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Janet Suzman has defended her comments that theatre is a “white invention”, adding that she was talking about the "a small part of a larger picture". The actor told the Guardian …
Janet Suzman has claimed that theatre is a "white invention", and that black people do not attend because it is "not in their culture". The actor was responding to comments made by Meera Sya…
Arts Council England unveiled its new diversity strategy today, with funded theatre companies told that they must reflect minorities in their work or risk losing financial support. The counc…
Theatre companies risk losing Arts Council England funding if they do not demonstrate diversity in their work, under a new strategy unveiled today. As part of new regulations, ACE's national…
Martin Bonger is the artistic director of Move to Stand theatre company and also sustains a busy acting career. He plays the lead role in an upcoming adaptation of Around the World in 80 Day…
A former Sunderland fire station will be transformed into a performing arts hub after being granted £2.4 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The conversion of the building, which has …
Harriet Walter will star alongside her husband Guy Paul in a new play at the Trafalgar Studios in London. The couple will star in Boa, an "acerbic, warm and honest" account of two people in&…
Dance venue The Place and cultural centre King's Place have joined 33 other organisations in a new initiative aimed at sharing ideas and research. The Knowledge Quarter " a partnership of 35…
Northern Ballet's principal character artist Darren Goldsmith is to retire after 21 years with the company. Darren's final performance with Northern Ballet will be as Captain Hook in Peter P…
Caroline Quentin is to star The Life and Times of Fanny Hill " an adaptation of John Cleland's novel " as part of Bristol Old Vic's new season. The play is based on the 1748…
The Peacock Theatre in London's West End is to undergo its first refurbishment work in 50 years. The building, which is used by Sadler's Wells and visiting companies for live performance, an…
Meera Syal has said theatres should be catering more for Asian audiences, claiming they should take advantage of the "brown pound". The actor and writer, who is starring in Behind the Beauti…
Richard Hope and Susan Twist have been cast in Sell a Door theatre company's 2015 national tour of The History Boys. The play will also star Christopher Ettridge, Kedar Williams-Stirling and…
Blackpool's Grand Theatre is planning a £1 million refurbishment that will transform the venue's foyer and box office, as well as adding dressing rooms and a rehearsal space. Other propos…
Laura Wade has celebrated the number of female writers recognised at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, calling it "a brilliant new age of women playwrights". Rona Munro won the bes…
Max Roberts, the artistic director of Newcastle's Live Theatre, has been awarded an honorary degree celebrating his contribution to theatre. Northumbria University presented Roberts with an …
Ruth Watkins has been appointed as a producer at the Gate Theatre in London. She joins the theatre from her previous role as creative producer at Ovalhouse Theatre, and has also worked at th…
Gillian Anderson scooped the best actress prize at the 60th Evening Standard Theatre Awards, while The Scottsboro Boys was named best musical " securing a double win for the Young Vic. Ander…
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has defended education secretary Nicky Morgan's recent comments on arts subjects, and said that praising science and maths subjects “does not denigrate cultu…
Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap has extended its first ever UK tour into 2015. Previously booking until December 6 at the Palace Theatre in Southend-on-Sea, the new leg of the tour will comm…
Manchester International Festival founder Alex Poots is to step down as chief executive and artistic director after next year's event. He is leaving to commence his new role as founding chie…
West End workers have voted overwhelming in favour of a new three-year pay deal negotiated between backstage union BECTU and the Society of London Theatre. The agreement earlier this month b…
Danielle Hope is to lead the cast of a new touring production of The Sound of Music. Hope will play Maria von Trapp in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, which will open at the Churchill&#…
Actor Haydn Gwynne and Ambassador Theatre Group joint chief executive Rosemary Squire have called for quotas on the number of jobs for women in theatre, in order to combat the "frightening" …
London Classic Theatre will tour new productions of Absent Friends and Waiting For Godot for its 15th anniversary next year. Both shows will be directed by LCT's artistic director Michael Ca…
