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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Production News: Old Red Lion announces first season under new artistic director by Georgia Snow

The Old Red Lion Theatre has announced its winter/spring season, the theatre's first under new artistic director Stewart Pringle. Philip Ridley's Piranha Heights, directed by Max Barton, wil…

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Production News: Miracle on 34th Street to tour UK this Christmas by Georgia Snow

Miracle on 34th Street will once again tour the UK this Christmas, beginning Fairfield Halls in Croydon in November. The stage production of the 1947 musical film also toured in 2013, and wi…

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Interviews: Michelle Terry: actor by Georgia Snow

Olivier award-winning actor Michelle Terry has worked extensively for the RSC and the National Theatre as well as writing and starring in Sky1's The Cafe. She is playing Rosaline and Beatric…

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

News: Wales Millennium wants to become a 'powerhouse' theatremaker by Georgia Snow

Wales Millennium Centre's new artistic and creative director Graeme Farrow has revealed plans to double the amount of drama he programmes, including an increase in shows produced in-house, i…

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News: Newbury's Corn Exchange to open centre for developing outdoor work by Georgia Snow

The Corn Exchange in Newbury is launching an outdoor arts space that will be used specifically for the development of open-air work. Based on the former site of the RAF Greenham Common air b…

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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

News: Whatsonstage co-founder awaits tribunal verdict by Georgia Snow

Whatsonstage co-founder Terri Paddock has completed nine months of legal proceedings against the organisation's US owners, following her dismissal from the company last year. Paddock, who wa…

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News: Stratford station to house five-month installation celebrating Joan Littlewood by Georgia Snow

A five-month installation celebrating the legacy of theatre director Joan Littlewood is being created at Stratford underground station in London. The project, which is entitled The Palace th…

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News: Winners of Bristol Old Vic's Peter O'Toole Prize announced by Georgia Snow

Bristol Old Vic has revealed the winners of its annual Peter O'Toole Prize for actors. The prize is awarded to exceptional actors graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, who are …

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News: WYP wins £100,000 to develop arts programme for dementia sufferers by Georgia Snow

West Yorkshire Playhouse has been awarded a grant of £103,000 by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to develop work for people living with dementia. The grant will fund a three-year project entit…

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News: London invites European directors for UK collaborations by Georgia Snow

German director Nicolas Stemann is among European directors being brought to the UK by a new theatre company to work on six productions. Theatre of Europe, launched on Monday at the Lyric Ha…

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

News: Billy Elliot screening tops UK box office by Georgia Snow

A live screening of Billy Elliot the Musical has topped the UK and Ireland cinema box office, with takings of £1.9 million. The screening, which was broadcast live from London's Victoria …

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News: Questors' theatre building to be renamed the Judi Dench Playhouse by Georgia Snow

The Questors Theatre in Ealing, one of the UK's largest non-professional companies, has renamed its theatre building the Judi Dench Playhouse in honour of the actor. Dench, who has been pres…

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Production News: National Theatre Wales announces interactive online theatre show by Georgia Snow

National Theatre Wales has announced that its next production will be an interactive theatre game, where an online audience will determine the show's outcome. Co-created by artists John Nort…

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Production News: East is East to tour following run at Trafalgar Studios by Georgia Snow

Ayub Khan Din's East is East, which begins previews in the West End this week, will embark on a three-week UK tour following its time in London, where it is running at Trafalgar Studios as&#…

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Monday, September 29, 2014

News: Sophie Watson named as new producer of the Bush Theatre by Georgia Snow

Sophie Watson will join the Bush Theatre as producer, the theatre's artistic director, Madani Younis, has announced. Formerly programme and projects manager at Watford Palace Theatre, Watson…

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Interviews: Ben Earl: magician by Georgia Snow

Ben Earl rose to prominence with his Channel 4 show, Ben Earl: Trick Artist in 2013. Now he is back performing live magic in his latest project, Show, at Leicester Square Theatre How did you…

