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…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AM[SHARE]I have seen two productions in the last week that have been marred somewhat by rude audience members. The first was Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be at the Theatre Royal Stratford East " where…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AM[SHARE]Niamh Perry is to play Sophie in Mamma Mia! when it runs in Blackpool this summer. The performer, who was a finalist on the BBC series I'd Do Anything, previously played the role in the̷…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AM[SHARE]ITV has appointed Yonderland commissioner Saskia Schuster as commissioning editor for comedy, as the broadcaster continues its push into the genre. Schuster will report to Elaine Bedell, ITV…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AM[SHARE]Cameron Mackintosh has said producers should not create work unless they have enough money to pay performers if the production is forced to close. Mackintosh, who also said young producers s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AM[SHARE]Malcolm Sinclair is running for a third term as Equity president, against vice president Jean Rogers " who is aiming to become the first woman to lead the union in almost 70 years " and̷…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AM[SHARE]Burlesque performer Miss Polly Rae is to choreograph dancers who will appear at a new casino space at the Hippodrome in London, which organisers claim will be the UK's first to merge enterta…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AM[SHARE]The cast of the West End production of Blithe Spirit will mark the end of its run and bid farewell to its star – Angela Lansbury – with a special cabaret at the Cafe de…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AM[SHARE]West End long runners Billy Elliot the Musical and Stomp have moved to confirm their continuing runs following news that Cameron Mackintosh is to buy the venues they are staged in. Mackintos…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AM[SHARE]Kerry Ellis will join Joanna Ampil and Ria Jones in a UK tour called West End Women, which will feature music from shows including Wicked, Cats and Evita. The tour opens on November 17 at…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM[SHARE]Cameron Mackintosh has bought the West End's Victoria Palace and Ambassadors theatres, and will re-name the latter after US musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim. Mackintosh has purchase…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00PM[SHARE]I can’t lie. Equity's annual representative conference isn't the most fun you can have in an Ibis Hotel. But you haven't lived, quite frankly, unless you've heard Equity member Rhubarb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AM[SHARE]Miss Saigon's £4.5 million production budget has been recouped already, producer Cameron Mackintosh has revealed. Speaking at the opening night of the musical at the Prince Edward theatre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AM[SHARE]Matthew Warchus is to succeed Kevin Spacey as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre. Warchus, who has directed shows such as Ghost and Matilda in the West End, will take up the post in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AM[SHARE]A campaign for the right of street performers to work more freely across the UK is to be launched. Members passed a motion at the conference which called on the union to "campaign for the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AM[SHARE]Performers are calling on the BBC to increase casting opportunities on its drama productions, claiming work is "filtered through selected agents". Actors have argued that, as a publicly-fund…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AM[SHARE]Olivier award-winning performer David Thaxton is to join the cast of Les Miserables in June, playing Javert. Thaxton, who won an Olivier in 2011 for best actor in a musical for Passion at th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AM[SHARE]Actor Ben Miles, currently starring in the West End productions of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, will join the shows’ director Jeremy Herrin to discuss working on the plays as …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]A new £150,000 annual prize for regional producing theatres has been launched, aimed at "regenerating and rekindling" theatre outside London. The annual prize, worth £750,000 over the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Maureen Lipman ad Harry Shearer are to appear in the West End transfer of Park Theatre's Daytona next month. Lipman and Shearer appeared in the play, written by Oliver Cotton, when it ran or…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AM[SHARE]1984, the Headlong, Nottingham Playhouse and Almeida Theatre co-production, has extended its run at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End by five weeks. The adaptation of George Orwell's boo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AM[SHARE]Corrine Priest, who is currently studying at the London School of Music Theatre, has been named 2014's performer of the year by the Stephen Sondheim Society. The society's Student Performer …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AM[SHARE]Andrew Lloyd Webber's wealth has increased by £20 million over the last year, with the composer ranking 162 in The Sunday Times' Rich List. Webber is now worth £640 million, according …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM[SHARE]Olivia Colman has picked up her third BAFTA award, this time for her performance in ITV's crime drama Broadchurch. Broadchurch was one of the night's big winners, also taking home the award …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:19PM[SHARE]Charlotte Wakefield is to joint the cast of new musical Picture Perfect. Wakefield replaces the previously announced Lucie Jones in the show, which plays at the St James Theatre on May 31 an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:35PM[SHARE]Louise Dearman and Caroline O'Connor are to star in Sinatra " the Main Event, a recreation of Frank Sinatra's 1974 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. Dearman, whose credits includ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PM[SHARE]John Gordon Sinclair and James Lance are to take over as Jeeves and Wooster in the West End production of Perfect Nonsense. They replace Robert Webb and Mark Heap from June 30 and will also&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AM[SHARE]From Here to Eternity, the West End musical by Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson, is to be screened in more than 250 cinemas around the UK and Ireland. The show ran at the Shaftesbury Theatre̷…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AM[SHARE]The Rise and Fall of Little Voice playwright Jim Cartwright will premiere his new play " The Ancient Secret of Youth and the Five Tibetans " at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton next year. The&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AM[SHARE]Elaine Paige's BBC Radio 2 musical theatre programme now has an average 2.3 million listeners each week, with the broadcaster claiming the figure is a record for the show. Elaine Paige on Su…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AM[SHARE]BAFTAs " the dos and don'ts This Sunday, the BAFTAs take place at the Royal Opera House. So ahead of one of the acting industry's biggest nights, here's a polite dos and don'ts list for̷…
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