Shakespeare's entire collection of 154 sonnets will be read by a group of actors and poets led by Simon Russell Beale and Harriet Walter at the Southbank Centre in London this summer. The re…
Wayne McGregor is to create a new full length ballet based on Virginia Woolf texts as part of Royal Opera House's 2014/15 season. Called Woolf Works, McGregor's piece will be based …
The Rose Theatre Kingston has revealed it is to revive Alan Bennett's Single Spies and host its first Shakespeare's Globe production as part of its summer season. Sarah Esdaile, associate di…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has commissioned four new plays from writers including Timberlake Wertenbaker to be performed at the site of its Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this s…
Designs to renovate London's Arts Theatre have been revised, with the addition of a large rehearsal room that doubles up as a studio performance space. Previous planning applications for the…
The Mayor of London has unveiled his updated cultural strategy for the capital, which includes commissioning studies on the impact of public investment for culture, and how to better support…
Last year's cancelled musical The Golden Voice is to be relaunched by the show's writer in a new version called Best of Friends. The Golden Voice, which was scheduled to run last summer at L…
Michael Boyd is to make his opera directorial debut with a new production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Roundhouse in north London next year. The former artistic director of the Royal Shake…
Circus acts will be able to take part in a competition this summer at the South Bank's Udderbelly Festival to win a £5,000 prize and the opportunity to create a new show. The event, Circu…
The National Theatre has appointed Tessa Ross, Channel 4's controller of film and drama, as its new chief executive. She replaces Nick Starr and will join the National in November. Ross will…
Benedict Cumberbatch is to star in the title role of a production of Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre in London next year, the venue has confirmed today. Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the show w…
Rory Mullarkey has won the 2014 Pinter Commission playwriting award, which sees a new work by the winner supported by London's Royal Court Theatre. The prize is now in its third year and is …
Ticketmaster has announced the winners of its inaugural competition recognising live entertainment blogs, with the prize for best theatre blog going to West End Wilma. The TM Blog Awards, wh…
Theatre owners should ensure regular expert surveys are carried out to better understand the materials used in their buildings, national advisory body the Theatres Trust has said. In respons…
Juliet Stevenson is to reprise her role as Winnie in the Young Vic's production of Happy Days at the London venue next year. The play, by Samuel Beckett, will run from February 13 to March&#…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang producer Michael Rose has put his principal production company into liquidation, leaving venues and suppliers, including the Ambassador Theatre Group and the Belgrade…
Industry figures have welcomed confirmation of a major new UK theatre tax relief scheme by the government, describing it as a "monumental" development that could create millions of pounds of…
A theatre in Portsmouth has been pushed to the brink of closure after its bank provider closed its accounts and the venue had no access to money for six weeks. The Groundlings Theatre …
Theatre productions are to benefit from a major new tax relief scheme that will come into effect from this autumn, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in his budget today. From September…
Lawyers representing victims of the Apollo Theatre ceiling collapse last December have demanded the venue's owner reveal the measures being taken to ensure the building is safe before it reo…
Dance tutors and artists have hit back at claims by Oftsed that teachers at a school in north London are "too casual" in their dress for work, saying that dance teachers must be allowed to&#…
Kevin Spacey is to star in a one-man play by David W Rintels at the Old Vic this summer as part of the London venue's in-the-round season. Directed by Old Vic associate director Thea Sharroc…
Rachael Stirling and John Hollingworth have been cast in Mike Bartlett's new play, due to run at the Watford Palace Theatre from next month. Called An Intervention, the play is a drama about…
The West End run of Sheffield Theatres' production of The Full Monty is to close around three months earlier than planned following poor ticket sales, producers have confirmed today. The sho…
The nominees for the annual Spotlight Prize, which recognises acting talent among graduates, have been announced with 21 students making the shortlist this year. Graduating students from 19 …