Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Production news stories from February 4 to 11. MUSICALS ' Broadway musical Kinky Boots is to transfer to the West End in August this year. Based on the 2005 film of the same name, the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PM[SHARE]National Dance Company Wales has announced that Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, who was due to become the company’s artistic director, will no longer take up the position. The company’s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AM[SHARE]Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has claimed that public funding for arts organisations should be conditional on them demonstrating a commitment to accessibility and outreach work. Sp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AM[SHARE]The management of Margate’s council-owned Theatre Royal is set to be outsourced after the local authority said it could no longer afford to run the venue.Thanet Council acquired the th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The Royal Academy of Dance has launched bursaries for performers from less privileged backgrounds to enter the renowned Genee International Ballet Competition. Named after the academy's pres…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AM[SHARE]Watford Palace Theatre has appointed Deborah Lincoln as its new chair. Lincoln is senior vice president of corporate communications and public affairs at Warner Bros. Entertainment. Lincoln …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Michael Gambon has revealed that no longer being able to remember his lines has forced him to end his stage career. Gambon, who is 74, told The Sunday Times: “It’s a horrible thi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2015
London’s West End has reported its 11th consecutive year of record box office takings, measuring gross sales of more than £623 million in 2014. Figures published by the Society of L…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PM[SHARE]The National Theatre, the Barbican and English National Opera will benefit from two newly appointed data scientists, whose work will inform new approaches of how data can be used within arts…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AM[SHARE]Zoe Simon is taking on the challenge of playing French writer Marguerite Borel in Radiance " The Passion of Marie Curie at west London's Tabard Theatre. Tell me a bit about the play itself. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM[SHARE]Tabard Theatre, London: Marie Curie is described towards the end of Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie as "the worst kind of emancipated woman: an ambitious woman".
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AM[SHARE]Ivo van Hove will direct a new play by Simon Stephens as part of the Young Vic’s 2015 season, which will also see Rory Kinnear star in Franz Kafka’s The Trial. Song from Far Away…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2015
Farnham's Redgrave Theatre looks set to be demolished after Waverley Borough Council granted listed-building consent to knock down the theatre for the sixth time. The grade II-listed venue, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PM[SHARE]The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Other Place theatre will reopen in 2016, to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The company has also announced a five-year…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AM[SHARE]London’s Little Angel and Polka Theatres and the People’s Theatre in Newcastle are among venues to receive grants from the Theatres Trust in the sixth round of its small grants s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Plans to replicate the National Theatre's temporary space in east London have divided local councillors, who met to discuss funding the proposals. The project, which is expected to cost £…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AM[SHARE]Tim Eyles has been announced as the new chair of the Theatres Trust. Eyles, who is a managing partner and international board member of law firm Taylor Wessing, is also chair of the Jerwood …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:52AM[SHARE]Production news stories from January 29 to February 4. MUSICALS Michael Ball has been confirmed to lead the cast of a new production of Mack and Mabel, which will tour the UK following a run…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:42AM[SHARE]Former X Factor contestant Marcus Collins has pulled out of a touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. A statement from the show’s producers, Bill Kenwright …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2015
A new global network of more than 90 arts organisations has been launched by the Roundhouse in order to champion work made by young people. Call to Create will present a season of work in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AM[SHARE]Anna-Jane Casey is to star in a revival of Jerry’s Girls at the St James Theatre’s studio space in March. She will be joined by Ria Jones and Sarah-Louise Young in the production…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AM[SHARE]The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has extended its booking period at the Gielgud Theatre until October. The production was previously booking until May but will now run until…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
Welsh National Opera, Theatr Bara Caws and Clwyd Theatr Cymru are among the winners of the 2015 Wales Theatre Awards, which also saw director Terry Hands pick up a special achievement award.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AM[SHARE]Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon has extended its booking period until October. The show was previously booking until May 23 but will now run at the Harold Pinter Theatre until October 24. Dire…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2015
Boris Johnson has defended the government's £141 million funding of the cultural regeneration of the Olympic Park, claiming that the investment in the east London site is "a very good ide…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2015
The owner of Swansea's Palace Theatre has been granted additional time by its local council to complete urgent repairs needed to make the property safe. Swansea Palace Theatre Company was…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PM[SHARE]Birmingham Royal Ballet has unveiled refurbished rehearsal facilities " including the creation of an informal 100-seat performance space " following a £2.7 million transformation project.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PM[SHARE]Architecture firm RHWL, which is responsible for building theatres such as Sheffield's Crucible and Sadler's Wells, has been acquired by global architectural practice Aedas. Keith Griffiths,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AM[SHARE]Scotch and Soda will headline this year's London Wonderground, which runs on the South Bank for the fourth year this summer. A mix of circus, dance and original music, Australian act Scotch …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AM[SHARE]More students will be eligible for funding to attend drama school after the principal 
government funding stream for vocational training increased its maximum income threshold. In addi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 28, 2015
The future of two theatres in south 
London have been secured after their local council agreed to outsource their management to a private company. The Secombe and Charles Cryer Studio …
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