Richard E Grant is to appear in new musical Water Babies as a 3D hologram. The actor will appear "as live" and interact with the cast in his role as Kraken " Lord of the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AM[SHARE]Choreographer and director Gillian Lynne has claimed that performers today are less disciplined than when she began her career and has blamed digital technology for the perceived lapse. Spea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41AM[SHARE]BBC3 controller Zai Bennett is to leave the corporation to lead Sky Atlantic, a month after the announcement that the BBC channel is to become an internet-only operation. BBC bosses decided …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AM[SHARE]Following the Oliviers debut on ITV last year, which pulled in 1.3 million viewers on average, organisers of the awards would no doubt have been hoping to see a boost to the number of people…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AM[SHARE]Annie Baker's The Flick, a four-character play set in a suburban cinema as it prepares to undergo the transition from film to digital projection, has received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Dra…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:53AM[SHARE]An average of 800,000 people tuned into watch highlights of the Olivier Awards on ITV, down from 1.3 million last year. Highlights of the ceremony were broadcast at 10.15pm on ITV, shortly a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AM[SHARE]Beleaguered Coronation Street musical Street of Dreams is set for a possible resurrection, with producers being sought to stage a new version of the show. A restaging of the musical could se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AM[SHARE]Caroline O'Connor, Damian Humbley and Summer Strallen will star in The Life of the Party, a celebration of the songs of Andrew Lippa, which opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory next month. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AM[SHARE]The BBC has appointed Kim Shillinglaw, currently head of science and natural history commissioning at the Corporation, as the new controller of BBC2 and BBC4. She replaces Janice Hadlow, who…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AM[SHARE]Julie Walters is to receive a fellowship at this year's BAFTA TV Awards. The fellowship, awarded in recognition of "an outstanding ad exceptional contribution to film, television or games", …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AM[SHARE]When Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens this autumn, it will be without the familiar face of Bruce Forsyth, who has announced he is stepping down from the show after 10 years. I've…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM[SHARE]BBC Radio 4 comedy Nurse is being turned into a BBC2 television series starring Paul Whitehouse. The series is written by Whitehouse and Esther Coles. It is based on the radio show that Whit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AM[SHARE]Actors, backstage staff and suppliers are fighting to recoup thousands of pounds they claim they are owed by production company Speckulation Entertainment. The company, headed by Neil Eckers…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AM[SHARE]Acclaimed choreographer and director Gillian Lynne has launched a fitness DVD at the age of 88, aimed at dancers and older women. It is believed the release of Longevity Through Exercise, wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00PM[SHARE]Actor Samuel West, chair of lobbying group National Campaign for the Arts, has urged culture secretary Sajid Javid to avoid calling on the sector to "prove" its financial value as he begins …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PM[SHARE]Sajid Javid, a former Treasury minister, is to replace Maria Miller as culture secretary. Javid has been MP for Bromsgrove since 2010 and was financial secretary to the Treasury prior to bei…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AM[SHARE]Maria Miller has resigned as culture secretary following controversy over her expenses. In a letter to prime minister David Cameron today, Miller said that the “present situation has b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:58AM[SHARE]Ambassador Theatre Group has promoted its New York-based chief executive officer, David Lazar, to the newly created role of executive director. Lazar currently has responsibility for the com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PM[SHARE]Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney has died aged 93. The actor, who was just six years old when he landed his first film role, died on Sunday at his home in Hollywood. At the age of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PM[SHARE]Maxine Peake will compete against Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter and Kerrie Hayes for the best actress prize at this year's BAFTA TV Awards. Peake is up for BBC1's The Village, with Col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AM[SHARE]Bruce Forsyth is stepping down as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing after 10 years. The entertainer will continue to host the Christmas special on BBC1, and other "one-off specials yet to b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AM[SHARE]Casting for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’s run at the Gielgud Theatre has been announced, with Graham Butler, Gay Soper and Daniel Casey all appearing in the produ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AM[SHARE]Priests were brought in to bless the Apollo Theatre ahead of its re-opening following last year's ceiling collapse, with venue owner Nica Burns labelling the move part of the "healing proces…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AM[SHARE]Sandy Crombie, the chair of Creative Scotland since its creation in 2010, will not be seeking a second term in the post when his four-year tenure finishes in June. However, Crombie will cont…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00PM[SHARE]Culture secretary Maria Miller has described the government's recently announced tax breaks for theatre as an important measure to "support and expand" the arts outside of London. Miller sai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:11AM[SHARE]Mamma Mia!, which celebrates 15 years in the West End this weekend, has extended its booking period to April next year. The musical, produced by Judy Craymer and featuring the music of ABBA,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AM[SHARE]Maxine Peake and her ludicrously red lipstick will no longer be on our screens every Monday night, with BBC1's Silk this week concluding for good after three successful series. Shame on you …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AM[SHARE]Headlong's co-production of George Orwell's 1984 is to tour the UK for a second time in the autumn. The production, which has just completed a run at the Almeida Theatre in London, originall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AM[SHARE]Film A Bunch of Amateurs has been adapted for the stage and will receive its world premiere at the Watermill Theatre in May. The adaptation is by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, who also penned&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:35AM[SHARE]A production of Driving Miss Daisy starring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones is to be screened at the British Film Institute on the South Bank in May, with Lansbury herself appearing as …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AM[SHARE]Ronke Adekoluejo, Isabella Calthorpe and Claire Forlani are to star in Adam Bock's play The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Tricycle Theatre. The cast of the production, whi…
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