Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Scottish newspaper the Herald has halved its budget for reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, in a move that has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AM[SHARE]The heads of Edinburgh’s major festivals have written to foreign secretary Boris Johnson protesting against the planned cuts to the British Council,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AM[SHARE]Monday, August 21, 2017
German live music promoter Deutsche Entertainment AG has bought out British entertainment producer the Flying Music Group, as it looks to expand
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AM[SHARE]Alice’s Adventures Underground creators Les Enfants Terribles are developing a new immersive show with Pussy Riot. The Russian feminist protest band is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AM[SHARE]The Menier Chocolate Factory is to stage a revival of Barnum this Christmas. The musical tells the story of 19th-century showman PT
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Michelle Terry has revealed she will not direct any productions when she takes over the artistic directorship of Shakespeare’s Globe. Speaking for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 17, 2017
Darlington Hippodrome has unveiled a new exhibition celebrating the history and architecture of its Edwardian building, as it prepares to reopen after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM[SHARE]Full casting has been announced for Young Marx, the first production at Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr’s new theatre. The Bridge, next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AM[SHARE]Toby Jones has joined the cast of a new BBC Proms performance combining actors with live music to explore the story behind
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Dominic Dromgoole’s Oscar Wilde season in the West End is to be broadcast live to cinemas. His new company, Classic Spring, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Emma Rice’s new company Wise Children has published details of its bid for Arts Council England support, after claims the decision disregarded
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:10PM[SHARE]York Theatre Royal has announced an open-call commission for a playwright to pen a new work for its youth theatre. The venue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:39AM[SHARE]The Blockheads’ Chaz Jankel and Derek Hussey have collaborated with theatre company Graeae to write a protest song for its forthcoming tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AM[SHARE]Andy Coxon is to star in the forthcoming 50th anniversary production of rock musical Hair. Coxon, whose recent credits include Yank! at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group has announced a new partnership with one of China’s largest live entertainment groups to develop the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PM[SHARE]Leading drama schools have defended their efforts to diversify the students that apply to their institutions, in the wake of a report
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AM[SHARE]Monday, August 14, 2017
Tony Gardner has joined the cast of Florian Zeller’s The Lie at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. Gardner, best known for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AM[SHARE]A British actor from Herefordshire has landed a $25,000 contract with US television network ABC following a competition to find UK stars
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AM[SHARE]Friday, August 11, 2017
A new circus show inspired by the real-life stories of refugees fleeing war-torn countries will have its UK premiere next week. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM[SHARE]Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express is to return for a new workshop production. Members of the original creative team are set
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM[SHARE] Producer Thelma Holt has become the latest figure to rail against "dreadful" West End ticket prices, claiming they promote a culture
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 10, 2017
Technology used for secure transactions in gold and diamond trading is at the core of a new ticketing platform trying to stamp
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AM[SHARE]Aaron Sidwell is to join the cast of Wicked for its 2018 UK and Ireland tour. Sidwell’s credits include musicals American Idiot,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AM[SHARE]The Family Arts Campaign has launched new guidance to help cultural organisations better suit the needs of older audiences. The scheme has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM[SHARE]Birmingham Royal Ballet is to hold open auditions for young dancers to appear in a Christmas production of The Nutcracker at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM[SHARE]The "sky-high" cost of auditioning to drama school is "unjust and unfair", preventing young, working-class actors from entering the profession, according to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:54AM[SHARE]Harry Potter and the Cursed Child director John Tiffany has said he will not quit theatre for film despite there being an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 9, 2017
The Stage has announced the inaugural nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2017, featuring newcomers covering the length and breadth of British
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM[SHARE]The results of Labour’s Acting Up inquiry into working-class barriers to the performing arts have been published, highlighting a “class-shaped hole” in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The Royal Shakespeare Company is selling more than 10,000 items of costume in a one-off jumble sale event next month. Costumes, shoes,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AM[SHARE]The north of England would need nearly £700 million more in arts funding for it to match the levels afforded to London,
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