Captain Corelli's Mandolin announces West End transfer
A stage adaptation of Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin has announced a West End transfer. It will run at
A stage adaptation of Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin has announced a West End transfer. It will run at
Abigail Andjel has won a new £8,000 playwriting award for writers working in front-of-house, backstage, administrative and creative roles in theatre. The
Theatremaker Aisha Zia has created a gallery in Peterborough to display the work of British Muslim artists and provide a space for
Amaarah Rose Needham has been performing with south London-based theatre company Sounds Like Chaos since she was 14. She tells Giverny Masso
Cush Jumbo is to make her Young Vic debut as Hamlet in a new production directed by Greg Hersov. Jumbo currently stars
Actors have expressed concern about dwindling work opportunities at five theatres in the North West, including Oldham Coliseum and Liverpool's Everyman. Funding
Lesley Sharp and David Morrissey will star in the world premiere of Jack Thorne's The End of History… at the Royal Court
Musical Amour is to end its run at the Charing Cross Theatre in London six weeks early. The production was scheduled to
Musicals Caroline Sheen is to return to the cast of 9 to 5 the Musical at the Savoy Theatre in July, replacing
Paul O'Grady, Matt Baker and Gary Wilmot are to star in this years London Palladium panto. The production of Goldilocks and the
A "lack of clarity" about the role requirements of assistant, associate and resident directors is to be addressed in a new set
The performer has brought her "darkest, funniest and most debauched" cabaret club to London for the first time, featuring a Weimar-punk jazz
Wheelchair users are being seriously underserved when it comes to booking theatre tickets online, according to new data. Recent figures from ticketing
English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East's production of Equus is to transfer to London's West End. The production will open
British female writers in the UK are suffering a "poverty of opportunities" compared with their American counterparts, industry figures have warned. Playwright
British actors are no longer being considered for jobs with companies on the continent as the impact of Brexit on the entertainment
Performers are being urged to report unpaid jobs being advertised on social media, as Equity vows to redouble its efforts to address
Variety performers have shared their experiences of "shocking" backstage facilities at events and called to be treated the same as theatre performers.
Commercial touring producers should not be allowed to benefit from theatre tax relief unless they are using union contracts, Equity has said.
After taking up acting aged 18, Jack Whittle's first job out of drama school was in The Comedy About a Bank Robbery
A campaign to promote the inclusion of the arts in education is being developed by Equity to prevent the industry becoming "a
An inquiry into performers' audition experiences is being launched following reports of "objectifying casting breakdowns" and "inappropriate" personal questions. Equity, which is
Minority theatre companies are being forced to compete "Hunger Games style" for Arts Council England regular funding, Equity's LGBT+ Committee has said.
A West End performer was forced to sleep under a bridge because he was unable to find affordable accommodation, prompting a promise
Emilia writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm has urged the industry to "dismantle" the hierarchy involved in creating productions and stop seeing the "playwright