Equity president Malcolm Sinclair has spoken out against the Lyric Theatre's decision to replace its artistic director with an executive producer, labelling the move as "idiocy". The union p…
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is to bring back its production of To Kill a Mockingbird next summer. The show will run at the venue from August 28 to September 13, 2014 before touring the...
The Critics' Circle is to host a conference next month to explore the future of professional theatre reviewing. The event marks the organisation’s centenary year since it launched. Cal…
One Man, Two Guvnors is to close in the West End in spring 2014. The National Theatre production, which is currently showing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, will end its run on March 1, 2014…
Richard Croxford, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, is to step down after five years in the post. He will leave the venue in December to work on freelance projects. The Lyri…
A new performing arts school is to open next month in north London under the leadership of former Bad Girls actor Simone Lahbib. Lahbib, who is best known for her role as prison governor Hel…
London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is to introduce a new course for adults with learning disabilities from next year. The one-year Performance Making diploma will be launched …
This year’s Stage Awards for Acting Excellence were announced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Sunday. Patrick O’Kane was named best actor for Quietly at the Traverse, while R…
Theatre Ad Infinitum has been named the best ensemble at this year's Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking the second time the company has been recogni…
Bridget Christie has won the best comedy show prize at this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She won for her show A Bic for Her, which has been running at the Stand Comedy Club. Chri…
Miss Saigon, the musical written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, is to return to the West End from May 3 to October 25, 2014. The new production, which marks the musical's 2…
The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers has joined with the Theatrical Management Association to encourage smaller, regional venues to help tackle unscrupulous ticket-selling practices. S…
Kids Week 2013, a month-long initiative run by the Society of London Theatre that allows children to go to the theatre for free with a paying adult, has sold more than 100,000 tickets in a...
Nominations for this year's best comedy show prize at the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards have revealed seven contenders including Seann Walsh for his show The Lie-in King, James Acaster fo…
A new performing arts centre is to be built on the site of a former Royal Mail sorting office in Twickenham as part of a redevelopment of the area. Plans for the south-west London venue,...
Up to eight companies or artists are to be selected for a project in Worcestershire to help develop work for small-scale touring in the county. Worcestershire County Council has commissioned…
The Cochrane Theatre in Holborn has moved one step closer to demolition after losing its protection under planning regulation. Local authority Camden Council has decided the site should be c…
Anamaria Marinca is to appear in a new play by Rachel De-lahay at the Royal Court Theatre in London this autumn. The BAFTA award-winning actor, best known for her role in Abi Morgan's 2005 t…
Tim Pigott-Smith is to star in Stroke of Luck by Larry Belling as part of the Park Theatre's new season this autumn. The play, which will receive its premiere at the recently opened north Lo…
Steve Coogan is to present this year's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, which will take place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this weekend. Coogan, who won the competition’s best com…
The owner of the King's Head Theatre in north London is looking for a buyer or partner to secure the venue's long-term future. As part of its plans, the 120-seat fringe theatre is hoping to.…
Mark Bower has been appointed as managing director at MDQ Tickets. He will join the theatre ticket agency from November 1 and replaces Sandra Jenkins, who will take on an ambassador role. Bo…
Theatre companies Pilot Theatre and Slung Low along with York Theatre Royal are raising funds towards their autumn co-production through sales of a new chocolate bar. The chocolate bar has b…
A new performing arts consortium formed from six outer-London venues has been launched to tour large-scale outdoor productions within the venues' resident boroughs. The Albany theatre in Dep…
The Sound of Music has extended its run at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre until September 14. The show, which stars Michael Xavier as Captain von Trapp and Charlotte Wakefield as Maria Raine…