistic director of theatre at the new Manchester-based venue, Home. He will take up his position at the arts o…