Friday, April 3, 2020
As the UK reels from the effects of Covid-19, dancers face not just the loss of their jobs and income but the
Linked From The Stage Registration at 01:32PMOxford Playhouse has revealed a new programme of work to encourage creativity during the coronavirus outbreak, including the launch of a new
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:28AMThe Arts Council of Wales has unveiled its £7 million rescue package to help protect the Welsh cultural sector against the impacts
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:24AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musicals are to be screened on a new YouTube channel called The Shows Must Go On. The concept is
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:06AMLW Theatres has committed to paying all staff – including those employed on a show-by-show basis – and has confirmed no redundancies
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:06AMMore than 200,000 households tuned in live to the first National Theatre at Home screening last night, which also attracted more than
Linked From The Stage Registration at 08:06AMWhat was the first show you ever saw? Your biggest theatre regret? And which production would you choose to watch on a
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:24AMNew performance dates have been announced for Hairspray at the London Coliseum – after the musical was postponed due to the Covid-19
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:18AMThe ongoing litany of delays, postponements and cancellations in the US’ not-for-profit theatres is not unique, as venues and countless performing companies
Linked From The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThursday, April 2, 2020
A new national competition has been launched for over-70s to encourage people with no professional experience in the arts to create new
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThe Actors Centre has announced a week-long festival to provide a platform for graduates who had their showcases cancelled due to the
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:33AMLeicester’s Curve is asking children who have taken part in the nationwide Rainbows of Hope campaign to submit their drawings as inspiration
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:32AMTheatre publisher Nick Hern Books is launching a play text discussion group that will run throughout the coronavirus shutdown, offering one free
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:32AMNorthern Broadsides is offering nine commissions, each worth £1,000, for theatremakers wishing to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, particularly aimed at those
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:32AMFail to prepare and prepare to fail. It’s not as if we didn’t see it coming. Granted, I don’t think many anticipated
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:00AMHarriet Harman is calling on the chancellor to ensure that people working in theatre do not get left behind by the government’s
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:18AMWill Attenborough, Stephen Fry and Juliet Stevenson are taking part in a fairytale-inspired campaign called #LoveOverVirus, which forms part of the celebrations
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:18AMA talent management company has come under fire for calling on its clients to self-tape an audition for a non-existent job as part
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:18AMBirmingham Royal Ballet has announced plans to stage an adapted version of The Dying Swan, performed during isolation, as part of the
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:06AMWednesday, April 1, 2020
Key workers are being urged to share their stories with Theatre Royal Stratford East as part of a virtual play being created
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:24AMEdinburgh Festival Fringe venue operators have pledged to return with renewed purpose in 2021 following the news of this year’s cancellation, as
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:24AMIn a new weekly feature, Lyn Gardner will spotlight a show that should have opened this week – but has been forced
Linked From The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe NHS is at the centre of the crisis we face in the UK and last week the nation applauded its workers.
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:00AMTheatre is a sector full of obsessives. For almost everyone working in this business, it is more than a job – it
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:15AMNewcastle Theatre Royal chief executive Philip Bernays has postponed his planned retirement so he can “lead the organisation through this difficult time”.
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMAmbassador Theatre Group has outlined its plans for the period of theatre closures due to the coronavirus – which will see the
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMTheatres will be able to claim gift aid when audiences agree to donate the cost of their cancelled tickets rather than request
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe, along with all of the city’s August festivals, will not take place in 2020 because of coronavirus, it
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMA new initiative has been set up to assemble teams of artists from across the world to create mini-operas that will be
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMAs the Second World War moved into its third week, restrictions on theatres were relaxed, but producers looked to shift their focus
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAs theatres stand dark across the UK and creatives find new ways of making work online, artistic director Natalie Ibu questions whether
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