3,863 stories by "Matthew Hemley"
Arts programming on the BBC’s television channels is to be given a major boost with a 20% increase to the genre’s budget. Director general Tony Hall said the Corporation needs to…
A production company focusing on musicals and plays for both the West End and Broadway has been launched in partnership with producer Just for Laughs Theatricals. Glass Half Full Productions…
Henry Winkler is so ingrained in the public's conscience as the Fonz that casting the same role in a musical version of the Happy Days was always going to present a challenge. As well as...
A new musical about theatre front of house staff will run at recently announced fringe venue, the Hope Theatre, in December. Ushers " The Front of House Musical will run at the venue from De…
Roddy Doyle's book The Commitments is to be adapted for BBC Radio 4 as part of a week of programming celebrating the Irish author's work. The Commitments, which is being recorded in a pub in…
The Leicester Square Theatre in London has launched an initiative to discover new musical theatre writers, with the winning work receiving a fully-staged production at the venue. Called the …
Casting agencies "touting for business" from leading TV production companies have been accused of undercutting an industry pay agreement for background artists. The warning has come from uni…
Theatres around the UK will come together to honour backstage staff next week as part of the industry's first ever Stage Management Day. The day, on October 10, has been organised by the Sta…
Performers involved in a touring Glenn Miller musical are fighting to recoup money they claim is owed to them after the show was pulled part-way through its run. It marks the second time tha…
An app featuring rare archive material from the National Theatre, including rehearsal pictures and cast interviews, will be launched to mark the venue's 50th anniversary this month. The NT s…
BAFTA has changed the rules for its television awards in a move that will allow web-based broadcasters such as Netflix to enter for the first time. The change means web-based channels that c…
Former National Theatre artistic director Richard Eyre has claimed whoever replaces Nicholas Hytner in the post will need to "redefine the function" of the venue or risk being regarded as "H…
Lyricist Don Black has called for a statue of Andrew Lloyd Webber to be erected on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End to recognise what he has done for musical theatre. Black, who worke…
Stella, the Sky series penned by and starring Ruth Jones, picked up three prizes at this year's BAFTA Cymru Awards. The show won the best television drama award, with Jones taking home the p…
War Horse is to be broadcast live to cinemas in February next year as part of National Theatre Live. The play, an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book by Nick Stafford, is currently running…
A musical inspired by BBC2 series The Great British Bake Off will have its premiere at the Landor Theatre in south London next month. The theatre is also to host a revival of Polly Stenham's…
Robert Noble, joint director of Matthew Bourne's company New Adventures, has called on Arts Council England to review the dance organisations it regularly funds and reward "companies which a…
Nigel Harman is to make his directorial debut with the touring production of Shrek the Musical, which will begin in July next year. Harman played Lord Farquaad in the original London product…
Actors Paul Brannigan, James Floyd, Tom Holland and Chloe Pirrie are among the talent who have been selected as part of BAFTA's first ever Breakthrough Brits initiative. The Breakthrough Bri…
The BBC has been urged to take "more concerted" action to provide for the 2 million children who watch its mainstream channels but do not access either CBeebies or CBBC. A review into the Co…
The writer of Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory has blamed the musical's collapse on cash flow problems, but has insisted the show will have a future. Paul Boyd, who was also a producer of the prod…
Matthew Bourne has revealed plans to revive his productions of The Car Man and Edward Scissorhands, as well as opening up a dedicated rehearsal and studio space for his company New Adventure…
Writer Abi Morgan has been awarded an Emmy for penning The Hour, at a ceremony that was otherwise disappointing for British talent. Morgan won the best writer of a mini-series award at last …
Best known for his TV role in Casualty Tristan Gemmill talks to Matthew Hemley about his return to the stage
Musical Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory, which was due to open at the Hackney Empire today, has cancelled its entire run do to "unforeseen financial difficulties". The musical, written by Paul Bo…
