James Doeser: BP or not BP, arts funding can get dirty in many ways
The Royal Shakespeare Company's decision to end its sponsorship relationship with BP has been widely praised in our sector, but it has
The Royal Shakespeare Company's decision to end its sponsorship relationship with BP has been widely praised in our sector, but it has
Recently, it has become fashionable for producers to require touring stage managers to absorb responsibilities from other departments into their job description.
Leading figures from across the arts and education sectors have condemned a growing inequality in schools' cultural provision that is resulting in
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting has announced its shortlist for 2019, which includes an international award for the first time. The international
Janacek was approaching 70 when he composed The Cunning Little Vixen, yet the opera brims with youthful vigour, optimism and music-dramatic innovation.
There's great ambition in Jenni Fagan's adaptation of her acclaimed 2012 novel, about a young woman growing up in the care system,
Cardiff's New Theatre is set to be taken over by an independent operator as part of a bid to save the council
The Pulitzer prize-winner wrote his first play about the 36th US president in 2012. He tells Howard Sherman how he went All
Success in theatre rarely comes as swift as it has for Mischief Theatre. Thanks to huge hits The Play That Goes Wrong,
Merce Cunningham is one of the most influential choreographers in modern dance and this Royal Ballet triple bill, part of the company's
Hope Mill Theatre's production of Rags the Musical will transfer to the Park Theatre in London as part of its new season,
Plans have been unveiled for a mobile childcare service " based in a double-decker bus " which will launch for parents and
Two men meet in a private hospital ward. They have been assigned adjacent rooms and are being looked after by the same
The Panopticon " Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh The National Theatre of Scotland brings Jenni Fagan's novel about a 15-year-old girl in a young
This column follows on exactly from one I wrote a month ago. When flagging that Act for Change would be holding an
Let's hear it for the mums. And the dads. We certainly did at The Stage Debut Awards last month, when winner after
One of Chekhov's earliest, lesser-known works, bleak domestic drama Ivanov gets a sharply insightful treatment by Moscow-based company Theatre of Nations. It's
This week's production round up includes the news that Life of Pi will transfer to London's Wyndham's Theatre, Grease the musical is
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Wales' Welsh-language national theatre company) tackles a seminal piece of European drama in this new translation of Brecht's The
Sebastian Cater has been appointed head of UK Theatre, replacing Cassie Chadderton. Cater will lead the organisation and also hold the role
Members of an advisory council to Drama Centre London " including actor Helen McCrory and director Nikolai Foster " have resigned en
The Color Purple writer Alice Walker has spoken publicly for the first time about the Seyi Omooba case, in a letter that
Support for parents working in Scotland's performing arts sector is to be bolstered by a new programme of research and events aimed
If all the world's a stage, that clearly includes my kitchen and living room. And so it was earlier this month, when
The Arts Council of Wales has introduced minimum pay requirements for artists, creatives and staff working on the projects it funds amid