The Welsh National Opera will perform a new collection of operas in the UK after receiving $2 million (more than £1.2 million) private funding. The five-year series of contemporary perfor…
Lincoln Theatre Royal's previous director has confirmed that his companies owe money to 26 different parties who performed at the venue in the past year. Ian Dickens, who leased the theatre …
Andrea Stark has been appointed chief executive of the charity that manages the Royal Opera House's set and scenery production site. Stark will leave her position as the east and south-east …
Drama performance and rehearsal spaces have been incorporated into government primary and secondary school building guidelines for the first time. The new baseline designs, released by the D…
Battersea Arts Centre has received £2.5 million to help restore the outside of its building and create an archive of its history. The centre, which is housed in a grade II-listed former t…
Simon Callow will reprise his role in Dickens' A Christmas Carol at London's Arts Theatre this winter. The one-man show, which ran at the same venue last year, will be staged from November 2…
James Bond lyrics for Diamonds Are Forever signed by their songwriter Don Black and a Les Miserables film prop signed by Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman are two of the prizes available as par…
The National Theatre is to partner with Hugo Boss in a year-long collaboration, which will see the fashion brand provide clothing to the venue. Selected productions at the National will feat…
Director Richard Eyre has questioned the appointment of Maria Miller as culture secretary, while criticising the government's failure to recognise the value of the arts. In a recent spee…
The English National Ballet has announced Karen Napier as its new chief executive. Napier will leave her position as associate dean for advancement at London Business School to take up her n…
HQ Theatres has announced that Christopher Glover has been appointed to run Dartford's Orchard Theatre. As the new theatre director, Glover will succeed Andy Hill, who recently became chief …
Kristin Scott Thomas, Rufus Sewell and Lia Williams will appear in Harold Pinter's Old Times in the West End next year. Directed by Ian Rickson, the production will be staged at the Harold P…
London International Mime Festival will this year include British aerial theatre company Ockham's Razor, Chinese puppeteer Yeung Fai and Belgian dance theatre collective Les Ballets C de la …
English National Opera has launched a new scheme targeted at young people and novice opera-goers which encourages people to dress informally at performances. Undress for the Opera was launch…
The Royal Opera House has revealed its second worldwide cinema season, which will include three ballet and six opera screenings. Of the nine broadcasts, seven will be live from Covent Garden…
Touring musical theatre company Music and Lyrics will revive High Society in 2013. This will be the consortium's second show, following its inaugural production of Leicester Curve's The King…
Theatre Uncut will feature 16 new plays from international writers this year, including the UK's Clara Brennan, Stef Smith and Kieran Hurley. They join the previously announced writers Neil …
The Musicians' Union has released a handbook giving advice on how the Live Music Act will affect venues and performers. The Live Music Kit explains why the legislation, which came into effec…
The planned theatre tour based on BBC TV show Top of the Pops has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Top of the Pops Live was due to tour the UK this autumn until...The post Top of the…
The National Theatre has announced dates for its UK and Ireland tour of War Horse, which will begin in autumn 2013. The show will visit nine venues over ten months and will commence at the..…
War Horse co-director Tom Morris is to once again work with Handspring Puppet Company on a new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The South African-based puppet company and artistic di…
The National Theatre's annual report for 2011/12 has revealed that its overall income for the financial year reached a new record high of £80 million. This increase in total income from l…
Little Angel Theatre has launched a festival to premiere professional puppet productions. The company, which specialises in puppetry shows, will host the two-week event called Little Angel F…
British theatre producer David Cecil, facing conviction in Uganda for ignoring an order not to stage a play with gay themes, has said he and his team have been wrongly represented as pol…
The International Organisation for the Transition of Professional Dancers has introduced a new grant for performers who want to retrain in a new career. The Philippe Braunschweig Grant, whic…