Sunday, December 15, 2019
Regularly funded arts organisations in England will be required to report on the socio-economic background of their employees from next year, under
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:01PMFriday, December 13, 2019
This week’s production news includes the announcement of an immersive Doctor Who experience and news that Alexandra Burke is to star in
Linked From The Stage Registration at 01:12PM“How can I be a head of a country and yet subject to a husband?” A reasonable question posed by Queen Elizabeth
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:44PMImagine a cross between Giselle and The Wizard of Oz. Death by dancing and scarlet footwear. Matthew Bourne’s interpretation of Powell and
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:33AMSenior Equity official Paul Fleming has called for the “abolition of the arts councils”, arguing that current funding structures are “not fit
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:18AMChekhov’s Three Sisters has been lifted from its Russian roots and transplanted all over the world over the last century or so.
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:10AMAt this time of year, it’s a bold decision to stage an obscure Charles Dickens short story over his festive morality tale,
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:58AMBefore its extensive renovation, Fairfield Halls presented its pantomime in the proscenium-arched Ashcroft Theatre. It was an ambitious move upon reopening to
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:21AMGuys and Dolls is stuffed full of iconic images of 1920s America. There are dames, gangsters, dice games and more fedoras than
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:46AMAdapting popular picture books for the stage must seem like a home run, but sometimes what works because of sparse words, cleverly
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:28AMCharles Dickens’ perennially popular festive novella has been endlessly retold and reworked since it was published more than 175 years ago. In
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:45AMPowered along by a blazingly charismatic actor-musician ensemble, Aladdin is the latest in a string of annual rock‘n’roll pantos from Peter Rowe,
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:40AMThere are moments in Venue Clwyd’s Sleeping Beauty capable of entrancing both adults and children alike. The set design, elegantly lit by
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:38AMIndustry bodies have highlighted the biggest issues for the arts following the general election result – with Equity stating it is “extremely
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:25AMFollowing the Conservative Party’s win in this week’s general election, we look at what the party has offered in its manifesto to
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:05AMTheatre company Not Too Tame tends to play pubs and clubs rather than traditional theatre spaces. Founder Jimmy Fairhurst tells Lyn Gardner
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:55AMInstead of staging Richard III as a vehicle for some able-bodied actor to show off how great they are by playing the
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:51AMEarlier this week, Vulture – part of New York Magazine – ran a feature headlined: ‘Why is Stephen Sondheim Karaoke in All
Linked From The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThursday, December 12, 2019
The Millennium Forum’s smartly staged version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs successfully repackages the famous fairytale for a Derry-Londonderry audience.
Linked From The Stage Registration at 01:54PMEquity general secretary Christine Payne will retire next year, with a new leader taking over the role from October 2020. The union
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:42PMA new script-reading company has been launched with the aim of making dramaturgy more accessible to playwrights at all levels. Directors and
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:42PMWhen Underwired Productions put on our first ever show last year, The Lost Toys’ Big Christmas Adventure!, we were determined to make
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:40PMIn Hull New Theatre’s version of Aladdin, dancer and actor Jake Canuso rarely stands still. Sporting “magical cha-cha heels” he shows off
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:02PMThere is a fine line between maintaining fondly remembered traditions and rehashing a tired format. Marking the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s 125th anniversary,
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:47AMAndy Gray, the uncrowned King of the King’s pantomime, returns to the stage in some style in Alan McHugh’s circus pantomime, directed
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:09AMEveryone loves a party. Gary and Nicky are throwing one for Mark at their flat – except Gary’s boss, Victoria, has tagged
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:53AMThis is the third collaboration by musical theatre veteran Glyn Kerslake and Wiltshire Creative artistic director Gareth Machin on a Christmas-themed show
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:16AMSouth Asian dance company Akademi has been given nearly £100,000 to create an archive of its 40 years of work. The archive
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:03AMThere is a pleasing female focus in this year’s pantomime at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre, with four of the six named characters played
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThis year marks a new era for the York Theatre Royal panto. Well, sort of. Beloved, long-running dame Berwick Kahler may have
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:45AMDisney Cruise Line performer Kathryn Nash brings a welcome injection of trans-Atlantic pizzazz into this strictly traditional West Country pantomime. Based in
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