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BBC Arts’ decision to launch first-time playwright initiative, 'Debut', to create work for this year's Edinburgh Fringe, was something of a PR
We have a thriving theatre culture in the UK, both on professional stages and with more than 2,500 amateur dramatic companies, which
Having been a director of more than 70 plays, an actor, writer, producer and at one time a lighting designer of my
A concert performance of Sting's musical The Last Ship has been cancelled after producers said they "lost all confidence" in the local
Theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men has been left in shock after its tour van was stolen for the second time in
The New Diorama Theatre will reduce the number of companies it programmes each year from 30 to seven, in a bid to
Stephanie Pope is to step down as principal of Urdang Academy in London after 34 years. Rob Archibald, Lynsey McDougall, Nathan James
Lenny Henry has been cast in August Wilson’s King Hedley II, which is being revived at Theatre Royal Stratford East next year.
Samuel Newton's first role out of drama school was playing Christopher in the UK and world tour of The Curious Incident of
Marie Duplessis, the historical model for Verdi's Violetta Valery, died at the age of just 23. This makes La Traviata an apt
Revived for Brighton Fringe after a well-received run at the Old Red Lion in 2014, the Dot Collective's Brainville at Night, staged
Actors have warned that theatres are becoming untenable as places of work because of “disgusting” and dangerous backstage conditions. Mould, loose tiles,
West End musical Matilda is changing its weekday shows to a 7pm start, following a survey that found audiences would be in
The producer who brought a season of Russian plays to Theatre Royal Haymarket is back with Tartuffe. He tells Nick Smurthwaite about
A campaign is being launched to tackle rogue theatre bosses who break employment law. The campaign aims to push for legislation changes
How did you start off in theatre? I started off at school, working on plays as an actor and writer. Then I
In a generation of Irish playwrights who achieved international recognition by chronicling a country in rapid, often convulsive, transition from centuries-old entrenchment
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​ Gary
My first professional job was Fame the Musical in 1997. It was for the UK tour with a West End transfer. I
The actor Alex Beckett, who died suddenly last month, was a pleasure to watch. I don't mean that politely, but literally: watching
As I come to the end of my career as an active dancer, it's fascinating to look back at how the advent
A new chapter has begun at Shakespeare's Globe after Emma Rice's drawn-out and acrimonious departure. Her successor as artistic director Michelle Terry
An ageing band of grifters hold forth in an Italian-run greasy spoon in Brighton, teasing the proprietor's daughter, bickering and, perhaps also,
Now in its fifth outing, the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference features 'rock star' names and will tackle a range of
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse artistic director Gemma Bodinetz made an unplanned stage appearance after stepping in at the last minute for an
