Almost three-quarters of dancers have received a critical comment about their body " primarily from a dance teacher " prompting concern about the negative impact instructors' comments can ha…
Channel 4 is to "supercharge" its arts coverage after receiving a £3 million injection from Arts Council England. The broadcaster will now re-launch its Random Acts strand " showcasing fi…
Sajid Javid's appointment as the new culture secretary has received mixed reactions from the arts industry. The MP, who was financial secretary to the Treasury before his promotion to the ca…
The London Symphony Orchestra has dropped an unpaid internship scheme following accusations that the publically-funded organisation could be breaching Arts Council England's guidelines. It w…
Liz Robertson will bring her one-woman show, Songs From My Trunk, to the Hippodrome Casino in London. Robertson, who has appeared in shows such as The Phantom of the Opera and A Little Night…
A new play marking 30 years since the miners' strike is to premiere at Hampstead Theatre. Wonderland by Beth Steel, which was a finalist for the 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn prize, will be pre…
Richard Armitage is to star in the Old Vic's new production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Armitage, who will play John Proctor, has recently found fame as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit…
The University of St Andrews has proposed a rescue package to reopen the Byre Theatre in Scotland after it closed suddenly in February 2013. The venue closed when its then operator, Byre The…
A new musical work by composer Helen Chadwick and the Olivier award-winning choreographer behind Black Watch, Steven Hoggett, is among the highlights of this year's Greenwich and Docklands I…
Equity has expressed "extreme concern" over plans to decriminalise licence fee non-payment, claiming the Corporation is one of the most significant employers of the union's members and that …
Booking for Punchdrunk's immersive production of The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable has been extended to June 29. The show, a co-production with the National Theatre, was previously taking b…
Underground theatre troupe Belarus Free Theatre, which has garnered support and acclaim from the likes of Tom Stoppard and Kevin Spacey, has been granted a residency at Falmouth University's…
A national competition that champions young people's creativity in the arts has been launched. The Young Brits competition, sponsored by clothing brand Jack Wills, hopes to find eight people…
Management of the Swindon Arts Centre has been handed over to staff at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre as a result of funding cuts at the local authority, prompting the resignation of the arts cent…
Caroline Sheen and Graham MacDuff will star in a concert performance of Tony award-nominated musical Rags in the West End. The show, which has music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Stephen …
Sheffield Theatres' partnership with a car parking operator and a clothing company's sponsorship of the Almeida Theatre's American Psycho are two of the nominees for this year's Arts & B…
Anthony Field, the vice president of Theatre Projects Consultants and former finance director of the Arts Council, has died. Previously a chartered accountant, Field began his career in the …
Director Michael Blakemore's book Stage Blood, which won this year's Sheridan Morley prize for theatre writing, will compete with Daniel Rosenthal's 50th anniversary compendium of the Nation…
The Reduced Shakespeare Company will perform onboard an Easyjet flight as part of a season of events being organised by the budget airline to celebrate the playwright's 450th birthday. Th…
Irving Berlin's White Christmas and The Crucible by Arthur Miller are to feature as part of the West Yorkshire Playhouse's upcoming autumn/winter season. White Christmas is to be directed by…
Theatre director Max Stafford-Clark has decried the coalition government's treatment of the arts, claiming it has done "more harm to the infrastructure of theatre in four years than Mrs That…
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday with storytelling sessions, stage fighting workshops and a live Twitter interview featuring artistic director Grego…
Hampstead Theatre is to embark on a £100,000 fundraising drive to renovate its 'overcrowded' foyer. The venue in north London has already raised £350,000 of the £450,000 needed from…
Tommy Cooper's hand-made magic props and Charlie Chaplin's cane are among exhibits at a new museum for comedy fans to open in central London, which will also include a 100-seat performance s…
Birmingham Hippodrome has claimed a record-breaking 12 months, with attendances at the venue increasing by 23% year on year to more than 625,000. The venue credited productions such as The L…