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British and Canadian theatregoers perusing social media may have had quite a start when they saw news that a Shakespeare theatre in
We go to the theatre partly to see ourselves: to see our own lives and experiences reflected back to us. But we
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is searching for a black actor to play Eva Peron, in what would be an historic first
A new classical singing competition featuring The Voice-style blind auditions is being launched to tackle unconscious bias in opera casting. By Voice
Les Miserables will hold on to its title of the longest-running musical in the West End, despite the change in production happening
When she made her London stage debut in 1970, Carol Channing came trailing glory as a Tony award-winning Broadway veteran of 20
Bath-based New Old Friends have expanded its spoof thriller targets this year to include Noel Coward and the early Ealing comedies, as
War Horse is to return to London for a run in new venue Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. The new space, from the
Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pritchard is holding open auditions for his new show, with the aim of giving emerging dancers a chance
In 1981, a group of girls at a Catholic school in Rwanda claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary. Over
This touring production of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon is stripped to kill. Originated by the Royal Danish Ballet its spartan design is cool,
Musical theatre stars Louise Dearman, Rob Houchen, Luke Bayer and Laura Pitt-Pulford are to appear as part of a late-night concert series
Last week producer Cameron Mackintosh ran adverts for The Phantom of the Opera in the London Evening Standard with an image of the iconic mask
Currently taking charge of two productions simultaneously, In Lipstick at the Pleasance and Dusty Hughes' Paradise at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, director Alice
In a tough funding climate, arts organisations are seeking to boost their finances with private donations and corporate sponsorship. Matt Trueman warns
News last week that Shakespeare's Globe was looking at a substantial number of redundancies due to "a difficult financial year" followed similar
David Greig's 2002 four-hander is an odd play. Sliding gradually from fish-out-of-water comedy to mind-bending magic realism, Outlying Islands tells the story
Equity has backed the idea of a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, claiming that leaving with no deal
It's one thing for audience members to say a show is terrible, it's quite another for the theatre hosting it to agree
I join Mark Shenton in celebrating the fact that four London theatres now have people of colour as artistic directors ('New leaders
The latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week's highlights include the press nights of Pinter Five
In October 1943 more than 7000 Jews were evacuated from Nazi-occupied Denmark, many being saved or sheltered by ordinary citizens. Examining the
If Bernard Lloyd never achieved the celebrity of some of his peers, it wasn't for the lack of exposure or ability. A
Barbara Kirby came late to acting, leaving behind a promising career in the Metropolitan Police as an executive officer in internal investigations
