Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Leading West End performers including Ramin Karimloo, Hadley Fraser and Kerry Ellis are signed up to present shows on a brand new digital radio station dedicated to musical theatre. Stage Do…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Southwark Playhouse is to stage the world premiere of a new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker called Our Ajax. The play, based on Sophocles' Ajax, forms part of the theatre's autumn season and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:53AM[SHARE]Ian Talbot is to direct the world premiere of a new play at the Charing Cross Theatre called Afraid of the Dark, which is billed as a "new brand of theatrical terror that paralyses the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2013
The Royal Shakespeare Company has been awarded £81,000 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, which will allow it to expand the outreach work it does with schools in deprived areas. It …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM[SHARE]Media regulator Ofcom has called on Channel 4 to produce more content that "reflects the lives and concerns" of the different nations and regions within the UK. Ofcom makes the call in a let…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2013
Jersey Boys is to transfer to the Piccadilly Theatre from March next year. The musical, which tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, is currently playing at the Prince Edward…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM[SHARE]Singer Beverley Knight is to replace Heather Headley in the West End production of The Bodyguard. Knight will take up the part of Rachel Marron from September, when Tristan Gemmill, best kno…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2013
Mark Gatiss is to write and direct a new version of M R James' The Tractate Middoth for BBC2. The BBC said the adaptation will see Gatiss bringing his "distinctive wit and sense of the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AM[SHARE]Celia Graham, who has played Christine in both The Phantom of the Opera and its sequel Love Never Dies, has been cast in Southwark Playhouse's forthcoming production of Titanic. The musical,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM[SHARE]Theatre Peckham's south London home is to undergo a major redevelopment that will enable it to bring all its work " including its education programme " under one roof for the first time. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AM[SHARE]A musical theatre development initiative run by Theatre Royal Stratford East " which has led to the creation of shows such as The Harder They Come " is to hold an open call for applicants...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2013
English National Opera's production of Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice is to be broadcast live on Sky Arts later this month. ENO's production " a revival of Deborah Warner's 2007 staging …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AM[SHARE]Don Black will reflect on 50 years working as a lyricist as part of a special event that will see his back catalogue of work performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra. A Life in Song...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2013
A quarter of UK adults have taken more of an interest in singing, dancing and other areas of the performing arts because of reality TV shows, new research has revealed. A survey of 2,001 peo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2013
Alex Gaumond is to join the cast of the West End of Matilda " The Musical. Gaumond " whose West End credits include We Will Rock You and Legally Blonde " will join the show...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2013
Matthew Hemley talks to Colm Wilkinson about his career and what fans can expect from his new show Broadway and Beyond
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2013
Gary Barlow is to join the creative team of the musical Finding Neverland, working with the show's original composers to make changes to the production ahead of a planned West End opening. F…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]BECTU members working for the BBC will be balloted over strike action after the union received a below-inflation pay offer from the Corporation. The union said talks with the BBC's managemen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AM[SHARE]Wayne Sleep will mentor a group of "plus-size amateurs" to perform scenes from Swan Lake, in a three-part series for Channel 4. Big Ballet will see Sleep and ballet dancer Monica Loughman wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2013
More than 2,000 people from around the world, including the heads of lighting at prominent venues such as the National Theatre in London and New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Musical theatre stalwart Colm Wilkinson has criticised "star-driven" productions that are the product of "guys in suits crunching numbers". The performer, best known for originating the role…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Vanessa Redgrave and Olivia Colman are to star in a BBC2 drama based on the novel The Thirteenth Tale. The 90-minute drama has been adapted from Diane Setterfield's book by Christopher Hampt…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Comedian Joe Pasquale is to play King Arthur in the West End production of Spamalot. He will join the show on June 17, and will remain with it until July 27. Pasquale, who will appear...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AM[SHARE]BAFTA has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting emerging talent from film and TV. Called Breakthrough Brits, the scheme has been set up in partnership with Burberry, and will see up …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 2, 2013
Rebecca Front talks to Matthew Hemley about her latest role as a therapist in Sky Arts' comedy Psychobitches
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 30, 2013
Roy Hudd is to lead a tribute to long-running BBC variety series The Good Old Days that will mark 60 years since the programme was first broadcast. Hudd will appear as part of a live...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Graeae Theatre Company will present an adaptation of Ted Hughes' The Iron Man as part of a new festival being held at the site of the 2012 Olympics in July. The Open East Festival will...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM[SHARE]A disused bingo hall in south Wales is to reopen as a 220-seat theatre, hosting both professional and community productions. The Savoy in Tonyrefail, which opened as a cinema in 1914 before …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Christopher Biggins is to host a concert that celebrates popular songs from films and musicals, with performers John Owen-Jones and Louise Dearman appearing as part of the event. An Evening …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AM[SHARE]ITV controller of entertainment Layla Smith is leaving the broadcaster after 15 years. Smith, who has been involved with productions such as Dancing on Ice, said she had worked with "some of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AM[SHARE]Monday, May 27, 2013
Despite having no formal training, Anna-Jane Casey has forged an impressive career. As she tackles her latest leading role, in the musical version of Billy Elliot, she tells Matthew Hemley w…
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