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Friday, May 29, 2015

Shakespeare's Globe tour guides call off second strike by Matthew Hemley

A second day of planned strike action by tour guides at Shakespeare's Globe has been called off, after talks between the venue

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Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet to offer £10 ticket lottery by Matthew Hemley

Sky Arts has partnered with Sonia Friedman Productions to launch a Â£10 ticket scheme for Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The production, directed

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Tom Morris to direct The Crucible as part of Bristol Old Vic's new season by Matthew Hemley

Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris is to helm a production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible as part of the venue's

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Perfect Pitch launches £125k crowdfunding bid for musicals by Matthew Hemley

Theatre company Perfect Pitch has launched a crowdfunding scheme aimed at enabling it to stage a minimum of two new British musicals.

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Post-Apollo ceiling checks to cost UK theatres up to £15m by Matthew Hemley

Theatres around the UK face initial costs of up to Â£50,000 each to implement new guidelines aimed at preventing a repeat of

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama named top university for drama training by Matthew Hemley

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has been ranked as the UK's number one university for studying drama and dance.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Rachel Tucker to star in fundraising concert for south London venue by Matthew Hemley

Rachel Tucker is to headline a fundraising event at south London venue the Bridge House Theatre. Tucker, who recently starredÂ on Broadway in

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Friday, May 22, 2015

Gareth Gates to star in musical The 3 Little Pigs by Matthew Hemley

Gareth Gates and Simon Webbe are to star in the West End premiere of musical The 3 Little Pigs. Written by George

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Che Walker premiere to feature in Theatre Royal Stratford East autumn season by Matthew Hemley

A play with music by Che Walker features in Theatre Royal Stratford East's autumn season. The season also includes the return of

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Mike Leigh's The Pirates of Penzance breaks cinema screening record by Matthew Hemley

English National Opera's cinema broadcast of Mike Leigh's The Pirates of Penzance has become the most lucrative opera to be screened in

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Cush Jumbo and Jamie Lloyd to judge Kevin Spacey emerging artist award by Matthew Hemley

Actors Cush Jumbo and Andrew Scott and directors Jamie Lloyd and Tamara Harvey are among the panellists who will choose the recipients

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Ian Mather appointed chair of Cambridge Arts Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Cambridge Arts Theatre has appointed Ian Mather as its new chair. Mather, head of the Cambridge office of law firm Mills and

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Monday, May 18, 2015

Tour guides picket Shakespeare's Globe in first London theatre strike since 1977 by Matthew Hemley

Tour guides working for Shakespeare's Globe have staged the first strike to hit a London theatre since the 1970s. The guides, all

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Beautiful Thing tour to close two months early by Matthew Hemley

A touring production of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing is to close two months earlier than planned. The show's executive producer, Tom O'Connell,

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Bristol Old Vic Theatre School student wins Sondheim award by Matthew Hemley

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School student Erin Doherty has won this year's Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition. Doherty

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Friday, May 15, 2015

Musicals take more than 60% of British theatre box office by Matthew Hemley

Musical theatre accounts for more than half of all box office income despite comprising just 15% of all productions staged, a report

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Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam to star in premieres at Hampstead Theatre by Matthew Hemley

Richard Eyre and Jeremy Herrin are to direct world premieres at Hampstead Theatre, starring Simon Russell Beale and Roger Allam. Beale will

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London fringe theatre to open in Stoke Newington by Matthew Hemley

A 70-seat fringe theatre with a focus on new writing is to open in north London this month. Theatre N16 will be

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Shaun Dooley: 'Dark five years for arts ahead' by Matthew Hemley

Broadchurch actor Shaun Dooley has warned that the arts has "a dark five years" ahead of it under a Conservative government. The

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Bugsy Malone extends run at Lyric Hammersmith by Matthew Hemley

Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith has extended its run until September. The musical had been booking until August 1, but will

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Paulette Randall: 'Diversity is a dirty word' by Matthew Hemley

Director Paulette Randall has criticised the use of the term 'BAME', claiming it makes black and ethnic minority artists sound like an

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Cynthia Erivo and Laura Pitt-Pulford to star in Jason Robert Brown concert by Matthew Hemley

Cynthia Erivo, Willemijn Verkaik and Laura Pitt-Pulford are to star in a concert featuring the songs of Jason Robert Brown. The show

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Billy Elliot celebrates 10 years in West End by Matthew Hemley

With 40 boys having played the lead role and more than five million people having seen the show in the West End,

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Globe responds to strike with cut-price tours by Matthew Hemley

Shakespeare's Globe is to slash the cost of tours at the venue by 26% when guides begin two days of strikes later

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Jessica Hynes: 'Low income doesn't mean low talent' by Matthew Hemley

Actor Jessica Hynes used her acceptance speech at this year's BAFTA TV Awards to criticise cuts to the arts. Collecting her award

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Thom Southerland to direct Grand Hotel at Southwark Playhouse by Matthew Hemley

Thom Southerland is to direct musical Grand Hotel at the Southwark Playhouse this summer. Southerland will be reunited with producer Danielle Tarento

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Live version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? to run in West End by Matthew Hemley

A live version of popular TV series Whose Line Is It Anyway? will come to the West End stage this summer. The

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BAFTA TV Awards " the winners in full by Matthew Hemley

The winners of the BAFTA TV Awards were announced tonight (May 10) at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with wins for Jessica

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Jessica Hynes and Jason Watkins win at BAFTA TV Awards by Matthew Hemley

Georgina Campbell, Jessica Hynes and Jason Watkins have won acting gongs at this year's BAFTA TV Awards. In total, six out of

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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Donmar's The Vote sets ratings record for More4 by Matthew Hemley

A live broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse's The Vote on More4 has set a new ratings record for the channel. The ratings

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Shakespeare's Globe tour guide strike: dates set by Matthew Hemley

Dates have been set for two days of strikes at Shakespeare's Globe. Tour guides working at the venue will strike on May

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