New working group set to overhaul conditions for stage managers
A new working group has been formed that is set to overhaul employment conditions for stage managers. The formation of the working
A new working group has been formed that is set to overhaul employment conditions for stage managers. The formation of the working
London's creative sector has "has failed to diversify its workforce", with a report claiming 16% of employees in music, performing and visual
Nimax Theatres operations director James Heaton has been named chief executive of the trust that will run a new creative district in
Offstage workers at Ambassador Theatre Group venues across the UK could receive payouts totalling tens of thousands of pounds, following a tribunal
Lekhani Chirwa's first solo show Can I Touch Your Hair?, which is to run at this year's Vault Festival in London, explores
Alex Kingston is to star in a gender-swapped production of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People as part of Nottingham Playhouse's
Protesters rallied outside Southwark Playhouse this week to condemn the use of a puppet to portray an autistic child in a play
Stage managers have complained of back issues and having to twist around 'like contortionists' to do their job at prompt desks, leading
With two shows at Vault Festival in London this year, writer Madeline Gould tells Giverny Masso about her passion for rural touring
A disused 2,500-seat theatre in Salford is to be redeveloped into flats. The grade II-listed Crown Theatre in Eccles, which was built
This week’s production news includes a new cast for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and a show at London’s Bridge Theatre
Michael Frayn’s comedy Noises Off is to return to the Lyric Hammersmith 40 years after it premiered at the London venue. The
Leading theatre companies that work with disabled artists, including Graeae and Hijinx, have criticised the decision to use a puppet to portray
Actor Lucy Sheen and playwright Inua Ellams are among the signatories of a letter slamming the BBC for the “unacceptable” shortage of
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe and Ashley Zhangazha have been announced to join the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical. Obi-Melekwe will take
Theatre and TV stars including Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer and Gemma Arterton have called for an Olivier award for casting directors,
Actor Jade Anouka has argued that there needs to be more openness in the casting of classical theatre in order for it
An £8,000 playwriting award has been launched to “further the ambitions” of budding writers working in front-of-house, backstage, administrative and creative roles
The Theatres Trust has awarded its 100th grant to a consortium of theatres in Greater Manchester, including Home and the Royal Exchange,
The casting directors behind Hamilton have won an inaugural award in celebration of their work. Paul Wooller, Felicity French and Trevor Jackson
Southwark Playhouse’s artistic director has defended the decision to use a puppet to represent an autistic child in a forthcoming production at
Former dancer and choreographer Shelley Maxwell fell in love with movement direction after working on the Royal Shakespeare Company's Hamlet. She tells
Musicals Michael Ball and Alfie Boe will both return to Les Miserables in the West End later this year for a concert
Cast members, workers and suppliers involved with a collapsed pantomime in Kent claim they have been left tens of thousands of pounds
After moving from Los Angeles to London in 2011, presenter and actor Ethan Mechare began a new career as a naked house