Wednesday, April 10, 2013
She's taken her End of the Rainbow show Stateside, but Tracie Bennett is appearing on British screens in a decidedly less glamorous role. She talks to Matthew Hemley about embracing tuneless…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:30PM[SHARE]Hustle creator Tony Jordan is penning a five-part drama about the First World War for BBC1. Called The Great War, the drama is being made through Jordan's own production company Red Planet P…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PM[SHARE]Mark Ravenhill is to direct Caryl Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire as part of a season of plays he is curating for BBC Radio 3. The plays have been chosen by Ravenhill because of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM[SHARE]Guy Retallack will direct the world premiere of a new musical called The Golden Voice at the Arts Theatre. The musical is written by Nick Fogarty, and will open on June 19. It will run...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AM[SHARE]Bonnie Langford is to return to the musical Spamalot and reprise the role of The Lady of the Lake. Langford previously played the part on tour last year and when the show ran at the...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Sheridan Smith has received her first BAFTA nomination, in recognition of her performance in ITV's Mrs Biggs. Smith is up for best leading actress at this year's BAFTA Television Awards, opp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2013
Sky Atlantic has ordered a 13-part crime series called Fortitude, which it has described as its "most ambitious drama commission to date". The series is a co-production with US network Starz…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PM[SHARE]The BBC is under renewed pressure to ensure children used in its programmes are properly cared for, after an investigation found it had failed to protect the emotional welfare of young peopl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AM[SHARE]Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins is to reprise the role of Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The performer will play the role in a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
Development agency Film London is to expand its remit to include television after receiving a financial boost from the Mayor of London. Film London, which facilitates filming in the capital,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AM[SHARE]Glee stars Matthew Morrison and Idina Menzel will perform as part of this year's Olivier Awards. They will feature as part of the ceremony on April 28 alongside Petula Clark, with the event …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2013
The BBC has appointed Louise Rainbow as the new executive producer of Strictly Come Dancing. Rainbow, who was most recently the executive producer of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, replaces A…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Hull Truck Theatre has appointed Mark Babych as its new artistic director. The appointment marks the first artistic director Hull Truck has had in two years, after Gareth Tudor Price was mad…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Call the Midwife, Game of Thrones and Homeland will compete against each other for the Radio Times Audience Award at this year's British Academy Television Awards. The prize is the only one …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 28, 2013
Tom Stoppard has written a new play to mark the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon. The drama, called Dark Side, is for BBC Radio 2 and will star...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PM[SHARE]Jack Thorne is penning a crime drama for E4 that is described by the channel as a series about "murder and secrets". The eight-part drama, called Glue, was commissioned by Channel 4 head of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 24, 2013
Lacey Turner's new role as a teenager who enrols in the army gave the much-garlanded performer a revealing insight into the lives of real-life servicewomen, she tells Matthew Hemley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 21, 2013
Fewer than one in ten of television drama series episodes are directed by women, new figures have revealed. According to research carried out by trade body Directors UK, drama falls "well be…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens has criticised the government's arts policies as "poisonous, destabilising, savage and deliberate". The writer, whose adaptation of The Curiou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]A community arts organisation that works with vulnerable people is challenging an eviction notice it has been served from Artsdepot "Â the north London venue in which it is based " claimi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AM[SHARE]Olivia Colman has been named best actress at this year's Royal Television Society awards. Colman beat Sheridan Smith and Anne Marie Duff to win the actress prize for her part in Accused II o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A second series of Dennis Kelly drama Utopia has been commissioned by Channel 4. The new series, produced by Kudos Film and TV, will be shown in 2014. It was announced by Channel 4 today,...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:55AM[SHARE]Oldham Coliseum is one of eight organisations that have been awarded a share of £83,295 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. The theatre will put its £15,000 towards its education …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AM[SHARE]Monday, March 18, 2013
The US stars of Broadway hit The Book of Mormon tell Matthew Hemley about how the show has been received by the traditionally more reserved London audiences
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 15, 2013
BECTU general secretary Gerry Morrissey has called on the West End to "give more support to regional counterparts", in a bid to prevent theatres closing as a result of cuts. The backstage un…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 14, 2013
Samantha Barks, Kimberley Walsh, Tim Minchin and Nicole Scherzinger are among the performers who will take part in an ITV show celebrating the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew Lloyd Webbe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AM[SHARE]Jennifer Ellison has revealed plans to launch a full-time performing arts college for young people aged 16 to 18. The performer told The Stage she is forming the college following the succes…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Adam MacDonald, a former controller of daytime programming at both ITV and Channel 4, has been appointed as the new director of Sky1. He replaces Stuart Murphy, who has been handed an expand…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:24PM[SHARE]The future of troubled venue Artsdepot has been secured, after it entered into a long-term partnership with dance school London Studio Centre. From September this year, London Studio Centre …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM[SHARE]Actors employed on a touring musical are owed thousands of pounds and fear they will not receive full payment after it emerged the show's producers have a history of not paying performers pr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AM[SHARE]Sid Owen has pulled out of new musical Carnaby Street and will be replaced by Aaron Sidwell. Writer and producer Carl Leighton-Pope said he was "disappointed that Sid has decided to remain i…
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