1,225 stories by "Nicola Merrifield"
Fringe theatre practitioners have claimed Equity is scaremongering about the potential legal consequences of shows operating on a profit-share basis. They have described a letter distributed…
The Southbank Centre in London expects to quadruple the number of visits to its Festival Wing if its £120 million redevelopment of the complex goes ahead. Total number of visits to the Fe…
A stage adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne is set to open at the 02 Arena in London next year. Directed by Sean Foley, whose credits include the West End...
Arts and Business director Philip Spedding has warned cultural organisations that raising increased amounts of funding through trusts and foundations will become unsustainable in the future.…
The Albany arts centre in south-east London is to release a batch of tickets costing £1 at a local market stall this week in a bid to attract new audiences. This Friday the venue will...
New plays by Richard Bean, Howard Brenton, David Eldridge and Simon Armitage are all to be staged as part of the 2014 season at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Bean's new work, described as a…
Regional venues across England have launched a campaign calling on local MPs to make a manifesto commitment to a more even distribution of public funding for the arts. Members of the Touring…
Rambert has opened its new £19 million building on the South Bank in London today after 12 years of planning. Claiming it to be the first major purpose-built dance venue to open in London…
The King’s Head Theatre in London has named Thomas Pickles as the inaugural winner of its Adrian Pagan Playwright Award, given for a new play by a theatre professional who does not des…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has been given £2.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards restoring its grade-II listed Swan wing and creating a major behind-the-scenes exhibition.…
New stage adaptations of Pat Barker's Regeneration and Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities will feature in James Dacre's first season as artistic director at the Royal and Derngate in Nort…
Angela Lansbury, Janie Dee and Charles Edwards are to star in a new production of Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward in the West End next year. The show marks Lansbury's first appearance on a L…
Rosemary Lee has been named the winner of the 2013 Bonnie Bird New Choreography award, given to support the development of new work. Lee beat shortlisted choreographers Alexander Whitley, Si…
Punchdrunk's show The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable has extended its run to 2014. The immersive theatre company's promenade piece, which takes place in a disused building in central London,…
Jack and the Beanstalk is the most listed pantomime to be staged in the UK this winter, with 32 productions planned for the festive season. According to The Stage's Christmas listings, the s…
A free specialist clinic for treating dancers' injuries is to open in Birmingham from tomorrow (November 29), following the original London service that was launched last year. The National …
A revival of musical Me and My Girl is being planned for the West End next year. Production company Fiery Angel intends to bring the musical to London in winter 2014/15. Previously the compa…
A director who was ordered to pay five actors the national minimum wage for their work on a fringe show he produced, which had been advertised as profit-share, has lodged an appeal against t…
Theatre503 has unveiled a new playwriting competition that will see the winning work staged at the London fringe venue. The Theatre503 Playwriting Award, which will be open to all writers ov…
Around two thirds of the British pubic want arts activities routinely programmed alongside major national events, a report looking into the legacy of the Cultural Olympiad has found. The inv…
Children's touring company Theatre Is…, an Arts Council England initiative, is closing down, following a year-long struggle to raise money after its core ACE funding was removed. The Luton…
Writers are less trusted in the TV industry than in the theatre and should speak up against executives who try to change their work, playwright Roy Williams has said. Williams said that whil…
The winners of the Linbury Prize for Stage Design 2013 have been announced, revealing Ana Ines Jabares Pita to be the overall title-holder. Four winners have been selected – Jabares…
The Orange Tree Theatre in south London has named Paul Miller as its new artistic director. Miller, who is currently an associate director at Sheffield Theatres' Crucible venue, will join in…
Woolwich Grand Theatre in south-east London is offering free performance space for professional groups next year as part of a campaign to prevent the historic venue from being demolished.…