Saturday, 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.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:45PMFriday, April 29, 2016
Dorothy Wilson is to step down as chief executive and artistic director of Mac Birmingham after 26 years. She will be replaced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMFrom the Oliver Awards to the death of Victoria Wood, we look back at the biggest stories from April. The month kicks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMAlexander Zeldin’s Beyond Caring is to tour the UK this year. The show, which ran at the National Theatre in 2015, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AMWendi Peters’ first drama school audition was so brutal it’s a wonder she didn’t abandon all hope of being an actor right
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMDaniel Kramer has been announced as the new artistic director of English National Opera, which has described his appointment as a “turning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMThursday, April 28, 2016
At least 50% of lead roles in all genres will be filled by women by 2020, the BBC has pledged. The target
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMTheatres Trust 2016 will discuss how existing theatres need to adapt and change over the next 40 years. The conference, subtitled Protecting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMA radio production company is launching the “audio drama equivalent of the fringe”, in a bid to widen the market beyond the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMActor Barry Howard, best known for his role in comedy Hi-de-Hi!, has died at the age of 78. According to the BBC,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:58PMThis week The Stage launches its second nationwide competition to discover and promote talented emerging theatre critics. Open to anyone over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AMWednesday, April 27, 2016
Broadway performer Tituss Burgess will perform in London for the first time at the Hippodrome Casino. Known for his roles in Jersey
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:16PMA documentary going behind the scenes of a Romeo and Juliet production featuring six Juliets with disabilities or differences will be broadcast
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PMLive performance is to make a major return to BBC television with a two-year strand that aims to support new work and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMJulie Atherton, Clare Foster, Alistair Brammer and Fra Fee are to star in a concert celebrating the work of US composer and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMAs London prepares to elect a new mayor, Matthew Hemley, Georgia Snow and David Hutchison spoke to the candidates from the four
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As Doctor Faustus opens in the West End, Matthew Hemley met cast members Kit Harington and Jenna Russell, as well as director
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A book about censorship in British drama has won this year’s Theatre Book Prize. The award, which honours books from the previous
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMFormer National Theatre boss Nicholas Hytner has revealed that getting older has made him more “careful” as a director. Hytner was speaking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMFriday, April 22, 2016
An all-female cast of Syrian refugees will perform an adaption of Euripides’ The Trojan Women in the UK this year. Queens of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:48PMOlivier-winning Mischief Theatre has revealed plans for The Musical That Goes Wrong, after its highly successful runs with The Play That Goes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMClaire Sweeney is to replace Michelle Collins in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Collins is pulling out of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:26AMNotebooks, diaries and letters by playwright Snoo Wilson feature in an archive launched at the University of East Anglia on April 21.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:26AMAs The Comedy About a Bank Robbery opens at the Criterion Theatre in the West End, Matthew Hemley meets the writers and
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Performer Natasha J Barnes has spoken about stepping in to replace Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, describing the experience as the “most
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMAs Funny Girl opens in the West End’s Savoy Theatre after its hugely successful run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Matthew Hemley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMWednesday, April 20, 2016
Cycling Shakespeare company the HandleBards is introducing its first ever all-female troupe of performers as part of its latest UK tour. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:54PMShadow culture secretary Maria Eagle has warned that leaving the European Union would bring “uncertainty” to the creative industries and “hinder cross-border
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMLinzi Hateley is returning to play Donna in Mamma Mia! as the musical extends it booking period to March next year. Hateley,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMTuesday, April 19, 2016
Industry figures including producer Paul Taylor-Mills and performer Emma Williams will run the London Marathon this weekend. They join producer Ros Povey,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AMActors appearing in films produced by graduating students at the London Film School will be paid for their work after Equity secured
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