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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Report calls on Sadiq Khan to protect London's grassroots arts venues by Giverny Masso

The London Assembly has urged mayor Sadiq Khan to focus on protecting grassroots arts venues in the capital as part of a

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Programme announced for UK India Year of Culture by Giverny Masso

UK India Year of Culture has launched its programme, which includes a theatre festival in Edinburgh and performances at Shakespeare's Globe and

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Kids given chance to commission theatre shows for Manchester company by Giverny Masso

A leading children's arts organisation plans to give children as young as eight the chance to commission their own theatre shows for

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Friday, March 3, 2017

Arts Council offers £2.7m to judge quality of theatre shows by Giverny Masso

Arts Council England is offering a £2.7 million contract to deliver its numerical grading system for artistic quality. This is the biggest

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Production news round-up: February 22 to 28 by Giverny Masso

Plays Matt Berry, Simon Bird and Lily Cole are to star in a new London production of The Philanthropist. They will be

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Oxford arts organisations fear cuts in local council shake-up by Giverny Masso

Cultural organisations in Oxford could be at risk if proposals to abolish Oxford City Council go ahead, arts leaders have warned. Industry

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Theatres given £1.4m to produce work for elderly audiences by Giverny Masso

  The New Vic Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent and Farnham Maltings are among the organisations sharing £1.4 million in Arts Council England funding

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

Newbury Corn Exchange announces major development plans by Giverny Masso

Newbury's Corn Exchange has announced major new development plans, which include a new learning centre aimed at widening participation in the arts.

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Bush Theatre and BAC to host minority and refugee leadership programme by Giverny Masso

Applications have opened for a new theatre leadership programme that will allow 10 black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee artists to take

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Nottingham Playhouse chief urges theatres to go green and 'protect the planet' by Giverny Masso

Nottingham Playhouse chief executive Stephanie Sirr has argued the importance of making theatres more environmentally sustainable, claiming doing nothing about it was

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Petition launched to save creative writing A level by Giverny Masso

A course leader of one of the UK's leading scriptwriting programmes has started a petition to reinstate the creative writing A level,

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Royal Ballet to reopen Hull New Theatre after £16m revamp by Giverny Masso

Hull New Theatre is to reopen following a £16 million refurbishment with the Royal Ballet's first visit to the city in 30

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Croydon Fairfield Halls £30m revamp approved despite objections by Giverny Masso

  Controversial plans to redevelop Fairfield Halls in south London have been approved despite objections from former staff and hundreds of residents.

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Nastazja Somers: 'Everyone blames the big guys but diversity has to start on the fringe' by Giverny Masso

After training as an actor, Nastazja Somers got tired of the lack of diverse roles for women. She tells Giverny Masso why she

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Joseph Smith joins Elton John's theatre company as producer by Giverny Masso

Elton John's theatre company Rocket Stage has appointed Joseph Smith as producer. Smith joins from Greene Light Stage, formerly Old Vic Productions,

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Llion Williams records historic double win at Wales Theatre Awards by Giverny Masso

Actor Llion Williams has become the first person to win both English and Welsh language performance prizes at the Wales Theatre Awards.

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Friday, February 24, 2017

London night tsar calls on theatres to stay open later by Giverny Masso

London night tsar Amy Lamé has encouraged theatres across the capital to open later, describing them as "the backbone of London's evening

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SOLT and UK Theatre call for 'fundamental review' of business rates hike by Giverny Masso

The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre have written to the government calling for a "fundamental review" of the planned increase

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

Trans Creative launches as 'first transgender-led theatre company' by Giverny Masso

A transgender artist and campaigner has launched what claims to be the first trans-led theatre company in England. Trans Creative, led by

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Arts must 'embrace uncertainty' to thrive " ITC conference 2017 by Giverny Masso

Industry leaders have said the arts should "embrace uncertainty" in the wake of budget cuts, Brexit, and a changing political climate. Kenneth

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Deafinitely launches fundraising programme by Giverny Masso

Deaf-led theatre company Deafinitely has launched a friends scheme in a bid to raise money for the company and its work with

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Eddie Marsan leads fight to extend Bethnal Green arts centre in London by Giverny Masso

Actor Eddie Marsan is backing a campaign to save a hidden chapel in a community arts centre and bring it to life

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Bristol council slashes arts by £380k by Giverny Masso

Bristol City Council has approved £380,000 worth of cuts to its arts budget by 2022. In a meeting on February 22, proposals

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Star of all-white Half a Sixpence claims 'industry can do more' for diversity by Giverny Masso

Award-winning actor Emma Williams has said the industry "can do more" for diversity, following criticisms of musical Half a Sixpence for having

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Manchester Royal Exchange audience manifesto commits to 'connect more with ordinary people' by Giverny Masso

A new audience manifesto published by Manchester's Royal Exchange calls for theatre to "demonstrate more ethnic diversity" and "connect more with ordinary

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Dreamgirls' Amber Riley: 'I'm giving young black girls permission to be in musicals' by Giverny Masso

Dreamgirls star Amber Riley has spoken of the importance of her leading role in the West End in inspiring young black girls

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Sean Brosnan: 'Acting is easiest when you're on stage for the whole show' by Giverny Masso

After training in stage management at RADA, Sean Brosnan pursued a career in acting that has lasted more than 50 years and

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Billie Piper and Jamie Parker win top prizes at WhatsOnStage Awards by Giverny Masso

 Billie Piper and Jamie Parker picked up the top acting accolades at the 2017 WhatsOnStage Awards, which saw Harry Potter and the

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Friday, February 17, 2017

Samuel French bookshop closure prompts industry outcry by Giverny Masso

The news that theatre publisher Samuel French is to close its London bookshop has prompted an industry outcry, with critics branding the

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Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman to star in Lettice and Lovage by Giverny Masso

Felicity Kendal and Maureen Lipman are to star in Trevor Nunn's new production of Lettice and Lovage at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

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Theatres-in-the-round consortium aims to promote transfers by Giverny Masso

A consortium of theatres-in-the-round, which is being billed as the first of its kind, has been launched, with participating venues co-commissioning and

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