Edinburgh Fringe acts to donate performances in refugee charity fundraiser
Comedian Nish Kumar and poet Harry Baker are among artists donating their shows to a day-long charity event at this year's Edinburgh
Comedian Nish Kumar and poet Harry Baker are among artists donating their shows to a day-long charity event at this year's Edinburgh
The BBC has launched a training programme to increase the number of disabled actors working in the organisation. The scheme, entitled Class
An acting school based in Cardiff has been set up by Drama Studio London founder Peter Layton. Cardiff School of Acting will
Following up on her success as a performance poet and comedian, Jackie Hagan has now turned to playwriting. Her debut play, Cosmic
It's the word of the moment, woke. Do you care about social justice? About civil rights? You're woke. Even more so if
The full, uncensored script of Joe Orton's play Loot will be performed for the first time later this year. The play was
Is this really what the West End needs? Another uninspired production of another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? Another all-white cast, another all-male
Ben Lewis is to take over the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera in the West
A new arts festival aimed at older people has been set up in England to promote creativity in later life. The festival,
The Stantonbury Theatre in Milton Keynes has relaunched with Lucy Cuthbertson as its new artistic director. The 256-seat theatre, which programmes a
Samantha Bond will star in the English language premiere of Florian Zeller's The Lie at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Bond will play
Emma Rice and Arts Council England have "emphatically rejected" claims that almost £2 million of funding for Rice's new company Wise Children
An unperformed play by Peter Pan playwright JM Barrie has been discovered in an archive in Texas. The 33-page farce called The
Casting has been announced for three productions in Robert Hastie's inaugural season as artistic director of Sheffield Theatres. Hastie will direct Chris
Sara Shaarawi was raised in Cairo and settled in Scotland after studying there. She tells Tim Bano about bringing Arab work to
In May, Sarah Punshon took over as artistic director at the Dukes in Lancaster. She tells Tim Bano about reaching out to
Experiencing the arts can improve well-being, reduce the need for medication in dementia patients and lower the rate of GP consultations and
Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme have launched a course for D/deaf and disabled directors. The Introduction to
Almost 2,000 theatre productions in the UK have benefited from theatre tax relief since its introduction in 2014, saving a total of
Casting has been announced for Out of Joint's upcoming production of Rita, Sue and Bob Too. James Atherton, Taj Atwal, Sally Bankes,
Lolita Chakrabarti and Monica Dolan are among judges for a new monologue writing competition. Heretic Voices is inviting submissions for dramatic writing
Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Barbican Centre are among five London organisations that have partnered to transform London's Square
Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner has revealed that he is writing a new play about Donald Trump. The play, which he
Emilia Fox, Peter Capaldi, David Jason and Jemma Redgrave are among the BBC's highest paid actors, all earning more than £150,000 per
The director of a fringe theatre that provoked controversy with a job advertisement attacking millennials has accused its critics of "getting their