Annie Proulx's short story "Brokeback Mountain" is set for a stage adaptation on London's West End. The story was previously adapted as a 2005 film by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger and Jake…
London's National Theatre is hosting an evening of poetry readings from Allie Esiri's bestselling poetry anthologies to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee's (DEC) Ukraine Human…
THEATER Birmingham Rep will co-produce "Sinatra The Musical," the first official musical based on the life and career of Frank Sinatra, with Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikof…
FUND "Fleabag" star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is launching a £100,000 ($120,000) Keep it Fringe fund, a new initiative to support artists at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Waller-Bridge serves…
Netflix and the U.K.'s National Youth Theatre have launch an awareness program after a survey revealed alarming concerns about nepotism in the creative industries. A National Youth Theatre s…
Madeleine Mantock ("Charmed") will make her Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) debut with "Hamnet," the stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel. Set in 1582, "Hamnet" follows A…
CAMPAIGN "Ted Lasso" and "Game of Thrones" actor, performer in shows at London's iconic West End theater district, and forthcoming host of theater's Olivier Awards, Hannah Waddingham, is one…
AGREEMENT Equity, the U.K. trade union for creative practitioners, and Independent Theatre Council (ITC), the management association representing the independent performing arts sector, have…
San Diego's The Old Globe has announced an extension of Aditya Chopra's "Come Fall in Love " The DDLJ Musical" due to popular demand. The Broadway-bound production has been extended for one …
British-Sri Lankan actor Nimmi Harasgama has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with "Silence," a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre. Harasgama, who was a …
Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be the co-artistic directors of the U.K.'s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the Bard-centric troupe based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, from June 2023. Gregory …
For Shoba Narayan, the Indian American lead of Aditya Chopra's "Come Fall In Love " The DDLJ Musical," the Broadway-bound production is a dream come true. Chopra's U.S. stage musical reimagi…
Two years ago, the Edinburgh Festival " comprised of film and TV events but dominated by the much larger Fringe festival " was entirely canceled by COVID. In 2021, it returned in a much trun…
Director Aditya Chopra has revealed a grand vision for "Come Fall in Love," the stage adaptation of his immensely popular 1995 film Bollywood film "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," commonly abb…
Hilary Linstead, casting director, agent and film and stage producer died on Aug. 6 after contracting a form of leukaemia. She was 83. Described as a "force of nature" by her friends and col…
Sam Crane will play Harry Potter in the new company that commences performances on "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" at London's Palace Theatre from Oct. 13. Crane's credits include "The C…
During his eclectic career so far British actor Shubham Saraf has played a variety of roles. Saraf, who studied at the U.K.'s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and France's École Phili…
The cast of "Grease The Musical" at London's West End have dedicated the run of the show to Olivia Newton-John, who died on Monday. Newton-John was known for playing Sandy in the 1978 film a…
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he had to turn down a fighter pilot's role in Tom Cruise hit "Top Gun: Maverick," directed by Joseph Kosinski. In an interview with Vani…
A sequence from an upcoming "Peaky Blinders" stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birm…
Aditya Chopra's U.S. stage musical reimagining of his immensely popular 1995 Bollywood film "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge," commonly abbreviated to DDLJ, addresses the need for cultural unifi…
Joel Harper-Jackson made his debut as a leading man in London's West End in dramatic circumstances when Taron Egerton fainted on stage during the first preview of stage play "Cock." Harper-J…
Several actors were in shock after the abrupt termination of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Cinderella" at London's West End and performing arts workers' union Equity is seeking compen…
Executive producer and composer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are readying a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki's beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film "My Neighbor Totoro."…
"Cabaret" was the big winner at the annual Olivier Awards on Sunday with seven wins, with "Life of Pi" following with five. "Cabaret," a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical which has …