800 stories by "Alistair Smith"
The tour manager of a music group has been killed in an accident at Guildford theatre, G Live. The accident happened on Saturday February 9, during the get-in for the show by Fisherman’…
Peterborough's Broadway Theatre, which closed in 2011, is again being advertised as up for sale. The Broadway Theatre reopened in February 2011, having initially gone dark in 2009, but close…
Artistic director Madani Younis has announced the Bush Theatre's 2013 programme, which includes debut plays by actors Rory Kinnear and Cush Jumbo. The London venue's season features three in…
Keith Allen and Denise Welch will star in a revival of Richard Bean’s Smack Family Robinson at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. The production, which is a new version of Bean’s 2003…
Julian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and Theatrical Management association, has been appointed as chair of Drama UK – the body responsible for championing a…
The Udderbelly Festival will return to the South Bank this summer, with the event’s fifth outing including performances from The Boy With Tape on His Face and circus show Flown. Runnin…
Notting Hill's Gate Theatre has launched an artist-in-residence scheme that will see visual artists create foyer installations to complement the venue's productions. The project is a collabo…
The Stage is working in partnership with Equity and the Theatrical Management Association to launch a major, public-facing campaign aimed at supporting local theatres across the UK. Speaking…
Lorne Campbell has been appointed as artistic director of Northern Stage in Newcastle, taking over from Erica Whyman who has recently left to become deputy artistic director of the Royal Sha…
West End Beatles show Let It Be has announced that it has recouped its £1.6 million capitalisation costs. The recoupment – meaning it has made back the money initially invested in t…
Arts Council England has confirmed that in-year cuts of 1% and and 2% will be made to all its national portfolio organisations in 2013/14 and 2014/15. The news follows the announcement in De…
London theatre resisted an Olympic downturn in 2012, recording its ninth successive year of record box office returns. The figures, released this week by the Society of London Theatre, revea…
Michael Grandage has launched a youth theatre, offering 20 youngsters the chance to work alongside his West End company. The Futures Company is looking to recruit young people aged 15 to 25 …
Broadway and Glee star Kristin Chenoweth is to make her first UK appearance in more than a decade with a concert tour opening at the London Coliseum on March 11. The show will then visit...
National Theatre Wales has announced its third season, including its first international production " in Japan. The Opportunity of Efficiency, written by Alan Harris and directed by NTW arti…
Artistic director Gregory Doran has announced the Royal Shakespeare Company's winter season, including David Tennant as Richard II and a stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winn…
Adam Kenwright, managing director of leading West End marketing agency AKA, has predicted that 2013 will be a "massive year" for London theatre with record audiences and box office. His pred…
Actress Sophiya Haque, who had been starring in Michael Grandage’s West End production of Privates on Parade, has died  aged 41. Haque had been appearing as Sylvia in the show, whic…
Stephen Levine, the former general manager of Folkestone's Leas Cliff Hall, has won an employment tribunal against venue operator Ambassador Theatre Group, after a ruling that he was unfairl…
Outgoing Arts Council England chair Liz Forgan has used her farewell speech to launch a heartfelt plea to education secretary Michael Gove not to rob the next generation of its "birthrigh…
Polly Findlay will direct a revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award-winning play Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory this March. The production will begin performances on March 13 with …
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group sold the Palace Theatre to Nimax Theatres for about £20 million in 2012, the company's accounts have revealed. At the time of the sale, RUG decli…
Digital Theatre has launched an iPad app, allowing audiences to watch recordings of theatre productions via their tablet device. Launched in 2009, Digital Theatre records theatre productions…
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts officials have issued a statement denying reports that US musician and film star Julianne Hough was abused while studying at the school. Hough, now 24, a…
Tamsin Greig and John Sessions will lead the cast in Longing, the debut play by novelist William Boyd, which opens at the Hampstead Theatre next month. The play, which is adapted from two sh…
