1,225 stories by "Nicola Merrifield"
Liverpool's contemporary arts and community centre the Black-E will host the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica's first UK performance in ten years.
A campaign has been launched to save Salford's Victoria Theatre from being bought by property developers.
Theatre education charity Mousetrap Theatre Projects has received the Sandford Award for Heritage Education.
Rachael Stirling has been cast in the title role of a new adaptation of Medea by playwright Mike Bartlett.
Full casting for the West End stage musical version of The Bodyguard has been announced.
Billie Piper has been cast in new play The Effect, which will be directed by Rupert Goold.
Soho Theatre has announced its autumn season that includes a site-specific re-interpretation of Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly and play I Heart Peterborough, which will transfer from this y…
Oxford-based Creation Theatre is at risk of canceling next year's summer season if this year's weather and ticket sales fail to improve.
Former Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer has been appointed chairman of Shakespeare's Globe.
London is one of the highest-ranking cities for outputs of theatre, dance and music performances, says a major report that compares 12 international destinations.
Chichester Festival Theatre will receive £12 million from Arts Council England that will enable its project to upgrade the theatre to go ahead this year.
Theatre503's artistic directors Paul Robinson and Tim Roseman have announced their last joint season together, which will include a collaborative production written by five playwrights.
Outgoing chair of Arts Council England Liz Forgan has been appointed to the same position at the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Charity Dancers' Career Development has awarded two £3,000 bursaries to former professional dancers for their new companies.
Hull Truck Theatre will begin its 40th anniversary autumn season with the launch of an educational partnership alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Composer Vangelis, who created the original Chariots of Fire score, and performers from the West End show by the same name greeted the Olympic torch as it passed London's Gielgud Theatre yes…
British architect firm Foster and Partners has been shortlisted to design Hong Kong's first Chinese opera centre in its developing cultural district, which is expected to open in 2015.
Street performers in York have launched a petition that opposes plans to extend a local cafe's seating area, which they claim will reduce their outdoor entertainment pitch.
Subsidised arts organisations need to learn how to use the "language of the government" to secure future public funding, a leading culture researcher has warned.
Actor David Birrell is suing London theatre company Donmar Warehouse Projects Ltd after his replica gun mis-fired on stage and left him blind in one eye.
British creative agency Studio Output has won the brief to help create the first musical at China's National Stadium, also known as the 'Bird's Nest' Olympic venue.
Belfast's Lyric Theatre has been shortlisted for the 2012 Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize, which recognises buildings with innovative design.
Actor and director Samuel West has called for arts campaigners to occupy theatres across the UK that are under threat of closure, to save them from demolition.
A contestant from BBC talent show The Voice has been cast as Leigh Bowery in the Boy George musical Taboo.
ITV has commissioned a one-off adaptation of the novel The Making of a Marchioness by author and playwright Frances Hodgson Burnett.
