Nikolai Foster is to become the new artistic director at Curve in Leicester, and plans to turn the venue into the home of new musical theatre writing in the UK. Foster, whose credits include…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Russell Grant is to star in the UK fringe premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie this October. He will appear in the musical at Theatro Technis in north London from October 1 to 29. Its press&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AM[SHARE]Producers of the UK tour of Fame have blamed "World Cup fever" for poor ticket sales, which has resulted in the show's run ending three months earlier than planned. Fame opened in February a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AM[SHARE]Caro Newling, co-founder of independent production company Neal Street Productions, has been named as the Society of London Theatre's new president. She replaces Mark Rubinstein, who has led…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]West London fringe theatre the Print Room is to relocate to former playhouse the Coronet in Notting Hill, in a move the company says secures its long-term future and will enable it to expand…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AM[SHARE]Producers of Hobson’s Choice at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have released a time-lapse video showing how the show’s set was constructed, from the moment the previous pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PM[SHARE]A 100-seat theatre that will be both a producing and receiving house is to launch in west London, opening in September with the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd. The Twickenham Theatre …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AM[SHARE]Students from 15 drama schools have been awarded a total of almost £53,000 from bursaries presented by the Society of London Theatre, which are aimed at helping the aspiring performers co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Investigations into the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse could take another 18 months to complete, it has been revealed. Six months since the incident, which saw part of the venue's ceiling c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM[SHARE]Gemma Arterton, star of the forthcoming Made in Dagenham musical, has admitted she is worried about opening the show in the West End following a spate of early closures among high-profile pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AM[SHARE]The works of writing team George Stiles and Anthony Drewe are to be celebrated in a revue show at the St James Theatre. Anything Can Happen! will take place on July 25 and feature numbers…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:01AM[SHARE]Steve Furst, Mark Hadfield and Sophie-Louise Dann are to join the cast of Made in Dagenham at the West End's Adelphi Theatre. The shows begins previewing from October 9, opening on November …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:47AM[SHARE]The West End production of Billy Elliot will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world in September. Starring Ruthie Henshall, the show will be screened in cinemas on September 28. Direc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AM[SHARE]I'm late to the party I know, but I finally caught up with Happy Valley this week, watching pretty much all of the six episodes over two days. I'm not normally one for binge viewing,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AM[SHARE]Tim Driesen is to play Frankie Valli in the UK tour of Jersey Boys. Driesen is currently playing the role in the Dutch production and has previously appeared as Frankie in the West End. His&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AM[SHARE]Circuses have welcomed a decision not to implement a ban on using wild animals in their shows, claiming the move would have cost them their livelihoods. A ban on wild animals in travelling c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:18AM[SHARE]Culture minister Ed Vaizey has criticised arts organisations that do not feel they can raise money through philanthropy, labeling it "pathetic" that some companies feel their location restri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AM[SHARE]State schools should only be awarded an 'excellent' rating from inspection body Ofsted if they have a strong performance arts offering, Arts Council England chairman Peter Bazalgette has sai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AM[SHARE]A production company that will focus on developing and commissioning new musicals has been launched. Called The Stable, the company will commission and produce 10 shows over the next six yea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AM[SHARE]Dominic Hill’s production of Crime and Punishment was the big winner at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, held at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow today.Picking up four awards…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]Culture secretary Sajid Javid has used his first major speech on the arts to call for more philanthropy in the sector and has said he will work with companies to become "active fundraisers" …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AM[SHARE]Casting has been announced for the West End transfer of The Scottsboro Boys, with US performer " Brandon Victor Dixon " joining the production as Haywood Patterson. Dixon " who played the ro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AM[SHARE]Arts organisations outside of London will receive an even greater share of money from Arts Council England in its next round of national portfolio funding, with more than half of the money a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AM[SHARE]Be prepared to be out of work more than you are in it. This, perhaps, should be the advice every budding actor is given right from the start. The industry, we know, is brutal. There…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AM[SHARE]West End stars Louise Dearman and Gareth Gates are pursuing legal action against a producer who still owes them thousands of pounds for a show that took place six months ago. Dearman and Gat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:54AM[SHARE]Paul Miller, the Orange Tree Theatre's first new artistic director in more than 40 years, has signalled his intention to open the venue up to more writers and directors, as well as younger a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AM[SHARE]Lloyd Daniels, a finalist in the 2009 series of The X Factor, will make his musical theatre debut in a tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM[SHARE]Tamara Harvey, Russell Bolam and Blanche McIntyre are to direct plays from writers including Anya Reiss as part of a season of work at the St James Theatre being staged by emerging producers…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]A US arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar – billed as the biggest ever tour of the show in America – has been cancelled just days before its scheduled opening, with star Ben Fors…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22PM[SHARE]Cameron Mackintosh's plans to buy the Ambassadors Theatre and turn it into a 450-seat studio space could still be scuppered by Camden Council, according to the venue's current owner Stephen …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PM[SHARE]Aled Jones is to make his West End debut starring alongside Tom Chambers in Irving Berlin's White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre. The production features a 30-strong cast that also includ…
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