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Belfast’s Lyric Theatre has expanded its new playwrights programme to include six writers in the scheme’s second year. Launched in 2017 with
Soho Theatre has created an on-demand video service dedicated to streaming its shows by emerging and established comedians. Soho Theatre On Demand
A mentoring network for backstage theatre professionals is being set up in tribute to former UK Theatre president Ken Bennett-Hunter. A former
In Tim Cook's hour-long play Adam and Eve, the biblical progenitors take the form of a smug middle-class couple (played by Lee
Secondary ticketing operator Viagogo is being investigated by National Trading Standards after failing to remove “misleading pricing information” from its site. The
Some of the best moments in Trioperas come when the show gets furthest away from conventional expectations of opera. There's the breakdancing
Hamilton has extended its booking period in the West End until March 2019. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre
The role of Winnie, the buried heroine of Samuel Beckett's 1961 play, is one of those parts that actors relish. It's a
May Day, May Day! Barrie Rutter's production of The Two Noble Kinsmen opens at Shakespeare's Globe just after the second bank holiday
It's so 1980s. That's a criticism, and one that has been frequently levelled at the recent London revival of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny
Opera has become a byword for high ticket prices, bow ties and self-indulgence, but it's an egalitarian art form that has its
The Edinburgh Fringe started by accident. In 1947, eight companies took advantage of the existence of the official Edinburgh International Festival to
No one really knows what "glaukopis Athena" means in Homer's Iliad, a text quoted frequently in Brian Friel's masterpiece. Friel translates it
Ellen McDougall has announced her second season as artistic director of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill, including a new translation of
DH Lawrence's 1913 play might be titled The Daughter-in-Law, but really it's all about mothers. Set during the 1912 Miners Strike, the
Opera Holland Park's season opener is Verdi's popular classic, played in Cordelia Chisholm's elegant period designs evoking the sophistication and sexual ambiguity
The forthcoming film adaptation of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will be holding an open casting search in Sheffield for the lead roles.
James Hendry joined the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme for emerging talent at London's Royal Opera House in 2016. He tells Giverny
WNO is in rude health on many fronts, but its boss tells George Hall of her mission not just to secure the
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has topped the rankings of university drama and dance providers for the fourth time
The number of young people being entered for GCSE drama in England has fallen by 5.5% to less than 60,000, contributing to
Hanoi theatres await guidance on autonomy VIETNAM/HANOIÂ In what is traditionally a state-funded system, theatres in Vietnam are now awaiting official guidelines on
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story will return for a 30th anniversary tour next year, beginning in Plymouth. The musical opened at
Casting has been announced for the regional premiere of Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information at Sheffield Theatres. Debbie Chazen, Marian McLoughlin, Mercy
It's been a politically turbulent few months for Equity, as members have been divided on what some liken to the union's own
