Jack Thorne is penning a crime drama for E4 that is described by the channel as a series about "murder and secrets". The eight-part drama, called Glue, was commissioned by Channel 4 head of …
Lacey Turner's new role as a teenager who enrols in the army gave the much-garlanded performer a revealing insight into the lives of real-life servicewomen, she tells Matthew Hemley
Fewer than one in ten of television drama series episodes are directed by women, new figures have revealed. According to research carried out by trade body Directors UK, drama falls "well be…
Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens has criticised the government's arts policies as "poisonous, destabilising, savage and deliberate". The writer, whose adaptation of The Curiou…
A community arts organisation that works with vulnerable people is challenging an eviction notice it has been served from Artsdepot "Â the north London venue in which it is based " claimi…
Olivia Colman has been named best actress at this year's Royal Television Society awards. Colman beat Sheridan Smith and Anne Marie Duff to win the actress prize for her part in Accused II o…
A second series of Dennis Kelly drama Utopia has been commissioned by Channel 4. The new series, produced by Kudos Film and TV, will be shown in 2014. It was announced by Channel 4 today,...
Oldham Coliseum is one of eight organisations that have been awarded a share of £83,295 from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. The theatre will put its £15,000 towards its education …
The US stars of Broadway hit The Book of Mormon tell Matthew Hemley about how the show has been received by the traditionally more reserved London audiences
BECTU general secretary Gerry Morrissey has called on the West End to "give more support to regional counterparts", in a bid to prevent theatres closing as a result of cuts. The backstage un…
Samantha Barks, Kimberley Walsh, Tim Minchin and Nicole Scherzinger are among the performers who will take part in an ITV show celebrating the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Andrew Lloyd Webbe…
Jennifer Ellison has revealed plans to launch a full-time performing arts college for young people aged 16 to 18. The performer told The Stage she is forming the college following the succes…
Adam MacDonald, a former controller of daytime programming at both ITV and Channel 4, has been appointed as the new director of Sky1. He replaces Stuart Murphy, who has been handed an expand…
The future of troubled venue Artsdepot has been secured, after it entered into a long-term partnership with dance school London Studio Centre. From September this year, London Studio Centre …
Actors employed on a touring musical are owed thousands of pounds and fear they will not receive full payment after it emerged the show's producers have a history of not paying performers pr…
Sid Owen has pulled out of new musical Carnaby Street and will be replaced by Aaron Sidwell. Writer and producer Carl Leighton-Pope said he was "disappointed that Sid has decided to remain i…
The Traverse Theatre's co-production of The Salon Project forms part of the 2013 line-up for video on demand site Hibrow. Hibrow was launched online last year and is the brainchild of filmma…
Julie Walters has been honoured at this year's South Bank Sky Arts Awards for a career in television, film and theatre that spans four decades. The performer was awarded the outstanding achi…
Singers and dancers who appeared at the historic cabaret club Talk of the Town in London will be reunited next month at the Hippodrome, the site of the former theatre restaurant. They will j…
Olivier award-winning actor Bertie Carvel is leading a campaign aimed at preventing performers having to work two shows on a Sunday. Equity and the Society of London Theatre's proposed settl…
Matthew Hemley talks to Jennifer Ellison about overcoming her fears to create a diverse and impressive career
Kay Mellor is to direct a production of her own play, A Passionate Woman, starring Lynda Bellingham, as part of Sheffield Theatres' new season. The season will open with Alan Bennett's…
Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner, stars of new West End musical The Book of Mormon, have claimed the production is helping to bring new audiences into theatre. Speaking to The Stage, Gertner sa…
Newly appointed Arts Council England chair Peter Bazelgette has called on local authorities to prioritise culture as an "essential" service. Bazalgette, speaking in his first live web chat s…
Theatre and television casting service PCR has announced it is to close after 45 years. Production and Casting Report was formed in 1968 and has provided a website and weekly newsletter with…