Young performers from the National Youth Theatre are to appear as part of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ceremonies to welcome in the teams. A cast of 60 NYT members will be involved in…
The widely reported ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theatre before Christmas has not had an adverse effect on West End audiences more generally, producers have said. The Gielgud Theatre and Q…
The Hampstead Theatre in north London is to live stream its production of Howard Brenton's Drawing the Line for free this weekend. Due to demand, the sold-out show – which is about the…
Jemima Rooper, Sandra Dickinson and Simon Jones are to appear in Noel Cowards's Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre in London this spring. Rooper, who is best known for her TV work includin…
Scarborough's Futurist Theatre will close from Monday after the local council, which owns it, failed to negotiate a new contract with its current operator. Local authority Scarborough Boroug…
Ambassador Theatre Group's joint chief executives Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have said they are "overwhelmed" at their number one entry on The Stage 100 list, describing it as the "pi…
The Bush Theatre, the Young Vic and Hampstead Theatre are to battle it out for the title of London theatre of the year at The Stage Awards 2014. Now in their fourth year, our annual...
Performances of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Apollo Theatre have been cancelled for an extra week until January 11. The venue had originally planned to reopen aft…
The Albany arts centre's recent initiative to sell a batch of at £1 each saw the majority of them sold to people who had never been to a show at the venue before. More than 225 t…
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre are among 10 arts organisations in the city set to have their council funding cut by around 20% from next year. Birmingham City…
Theatre director Howard Barnes is to retire from the White Rock Theatre in Hastings next year due to medical reasons. Barnes, who joined the HQ Theatres-operated venue in 2011, will leave on…
A campaign calling on ticketing companies to stop hiding extra fees and explain the reasons for them has been launched by consumer standards research organisation Which?. The Play Fair on Ti…
Theatre critics Charles Spencer, Susannah Clapp and Georgina Brown have quit the judging panel of the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. They have stepped down amid claims of vote-riggi…
The world premiere of Bryony Lavery's play The Believers is to star Christopher Colquhoun and Richard Mylan. Colquhoun, who has appeared in the BBC'S Casualty, and Mylan, who is best known f…
Arts Council England has appointed Clare Titley as director of philanthropy. Titley will begin her new role in February 2014, joining from the Welsh National Opera where she holds the positi…
The Royal Court Theatre's production of a trilogy of Samuel Beckett works performed by Lisa Dwan is to transfer to the West End next year. Beckett's plays Not I, Footfalls, and Rockaby ̵…
Darlington Borough Council intends to use £600,000 of ring-fenced funds from the future sale of Darlington Arts Centre to help create a flagship children's theatre. Council members agreed…
Greenwich Theatre could be forced to relocate under plans announced by the Royal Borough of Greenwich council to create a new performing arts hub in the London borough. The local authority i…
An 85-seat performance space will open inside the Cutty Sark in Greenwich in the new year. The Michael Edwards Studio Theatre, which is located in the lower hold of the museum clipper ship, …
Former Eastenders actor James Alexandrou is to star in a production of Othello at the Leicester Square Theatre's studio space in the spring. Alexandrou, who is best known for playing Martin …
Emerging commercial producers will be able to stage their work rent-free at the 300-seat St James Theatre in London next year as part of an initiative launched by funding organisation Stage …
New plays from Nick Payne and Harry Potter actor Harry Melling will feature in next year's High Tide Festival. Payne's new work, Incognito, is about neuroscience and how the brain works and …
Industry figures have welcomed the government's proposed commercial theatre tax relief, praising in particular the impact it would be expected to have on new work and regional touring. Chanc…
The government is to consider introducing a tax relief scheme for regional theatre from 2015, chancellor George Osborne has revealed. Presenting his Autumn Statement today, Osborne said that…
The National Theatre has revealed Dawn King to be the winner of its Foundation Playwright award. The award, which is given to help further the career of a UK playwright who is not yet establ…