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A system to encourage gender parity in theatre and TV casting is being launched in the UK. Neropa is a new concept
London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned that up to 27,000 jobs in the creative industries could be lost if the UK does
Sutton Council is looking to resurrect the embattled Charles Cryer Studio Theatre as a commercial venture, in a move that lead to
Whatever the ethics and effects of new writing competitions are, that they throw up intriguing, exciting plays is undeniable. Here are three:
An evening meal becomes a wordless passive-aggressive ritual for an unhappy couple in Finnish company WHS's evocative Lahto ("departure"), part of the
Two years ago the Royal Opera and the Roundhouse collaborated on a production of Monteverdi's Orfeo that set out to win new
I would like to say that with Ovo, Cirque du Soleil have laid an egg, but that would give the wrong impression.
Vanessa Redgrave has been cast in The Inheritance at the Young Vic. The play, by Matthew Lopez, is directed by Stephen Daldry
The UK and Ireland tour of Take That musical The Band has extended into 2019. Tim Firth's musical was originally due to
Win tickets to David Lynch’s The Elephant Man at the BFI on January 18, starring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and
Shadow culture secretary Tom Watson has set out a series of demands for the government's new arts team, calling for ministers to
Justin Audibert has been appointed artistic director of the Unicorn Theatre in London. He will take over the leadership of the children’s
Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke is to step down from the role in 2019 after eight years, with executive producer Kate
Craig Warner's adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel (made famous by the Hitchcock movie), Strangers on a Train is a solid one.
Popular success often equates with critical disdain, and vice versa: it was long fashionable in critical circles to frown on Andrew Lloyd
Last Saturday, two productions closed in the West End, but with differing fortunes. The first was the long-running Stomp. After 15 years in
It would be so easy to write a list of new year's resolutions for costume professionals: we want to be better at
Lyn Gardner's excellent Long Read gently explodes the myths that can attach themselves to successful people, revealing how, as director Christopher Haydon
Cricket reporting was in danger of disappearing from the local press when the sport's governing body stepped in to fund reporters. Daniel
Billed as "an unreliable version of a true story filtered through a hazy memory and vivid imagination", Anoushka Warden's debut play, My
Behind even the most glittering of careers lies a trail of poor decisions and faltering missteps. Industry leaders tell Lyn Gardner how
Union Equity has been accused of being "divisive and offensive" after failing to describe its musical theatre members as actors. The union
Hackney Empire has announced a restructure of its senior management team to align its business and artistic operations more closely. The east
You may think all the melodrama takes place on stage during panto season. Not so in Barrow-in-Furness, where Sleeping Beauty was being
Theatre people " they're a temperamental bunch, aren't they? And some might say they have too much time on their hands. Some
