Exclusive: Danny Dyer, Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig among stars of London seasonA starry lineup of actors including Martin Freeman, Jane Horrocks, Tamsin Greig, David Suchet and Danny Dye…
Performers to grace the Victorian stage in London after a gap of 80 years, once lottery-funded revamp finishes this summerFor the first time in more than 80 years, regular performances are t…
Michelle Terry in lead male role, as theatre pursues her pledge for democratic, gender-blind castingThe first experiment in democratic casting by Shakespeare's Globe has led to its artistic …
Theatre gala organisers apologise for 'serious error' in leaving the influential director out of this year's In Memoriam segmentOrganisers of the Olivier awards have said they will rename fu…
Author has worked with playwright Rona Munro for complex cop's stage bowRebus, the abrasive, hard-drinking and brilliant Edinburgh detective created by Ian Rankin, is to be the star of a new…
Jez Butterworth's play The Ferryman, the National Theatre and Bryan Cranston also winnersHamilton, the stage juggernaut that is arguably the most wildly popular and influential musical for a…
Actor was at the launch of National Theatre initiative Let's Play to encourage more theatre-making in primary schoolsSir Lenny Henry has criticised cuts in school drama teaching as a scandal…
English National Ballet's artistic boss voices distress at reports of unhappiness in the company Tamara Rojo, the prima ballerina turned artistic boss of English National Ballet, has defende…
Playhouse Theatre will stage immersive production of work by Joe Robertson and Joe MurphyThe Jungle, the immersive play that won five-star reviews for its powerful portrayal of life in the n…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical picks up 13 nominations, with Follies and The Ferryman also recognised in several categoriesOlivier awards 2018: complete list of nominationsIt is one of the mos…
Equity's response to Weinstein scandal targets everything from nudity to gender balance Sexual predators, harassers and bullies in the entertainment industries who are lying low, hoping that…
Jemma Kennedy's experience of treatment was so bad she felt she had to write a play IVF treatment in the UK has become a money-making racket, according to a writer who found her own personal…
Will Young stars as new band leader character in a production promising 'subversive anarchy'It is a story about speaking up, daring to be different and rebelling against a badly-tanned, powe…
London's Theatre503 will host 10 short plays exploring issues of consent and power, with April De Angelis and Richard Bean contributingEstablished playwrights including April De Angelis and …
Richard Eyre to direct adaptation of 2016 novel at Bridge theatreThe US actor Laura Linney is to make her London stage debut in an adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's My Name is Lucy Barton.Nic…
Theatres Trust's annual risk register lists 35 buildings that could vanish Theatres around the UK are in danger of being lost for ever unless more local authorities start seeing them as oppo…
Kelly, director of UK's largest arts centre since 2006, wants to focus on Women of the World festivalJude Kelly, one of the UK's longest-serving and highest-profile arts leaders, is stepping…
#WeAreArrested is based on book by Can Dündar, sentenced to jail after exposing arms dealsThe dangers posed to a free and independent press by governments are to be explored in a play commi…
Artistic director and executive producer were the first female partnership to run a London theatre The first female partnership to run a London theatre have announced their departure from th…
Royal Court artistic director takes top spot in league table after swift response to industry harassment scandalVicky Featherstone, the artistic director of the Royal Court, has been named t…
Star of stage and screen made triumphant return after political career to play King Lear at the Old VicGlenda Jackson's return to the stage after a 25-year career change as a Labour politici…
True story of four women who occupied Lancashire colliery in 1993 set for run at Manchester's Royal Exchange A play by the actor Maxine Peake that tells the true story of four women who went…
Sally Greene, who hired actor as artistic director, says she feels 'sick to the stomach' to think people may have been harassedSally Greene, the Old Vic chief executive who hired Kevin Space…
Union will gather suggestions on how to combat the problem and has given itself two months to come up with a planThe UK actors' union Equity has launched a wide-ranging investigation in an a…
Allegations about star's sexual conduct mount, with Mexican actor saying there are many men with a 'Spacey story'Accusations of inappropriate sexual behaviour against Kevin Spacey are mounti…