Friday, May 13, 2016
Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford are to star in the UK premiere of Side Show. As previously announced, the musical will run
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMTopher Campbell has called on the UK theatre industry to scrap artistic directors, claiming new and emerging talent is not progressing in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMThursday, May 12, 2016
Producer Kenny Wax is introducing a new ticketing scheme for several of his West End plays, in a bid to help theatregoers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:03PMThe UK’s regional producing houses should be dismantled and reassembled with a greater focus on collaboration and less emphasis on the current
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:03PMTheatre 2016 is billed as the largest ever UK-wide theatre conference. It opened today (May 12) at the Piccadilly Theatre, with sessions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:35PMLeading theatre consultant Ian Stickland has claimed theatregoers should be using phones in the theatre as part of an interactive experience. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMNew National Theatre Wales artistic director Kully Thiarai has criticised the Conservative government for its treatment of arts in education. Thiarai was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:49AMGlasgow’s Tron Theatre and the Theatre Royal Winchester are among five venues to receive a share of £27,980 towards repair works caused
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMTwo audience members have been left requiring hospital treatment after falling down stairs in the main auditorium of the St James Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMBlack actors are being asked to do their own hair and take their own make-up onto television sets, because productions are not
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMWednesday, May 11, 2016
Tall Stories, the theatre company behind the successful stage adaptation of The Gruffalo, is launching a new interactive show that will tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMAn investigation into the cause of a fire at Battersea Arts Centre last year has failed to determine the cause. The news
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMLeading producers including Sonia Friedman and Michael Harrison have defended the industry from claims made by Jamie Lloyd that the industry is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMTuesday, May 10, 2016
Actors Toby Jones, Denise Gough and Jane Horrocks are to take part in this year’s Soho Create festival, alongside other industry figures
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16PMDaniel Evans’ production of Show Boat is to close in the West End four months earlier than planned. The musical, which opened
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:35PMSheridan Smith has pulled out of a performance of Funny Girl in the West End for the second time in a row.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:35PMCritic Michael Billington has hit out at star ratings in the theatre industry, claiming they are “extremely unhelpful”. Billington was speaking at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMProlific fringe producer Danielle Tarento has criticised the quality of reviews being produced by online bloggers, claiming many are not “proper writers”.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMMonday, May 9, 2016
BalletBoyz founders Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are to become new artistic directors of the British Ballet Organisation, as the company undergoes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMTouring company Phoenix Dance Theatre is to move from mid-scale touring to large-scale touring as it marks its 35th anniversary and an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:34AMSaturday, May 7, 2016
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won the race to become London’s new mayor. In his manifesto for the election, he pledged a number
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:26AMFriday, May 6, 2016
Broadway production Finding Neverland will open in the West End next spring. A theatre for the show has not been revealed, but
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMRodgers and Hammerstein musical Allegro will receive its professional European premiere at Southwark Playhouse. The show is directed by Thom Southerland and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMSadie Frost is to star as Gypsy Rose Lee in the world premiere of a new play at Wilton’s Music Hall. Britten
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMThursday, May 5, 2016
New English National Opera artistic director Daniel Kramer has revealed plans to include a musical in every season, claiming the move would
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMRory Kinnear will make his directorial debut as part of English National Opera’s new season, which will also see the organisation partner
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMWednesday, May 4, 2016
Curve artistic director Nikolai Foster has described casting Pixie Lott in Breakfast at Tiffany’s as a “safety blanket” for audiences paying to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMDirector Jamie Lloyd has launched a stinging attack on the price of tickets in the West End, claiming the industry is “corrupt”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMTuesday, May 3, 2016
Audiences should not get their money back if the star of a show does not perform, an online poll conducted by The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMNational Theatre production People, Places and Things has been nominated for a South Bank Sky Arts award alongside the Royal Court’s production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMSaturday, April 30, 2016
Further flooding at the Duke of York’s Theatre in the West End has resulted in two performances of Doctor Faustus being cancelled.
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