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Playwright David Edgar has warned that a lack of funding for new-writing initiatives will have "bitterly clear" consequences for the UK's theatre industry.
Actors, writers and musicians have launched a campaign calling on the BBC's next director general to reverse the planned cuts at the Corporation.
Cheryl Taylor is to leave her post as the BBC's controller of comedy commissioning to run children's channel CBBC.
Equity has claimed there is a "little bit of light" for cast members owed thousands of pounds by producers of postponed musical Street of Dreams.
Spending on arts programming by the five main public service broadcasters - including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 - fell by 39% over the five years to 2011, according to a report published by…
Robin Williams, Tim Minchin and Frank Skinner are among the comedians set to appear in a new Sky Atlantic entertainment series, which will see the performers having to improvise a stand-up r…
Lorraine Newman, who has been acting executive producer of EastEnders since April, is to take on the role permanently.
Paul Baker is to reprise his Olivier Award-winning role as Philip Sallon in the revival of the Boy George musical Taboo.
Performers around the world are to benefit from a new international treaty that will give them the right to bargain for payment for use of their work.
Media regulator Ofcom has outlined measures designed to prevent people from downloading music and film content illegally from the internet.
BECTU and Equity are to engage in urgent talks with the government about concerns over rogue agents and unpaid work in the entertainment industry.
Chichester Festival Theatre is planning a major revival of the musical Barnum, which would be staged in a 1,400-seat tent while the south coast venue undergoes a £22 million redevelopm…
Earthquakes in London playwright Mike Bartlett has penned his first television series, a drama for ITV called The Town.
Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Michael Boyd and actors Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet and Kwame Kwei-Armah have all been recognised for their services to drama in the Queen's Bir…
BBC Comedy has launched a nationwide hunt to find new sitcom writing talent whose work can "achieve the notoriety" of series such as The Mighty Boosh.
Actors Centre North is to close this month after more than 20 years of operation, blaming a lack of funding and a drop in attendances at its classes.
Helen Baxendale and Greg Davies are to star in a new BBC3 comedy called Cuckoo.
Taboo, the Boy George musical, is to be revived in a production staged in Brixton this September.
Street of Dreams composer Trisha Ward has insisted that the musical will resume its tour this year, claiming the production is set to be "a box office hit".
A new payment system for TV writers whose work is watched on the BBC iPlayer has been agreed by the BBC and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, which it has been claimed brings contracts "f…
The cast of a planned touring production of Hair, which was cancelled after its producers went bankrupt, will perform the musical for one night only in July.
Elton John has become the latest high-profile musical theatre figure to reject claims that the West End will suffer during the Olympics.
West End Live is to feature every musical in Theatreland for the first time this year.
BBC4's Dirk Gently has emerged as one of the first casualties of the Corporation's decision to reduce the amount of original drama the channel airs in the wake of 2010's licence fee settleme…
The Two Worlds of Charlie F, a theatre production which featured soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be one of the subjects explored in the new series of Imagine on BBC1.
