Tuesday, August 4, 2020
New leader of British Asian company Tara Arts says focus on cultural ‘crown jewels’ could mean missed opportunity
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The ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMMonday, August 3, 2020
Number increases to 5,000 as industry awaits funds from coronavirus relief package
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Job losses at theatres across the UK have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMMonday, July 13, 2020
Organisers prepare for ‘weird’ visitor-free season including weekly variety performance
Edinburgh festival fringe is preparing for a “weird” visitor-free summer with a package of onl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, July 8, 2020
Emergency funding will help to keep struggling organisations afloat over the summer
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Some of England’s most at-risk arts or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMThursday, June 25, 2020
Industry leaders welcome plan but say they urgently need dates to plan their Covid-19 recovery
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A five-stage roadmap to help …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMWednesday, June 17, 2020
Report says 400,000 jobs likely to be lost across sectors including music, theatre and art
Britain is facing an irreversible “cultural catastrophe” with a projected £74bn drop in revenu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMMonday, June 8, 2020
Actor says government intervention for the arts is needed as some venues are ‘teetering’
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British theatre will need some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24PMMonday, May 18, 2020
Letter to culture secretary asks for urgent help to ‘shore up our cultural landscape’
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A call for the government to step …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMFriday, May 15, 2020
Leading figures call for government help as Covid-19 lockdown causes existential crisis
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British theatres are in a state of �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Call for creative celebrations – such as with a painting, cake or dog trick – for virtual project
Hottest front-room seats: theatre and dance online
The best arts and entertainment duri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMThursday, March 26, 2020
Productions to be streamed on YouTube include James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors
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Thursday night could become National Thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMTuesday, March 24, 2020
Funding announced to protect arts bodies and freelancers as coronavirus hits revenues
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A £160m emergency response package is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMCompany says it will no longer work with star choreographer and artist-in-residence
The Royal Ballet has said it will no longer work with its star choreographer Liam Scarlett, who had been a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Kate O’Donnell, who is herself trans, pulled out of Breakfast on Pluto over casting decision
A transgender actor has spoken of her disappointment and tears after she felt forced to withdra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
Absolutely Fabulous star shocked young people have never heard of ‘cavalier’ Victorian actor
She was a superstar in her day: mobbed by fans, paid a fortune and one of the finest stage pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24PMSunday, March 1, 2020
Pop-meets-Shakespeare show split critics but wins big at awards voted on by public
A musical which one theatre critic hated, calling it “silly, misguided and idiotic”, and another loved…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PMWednesday, February 19, 2020
Rufus Norris rebuffs Downton creator Julian Fellowes’ claim that NT is in a cultural bubble
Rufus Norris, the director of the National Theatre, has taken aim at a suggestion he is in a “…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06PMTuesday, February 11, 2020
Former Doctor Who star will lead revival of CP Taylor’s Good, produced by the new company Fictionhouse
David Tennant is returning to the stage in a play that tackles the question of how sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTuesday, February 4, 2020
Theatre to stage adaptation of Henry VI series, the subject of disputes over authorship
William Shakespeare almost certainly did not write Henry VI Part 1 – but it doesn’t matter, the Ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMTuesday, January 21, 2020
Contingency Plan by Steve Waters to be staged at Donmar Warehouse and Theatr Clwyd
A double bill of plays that premiered 10 years ago and were hailed as the first big theatre productions to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMThursday, January 2, 2020
Sir Nicholas Serota says east of England and libraries could also be priorities in 10-year plan
More artists, writers and composers at an early stage of their careers should get public money…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMMonday, December 16, 2019
Arts organisations will have to provide data on socio-economic background of employees for first time next year
Arts organisations will for the first time have to provide data on the socio-e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMFriday, November 29, 2019
Author David Walliams hopes new musical about 12-year-old Dennis can speak to everyone
While the Royal Shakespeare Company’s big new family musical The Boy in the Dress is, on the face of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMSunday, November 24, 2019
Andrew Scott is best actor and Sweat wins play of the year at Evening Standard awards
Dame Maggie Smith’s return to the stage after a 12-year absence has won her a record fifth best actres…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PMMonday, November 4, 2019
Actor has chance to add to her record tally after returning to stage following 12-year absence
Dame Maggie Smith’s return to the stage after a 12-year absence has put her in contention for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMWednesday, October 23, 2019
Royal Court crackdown forms part of mission to become net-zero-carbon venue in 2020
Audience members at the Royal Court theatre will be banned from taking in single-use plastic bottles as pa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMFriday, September 6, 2019
Move comes after majority-white US version in 2016 triggered social media storm
A cast reflecting the diversity of Britain as well as a story that is essentially the Book of Exodus have been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
Production will be part of season providing free tickets to first-time theatre-goers
James McAvoy is returning to the West End of London as Cyrano de Bergerac, the opening play of a season o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMThursday, July 11, 2019
Awards, with three categories including £10,000 prize for best comedy show, will be known as Daves
The television channel Dave is to follow fizzy water, finance, lager, and online travel as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMFriday, July 5, 2019
Cameron Mackintosh plans Queen’s theatre name change to honour influential composer
A West End theatre is to be renamed in honour of Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential figures …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMWednesday, July 3, 2019
Donmar Warehouse denies it is pandering to easily offended by listing disturbing content
Theatre audiences are used to being warned about nudity and violence when booking tickets, as well as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PM 
