Friday, October 26, 2012
Tim Rice's musical From Here to Eternity will open at the Shaftesbury Theatre next year. The production will be directed by Tamara Harvey and will open at the theatre on September 30, 2013, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:51AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 25, 2012
Mark Addy, Jimi Mistry and Alison Steadman are to star in the second series of The Syndicate on BBC1. Written by Kay Mellor, the cast also includes Siobhan Finneran and Natalie Gavin. Like t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PM[SHARE]Entertainment union BECTU is calling on the BBC to ensure it has a management culture that "supports those who report wrong-doing" following the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. Responding to the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AM[SHARE]David Walliams is to host this year's Royal Variety Performance. The event, which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall and be attended by the Queen, marks the 100th anniversary of the va…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AM[SHARE]BBC Radio 2 is to pay tribute to composer Marvin Hamlisch with a special Friday Night is Music Night concert. Producer Anthony Cherry said the show, to be broadcast on December 7, will featu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM[SHARE]Jukebox shows are "flooding" the West End at the expense of new musicals, actor Robert Powell has complained. Powell, currently starring in Singin' in the Rain in London, said producers were…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Television producers in Wales have called for the editorial independence of Welsh broadcaster S4C to be protected under a new funding arrangement with the BBC. In 2010, a new BBC licence fee…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PM[SHARE]Wilton's Music Hall and the Soho Theatre in London, and the Royal Court in Liverpool, are among the first venues to receive grants totalling £24,500 from the Theatres Protection Fund. The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Inspector Morse star Kevin Whately is to appear in a BBC Radio 3 Olympics drama that has been written by Simon Armitage and will be broadcast live. The cast of the 60-minute play, called The…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2012
Stephen Tompkinson is to make his musical theatre debut as King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot. He will take up the role when the production opens at the Playhouse Theatre on Novemb…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PM[SHARE]Friday, October 19, 2012
Tim Davie, the BBC's director of audio and music, has been appointed chief executive of BBC Worldwide. He will replace John Smith, who has run BBC Worldwide for the last eight years. During …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 18, 2012
As Emmerdale celebrates its 40th anniversary, Ben Dowell talks to the soap's producer, director and creative director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PM[SHARE]Broadway star Idina Menzel has praised US television series Glee for highlighting the "work ethic" of performers working in musical theatre. The singer, who created the role of Elphaba in Wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Ben Forster has been cast as Brad in the forthcoming anniversary production of The Rocky Horror Show. Currently playing the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's arena tour of Jesus Christ Sup…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AM[SHARE]Monday, October 15, 2012
Kate Oates, a former story editor for Emmerdale, has been appointed as the new producer of the soap. She will join Emmerdale in January, replacing Stuart Blackburn, who is leaving to produce…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, October 12, 2012
An 1820s oil painting of 19th-century Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge has been discovered in a garage, as a play about his life opens at London's Tricycle Theatre. The unsigned and untitled…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PM[SHARE]Sheffield Theatres' production of The Full Monty will tour the UK following its initial run next February. The stage play of the film, directed by Daniel Evans, will star Kenny Doughty, Crai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AM[SHARE]The government is under increased pressure to clamp down on unpaid work in the entertainment industry, after research revealed that a third of new entrants to the sector have worked for free…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AM[SHARE]Hampstead Theatre's production of David Hare's Judas Kiss is to transfer to the West End. All of the show's original actors, including Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox, will reprise their role…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:10AM[SHARE]Tony award-winning musical Once will open in the West End next year. The musical, which began playing on Broadway in March, will run at the Phoenix Theatre from March 16. It is currently boo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 11, 2012
Waking the Dead creator Barbara Machin is penning a new BBC1 drama described as "Spooks meets Hurt Locker". The six-part series, currently in development with the Corporation, is called Cold…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AM[SHARE]Joanna Riding is to lead the cast of Hackney Empire's production of Dick Whittington and his Cat this Christmas. Riding, who appeared as the Wicked Stepmother in last year's Cinderella at th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AM[SHARE]Theatre organisations need help and not just money from commercial "brains", according to the director of research body Arts & Business. The charity released this week its full report on…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM[SHARE]Michael Attenborough is to step down as artistic director of the Almeida Theatre after 11 years. He will leave the venue in spring next year to focus on directing. Attenborough said: "My 11 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AM[SHARE]Douglas Hodge will play Willy Wonka in the new musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory next year. Hodge won an Olivier for his performance in La Cage aux Folles in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Charles Dance, Johnny Vegas, Katy Brand and Jessica Hynes have been cast in Sky Atlantic's new comedy series Common People. The series comprises 11 short films, each ten minutes long, and wi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AM[SHARE]Cabaret performer Meow Meow will appear at the Southbank Centre this year, with the UK premiere of Little Match Girl. The Little Match Girl is based on Hans Christian Anderson's tale and com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Channel 4 drama Shameless is to end next year after its 11th series. The drama, created by Paul Abbott, was first aired on Channel 4 in 2004. By the time it ends next year, it...The post Cha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AM[SHARE]Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson is to step down from the role and be replaced by Stuart Blackburn. Blackburn is currently producer of Emmerdale and will take up the post on Coronat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, October 5, 2012
John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical Steel Pier will receive its European premiere next month, when it plays at the Union Theatre. The musical, which made its Broadway debut in 1997, will be d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AM[SHARE]Strictly Come Dancing stars Robin Windsor and Kristine Rihanoff are to star in dance show Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury Theatre next year. The production, billed as an "electrifying danc…
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