Thursday, June 20, 2024
As Benedict Lombe's play Shifters transfers to West End, she is only third black British woman to have play staged there
Theatre audiences are "thirsty" for romance stories told from a black…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM[SHARE]Friday, May 17, 2024
Trio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter
The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the deca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Exclusive: Audience had 'vitriolic reaction' to European tone of musical, forced to close early
Rufus Wainwright has defended his musical Opening Night, which was forced to close early after…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2024
Speaking at launch for West End adaptation, Cleese complains about literal-minded viewers 'not playing with a full deck'
John Cleese said that he decided to cut the N-word from a scene in hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]David Byrne calls for urgent state support for young playwrights, particularly those from minority or working-class backgrounds
David Byrne, the artistic director of the Royal Court theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Writer of Make Good: the Post Office Scandal says postal workers' interviews helped describe 'the power of the state coming down on you'
The creators of a new musical about the Post Office H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 25, 2024
Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality
Gemma Arterton, Joanna Scanlan and Stella Kanu are some of the figures backing an i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2024
ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on 'reputational risk'
Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organisati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not 'make it the Jon Snow Experience'
The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 24, 2024
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight also among city's cultural figures warning over 'horrifying' move
Birmingham's cultural figures from Carlos Acosta …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 22, 2024
Team behind Little Amal puppet hope to create 'visceral engagement' with issues caused by climate emergency
The production team behind the Little Amal puppet, which raised awareness about th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Exclusive: Director says he is interested to see response of new audiences at a time of growing instability
The global theatrical phenomenon War Horse is returning to British stages for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM[SHARE]Friday, January 26, 2024
Theatre dedicated to new writing says it is 'reassessing staff teams' after sharp rise in production costs
The Royal Court is considering making redundancies as part of a restructuring proce…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Royal Shakespeare Company's new artistic directors team up with artists from around the world to appeal to wider audience
The Royal Shakespeare Company is attempting to attract new audiences…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Claudia Rankine, whose latest play, The White Card, is to tour the UK, warns of negative effect on mental health
Footage of violent racist incidents such as the murder of George Floyd is tr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2022
Comedians such as Nish Kumar say they have noticed a change since crowds have returned to clubs
It was halfway through a show in Shrewsbury when Nish Kumar noticed an audience member being d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The Family Sex Show organisers receive abuse over UK production aimed at children as young as five
A theatre show that promised to reimagine sex education by discussing the issue in a frank …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2022
Theatre's chief hopes production gives younger people understanding of the price paid by radicals in the past
The world premiere of a musical about the "young, sexy, radical" early life of N…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Barbican denies Sir Nicholas Kenyon's departure was prompted by claims organisation was 'insidiously' racist
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, the Barbican's managing director for 14 years, is to stand d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Written by Yvvette Edwards and Irenosen Okojie, the 'timely and clear-eyed' play will be live-streamed in July
The publishing industry's lack of diversity is to be the focus of a new comic p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Friday, June 11, 2021
Book details more than 100 instances of alleged prejudicial behaviour at the arts organisation
The Barbican has been described as "institutionally racist" by its own staff, who have compiled…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 10, 2021
Mawa Theatre Company hope to make classic works accessible to diverse audiences
The team behind the UK's first all-black, all-female Shakespearean theatre company say it is planning to re-ex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Trans casting statement signatories pledge to cast trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers
Several of the biggest theatres in the UK have pledged to only cast trans, non-bina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 8, 2021
Playwright mulls mass appeal of Osborne, who is being honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 6, 2021
Artists and musicians speak out against proposal by education secretary and Office for Students
Artists and musicians have accused the government of neglecting the country's "cultural natio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay on grief adapted for theatre among lineup for mostly outdoor event
A 42-metre sculpture of Big Ben made out of political books, a new film featuring Cillian …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 11, 2021
Actor behind Blackstage UK web series says pandemic offers opportunity to address structural racism in arts
British theatre needs to be "completely rebuilt" in the wake of Covid-19 to make i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Seyi Omooba was sacked from lesbian part at Leicester theatre after homophobic post emerged
An actor who sued a theatre and her former agents after she was sacked when a Facebook post resurf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PM[SHARE]Monday, February 15, 2021
Julie Walters among signatories to letter saying post-Brexit changes a 'towering hurdle' to working in Europe
New visa rules for British artists, actors and theatre workers who want to work …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PM[SHARE]Monday, February 8, 2021
Seyi Omooba is suing Leicester theatre and talent agency after being sacked for Facebook post on homosexuality
A sacked actor who would have refused to play the role in which she had been ca…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM[SHARE]Monday, December 14, 2020
Industry figures warn of 'catastrophic financial difficulties' for capital's venues and producers
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West End theatres are to shu…
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