Theatre503 has appointed Andrew Shepherd as executive director, replacing Jeremy Woodhouse. Shepherd is the founder of theatre company ACS Random, which he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:08AM[SHARE]Brian Blessed has been appointed honorary patron of the Guildford Shakespeare Company. Blessed, who performed in the company’s production of King Lear
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM[SHARE]John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men will tour the UK as part of a new collaboration between the Touring Consortium Theatre and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PM[SHARE]Royal Ballet dancers Edward Watson and Lauren Cuthbertson are being immortalised in bronze sculptures as part of a new collection inspired by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PM[SHARE]Ed Vaizey has become the longest serving arts minister in British political history, beating a record set by Labour's Jennie Lee. Vaizey,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PM[SHARE]Akram Khan has responded to concerns from within the dance sector about the lack of female choreographers, saying numbers should not be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PM[SHARE]Charles Dance has claimed that state-educated actors are now being given fewer opportunities than performers who attend private schools. The actor, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PM[SHARE]Actor Samuel West and UK Theatre president Rachel Tackley are among figures who have signed a letter warning against making the English
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PM[SHARE]Performance artist Laurie Anderson has been announced as guest director for the 2016 Brighton Festival. Anderson, whose works have spanned the worlds
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PM[SHARE]Jamie Foreman is to join the cast of forthcoming West End musical Mrs Henderson Presents. He will join the previously announced Tracie
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PM[SHARE]A new performance space is being launched in Southwark, which will offer a ticketing scheme for disadvantaged people described as the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PM[SHARE]York's Grand Opera House is beginning a clean-up operation after severe flooding forced the venue to shut its doors over the lucrative
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]A Shakespeare film season and an exhibition inspired by his quotes will form part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s plans to mark
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]Emma Rice will helm A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of her inaugural season as artistic director, which sees
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]Choreographer Matthew Bourne has been awarded a knighthood in the 2016 New Year honours list, with performers Barbara Windsor and Sian Phillips
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AM[SHARE]Performer and comedian Trygve Wakenshaw and theatre company Clout feature in the line-up of the forthcoming 2016 Vault Festival. Wakenshaw’s show Squidboy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AM[SHARE]Arts leaders have warned that cuts to local funding will be the biggest issue facing the theatre industry in 2016. This comes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM[SHARE]How do you tell how well a West End show is selling? Other than the rare juggernauts, West End producers are notoriously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Following a string of contemporary musicals, including Dogfight and Ghost, she is now taking on the lead role in a classic American
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM[SHARE]Helen George will star in a UK tour of After Miss Julie next year, ahead of a planned West End run. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AM[SHARE]Annette McLaughlin and Martin Walsh will star in the touring production of Billy Elliot next year. McLaughlin will play Mrs Wilkinson and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AM[SHARE]MUSICALS Billy Elliot the Musical is to close in 2016 after 11 years in the West End. The show, which is running
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:39PM[SHARE]Arts Council England’s deputy chief executive Althea Efunshile has announced she will step down next year. Efunshile, who joined ACE in 2007
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:39PM[SHARE]Telegraph theatre critic Dominic Cavendish has claimed that the theatre industry is in danger of using musicals as a “quick, go-to fix
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AM[SHARE]West End musical Elf has broken box office records at the Dominion Theatre, taking £987,824.22 in one week, producers have claimed. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AM[SHARE]Ambassador Theatre Group is to reopen the dormant Hudson Theatre on Broadway, as part of a deal through which the company will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02PM[SHARE]Arts organisations are changing the way they engage with families and are putting family audiences higher up their agendas, a new report
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AM[SHARE]The National Youth Theatre is to expand the technical course it offers as part of its roster of training opportunities for young
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:03AM[SHARE]Long-held plans for a major new Shakespeare theatre and education hub in Merseyside have been resurrected, eight years after a failed Lottery
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:19PM[SHARE]Scottish National Ballet has appointed Steven Roth as executive director. He will take up the newly created post at Scotland’s national dance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AM[SHARE]She was cast in her first professional stage role after writing a letter to the director on a whim. Amy Dawson tells
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