The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is to spend £13 million expanding and improving facilities at its campus in Swiss Cottage, London, in a bid to turn it into "one of the major&…
The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry recorded its highest ever audience figures in 2013/2014, with the venue's turnover also at an all-time high. According to the theatre's annual report, 164,30…
Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games will move to the Dominion Theatre next year. The show has had a limited run at the Palladium since early September " which ends on Octobe…
A new 54-seat theatre is to open above a pub in Clapham, south London. The Bread and Roses Theatre, located above the pub of the same name in Clapham, will officially open on November 1̷…
A new theatre company that aims to redress gender imbalance on stage will perform its debut production in a tunnel underneath the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Antic Face will perfor…
The Oldham Coliseum Theatre will receive £76,308 in funding from Arts Council England to support a new touring production. The Mist in the Mirror, adapted from Susan Hill's gothic novel b…
National Theatre Wales and Out of Joint are to co-produce a verbatim play about the UK's first openly gay rugby player Gareth Thomas. Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage was written by Robin Soans …
Brighton Dome is set to undergo a major refurbishment, after being granted £5.8 million of funding by Arts Council England. Planned improvements include a new viewing gallery in the Corn …
Park Theatre has announced its spring season, including a co-production with Red Ladder Theatre Company and a play about the political demise of Margaret Thatcher. Red Ladder and Park's Hurl…
Alex Gaumond will replace Rufus Hound in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels later this year. The actor, known for his recent role as Miss Trunchbull in the RSC's Matilda, will take over the role of con…
Dawn Walton, the artistic director of Eclipse Theatre Company, has launched a three-year drive to increase the number of black British stories on stage. Revolution Mix will see Eclipse worki…
Sheffield Theatres will stage the complete works of Sarah Kane to lead their new 2015 season. As part of the Sarah Kane season, the company will stage Blasted, directed by Richard Wilson, al…
Arts figures including playwright Tanika Gupta have called for ethical guidelines outlining who arts venues should accept and decline funding from. The calls come after the Tricycle Theatre …
James Dreyfus will star in a revival of a 1944 Broadway play Harvey, as part of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's spring/summer season. The play " which opens the season " centres on a man …
Residents of Ceredigion in west Wales have voted for budget cuts to hit the arts over other services, a survey carried out by the county council has found. Ceredigion County Council consulte…
A new 425-seat outdoor theatre will be built in Brighton after being granted planning permission from the council. The Brighton Open Air Theatre will be landscaped from a disused bowling gre…
Avenue Q will return to the UK next year with another national tour. The Sell a Door Theatre Company production previously toured the country this year from April to August, and will launch …
Jason Robert Brown has announced a one-off show in London next year, where he will showcase music from throughout his career. Known for his work on Parade, The Bridges of Madison County and …
Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday will be celebrated next year with five weeks of concerts featuring West End stars and popular singers. Sinatra 100 will take place at the London Palladium " th…
Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall could be replaced with a new £25 million theatre, after the building was found not fit for purpose. The 75 year-old venue, which is part of the town's civic …
The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond and the Union Theatre in south London are among nominees for this year's Empty Space…Peter Brook award. They join London's Unicorn Theatre, Theatre 503,…
The St James Theatre has announced a comedy-centred programme for its winter/spring season, which includes the London transfer of Edinburgh Fringe production The Three Lions. Opening the sea…
A fully automated ticketing system and an app allowing audiences to feedback on their theatre experiences have both been awarded grants from Nesta's Digital R&D Fund for the Arts. Neo-Ti…
A campaign to save the Red Ladder theatre company has raised more than £12,500 since July, when the company's entire Arts Council England funding was axed. The Leeds-based group had been …
Alexander Hanson Â" most recently in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Stephen Ward " and has been cast alongside Abigail Cruttenden in Accolade, directed by Blanche McIntyre. Bruce Alexander and Sam…