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Interviews: Mark Smith: choreographer by Georgia Snow

Fed up with people thinking he was the only deaf man to be a dancer, Mark Smith founded Deaf Man Dancing in 2010. The company fuses dance with sign-language to create a unique form of…

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News: ACE chief executive Alan Davey named as new controller of BBC Radio 3 by Georgia Snow

Arts Council England's chief executive, Alan Davey, is leaving the organisation to become controller of BBC Radio 3. Davey, who joined ACE in 2007, will take up his post at the BBC from Janu…

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Production News: Katie Brayben and Alan Morrissey to star in Beautiful " The Carole King Musical by Georgia Snow

Katie Brayben will play Carole King in the upcoming West End production of Beautiful " The Carole King Musical, which opens at the Aldwych Theatre next year. Brayben, who is currently appear…

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

News: V&A acquires collection of Peter Brook's personal documents by Georgia Snow

London's Victoria and Albert museum has acquired the personal papers of renowned theatre director Peter Brook, which document his life and work from childhood and throughout his career. The …

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Production News: Craig Revel Horwood to star as Miss Hannigan in new tour of Annie by Georgia Snow

Craig Revel Horwood will star as Miss Hannigan in a UK and Ireland tour of Annie from July 2015. The Strictly Come Dancing judge will appear in a new production of the musical, which opens&#…

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

News: Bid to rejuvenate west London library takes shape by Georgia Snow

A campaign to save a west London library from demolition by turning it into a multipurpose arts centre has taken a step forward, with the group behind the plans preparing to submit a bid to&…

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News: UK theatre 'like a country club' " Bush director Madani Younis by Georgia Snow

The Bush's artistic director Madani Younis has complained that UK theatre "feels like a country club for a privileged few", criticising the lack of diversity in leadership roles in the secto…

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Production News: The Hunters Grimm to run in Deptford next month by Georgia Snow

The Hunters Grimm, an outdoor promenade production based on the Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm, will take place in Deptford next month. The show is produced by Teatro Vivo in associat…

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Production News: Jennifer DiNoia to join London cast of Wicked by Georgia Snow

Jennifer DiNioia will join the London cast of Wicked from next month. DiNoia, who has performed in the show in North America and internationally for the past eight years, will play the role …

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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Interviews: Nathalie Carrington " actor and creative producer by Georgia Snow

Nathalie Carrington is both a cast member and the creative producer behind The Liberation of Colette Simple, a new piece of music theatre that has worked with eight different lyricists inclu…

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Friday, September 19, 2014

Production News: Janie Dee to star in 84 Charing Cross Road at Salisbury Playhouse by Georgia Snow

Janie Dee is set to star in a new production of 84 Charing Cross Road at Salisbury Playhouse next year. Dee, who recently appeared in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre, will star in the&#…

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Production News: Siobhan McCarthy leads cast of Tooting Arts Club's Sweeney Todd by Georgia Snow

Siobhan McCarthy will star in Tooting Arts Club's production of Sweeney Todd, which will be staged next month in London's oldest pie shop. McCarthy, who originated the role of Donna in Mamma…

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News: Fairfield Halls' archive reveals rare pictures of actors by Georgia Snow

Croydon's Fairfield Halls has compiled more than 2,500 items for a new online archive the venue claims provides "an illustrated history of post-war British theatre". The arts centre in Croyd…

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

News: ATG to hand over Grimsby Auditorium management to council by Georgia Snow

Grimsby Auditorium will transfer its management 
from Ambassador Theatre Group to Lincs Inspire, a 
subsidiary of North East 
Lincolnshire Council, at the end of this month…

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Production News: Rula Lenska to star in Sarah Waters' The Frozen Scream by Georgia Snow

Rula Lenska will star in Sarah Waters' The Frozen Scream at Wales Millennium Centre and Birmingham Hippodrome this Christmas. Her theatre credits include The Vagina Monologues at Wyndham's T…

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