Underbelly has announced the line-up for a two-strand festival to take place in London's Leicester Square this Christmas. The festival will feature
Stage managers from around the world are being celebrated as part of International Stage Management Day. The event was first established in
Florencia Cordeu's play Autoreverse will feature in the Casa Latin American Theatre Festival in London. Cordeu tells Roda Musa about how her
Liz Wilson has been appointed executive director of the Oxford School of Drama. From December she will replace Kate Ashcroft, who will
Artistic director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie has announced his new season for 2018, which will include Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon. Hastie has
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts has announced a new two-year long MA in directing for 2018. The drama school, based
Tom Morris's The Grinning Man will transfer to Trafalgar Studios in London following its premiere at Bristol Old Vic last year. Based
This week in production news Barrie Rutter is to star in The Captive Queen produced by Shakespeare’s Globe, and An American in
Cardiff pub theatre the Other Room has launched a playwriting award for Wales-based female writers. The theatre, which won The Stage's fringe
Alice Barlow and Michelle Gayle are to take over Diana Vickers and Debra Stephenson's roles in the UK tour of Son of
With credits including The Mariner and Macbeth, McKenna recently worked on (The Fall of) The Master Builder at West Yorkshire Playhouse. She speaks
Martin Freeman, Lee Evans and Bertie Carvel are among the stars who will perform scenes from Shakespeare's plays to raise funds for
Conor McPherson's Girl from the North Country will transfer to the West End following a run at the Old Vic in London.
Amber Massie-Blomfield, the executive director of Camden People's Theatre in London, is to step down next year. Massie-Blomfield joined the theatre in
Gwen Taylor and Susan Penhaligon are to lead the cast in the UK tour of The Importance of Being Earnest. The production
Drama students across the UK have been awarded £77,500 worth of bursaries by the Society of London Theatre to help them complete
Shakespeare's Globe in London has announced that Barrie Rutter will play the role of The Emperor in its production of The Captive
The Black Eye Club by Phil Charles has been announced as the winner of the first Bread and Roses playwriting award.
This week in production news Mark Gatiss is to star in the Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of King George III, and Patti
Olivia Colman has revealed that she underwent cognitive hypnotherapy to combat stage fright before her first public performance in Mosquitoes at the
An American in Paris, which opened earlier this year, is to close at the Dominion Theatre after nine months. The musical, inspired
Nottingham Playhouse has announced Adam Penford's first season as artistic director, which will include The Madness of George III, starring Mark Gatiss.
The Casting Society of America, the US equivalent of the Casting Directors’ Guild, has announced the launch of a branch in London.
Steve Harper is literary manager at London's Theatre503. He tells Roda Musa about his work and the venue's latest production, In Event
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre has announced a tour of Ronald Harwood's comedy, Quartet. Leading the cast are Paul Nicholas, Jeff Rawle, Wendi Peters