Thursday, June 8, 2017
A virtual reality opera experience, billed as the first of its kind, is set to re-imagine scenes from classic shows in a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Playwright Tom Stoppard has been appointed the next Cameron Mackintosh visiting professor of contemporary theatre at the University of Oxford. The post,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Front-of-house staff at the Royal Exchange in Manchester are donating their own tickets to emergency service workers following last month’s attack at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AM[SHARE]Stage managers working on West End play The Miser and National Theatre Wales’ Roald Dahl celebration are among the winners of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AM[SHARE]Former National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner has claimed Labour's pledge to put creativity back at the heart of the curriculum would "reverse
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM[SHARE]Chris Goode is to adapt Derek Jarman’s cult film Jubilee for the stage at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. The production will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 6, 2017
A ticket scheme set up to challenge arts sponsorship by oil companies has raised more than £2,500 in just five days, with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AM[SHARE]Paapa Essiedu has won the 2016 Ian Charleson award for his performances in Hamlet and King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 1, 2017
Edinburgh Fringe hit How to Win Against History will return to the festival this year, in addition to a tour. The musical,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AM[SHARE]Across the harbour from Hong Kong's main island is a part of the city known as the 'dark side' because of its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]Plans are underway to build a temporary venue in Waterloo that will host a new Mamma Mia! spin-off show. Abba songwriter Bjorn
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AM[SHARE]London’s Donmar Warehouse is to stage a series of workshop performances in collaboration with Parents in Performing Arts, based on the experience
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AM[SHARE]Stage Directors UK and Equity are to join forces for the first time to fight for better directors' pay. The landmark partnership
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM[SHARE]Journalist and theatre critic Lyn Gardner is to join The Stage as associate editor. Gardner’s regular theatre blog, which was cancelled by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 31, 2017
The Mercury Theatre in Colchester is to offer a creche during its forthcoming auditions for the first time, in a bid to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:30AM[SHARE]Audiobook giant Audible has launched a $5 million (£3.9 million) drive to commission and produce new audio plays by emerging writers. Playwright
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AM[SHARE]Sam Bailey and Elaine C Smith have joined the cast of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends " The Musical. Bailey, who won The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AM[SHARE]Plays hailing from Portugal, France, the US and Germany, and a collaboration with English National Opera make up Ellen McDougall’s first season as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM[SHARE]Bolton Octagon has unveiled the latest plans for its £10 million redevelopment to make the building more accessible for audiences and artists.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Actors including Andrew Garfield, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance are among more than 30 theatre figures backing a ticket scheme set up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33PM[SHARE]Theatres around the UK have ramped up security in the face of heightened threat levels, with venues enforcing stricter bag checks and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AM[SHARE]Friday, May 26, 2017
West End musical The Girls is to end its run at the Phoenix Theatre in July, after five months. Following its London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:54PM[SHARE] The BBC is launching a new live theatre programme for Radio 4. Described as “virtual reality for radio”, Theatre on 4
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AM[SHARE]Playwright DA Nixon has won Out of Joint’s inaugural playwriting award. The Writers in Theatre Award was set up earlier this year
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 25, 2017
Hamilton is to hold open auditions for male company members, ahead of the musical’s West End premiere in November. Producers are advertising
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:23AM[SHARE]Ken Dodd has been appointed patron of the £19 million Shakespeare North Playhouse in Merseyside. Dodd, a Liverpool native, made his Shakespearean
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 24, 2017
West End shows including 42nd Street, An American in Paris, School of Rock and The Wind in the Willows are among shows
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PM[SHARE]Theatres are being advised to ensure their staff and buildings are prepared to deal with an attack, following the bombing in Manchester
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PM[SHARE]Birmingham Repertory Theatre has announced its autumn and winter season, which includes new work by Douglas Maxwell and a revival of Tom
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AM[SHARE]The press night for On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has been postponed due to “the incapacity of one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Josh Roche has won the 2017 James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director award. He wins a prize of £25,000 and will direct a production
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