Thursday, August 23, 2012
Performer Lisa Hammond has called on agents, writers and producers to encourage "impairment blind" casting in television drama in a bid to tackle the lack of disability portrayed on screen.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AM[SHARE]BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow has claimed that drama on the channel will be "protected at all costs", as the Corporation looks to make savings as part of its Delivering Quality First initiat…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Writers Guild of Great Britain has lambasted actors in the BBC series New Tricks for criticisms they made about the quality of writing on the show.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AM[SHARE]Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
A Brighton-based talent agency is under threat of legal action from Equity, after members complained they had not been paid by the company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PM[SHARE]The arm of the Royal Opera House dedicated to commissioning and producing contemporary opera and dance is to close.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Students from the National Film and Television School are to develop an entertainment programme that will be broadcast on Five, as part of new partnership announced this week.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:33AM[SHARE]Monday, August 13, 2012
Sian Phillips, Matt Rawle and Harriet Thorpe are to join the previously announced Will Young and Michelle Ryan in Cabaret.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM[SHARE]Friday, August 10, 2012
Peter Michael Marino, creator of the 2007 musical flop Desperately Seeking Susan, has criticised British theatre producers for treating writers as "the lowest man on the totem pole".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AM[SHARE]Payments owed to performers whose work is accessed on ITV Player are being delayed, with Equity blaming the broadcaster for taking too long to relay information about programme usage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 9, 2012
ITV1 is to follow its supernatural drama Marchlands with a new series that will once again follow the stories of three families living in the same house over different decades.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Bob Hoskins has announced he is retiring from acting after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Ramin Karimloo and Lara Pulver will join composer Jason Robert Brown in a concert to raise money for the National Youth Music Theatre's bursary scheme.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AM[SHARE]Louise Dearman is to become the first performer in the history of the musical Wicked to have played both the lead roles of Glinda and Elphaba.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 2, 2012
Conductor Charles Hazlewood is to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary, that follows him as he assembles an orchestra made up of disabled musicians.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:17AM[SHARE]Chris Moyles has continued to lose listeners to his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show, with new figures showing the presenter attracted a weekly average of 6.9 million people in the second quarter …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Producers of End of the Rainbow, the play about Judy Garland starring Tracie Bennett, have announced the show will close on Broadway this month.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 31, 2012
West End theatre shop Dress Circle is to close after 33 years, with its owner citing the cost of running the Covent Garden premises and the economic downturn for the decision.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AM[SHARE]Friday, July 27, 2012
Tiger Aspect drama head Greg Brenman is stepping down from the role to launch his own production company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 26, 2012
Superstar winner Ben Forster has claimed that musical theatre talent shows on television can help professional performers "stay in the game".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PM[SHARE]Peep Show producer Objective Productions has appointed its first head of drama, as it seeks to expand into the genre following its success with Fresh Meat.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AM[SHARE]TV writers have expressed concern that they could lose up to 50% of their income when the BBC moves children's content away from its terrestrial channels.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AM[SHARE]Leading figures from Blackpool's entertainment industry - including Pleasure Beach managing director Amanda Thompson - will champion the seaside town's cultural significance as part of a BBC…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM[SHARE]BAFTA is to introduce separate prizes for comedy and drama writers at its annual craft awards, following pressure from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:58AM[SHARE]Ben Forster has won the ITV series Superstar and will play Jesus in a forthcoming arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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