Drama school courses should feature more works by black and minority ethnic playwrights to prevent students from those backgrounds feeling isolated during studies, leading academics have sai…
The Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers is joining forces with Creative and Cultural Skills to establish job requirement guidelines for the ticketing industry. The National Occupational S…
Weymouth Pavilion Theatre will close at the end of this week, while the local council tries to find a group to take over the running of the venue. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, whic…
Southwark Playhouse's production of Tanzi Libre, which centres around wrestling and features fight choreography, has been cancelled after lead actor Olivia Onyehara suffered an injury last w…
Westminster City Council has confirmed it will go ahead with its 100% cut to arts funding despite a petition in opposition to the proposal. The petition called on the local authority to reje…
The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon is to screen productions live across the UK from this winter, starting with Shakespeare's Richard II. The venue will collaborate with Pic…
The UK's first circus competition, Circus Maximus, has announced its finalists, which will include hula hoop dancer Sylvia Pavone, aerial contortionist Ben Brown, and 'cloud swing' double ac…
Jonathan Lloyd has been appointed as artistic director and chief executive of Pegasus Theatre in Oxford. He begins his new role this September and replaces Euton Daley. Lloyd leaves his posi…
Fears have been raised about the increasing number of acting jobs that require nudity, and the possibility that actors refusing to take their clothes off at castings are being denied work. M…
A campaign against the double taxation of artists performing abroad should be "endorsed and supported" by Equity according to union members. Christie Clifford, a member of Humberside variety…
A campaign to tackle late payments to Equity members working as freelancers has been proposed at the union's Annual Representative Conference. Peter Rylands, chair of the north Lancashire an…
Union members have urged Equity to relaunch its Low Pay/No Pay campaign due to increasing cuts to funding, which is causing companies to pay employees reduced rates. Henrietta Branwell, a me…
An investigation into job advertisement websites that charge entertainers money to see basic information about work has been called for by Equity members. Speaking at the union's Annual Repr…
Tom Hiddleston is to star in the title role of Shakespeare's Coriolanus as part of the Donmar Warehouse's autumn season. Joining Hiddleston in the production, which will be directed by artis…
The Young Vic production of A Doll's House will transfer to the Duke of York's Theatre this summer. Simon Stephens' adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play, which is directed by Carrie Cracknell, …
The Southbank Centre has failed to secure more than £10 million towards its £120 million redevelopment project after the Heritage Lottery Fund rejected its bid. Plans to refurbish the …
Jane Asher, Charlotte Wakefield and Michael Xavier are all to appear in productions being staged at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London this summer. Asher has been cast as Lady Catherin…
The Civic in Barnsley has appointed Helen Ball as its new chief executive. She takes up her post with immediate effect, replacing Fergus Justice-Mills who left in October. The 300-seat arts …
Theatres in the West End have been saved from new planning legislation that had threatened to bring them into conflict with nearby residents, after local councils were granted exemptions fro…
A play about the illusionist Harry Houdini and his brother Theodore is set to tour the UK this autumn. Written by and starring filmmaker Stuart Brennan, who is best known for his BAFTA award…
Choreographers are viewed as "intellectually inferior" by other theatre makers and need to convince the industry that they are a creative force "to be reckoned with", Javier de Frutos has sa…
Alexandra Palace has been given around £850,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop plans for regenerating the site, which includes restoration of its Victorian theatre. The money w…
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane has completed a multi-million pound restoration to improve its rotunda, royal staircases and Grand Saloon in the year of its 350th anniversary. The upgraded areas, …
A children's talent competition promising thousands of pounds worth of prizes to participants has been accused of leaving its winners empty-handed. An early day motion put forward by Blackpo…
The Royal Shakespeare Company will once again partner with professional venues across the UK to deliver Open Stages, a scheme that provides amateur companies with the opportunity to learn ne…