Leicester’s Curve theatre has appointed three companies as associates at the venue. Aakash Odedra Company, which specialises in Indian dance, comedy duo New Art Club and touring theatr…
Pioneering theatre director Joan Littlewood is to be commemorated with a bronze statue outside Theatre Royal Stratford East, the London venue she used to run. The sculpture is being designed…
Equity has successfully resisted attempts by the taxman to gain access to confidential membership records, which HM Revenue and Customs wanted to use to check performers were correctly regis…
Frank Langella is to star as King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn. The production, will be directed by Chichester associate director Angus Jackson and designed by Robe…
London fringe venue the King's Head Theatre in Islington is launching an award in memory of playwright Adrian Pagan, who died in 2007. Pagan was a stage manager turned playwright and the new…
National Theatre executive director Nick Starr, Edinburgh International Festival director Jonathan Mills and actor and former Equity vice president Tony Robinson were among those recognised …
Howard Panter, joint chief executive and co-founder of the Ambassador Theatre Group, has been knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to theatre. Panter, together with hi…
A new British musical due to begin performances at London’s Arts Theatre tonight has been postponed “due to investment money from China being tied up in international banking red…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that he will not be able to attend tonight’s Tony Awards in New York due to ill health. Lloyd Webber had been due to attend the ceremony, where the US.…
Arts Council England chairman Peter Bazalgette has offered his support to the My Theatre Matters! campaign. The campaign, which is a joint venture by The Stage, the Theatrical Management Ass…
Dutch actress Willemijn Verkaik is to play Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked from November. Verkaik has previously played the role in the Netherlands, Germany and in the US and is…
A portrait of Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey as Richard III will be included in a new exhibition of work by artist Jonathan Yeo at the National Portrait Gallery this September. Space…
A new stage version of PG Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster will open in the West End this autumn. Starring Matthew MacFadyen and Stephen Mangan respectively as the titular pair, the new …
Five actors have won an employment tribunal that ruled they should be paid the national minimum wage for a fringe theatre show, despite the engagement having been advertised as profit share.…
BECTU is at loggerheads with the National Theatre over the venue's proposals to "water down" its relationship with the backstage union. NT officials have written to BECTU saying they want to…
How many professional theatres are there in London? You don't know? Don't worry, you are not alone. I am currently in the midst of writing a report commissioned by the Society of London Thea…
I’m writing a report on London’s theatres. The first stage is to compile a complete list of all professional theatres in Greater London. This is my draft list. If you spot any om…
Equity general secretary Christine Payne has warned that actors will be "significantly worse off" if HM Revenue and Customs goes ahead with proposed changes to the tax and National Insurance…
Equity president Malcolm Sinclair has branded Maria Miller an "ass" in his keynote speech at the union's conference, rounding on the culture secretary for her recent calls for the arts to ma…
Ambassador Theatre Group joint chief executive Howard Panter has said that the company's purchase of Broadway's biggest theatre, the Foxwoods, will serve as a "springboard" for further expan…
Equity's annual subscription rate will increase to a minimum of £120, after representatives voted in favour of 3.45% hike to rates. The percentage increase, which comes into effect from J…
Ambassador Theatre Group has bought its first theatre on Broadway – the Foxwoods, which is currently home to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. The UK’s largest theatre operator, ATG…
Ticketmaster has appointed Christoph Homann as managing director of its secondary ticketing arm, Ticketmaster Resale. Homann joins Ticketmaster Resale from eBay, where he was director of the…
The National Youth Theatre has created a West End repertory company, which will perform three shows at the Ambassadors Theatre from this September. The West End season includes Tory Boyz by …
Wales Millennium Centre artistic director Conrad Lynch is to join Ambassador Theatre Group as a producer. Lynch will take up his new role in August and will work alongside joint chief execut…