Wales’ two national companies – National Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – have taken five wins apiece at the Theatre Critics of Wales Awards. The judging panel…
Sinead Cusack and Clare Higgins are to appear in Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz at the Old Vic. Other Desert Cities, which will be directed by Lindsay Posner, is the first play in...
Kathleen Turner and Ian McDiarmid are to star in a new West End play, opening at the Duchess Theatre in May. Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs, billed as a comedy that “asks vital ques…
Former Whatsonstage chief Terri Paddock has spoken out for the first time about her shock departure from the theatre website at the end of last year, describing it as "sudden and unexpected"…
John Whittingdale, chair of parliament's culture, media and sport committee, has told The Stage he wants to hold regular inquiries into Arts Council England's funding decisions, as is alread…
Culture secretary Maria Miller has said that making the economic case for the arts helped secure a better deal for the sector from the Treasury at the last government spending review. Delive…
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Stephen Ward has announced a three-month extension to its booking period at the Aldwych Theatre. The show, which opened in the West End on December 19, is now boo…
Three people have been injured by a set collapse during a performance of Fuerzabruta at the Roundhouse in London. The incident occurred during Friday night’s performance of the immersi…
The Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that it will mount the third Broadway production of Michael Frayn's Noises Off next January, under the direction of Jeremy Herrin in his Broadway…
Thom Southerland will direct a US version of the musical Titanic, following his concert version of the show that played on the London fringe in 2013. The Maury Yeston / Peter Stone musical w…
The Cripple of Inishmaan, starring Daniel Radcliffe and directed by Michael Grandage, is to transfer to Broadway, opening at the Cort Theatre on April 20. The revival of Martin McDonagh̵…
As if being a professional theatre critic (for The Wall Street Journal), opera librettist (The Letter, Dance Russe and The King's Man with composer Paul Moravec), and biographer (The Skeptic…
Lisa Makin is to join Chichester Festival Theatre as creative producer. Makin was head of casting for London's Royal Court Theatre for 20 years, before moving to the commercial sector and wo…
Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil has announced the formation of Cirque du Soleil Theatrical, a New York-based division that will focus on developing new shows for Broadway, the West End and t…
Qdos Entertainment has announced it has raised more than £500,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital's Children's Charity. The pantomime producer, which also operates theatres through its s…
Parliament is to hold an inquiry into whether arts funding is distributed fairly across England, or is too heavily weighted towards London. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has announc…
Andrew Loyd Webber's charitable foundation has announced six grants, totalling more than £150,000, which will support apprenticeships within professional arts organisations. Five theatre …
Terri Paddock, the long-serving editorial and managing director of theatre website Whatsonstage, left the company suddenly at the end of 2013, The Stage can reveal. It is understood that Pad…
The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is to move out of the Apollo Theatre, following the ceiling collapse at the venue before Christmas. Fol…
Arts Council England has announced a 2% cut to its core funding for cultural organisations from 2015/16, in a move which will also see Lottery cash used for regular revenue funding of the ar…
The Old Vic is to recreate its theatre-in-the-round CQS Space for a season of productions, launching in March with a play by US playwright Jon Robin Baitz. The CQS space was originally creat…
One of the notable, ongoing features of The Stage 100 list has been the interplay between theatre producers and theatre operators. Since its launch in 1997, the list has largely been dominat…
Conventional wisdom is being thrown to the winter winds this month on Broadway. It is generally accepted that the New Year brings a spate of closings, opening up theatres for new shows to op…
Father and son John and Lex Shrapnel have been cast in a new production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number, which will run at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in February. The production…
Five people are reported seriously injured after the ceiling collapsed at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue this evening during a performance of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…