Stephen Ward, the new musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will open at the Aldwych Theatre in December. The show, which has a book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will be direct…
Henry Winkler, best known for playing the Fonz in television show Happy Days, is working as the creative consultant on a new stage musical based on the US series. The musical of Happy Days w…
A group of 11 theatres will offer internships to 16 young unemployed people after receiving funding from Arts Council England's Creative Employment Programme. ACE's scheme, run by Creative a…
Cast and crew involved in the failed Coronation Street musical Street of Dreams say they have given up hope of receiving thousands of pounds owed to them, after administrators were unable to…
Samuel Beckett's groundbreaking monologue Not I is to be broadcast by Sky Arts to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its UK premiere. It will star Lisa Dwan, who recently performed the work i…
Will Young is to reprise the role of the Emcee in Cabaret as part of a major UK tour. The tour of the Kander and Ebb musical, directed by Rufus Norris, will open at the...
Set designer Mark Fisher, whose credits include the West End production of We Will Rock You, has died at the age of 66. A statement on the website of Stufish, the company he founded and...
Charlotte Moore, formerly the BBC's commissioning editor of documentaries, has been named the new controller of BBC1. She replaces Danny Cohen, who was named director of television in April.…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has extended its booking period to May 31 next year. The musical, which opens officially at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this week, was originally booking u…
Zoe Birkett, Keith Jack and David Hunter " who all found fame through television talent shows – are to appear as part of a production celebrating musical theatre. The performers will t…
West End musical A Chorus Line is to close at the end of August, with its producers announcing plans for a UK tour in 2014. The show, which is a revival of Michael Bennett's 1975...
Top Hat is to close in the West End this October. The production, which this year won the best new musical prize at the Olivier Awards, will close on October 26. However, a tour is...
Kay Mellor is to pen a six-part series for the BBC about a group of couples expecting their first child, called In the Club. Mellor, who penned The Syndicate for the BBC and whose other...
Unions BECTU, Equity and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain have launched an online survey aimed at uncovering the extent to which bullying and harassment exists in the entertainment indust…
Performer Stephen John Davis has won a tribunal against a theatre production company that left him thousands of pounds out of pocket for work on a touring musical. Davis' claim for unpaid wa…
Philips " one of the leading suppliers of lamps to the theatre industry " has moved to allay fears that the sector is at risk of losing tungsten lights, claiming there is not going to...
Musical supervisors and orchestrators have secured a victory in their campaign to be honoured at the Olivier Awards, with next year's ceremony set to include a brand new prize category for w…
Bursaries totalling £55,000 have been awarded to 14 drama school students across the UK, as part of a Society of London Theatre scheme that has previously helped actors such as Paterson J…
Miss Saigon, the musical penned by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, is to return to the West End in May next year. It will play at the Prince Edward Theatre, with the production ma…
BBC drama output is failing to represent the "problems and lives" of younger teen-agers, a leading lobbying group has claimed. Voice of the Listener and Viewer has warned that the BBC "does …
Leading West End performers including Ramin Karimloo, Hadley Fraser and Kerry Ellis are signed up to present shows on a brand new digital radio station dedicated to musical theatre. Stage Do…
Southwark Playhouse is to stage the world premiere of a new play by Timberlake Wertenbaker called Our Ajax. The play, based on Sophocles' Ajax, forms part of the theatre's autumn season and …
Ian Talbot is to direct the world premiere of a new play at the Charing Cross Theatre called Afraid of the Dark, which is billed as a "new brand of theatrical terror that paralyses the...
The Royal Shakespeare Company has been awarded £81,000 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, which will allow it to expand the outreach work it does with schools in deprived areas. It …
Media regulator Ofcom has called on Channel 4 to produce more content that "reflects the lives and concerns" of the different nations and regions within the UK. Ofcom makes the call in a let…