Auditorium to remove bacon and sausages from cafe during stage run after request from campaign group Campaigners are calling on theatre bosses to stop serving bacon, sausages and ham in thei…
Makers of TV series to work with Sam Mendes' production company on theatre show to open in London in 2027 There's the wildly popular TV series, a two-hour immersive experience, a board game,…
Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors' Benevolent Fund were sent notes A bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors' charity has been reignited b…
Shakespeare's most violent play to be staged with actors' candles being pummelled in scenes with bloodshed Eight years after a stomach-churning, splatter-fest production of Titus Andronicus …
Some comedians at Edinburgh fringe express concern after promoter pulls Sadowitz's second performance Jerry Sadowitz had his show cancelled at the Edinburgh fringe because its content was "e…
Theatre Royal Windsor production first in UK to begin rehearsals after lockdown The age of Shakespeare's Hamlet has been the subject of much debate. But no one has mooted that he is 81. Rega…
London arts organisation calls for more funds as Covid-19 lockdown hits cash reserves Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK's largest arts and cultural orga…
The gender-switched Sondheim classic and 9/11 heartwarmer each received nine nominations for the awards, to be held on 7 April A gender-switched revival of a Stephen Sondheim classic and a f…
Following in the footsteps of Roald Dahl's Matilda, the book is to be adapted by the Royal Shakespeare CompanyDavid Walliams' journey from comedian to one of the most popular children's auth…
Actor has produced TV film of Alexander Zeldin's gritty play about homelessnessDavid Schwimmer, the actor and director best known for Friends, has taken on a less familiar role as producer o…
Male and female stars to share roles in new spin on Shakespeare tale of sex and powerGender fluidity on stage will be taken to the next level when the actors Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden al…
Director says changing main character's gender allows show to explore women's lives todaySwapping the gender of the lead character in a new West End production of the Stephen Sondheim musica…
Katori Hall promises the true story of the singer, who she describes as a shining exampleWhile the arts has acknowledged its problem with diversity and talks about making things better, ther…
Michelle Terry says she aims to dismantle theatre hierarchies as she announces programme including Hamlet and OthelloThe new artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe has promised to give mor…
Theatre's artistic director says code is only a starting point and says everyone in the industry knew abuse was happening and accepted itA theatre industry code of behaviour to prevent sexua…
Three-part epic about firm whose collapse triggered financial crisis is one of highlights of 2018, alongside Labour leadership dramaSam Mendes is returning to the National Theatre to direct …
Star whose career spanned more than 70 years played roles as Cornelius Fudge, Winston Churchill and Siegfried FarnonThe Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy has died at the age of 91, his family …
Surprise on Broadway as Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 picks up 12 nominations, while British production of Groundhog Day the Musical gets sevenA musical based on volume two, pa…
Play about maths genius equals Matilda's record, as Helen Mirren has first win and Top Hat is named best musicalThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time dominated the UK's most pres…
James Graham has written work based on case of 'coughing major' Charles Ingram who was found guilty of cheating TV quizOne of the most bizarre and weirdly memorable stories of the last 20 ye…
Burnley is a forgotten battleground for lesbian and gay rights, says playwright-in-residence for LGBT History MonthBurnley is a market town known for many things including, perhaps, its rich…
Breaking Bad actor to make UK stage debut in media satire, as NT also announces productions of Pinocchio and MacbethBryan Cranston is to make his UK stage debut as the unhinged TV news ancho…
Wright, whose films include Atonement and Anna Karenina, will take on Bertolt Brecht's classic play Life of GalileoThe British director Joe Wright is returning to the theatre to direct an ad…
Richard Nelson's plays portray modern liberal America, as reflected in a family setting over the course of US election yearA trilogy of plays tracking the lives of a family during key moment…
£110m Rem Koolhaas-designed centre seen by city council as 'genuine cultural counterbalance to London'Manchester's proposed £110m arts centre, the Factory, has moved a step closer to b…