Thursday, June 14, 2012
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.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Taboo, the Boy George musical, is to be revived in a production staged in Brixton this September.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PM[SHARE]Street of Dreams composer Trisha Ward has insisted that the musical will resume its tour this year, claiming the production is set to be "a box office hit".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 1, 2012
A new payment system for TV writers whose work is watched on the BBC iPlayer has been agreed by the BBC and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, which it has been claimed brings contracts "f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AM[SHARE]The cast of a planned touring production of Hair, which was cancelled after its producers went bankrupt, will perform the musical for one night only in July.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 31, 2012
Elton John has become the latest high-profile musical theatre figure to reject claims that the West End will suffer during the Olympics.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 29, 2012
BBC4's Dirk Gently has emerged as one of the first casualties of the Corporation's decision to reduce the amount of original drama the channel airs in the wake of 2010's licence fee settleme…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AM[SHARE]The Two Worlds of Charlie F, a theatre production which featured soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be one of the subjects explored in the new series of Imagine on BBC1.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 27, 2012
ITV's Appropriate Adult was the big winner at tonight's British Academy Television Awards, with its stars Emily Watson and Dominic West named best leading actress and actor respectively.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:57PM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2012
Alison Steadman, Miriam Margoyles and Nigel Planner are to star in a new BBC comedy series described as an "affectionate parody of the Bloomsbury group".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:57AM[SHARE]ITV has commissioned a 20-part daytime police drama that will feature stories inspired by real crimes, with actors in the series improvising some of the scenes.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 24, 2012
Channel 4 has defended its arts output against criticisms made by Melvyn Bragg, with its chief creative officer Jay Hunt claiming the station has a commitment to the genre that "no other bro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AM[SHARE]Almost one million people watched this year's Olivier Awards through various media revealing a "strong demand" for the ceremony to be broadcast on mainstream television, the Society of Londo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AM[SHARE]Monday, May 21, 2012
Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm are to star in a new comedy for Sky Arts called A Young Doctor's Notebook.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2012
Paul O'Grady has spoken out for the first time about his experiences working on the 'postponed' musical Street of Dreams, labeling it "bedlam" and calling on the show's producers to pay all …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sarah Lancashire is to star alongside Elaine Cassidy and Matthew McNulty in Bill Gallagher's adaptation of Emile Zola's The Ladies' Paradise for BBC1.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:45PM[SHARE]BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans has secured his biggest ever lead over Radio 1 rival Chris Moyles, with a gap of more than two million listeners now between the presenters .
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AM[SHARE]Performers as young as ten are now eligible to join Equity for the first time in more than 20 years, as the union seeks to provide protection to child artists in high-profile shows such as M…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AM[SHARE]BBC Drama has been accused of neglecting the corporation's target to spend 17% of its network TV budget in the nations, after it emerged that three new shows are being made in the Republic o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Children's programming is to be removed from BBC1 and BBC2, while BBC3 and BBC4 will reduce their investment in original UK drama, the BBC Trust said today.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Coronation Street arena musical Street of Dreams has postponed its forthcoming tour dates, with the producers claiming they are "far from happy with the show artistically".
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AM[SHARE]The 80th birthday of South African playwright Athol Fugard will be marked with a special documentary on Sky Arts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AM[SHARE]Monday, May 14, 2012
Channel 4 is to spend a record £455 million on UK commissions in 2012, with the broadcaster promising more one-off singles and serials in its drama output.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AM[SHARE]Father Ted producer Hat Trick has been criticised for seeking to cast members of the public and friends of its staff in a TV show, after it was confronted over initial plans to hire professi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 13, 2012
BBC dramas Great Expectations and Sherlock have each won three prizes at this year's British Academy Television Craft Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:51PM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2012
National Theatre of Scotland's Vicky Featherstone is to succeed Dominic Cooke as the artistic director of the Royal Court.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AM[SHARE]Roly Keating, the BBC's director of archive content and a former BBC2 controller, is to leave the Corporation after 29 years to join the British Library as chief executive.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AM[SHARE]Hermione Norris and Martin Clunes are to lead the cast of a new two-part thriller for ITV, called A Mother's Son.
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