Friday, October 10, 2014
Former Coronation Street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh has been cast alongside Sherlock cast member Amanda Abbington in a new play at the Royal Court. God Bless the Child, penned by Molly Davies,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PM[SHARE]Debbie Kurup and Matt Rawle are to lead the cast of Anything Goes, directed by Daniel Evans. Kurup was most recently in The Bodyguard, while Rawle's credits include Evita and Cabaret in the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AM[SHARE]The imbalance between arts funding in London and the regions will worsen over the next three years, with arts organisations in the capital benefitting from four times as much money per resid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2014
Former Wicked star Rachel Tucker has launched a new 60-seat venue in south London, which will open with a stage version of It's a Wonderful Life. Tucker " who was a finalist in the BBC sh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AM[SHARE]An online video on demand service that aims to bring the best of the world's theatre content to a global audience has been launched this week. Brazil-based site Cennarium will see users arou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AM[SHARE]Playwright Amanda Whittington and director Joyce Branagh have joined the board of Harrogate Theatres. They have been appointed to the board of directors alongside former senior manager of Ar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AM[SHARE]West End star Ruthie Henshall has called for an end to snobbery against musical theatre performers, claiming appearing on stage is harder than working on television. Henshall, who has appear…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM[SHARE]Leading drama schools have hit back at claims training is only for the wealthy, with statistics released to The Stage revealing state-educated pupils regularly make up around 80% of the inta…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Comedian Bridget Christie, English National Opera artistic director John Berry and producer Sonia Friedman are among the 10 winners in the Hospital Club awards' theatre category. The hClub10…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AM[SHARE]Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman are to star in a new ITV drama called The Trials of Jimmy Rose. The three-part series is written by Alan Whiting, who created Wire in the Blood, and will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AM[SHARE]West End show Once the Musical will close in March next year, after almost two years in London. The show will come to an end on March 21, prior to embarking on a European tour….
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AM[SHARE]Monday, October 6, 2014
The Society of London Theatre has issued a public response to backstage workers' demands for a pay increase, claiming their rates have already grown by 11.3% in the last three years. Union B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PM[SHARE]Stage managers around the world will be honoured this week as part of an international day celebrating the work of backstage theatre staff. International Stage Management Day on October 10 f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AM[SHARE]Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma will star in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman as part of the National Theatre's forthcoming season, which also includes a new play by Sam Holcroft " call…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2014
A folk musical based on Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle is to have a workshop performance in London later this month. Written by Caroline Wigmore and directed by Simon Greiff, Van Winkle …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AM[SHARE]Hackney Empire has appointed Joanne Benjamin as a producer. The venue said she had been appointed to produce its in-house shows and "exploit Hackney's own projects commercially". She will wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AM[SHARE]West End theatres are facing the threat of strike action from backstage workers after negotiations over a new pay deal broke down. Backstage union BECTU has been in talks about its members' …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2014
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts has unveiled plans to merge its three sites, as part of a wider five-year plan to turn the school into a "centre of excellence" for the performing arts. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PM[SHARE]Jonathan Pryce has rejected claims from fellow performers that drama school training is only for wealthier students. Pryce's comments follow comments raised by actors such as Judi Dench, who…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:13AM[SHARE]Choreographers Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne and Akram Khan are among the judges for the BBC's first Young Dancer's competition, a major new initiative aimed at discovering the UK's best ne…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AM[SHARE]Newcastle Theatre Royal, the Watermill in Newbury and the Wales Millennium Centre are among the five venues that have been shortlisted in the most welcoming venue category at this year's UK …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM[SHARE]Leading cultural figures including Arts Council England chair Peter Bazalgette and Olivier award-winning playwright Richard Bean have defended freedom of expression in performance, following…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Catherine Tate is to present a BBC Radio 2 documentary exploring the legacy of Joan Littlewood, which will mark the centenary of the director's birth. The 60-minute programme is called The M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AM[SHARE]Regional theatres are playing an increasingly important role in hosting stand-up comics, with the number of comedy events in venues around the UK up 46% since 2009. The finding comes from a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:57AM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2014
Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing will tour the UK next year, starring former EastEnders actor Charlie Brooks. It is directed by Nikolai Foster, whose production of the play was first seen l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 28, 2014
A live cinema broadcast of Billy Elliot the Musical from its home in the West End will have repeat screenings next month, with a DVD of the show to be released on November 24. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:09PM[SHARE]Former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger is to make her West End stage debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Cats begins at the London Palladium on December 6, with press…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:38PM[SHARE]Friday, September 26, 2014
A new on-demand channel for the arts is to be launched with £1.8 million of funding from Arts Council England. The new channel will bring together existing arts content from video site Yo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AM[SHARE]Theatre Delicatessen has become the first theatre company to be officially accredited as a living wage employer. The accreditation is awarded by the Living Wage Foundation, and guarantees th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AM[SHARE]The Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies are to transfer to Broadway, where they will play at the Winter Garden Theatre. Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 25, 2014
Leading theatre figures including Marianne Elliott, Matthew Warchus, Vicky Featherstone and Jeremy Herrin have launched the industry's first body aimed at representing stage directors. Incre…
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