The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts will open a sixth form college in 2015 following government approval for a new raft of free schools in England. The LIPA Sixth Form College will f…
BBC director general Tony Hall has announced an action plan to increase the Corporation's representation of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds both on and off screen. H…
The Metropolitan Opera in New York has cancelled its radio and international broadcasts of its upcoming production of John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer, following an "outpouring of concer…
Sherman Cymru's new artistic director Rachel O'Riordan has unveiled her inaugural season, announcing a contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet as her first production and plans to establish…
A new 100-seat theatre that doubles as a cinema will open in Birmingham next month. Located in the city's redeveloped cultural quarter as part of arts and media complex the Custard Factory, …
Ambassador Theatre Group is to bring back its technician's apprenticeship scheme that launched last year, with double the number of participants planned for 2014/15. The year-long initiative…
Nearly 60% of theatre and dance organisations claim to have benefited financially from being more environmentally friendly, according to a new survey. About 60 theatre groups and 10 dance or…
British sound designers have criticised plans to drop two sound design prizes from future Tony Awards ceremonies, claiming the move undermines the role they play as part of a show's creative…
The premiere of the UK's first stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms is to tour later this year. Adapted from the 1929 novel by Pete Brooks and Andrew Quick, who are arti…
Shakespeare's Globe has presented Ralph Alan Cohen with this year's Sam Wanamaker Award, which is given to celebrate work that has increased the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare. C…
A £35 million production based on Chinese fable Journey to the West is to embark on a world tour from 2016. Staged in a purpose-built 2,500-seat portable theatre, the show " called Monkey…
Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are to extend their West End run by an extra month until October. The plays, which are adapted from Hilary Mantel's novels by Mike Poulton and star Ben̷…
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts has appointed Sarah Preece as its executive director, as part of an overhaul to the organisation's leadership structure. The changes will see Preece, who wa…
Crowdfunding campaigns in the UK have raised more than £250,000 for theatre and dance projects in the first part of this year, new data has revealed. Between January and the end of April,…
The Finborough Theatre in west London is under threat from flats planned above the venue, the national advisory body for theatres has claimed. The proposals for more residential units above …
The Heritage Lottery Fund has rejected a £15 million joint bid made by Brighton Dome and the city's Royal Pavilion to develop the two sites. Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival, the organ…
Kate Hewitt has won this year's James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director’s award. She will receive £25,000 for staging Caryl Churchill's Far Away at the Young Vic in London this winter.…
Agatha Christie characters and stories will be included in a murder mystery theatre show for the first time after the agency holding the rights to the author's works granted a licence for th…
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has called for a widening of access to the arts, revealing that the Labour party is considering making the diversifying of audiences and work…
Local authority arts cuts are the "major external risk" to both the sustainability of the cultural sector and Arts Council England's current investment round, according to the funding body. …
Alexander Siddig is to star in David Eldridge's new play Holy Warriors at Shakespeare's Globe next month. The actor, who is best known for his roles in TV shows Star Trek: Deep Space Nine an…
Birmingham Repertory Theatre artistic director Robert Shaw Cameron will direct a new play by Bryony Lavery at Sheffield Theatres this autumn. The world premiere of Queen Coal will run from O…
A new performing arts centre containing two theatre spaces and a dance studio is to open in Southampton's city centre in 2016. The £22 million building will feature a 450-seat proscenium …
Shoreditch Town Hall has secured more than £600,000 from private grants and donations, allowing it to begin the second phase of its £1.8 million capital works and increase its main …
Equity is under pressure to renegotiate the two weeks' notice period agreement for performers included in its current contracts following a number of high-profile and abrupt show closures. W…