A campaign has been set up to inform commercial dancers about their rights within the sector and to improve working conditions. Dancers United UK, a campaigning body that has been founded by…
Terry Gilliam will once again work with the English National Opera to direct a new production of Benvenuto Cellini as part of the company's 2013-14 season. The co-production with Amsterdam's…
Blackpool Opera House will be the only venue to host the international touring production of Mamma Mia! next year. The touring version of the West End show will run at the theatre for ten we…
Equity members have voted in favour of a West End agreement that includes a clause which will allow producers to stage a second show on a Sunday, provided that consent is given by individual…
Mark Rubinstein, president of the Society of London Theatre, has said that the theatre industry can make the economic case to the government "100 times over, in so many ways," to justify pub…
Nicola Walker, who won this year’s best supporting actress prize at the Oliviers for her role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, has revealed the physical performanc…
New writing opportunities developed through publicly-funded theatres should be invested in because it is financially beneficial to both commercial producers and the subsidised sector, playwr…
Marianne Elliott has said she will not be in the running for the job of artistic director at the National Theatre, claiming that it would be "particularly difficult" to take on the role as a…
The creative team behind Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which dominated at this week's Olivier Awards, have said that the winning play would not have been made without the ba…
English National Ballet's artistic director Tamara Rojo will perform the lead role in the company's production of Swan Lake for select dates at the Royal Albert Hall this summer. Rojo will a…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has won seven Olivier Awards, matching the record set by Matilda the Musical last year. The National Theatre production, which has since tra…
Choreographer and dancer Riccardo Buscarini has won the Place Prize for dance 2013. Buscarini will receive £25,000 for his work Athletes, which was voted on unanimously by judges this eve…
Burn the Floor, currently running at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, will close two months earlier than planned. The production, which features Strictly Come Dancing stars Robin Windsor a…
Sheffield Theatres' production of The Full Monty will transfer to the West End next year. It will run at the Noel Coward Theatre from February 20 to June 14, 2014. Directed by Sheffield Thea…
Buskers are staying away from a market in east London for fear of being fined by local council enforcement officers, who have warned them not to play there in future. An initial noise compla…
The James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director's Award 2013 has been presented to Alex Brown. Brown will receive a bursary of £25,000 towards staging a production at the Young Vic in London thi…
The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket, according to the venue's administrator. BDO, …
This year's Olivier Awards will be the single biggest marketing opportunity that London's theatre industry has ever seen, according to its producer the Society of London Theatre. The ceremon…
ZooNation will perform the world premiere of Groove on Down the Road at the Southbank Centre in London this summer. Written and directed by ZooNation founder Kate Prince and commissioned by …
This year's Edinburgh Showcase, which promotes British acts to international audiences, will include work from spoken word artist Kate Tempest and National Theatre Wales. Organised by the Br…
London's Garrick Theatre will host the world premiere of the second instalment of the stage adaptation of Terry Deary's Horrible Histories. Barmy Britain " Part Two, will run at the West End…
Ben Caplan, best known for his role as PC Peter Oakes in BBC drama Call the Midwife, will appear in Playing with Grownups at London's Theatre503 from next month. Directed by Hannah Eidinow, …
Jonas Kauffmann has won the prize for best male singer at the inaugural International Opera Awards. The judges said he was "a phenomenon on the operatic stage" and that he brings "intelligen…
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse will open its season with a production of The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster and a co-production with the Royal Opera House of Cavalli's opera L'Ormindo. Direct…
The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket, according to the venue's administrator. Admin…