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ITV is to launch a channel dedicated to drama that will commission original content from 2015. ITV Encore is the broadcaster's first new channel in eight years and will be available on Sky p…
Moira Buffini's play Handbagged, which ran at the Tricycle Theatre last year, is to transfer to the West End. It will open at the Vaudeville Theatre from April 3 and run until August 2, with…
West End performers Jon Robyns, Niamh Perry, Jodie Jacobs and Sophia Ragavelas are lined up to star in a season of new musicals at the Landor Theatre in south London. The From Page to Stage.…
Musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has once again broken the West End record for the highest reported weekly gross sales. The show, which is playing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, t…
The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Let the Right One In has scooped the theatre prize at this year's South Bank Sky Arts Awards. Let the Right One, which was adapted for the st…
Arts Council England has called on the BBC to forge more partnerships and collaborations with arts organisations, claiming the result will be a "net gain for the cultural power of the UK". A…
June Spencer, the 94-year old actor who has been in radio soap The Archers since its pilot episode in 1950, has been honoured with a lifetime achievement prize at this year's BBC Audio Drama…
Director Jerry Mitchell has revealed that his new production company is developing two original musicals, and has praised the West End as a place were work can be created for less money than…
Actor Robert Lindsay has said more productions should open their rehearsals to the media, claiming the move can be good for performers and a show's publicity. Lindsay is about to star in a m…
Playwright Nick Payne is to make his television writing debut as part of a series that the BBC has said aims to "energise creativity and support new talent". Payne, who penned the play Const…
Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke has urged the industry to "get behind" West End theatre owners in the wake of the incident at the Apollo, and help ensure money needed to pres…
Broadway musical Kinky Boots will be staged in the UK in 2015, its director has revealed. Jerry Mitchell, who is currently working on the musical version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and who h…
Remember when Brian Conley used to shout "It's a puppet!" every time he was horrible to his furry sidekick Larry? Well, I found myself wanting to yell something similar when Hayley Cropper d…
A TV production company exposed for leaving its writers £250,000 out of pocket is facing a legal challenge from union Equity, after it emerged performers are also owed thousands by the or…
Budget cuts at the BBC have led to an "erosion of production values" on its dramas, with fewer opportunities for performers, Equity has warned. The union has claimed that 2011's licence fee …
BBC1 series Doctor Who has been named best drama at this year’s National Television Awards, with Matt Smith winning in the best drama performance section. Other winners at the event, h…
Tell Me On a Sunday starring Marti Webb is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 this Easter. Radio 2 recorded a performance of the musical during its recent run at the St James Theatre...
John Travolta is to appear at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a special event during which he will discuss his career with Jonathan Ross. The show, A Conversation with John Travolta, will b…
West End musical From Here to Eternity is to close even earlier than originally announced, with the producers confirming it will now shut in March. In November last year producers said that …
Dervla Kirwan has criticised ageism in the industry " particularly towards women – and has backed Emma Thompson's calls for more plays to be cast against gender. Kirwan said she had no…
West End musical Once has extended until July next year. The musical, directed by John Tiffany, is booking until July 4, 2015 at the Phoenix Theatre. It opened there in April last year. The …
BBC Radio 2 is planning to drop its live broadcast of the Olivier Awards after four years. The broadcaster has aired the Oliviers live since 2010, when the awards were held at the Grosvenor …
War Horse has extended its run at the New London Theatre until February next year. The National Theatre production is now booking to February 14, 2015. Next month, the show will also be broa…
A UK concert tour starring West End performer Louise Dearman has been cancelled. The performer, known for playing both Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked, had been due to launch her solo It's Time…
West End musician Steve McManus, whose credits included Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Witches of Eastwick, has died aged 48. The musician, who played bass and double bass, had been battlin…
