Actress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has said she is in talks for her debut play, Red Velvet, to transfer to New York, with the possibility of it being adapted for the screen as well. R…
Theatre leaders in Newcastle have described a recent public consultation meeting about the proposed 100% cuts to arts funding from the local council as "frustrating" and "redundant". The eve…
Coventry's Butts Theatre is set to reopen with a new name following a local campaign to save the venue along with donations of expertise, labour and materials totalling more than £100,000…
Venue consultant firm Theatreplan has appointed Paul Connolly to the new role of practice manager. In this position Connolly will be responsible for establishing new practices in Theatreplan…
Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia, is reported to be receiving burns treatment in hospital in Moscow after he was attacked with acid. A man is said to have…
London's Park Theatre has appointed Miranda Bertram as its new executive director.  Bertram replaces Andrew Fishwick, who left the venue in Finsbury Park just three months into his ne…
A petition has been launched to try to extend the time local groups have to submit a proposal for running Weymouth Pavilion Theatre. The building is under threat of closure and possibly demo…
English National Ballet has launched a campaign to re-brand itself by creating a new logo and website and joining forces with Vivienne Westwood, who has provided clothes for the campaign pic…
Blackpool's former ABC Theatre, which in the past has hosted performances from the Beatles and Morecambe and Wise, is facing demolition following a council decision to buy the site and turn …
Cirque du Soleil has confirmed it will cut around 400 jobs this year as part of a restructuring to make the company as "profitable as possible". Following a press conference in Montreal " wh…
Maxine Peake, Imogen Stubbs and Lysette Anthony will battle it out for the title of best actress at the 2012 Manchester Theatre Awards. Peake has been nominated for her performance in Miss J…
A new fringe studio theatre in south London, which is claimed to be the first financed entirely from crowd-funding, is to open this spring. Matthews Yard in Croydon has raised nearly £8,0…
The government must change its proposals for the English Baccalaureate so that it includes arts subjects, or the creative industry will take a "backward turn", according to peers during a de…
Felixstowe's Spa Pavilion has closed following the termination of its operator's contract by the local council, which owns the venue. Suffolk Coastal District Council confirmed the venue sta…
The National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's Untold Stories is set to transfer to the Duchess Theatre in March. The double-bill, which features Bennett's autobiographical recollections …
London's Young Vic theatre has completed a hat-trick of wins at the 2012 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in a year that saw subsidised venues pick up all but one of the prizes. The venue was.…
Sheffield Theatres, The Stage's regional theatre of the year, is facing a 20% cut to its funding from its local council, which the organisation says could damage its work with communities an…
English National Ballet has appointed Justin Bickle as its new chairman. He begins his new role with immediate effect and replaces outgoing chairman John Talbot, who has held the position fo…
A £16 million theatre has opened in south-west Wales, which is said to be the first purpose-built venue in the region. The Ffwrnes theatre in the town centre of Llanelli comprises a main …
The West End production of Disney's The Lion King grossed more than £38 million in 2012 marking the eighth consecutive year that it has broken its box office record, according to its prod…
Owen Teale has been cast in a new production at the Royal Court called A Time to Reap. Also appearing in the play will be Sinead Matthews and Max Bennett. A Time to Reap, which...
Industry figures have warned that new legislation for organisations wishing to register as charities will cause delays in gaining funding and "widespread confusion" for arts bodies that choo…
Making Dickie Happy, a play written by Times theatre critic Jeremy Kingston about Noel Coward and Agatha Christie, will return to London this spring. The show will run at the Tristan Bates T…
Gay Soper will join the cast of Maurice's Jubilee to replace Sheila Reid for the latter part of the national tour. Soper will appear alongside previously announced cast members Julian Glover…
News website and ticket company Theatermania.com, which is based in New York, has bought Whatsonstage.com. Whatsonstage.com was previously owned by Time Out Group, which bought the online th…