Les Dennis and Warwick Davis are to join the cast of the West End production of Spamalot. Dennis joins the show as King Arthur on August 3. Meanwhile, Davis, who appeared with Dennis in the.…
ITV Studios is to create a new drama unit led by Tim Haines, the co-creator and executive producer of Primeval. As creative director of drama Haines will establish the new unit, which will b…
Siobhan Dillon, who was a finalist on the BBC series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, is to join Will Young in the upcoming tour of Cabaret. The tour of Rufus Norris' production,...
Rory Kinnear is to star as the aristocrat Lord Lucan in a new two-part drama for ITV. Lucan is penned by Jeff Pope, who wrote and produced Mrs Biggs for ITV, and will also star...
Celia Imrie is to make her cabaret debut at the Crazy Coqs in September. She will present Laughing Matters at the venue, part of Brasserie Zedel in London, from September 17 to 21. The perfo…
A new play about Liza Minnelli will have its world premiere at the Tabard Theatre in west London this September. Liza Liza Liza is written by Stepping Out playwright Richard Harris and will …
EastEnders executive producer Lorraine Newman has announced she is stepping down after 16 months. She is joining the BBC's in-house drama production unit as an executive producer and will be…
Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan and Janet McTeer will join Maggie Gyllenhaal in new BBC2 drama The Honourable Woman. The seven-part series is written by Hugo Blick, who penned The Shadow Line, a…
Music composed by Danny Elfman for the films of Tim Burton will be performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra in an arena show that will tour the UK. Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of...
ITV has bought independent production company Big Talk, which makes shows such as Rev and Friday Night Dinner, for an initial payment of £12.5 million. The broadcaster said further paymen…
Wakefield's Theatre Royal and the Tom Thumb Theatre in Margate are among five venues that have received a share of around £25,000 from the Theatres Trust's small grants scheme. The scheme…
Composer Richard Sherman will discuss working with Walt Disney on the film of Mary Poppins as part of a major season of programming on the BBC called the Sound of Cinema. Sherman, who togeth…
Leicester's Curve is to host more conferences and events in a bid to stem a funding shortfall, with the theatre warning that it may programme less touring work as a result. Chief executive F…
Schools around the UK have been warned against paying hundreds of pounds to include their students in a concert linking itself to The X Factor, after ITV denied any association with the even…
The future of the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has been secured, after the local council agreed a deal with administrators to take control of the venue. As reported in The Stage earlier this…
Cast and crew from the West End's two longest running musicals – Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera – are to go head to head in a charity football match, aimed at raisin…
Terence Rattigan and John Gielgud's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is to receive its world premiere at the King's Head Theatre in London. Rattigan and Gielgud collaborat…
Greenwich Playhouse has been replaced by a backpackers' hostel, despite previous reassurances from the property's owners that the venue would continue to be used for the arts. The Greenwich …
Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm are to return to Sky Arts for a second series of A Young Doctor's Notebook. Part of the Playhouse Presents strand, the series will be broadcast later this year.…
A concert staging of The Secret Garden musical will tour the UK from October. The tour will open at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on October 11, before moving to the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, …
Creative industries including television and radio have been accused of "institutional racism", after new research revealed a large drop in the number of black, Asian and ethnic minority peo…
Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, and Benedict Cumberbatch are among the British talented nominated for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards Bonneville is up for…
An arena production based on JM Barrie's Peter Pan and starring Stacey Solomon as Tinkerbell has been postponed until Christmas. Peter Pan " The Never Ending Story had been due to open at th…
End credits on BBC programmes have been overhauled yet again, following ongoing pressure from viewers and campaigners to give actors and creatives proper recognition for their work. The Corp…
Jane Campion talks to Matthew Hemley as she teams up with Holly Hunter in the writer/director's first television drama in more than 20 years, BBC2's Top of the Lake.