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Matthew Xia has been presented with this year's Genesis Future Directors Award. The prize, which is in now in its second year, is given to an emerging director and allows the winner to stage…
Watford Palace Theatre has announced its new autumn season, which will feature three premieres of plays as part of a programme inspired by the way digital technology affects people's lives. …
Ruth Mackenzie has issued a rallying cry to theatre leaders to mobilise their audiences against imminent cuts to public funding for the arts, which are expected as part of the government's c…
Theatre professionals in the UK are thought to have a higher chance of a successful career if they have worked in the subsidised sector, according to a survey looking at employment patterns …
Headlong theatre company has appointed Jeremy Herrin as its new artistic director. He replaces Rupert Goold, who announced he would be stepping down from the post earlier this year after eig…
Akram Khan is to choreograph a new piece for the English National Ballet as part of a programme to mark the centenary of the First World War in the company's 2014 season. This is the...
Shakespeare's Globe has announced its productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III, starring Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry, will transfer to Broadway this autumn. The all-male shows will be p…
Argentinian show Fuerzabruta will be staged again at the Roundhouse in London this Christmas. It last appeared at the Camden venue in January and will run again later this year from December…
An organisation that films new dance pieces so they can be downloaded from the internet and watched on mobile phones is launching this summer. Crystal Ballet, which has for its inaugural rec…
London's Royal Court Theatre has announced its company of 14 actors that will perform as part of its weekly repertory season this summer. Actors Jonjo O’Neill, Siobhan Redmond, Sam Tro…
A new production of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring that was due to run as part of the Manchester International Festival this summer has been cancelled. The work, which was to be directed by…
Maidstone Borough Council has selected theatre and gym management organisation Parkwood Leisure as its preferred bidder to run Hazlitt Arts Centre in Kent. The local authority, which owns th…
Hadley Fraser and Francesca Annis are to appear in new play The Machine, by Matt Charman, which premieres at Manchester International Festival this summer. Fraser will play Garry Kasparov, t…
A former nightclub in north London is being converted into a new 90-seat theatre and cinema venue. Haringey Council has granted planning permission for the building in Crouch End to be turne…
Durham County Council has stated it is planning to lease Lamplight Arts Centre in Stanley to the local town council in a bid to make a yearly financial saving of £130,000. The 400-seat re…
Dudley Hippodrome is to be demolished after the town's council decided that a proposal from a local group, which wanted to restore the venue to its original use as a theatre, was "not viable…
Royal Ballet principal dancers Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg have announced they are to leave the company at the end of this season. A statement on the Royal Opera House's website says th…
Interactive theatre company Non Zero One is to appear as part of a festival at the Science Museum in London later this month. The Life Game festival, which is on June 15 and 16, has...
Elinor Cook has been named the winner of the 2013 George Devine Award for most promising playwright. She was presented with a £15,000 prize at a ceremony at the Royal Court Theatre in Lon…
English National Ballet's chief executive, Karen Napier, has quit her job after three months in the position. She began in February of this year and resigned last month because it was "not t…
Disney is considering transferring its musical Newsies to the UK. The Disney Theatrical Group will hold exploratory open auditions for the show in London later this month on June 17. Jill Gr…
The West End production of Once has extended its booking period until May 31, 2014. The show is currently running at the Phoenix Theatre in London, where it opened in April. It has a book...
Plans to open a new 250-seat outdoor theatre in Brighton as a permanent home for professional touring groups are being developed. Trustees behind the amphitheatre, which will be called Brigh…
The Department for Culture Media and Sport has denied rumours that discussions are taking place to potentially disband the department and "hive off" its responsibilities to other government …
The National Theatre is to live broadcast Manchester International Festival's production of Macbeth starring Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston this summer. Around 300 cinemas in the UK will …
