Drama schools providing university-level tuition have raised fears that funding cuts to the higher-education sector could lead to a reduction in the number of teaching hours they provide and…
London jazz venue the Bull's Head is under threat because its new owner plans to convert it into a restaurant, campaigners have claimed. Supporters of the 100-person music room in Barnes hav…
Dominic Dromgoole has announced he is to step down from his position as artistic director at Shakespeare's Globe in spring 2016. He will leave the company on April 23, 2016 after a decade in…
The Princess Theatre in Hunstanton has been forced to cancel a Joe Longthorne concert that was due to take place at the end of this month after the show was double-booked with another venue.…
Alina Cojocaru is to join English National Ballet this autumn as lead principal dancer. She recently announced her departure from the Royal Ballet, a company she had performed with for more …
Matthew Bourne has announced the second year of his New Adventures Choreographer Award competition will include Kneehigh Theatre Company co-artistic director Emma Rice on its judging panel. …
Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk and city guide magazine Time Out London have joined forces to create a one-off performance for readers this summer. A total of 50 readers have been invit…
Shakespeare's Globe is to begin a two-year tour of Hamlet across the globe from next spring, aiming to visit every country in the world. Directed by artistic director Dominic Dromgoole, the …
Government plans for a blanket ban on the use of all wild animals in travelling circuses go "too far", according to MPs scrutinising the proposed legislation. MPs on the environment, food an…
Glyndebourne opera singer Robert Poulton was killed following a head-on collision with a car that had drifted onto his side of the road, an inquest has heard. Poulton survived the car crash …
Richard Wilson is to appear in A Little Hotel on the Side at Theatre Royal Bath this summer. He will perform the role of Basiten, joining the already announced Richard McCabe, who is appeari…
Adrian Edmondson is to join Rufus Hound in the cast of Neville's Island at Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn. Edmondson – who is best known for appearing in BBC TV series Bott…
Jo Brand is to make her pantomime debut by starring in Aladdin at the New Wimbledon Theatre this Christmas. She will appear as the Genie alongside Matthew Kelly, who will perform as Widow Tw…
The Donmar Warehouse production of The Weir by Conor McPherson is to transfer to Wyndham's Theatre next year. All members of the original cast – Ardal O'Hanlon, Risteárd Cooper, Bri…
Ruth Mackenzie has been appointed as the new artistic director of Holland Festival. Mackenzie, who was director of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, will take up her role in early 2014 in preparat…
Touring theatre company Northern Broadsides is to hold a props and costume sale in order to raise some of the £13,000 it needs to fill a gap in its funding. The organisation will sell off…
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has announced Ng Choon Ping as the winner of its inaugural award for emerging theatre directors. Ping received the Royal Exchange Theatre Hodgkiss Award f…
Education and community activities in theatres are being sidelined at most cultural organisations when they should be given equal status to the professional programme, Derby Theatre's artist…
The Comedy Club in London has been censured for using critics' testimonials about its shows on its website after the venue failed to prove to the advertising watchdog that they were genuine.…
The controversial arts complex in West Bromwich that cost a reported £72 million to build and suffered a series of setbacks before completion in 2009 is being considered for use as a sixt…
West End performer Peter Karrie has resigned his title as honorary fellow at Aberystwyth University due to its alleged "cruel" and "appalling" treatment of staff at its on-site professional …
The Royal Opera House is to transfer its production of The Wind in the Willows to the Duchess Theatre this Christmas, in an attempt to replicate the success that other subsidised organisatio…
Royal Court Theatre artistic director Vicky Featherstone has announced her first full season of work at the London venue, which will include plays by writers Dennis Kelly and Abi Morgan. Kel…
A temporary theatre made entirely from recyclable materials is to be built in the grounds of Cardiff's Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama this summer. The Willow Theatre will be made fro…
Weymouth Pavilion Theatre is set to reopen after a local group was selected to take over the running of the venue. The building was closed at the end of May by Weymouth and Portland Borou…