Jeremy Herrin has called for arts organisations to have their funding cut if they fail to improve diversity. The Headlong artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AM[SHARE]A new fringe theatre is being created in east London by two actors, with the aim of being an “incubator” for small-scale
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:21AM[SHARE]Arts leaders have called for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland's lead and give every primary schoolchild the chance to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AM[SHARE]Matthew Keeler has been appointed new producer of the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. He replaces Ben Monks and Will Young, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AM[SHARE]A project to open up the Theatres Trust’s archive has been given a £5,200 boost from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Open
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AM[SHARE]Dancer Julie Cunningham has been announced as the inaugural choreography fellow at Rambert. The programme was launched earlier this year " in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AM[SHARE]Playwright Peter Shaffer has died aged 90. The Equus and Amadeus writer died on a visit to Ireland after a short illness,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PM[SHARE]JK Rowling has attacked the “bunch of racists” who criticised the casting of a black actor as Hermione in Harry Potter and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AM[SHARE]Academic Gordon McMullan has been awarded the 2016 Sam Wanamaker Award for his work celebrating the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death. The award,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AM[SHARE]Endangered venue the Dudley Hippodrome has been thrown a lifeline by council bosses who have agreed to hand the building over to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AM[SHARE]Over the last 20 years, the former security editor for The Guardian has created verbatim theatre based on some of Britain's most
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM[SHARE]Plays Sean Foley is to direct Ronald Harwood's The Dresser starring Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith, in a co-production that marks the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AM[SHARE]Elizabeth Freestone is to step down as artistic director of rural touring company Pentabus after five years. Freestone took over the role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AM[SHARE]Sophie Thompson has been cast as Captain Hook in the National Theatre’s forthcoming production of Peter Pan. The show, directed by Sally
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AM[SHARE]Scarborough’s Spa Theatre has announced it will close after the possible discovery of asbestos in the ceiling. Shows at the seaside venue’s theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AM[SHARE]A teenager has been hospitalised after jumping from a balcony at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool during a show. Lancashire Police confirmed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AM[SHARE]A circus show from the creative team behind Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour is to come to the Hippodrome in Leicester Square. Blanc
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PM[SHARE]Althea Efunshile has been announced as the first chair of the National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries. Arts Council England’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AM[SHARE]Playwright Christopher Hampton has criticised the workshopping process in theatre, claiming it dumbs down new plays. The dramatist, who is known for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AM[SHARE]Director Judy Hegarty " the co-founder of theatre company Gare St Lazare Players Ireland " has devoted her career to the work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:20AM[SHARE]Backstage union BECTU is threatening to boycott broadcast diversity scheme Project Diamond over a lack of transparency. The union is claiming that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AM[SHARE]Kevin Kennedy is to star in the UK tour of The Commitments, which begins in October. The former Coronation Street actor will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AM[SHARE]The founders and artistic directors of London fringe theatre the Rosemary Branch are to step down after 20 years. Cecilia Darker and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AM[SHARE]From Theatre 2016 to a shake up at ATG, we look back at the biggest stories from May. The month kicks off
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AM[SHARE]Former National Theatre Wales boss John McGrath has claimed the Welsh Government must take bolder funding decisions if the sector is to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AM[SHARE]A major new campaign dedicated to tackling mental health issues among professional musicians – including those working in the West End –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AM[SHARE]Celia Imrie is the latest actor to join the cast of King Lear at the Old Vic. Morfydd Clark and William Chubb
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AM[SHARE]Phoenix Dance Theatre has appointed Mark Hollander as its new executive director. Hollander, who is currently executive director of Unlimited Theatre, joins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM[SHARE]Stage management teams from shows including Mrs Henderson Presents, In the Heights and the Globe to Globe Hamlet tour have been nominated
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AM[SHARE]Plays Maxine Peake is to play Blanche DuBois in a new production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Royal Exchange Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM[SHARE]The Union Theatre in London is launching a youth programme that will offer weekly performance classes. Bonnie Langford and Anna-Jane Casey have
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