Television presenting duo Dick and Dom are to join the cast of Monty Python's Spamalot in the West End, playing King Arthur and Patsy respectively. The move marks the presenters' West End mu…
Sara Poyzer, who played Donna in the West End production of Mamma Mia!, is to reprise the role for the musical's international tour. The tour will include the only UK venue outside of London…
Jessica Knappett, one of the lead cast members of The Inbetweeners film, talks to Matthew Hemley about representing genuine female humour in her new E4 sitcom, Drifters
Royal Holloway University's new £3.5 million Caryl Churchill Theatre will host public performances from professional theatre companies alongside student productions, in a move that has be…
Actors, directors and writers who feel they have been bullied or harassed while working for the BBC will be able to report their concerns to trained counsellors via a new confidential helpli…
Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound are to star in the musical version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which will open at the Savoy Theatre in March next year. The production will be directed and cho…
Derren Brown is to return to Channel 4 with a one-off special called The Great Art Robbery. The programme is made by Objective Productions, which said that Brown will attempt "to pull off th…
Andrew Knott, best known for appearing in The History Boys both on stage and screen, is to star in a BBC drama that imagines what would have happened if The Beatles had been turned down...
ITV sitcom Vicious has been ranked as the most popular TV programme watched by young gay men, a survey has found. The research was conducted by the BBC, which assessed the viewing habits of …
More than half of all people working in the entertainment industry have been bullied or harassed at work, new research has revealed. Early analysis of a survey carried out by the Federation …
From Here to Eternity composer Stuart Brayson has said the West End should be about staging "primarily new work", claiming revivals should be confined to tours. The composer, whose musical w…
Sky1 has commissioned a fifth series of the drama Strike Back. The fourth run of the drama begins tonight, but Sky1 director Adam Macdonald and head of drama Cameron Roach have already annou…
TV production company Kudos and the Bush Theatre have revealed the 12 writers participating in the second year of their drama development scheme. Called the Kudos/Bush Initiative, the projec…
Sophie-Louise Dann, Robert Meadmore and Russell Grant are to star in Ivor Novello " The Great British Musical at the London Hippodrome next month. The show first played at the St James Theat…
Oliver Chris, currenty appearing in ITV's Breathless, tells Matthew Hemley all about the new medical drama
BBC2 has commissioned a second series of the drama Peaky Blinders. The six-part series is being written once again by Steven Knight, who also created the gangster drama. He said: "I am so pl…
Comedian Dave Gorman has become the latest high-profile performer to boycott venues run by Ambassador Theatre Group because of its "unreasonable" booking fees. The comic, who is currently on…
A new category honouring musical theatre performers has been added to this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The best musical performance section has been announced today as par…
The 125th anniversary of the birth of Irving Berlin will be marked with a show at the Royal Festival Hall in London next year. Irving Berlin " From Rags to Ritzes will play at the...
Writers working for BBC Radio have been awarded a 2% increase to their minimum fees following negotiations between the Corporation and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. The new rates mean…
UK theatres are being targeted as part of a nationwide campaign aimed at cracking down on misleading ticket prices quoted on venues' websites. The Advertising Standards Authority has launche…
Paul Kerryson will direct a brand new production of musical Hairspray at Leicester's Curve next year. Kerryson, the venue's artistic director, will work alongside Lee Proud as choreographer …
An exhibition featuring rare theatrical artefacts from the 18th century, including playbills and newspaper cuttings, aims to reveal how the Georgians paved the way for popular culture as we …
A concert version of Grease 2 will be staged at the Lyric Theatre in London on January 27 next year. It is being produced by Christopher D Clegg and James D P Drury. Clegg said:...
CBBC series Wolfblood has picked up four nominations for this year's British Academy Children's Awards. The show is up for best drama, while creator Debbie Moon is recognised in the writer s…