Thursday, July 26, 2012
Ben Forster has won the ITV series Superstar and will play Jesus in a forthcoming arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Gavin and Stacey actress Joanna Page has launched a stinging attack on ITV's Superstar, claiming the series is "insulting" to professional musical theatre stars.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PM[SHARE]Monday, July 23, 2012
Photos of Laurence Olivier in some of his earliest stage appearances will feature in a new digital archive being launched by Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:33AM[SHARE]Friday, July 20, 2012
A casting agency formed in 2009 that claimed it had provided extras to TV series such as Hollyoaks and Emmerdale for more than a decade has been ordered to amend its "misleading" website.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AM[SHARE]Mark Benton is to play Edna Turnblad in a touring production of the musical Hairspray, which will open at the Lowry in Salford next year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 19, 2012
Caroline O'Connor is to return to Leicester's Curve to star as Dolly Levi in the venue's Christmas production of Hello, Dolly!.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AM[SHARE]Saurabh Kakkar, former creative director of comedy at ITV Studios, is joining the BBC's comedy department as an executive producer.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 18, 2012
A £4 million plan to redevelop the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth has moved a step closer, after the venue received £350,000 towards its regeneration.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A third London date has been added to the arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which begins in September this year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AM[SHARE]Laura Gibson has been appointed to the newly created role of creative director of comedy entertainment at ITV Studios.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AM[SHARE]Monday, July 16, 2012
Lebanon is to become the first country in the Arab world to get its own version of Strictly Come Dancing.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AM[SHARE]Drama output across the BBC's television channels fell by 156 hours last year, with arts content also down by 90 hours.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AM[SHARE]Friday, July 6, 2012
Playwright David Edgar has warned that a lack of funding for new-writing initiatives will have "bitterly clear" consequences for the UK's theatre industry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AM[SHARE]Actors, writers and musicians have launched a campaign calling on the BBC's next director general to reverse the planned cuts at the Corporation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AM[SHARE]Friday, June 29, 2012
Cheryl Taylor is to leave her post as the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning to run children's channel CBBC.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 28, 2012
Equity has claimed there is a "little bit of light" for cast members owed thousands of pounds by producers of postponed musical Street of Dreams.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM[SHARE]Spending on arts programming by the five main public service broadcasters - including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 - fell by 39% over the five years to 2011, according to a report published by…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:29AM[SHARE]Robin Williams, Tim Minchin and Frank Skinner are among the comedians set to appear in a new Sky Atlantic entertainment series, which will see the performers having to improvise a stand-up r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Lorraine Newman, who has been acting executive producer of EastEnders since April, is to take on the role permanently.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PM[SHARE]Paul Baker is to reprise his Olivier Award-winning role as Philip Sallon in the revival of the Boy George musical Taboo.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Performers around the world are to benefit from a new international treaty that will give them the right to bargain for payment for use of their work.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AM[SHARE]Media regulator Ofcom has outlined measures designed to prevent people from downloading music and film content illegally from the internet.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AM[SHARE]Friday, June 22, 2012
BECTU and Equity are to engage in urgent talks with the government about concerns over rogue agents and unpaid work in the entertainment industry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Chichester Festival Theatre is planning a major revival of the musical Barnum, which would be staged in a 1,400-seat tent while the south coast venue undergoes a £22 million redevelopm…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:16PM[SHARE]Monday, June 18, 2012
Earthquakes in London playwright Mike Bartlett has penned his first television series, a drama for ITV called The Town.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 16, 2012
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd and actors Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet and Kwame Kwei-Armah have all been recognised for their services to drama in the Queen's Bir…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 14, 2012
BBC Comedy has launched a nationwide hunt to find new sitcom writing talent whose work can "achieve the notoriety" of series such as The Mighty Boosh.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AM[SHARE]Actors Centre North is to close this month after more than 20 years of operation, blaming a lack of funding and a drop in attendances at its classes.
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