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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Thriller Live has entered the list of the 20 longest running musicals in West End. According to figures verified by the Society of London Theatre, Thriller Live is at number 20 with 2,391 pe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PM[SHARE]Daniel Boys and Gina Beck have been cast in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Charing Cross Theatre in London. The revue show, which features songs written by Belgian…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Cameron Mackintosh has claimed musical dramas such as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon will always last longer than musical comedies. The producer was speaking at the 25th anniversary performa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AM[SHARE]A new £4.5 million 220-seat venue that replicates the National Theatre's temporary space is being built by Theatre Royal Stratford East, which will enable the east London venue to almost …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2014
Morecambe and Wise show Eric and Little Ern will return to London for a run at the St James Theatre this December. It will run at the venue from December 16 until January 11, 2015,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2014
Little Angel Theatre artistic director Adam Bennett has stepped down from the post after just nine months. Bennett took up the post " as well as that as chief executive " in January, and rel…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PM[SHARE]Bob Carlton, who has been artistic director at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch for 17 years, is stepping down from the post in November. Calrton " who is credited with saving the theatre f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AM[SHARE]Brian Blessed is to play King Lear in a production of Shakespeare's play in Guildford, which will also star his real-life daughter Rosalind as Goneril. The play " which marks the first time …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2014
Ben Whishaw is to lead the cast of Tom Rob Smith's first TV drama, London Spy. Made by Working Title Television for BBC2, the five-part spy drama is described as a "contemporary, emotional t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AM[SHARE]Thriller Live has extended its West End run to September next year. The Michael Jackson tribute show, at the Lyric in London, had been booking until April 26, 2015. It will now run until Sep…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AM[SHARE]Michael Vine, the co-founder of Peep Show and Fresh Meat producer Objective Productions, has left the company after more than 15 years. Vine, who was a joint managing director, said he had m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM[SHARE]The West End run of King Charles III has been extended until January next year. Written by Mike Bartlett, the play had been booking at Wyndham's Theatre until November 29. It has now been ex…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:59AM[SHARE]Brighton Hippodrome, Plymouth's Palace Theatre and the Victoria Theatre in Salford top this year's Theatre Buildings at Risk Register, which lists 33 venues around the UK " down from 48 in 2…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 17, 2014
ITV has scrapped a new singing talent show before it was even broadcast. Rising Star sees viewers vote for contestants via an interactive app. The format was bought by ITV last year from …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PM[SHARE]Producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit have revealed plans to stage original musical theatre productions at the Coliseum in London as part of their partnership with English National Oper…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AM[SHARE]Former Whatsonstage chief Terri Paddock will this week bring a tribunal against her former employer on the grounds of unfair dismissal. As revealed by The Stage, Paddock " who co-founded the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Emma Thompson is to return to the West End stage for the first time in 25 years, in a production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd alongside Bryn Terfel. The semi-staged production of the m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2014
Susan Hill's book The Small Hand has been adapted for the stage and will tour the UK from next month. Adapted by Clive Francis and directed by Roy Marsden, the play will open at the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AM[SHARE]A planned New York production of American Psycho has been cancelled. The musical, which originally opened at the Almeida Theatre in London last year, was due to play Off-Broadway at the Seco…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
A costume supplier that has built up a collection of about 7,000 items since it was set up in 1968 faces an uncertain future after being evicted from its home. Oxfordshire Drama Wardrobe, wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PM[SHARE]Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfadyen are to star in a new three-part ghost story for Sky Living. The drama, called The Enfield Haunting, will be directed by Kristoffer Nyhol…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM[SHARE]Plans for £750,000 of improvements at Tewkesbury's Roses Theatre " including making the venue more accessible " have been boosted by a provisional grant from the local council. To mark it…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AM[SHARE]Theatre company Punchdrunk is teaming up with the National Maritime Museum in London to create an immersive production for children aged six to 12. Against Captain's Orders: A Journey into t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AM[SHARE]Brian Conley has revealed that being dyslexic made him want to become a performer. The actor, who went to Barbara Speake stage school, said he had problems with writing as a child, but that …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Darren Day's management is taking legal action to recoup unpaid fees following a failed touring production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2013, with other performers and mu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Plans to introduce licences for street performers on Notting Hill's Portobello Road have been labelled "counterproductive" by the Musicians' Union. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelse…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
A Bournemouth-based ticketing agency has moved to reassure consumers that its systems have not been "breached", after scam emails were sent out that appeared to be sent from the company. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
Playwright Roy Williams has been honoured for his contribution to the UK arts sector with an honorary degree from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. The writer, whose credits include Sucker …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PM[SHARE]The first images of Tamsin Greig in the forthcoming musical version of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown have been released. Greig is making her musical theatre debut in the UK…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AM[SHARE]Catherine Tate has been cast in Jamie Lloyd's production of Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory, alongside Andy Nyman and Mike McShane. Tate, whose theatre credits include Much Ado Abo…
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