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Stephen Unwin has announced he is to step down as artistic director of The Rose Theatre in Kingston. Unwin will continue at the Rose until January 2014, before leaving to “pursue other…
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has claimed that it is “rubbish” to say that the arts are in criris, insisting they are in “rude health”. Speaking at the Local Government …
Brian Cox, Dervla Kirwan and Ardal O’Hanlon will star in the Donmar Warehouse’s revival of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. The production, which is directed by Donmar artistic …
Westminster City Council has confirmed that it will cut all arts funding in the London borough by 2014/15. Soho Theatre and English National Ballet are among the groups set to lose funding u…
A medical charity has launched a new initiative to investigate stress levels in the entertainment industry. The National Institute for Clinical Research into Stress in England, part of the E…
London’s Southbank Centre has unveiled designs for a multi-million pound transformation of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery complex. The Festival Wing, as it …
Upstairs at the Gatehouse in north London is to stage the first ever fringe production of puppet musical Avenue Q. The show, which will run at the Highgate pub theatre from May 16 to June...
Eleven places from across the UK are bidding to be named City of Culture in 2017. The longlist features Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, East Kent (covering Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone …
Visiting companies have criticised the handling of the closure of the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, claiming they have been left in the dark and are owed thousands of pounds. The Brewhouse w…
West End star Hadley Fraser will perform alongside 30 students from the Royal Academy of Music as part of a BBC concert celebrating shows that have transformed musical theatre. The Shock of …
Brighton Fringe has launched its 2013 programme, featuring 685 shows across 178 venues. The event will run for an extra week this year " from May 4 to June 2 " and its theatre line-up...
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has launched a new award aimed at emerging theatre directors. The Royal Exchange Theatre Hodgkiss Award will offer a director "of outstanding promise" the…
The West End production of The Audience starring Helen Mirren will be broadcast live to cinemas through National Theatre Live. National Theatre Live is the NT’s programme to live-strea…
The Old Vic Theatre’s experimental second space, the Old Vic Tunnels, is to close next month, it has been announced. No reason has been given for the closure, but the Old Vic will end …
Arts leaders have welcomed Newcastle City Council's decision to back down on plans for 100% cuts to arts funding in the city, claiming the result could set the tone for other local funding b…
The Famous Spiegeltent is to return to Brighton after a seven-year absence as part of this summer's fringe and festival. Brighton Fringe and Brighton Festival are joining forces to bring the…
Major changes are being planned for the judging process behind the Olivier Awards to give members of the Society of London Theatre a greater say over who wins. The overhaul is latest in a st…
London Wonderground will return to the South Bank this summer, headlined by a new show from the creators of last year’s Cantina. Limbo – another mix of cabaret, circus and acroba…
Newcastle City Council has confirmed it has backed down on plans to completely cuts arts funding in the city. The local authority had proposed to remove all £1.15 million that it currentl…
Samantha Spiro will play Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare’s Globe’s forthcoming production of Macbeth. Spiro, who is a two-time Olivier award winner and appeared as Katherina in the G…
Roxana Silbert has announced the reopening season of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. The season, which will also be Silbert’s first at the head of the organisation, will start on Sep…
The Southbank Centre will unveil multi-million pound plans to transform its London HQ next month. Plans for an overhaul of its Festival Wing, which includes the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell…
Paines Plough has received a grant of £150,000 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, allowing the touring company to build a permanent version of its pop-up auditorium, the Roundabout.…
A second man has died following a backstage accident at Guildford theatre, G Live. The accident happened on Saturday February 9, during the get-in for the show by Fisherman's Friends. Tou…
Ambassador Theatre Group's joint founder and chief executive Rosemary Squire has been named in BBC Radio 4′s inaugural Woman’s Hour power list. Squire, who founded ATG – no…
