Paines Plough is to launch its portable in-the-round theatre in August at Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue Summerhall, where it will partner with Northern Stage to present a series of perform…
Plans are being drawn up to open a new open-air theatre on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, inspired by the cliff-side Minack Theatre in Cornwall. A former actor is leading a campaign in Te…
More emergency money was handed out by Arts Council England to performing arts companies than any other type of its regularly funded organisations between 2011 and 2013, it has been revealed…
Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron are to collaborate on a new touring arena show based on the director's 2009 film Avatar. The production will begin a 10-year worldwide tour from late 2015 …
West End Live will this year include performances from musicals Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Miss Saigon and for the first time will feature a 1920s Spiegeltent featuring talks with…
Arts Council Wales and the Welsh Government have revealed they will commit £20 million to improving how the arts are used in education from this autumn. The fund, which is expected to be …
Wilton's Music Hall is to host a three-day dance festival this autumn to showcase new work by emerging artists and forge relationships for future collaborations. The east London venue will s…
Four band members were arrested after busking in central London earlier this month, prompting further calls to create uniform guidelines for musicians playing in public spaces. The arrest of…
The Royal Shakespeare Company and English Touring Theatre are to collaborate for the first time on a touring production of A Mad World My Masters by Thomas Middleton next spring. The show, w…
Ipswich theatre and film company Red Rose Chain is to open a 120-seat flexible venue this autumn, which will enable it to produce more work year-round. The Avenue Theatre will allow the comp…
Moscow's Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre is to perform the UK premiere of a theatre adaptation of Eugene Onegin at the Barbican next spring. A 45-person ensemble of actors, dancers and mus…
West Yorkshire Playhouse is to stage its first dementia-friendly performance this December. The venue will present a specially adapted version of its Christmas musical " Irving Berlin's Whit…
More than three-quarters of actors in the UK earned less than £5,000 in 2013, according to a new survey by a castings website. Research revealed that of the 1,700 respondents, 46% made le…
Around 85% of audiences that attend live screenings of opera do not feel more compelled to see the art form live afterwards, according to a new survey. The investigation found that, after se…
Linda Bassett and Robin Soans are to appear in a new play about dementia by Barney Norris when it transfers to the Bush Theatre in London this November. Both will reprise their roles in Visi…
Phyllida Lloyd will return to the Donmar Warehouse to direct an all-female production of Henry IV, the second of a trilogy of Shakespearian productions that began with Julius Caesar in 2012.…
David Hare's play Skylight starring Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan and Matthew Beard is to be broadcast live from the West End this summer. The production, which runs at Wyndham's Theatre from n…
Joanne Froggatt has been cast in the UK premiere of Rabbit Hole at the Vaudeville Theatre this autumn. The actor, who is best known for her role in ITV's Downton Abbey, will appear in the…
Women's theatre company Clean Break and dance organisation Hofesh Shechter Company have received prizes for their board members' work at this year's Arts and Business Awards. At a ceremony h…
Plans to extend the Piccadilly Theatre's first floor bar by building an external balcony have been submitted to Westminster City Council, after it was revealed the venue is losing trade to l…
Tax breaks for the theatre industry to be introduced this autumn could bring in £100 million for commercial theatre and £20 million for touring productions in coming years, Arts Counci…
Hetty Feather is to transfer to the West End this summer, replacing Handbagged at the Vaudeville Theatre. The stage adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's book by Emma Reeves will run from August…
The Bush Theatre in west London has appointed Jon Gilchrist as its new executive director. He will begin in his role from September 1, joining from the Lowry in Salford where he has been mar…
Equity is to push for minimum rates of pay for child performers, following concerns about "insufficient protection" being provided by the union for child actors. Actors have claimed that Equ…
Actors have called for more support to be provided to performers who have depression and other mental health problems. This follows the suicides of actors Richard Gent and Paul Bhattacharjee…