233 stories by "Ruth Comerford"
A new annual award aimed at supporting female directors to bring their work to a wider audience has been launched by the
Circus performer and dancer Symoné is currently preparing for the preview of her first theatre show at London's Hoxton Hall as part
This week's production news round-up includes Sara Bareilles' West End debut in Waitress, the world premiere of a double bill by Hofesh
Preeya Kalidas will join the West End cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie later this month. She will play the role of
Jason Donovan and Jac Yarrow will reprise their roles in the  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat when it returns next year.
The Addams Family musical is set to tour the UK and Ireland for a second time. The 2020 tour will open at
Morecambe's endangered Winter Gardens has received £123,312 from Historic England, which will help secure its future. The Winter Gardens Preservation Trust has
Sheffield Theatres is to stage a production of My Mother Said I Never Should, which has been translated into British Sign Language
Unpublished letters in which Kenneth Williams calls Alan Ayckbourn's plays "rubbish" will go up for auction later this month. The collection features
Brighton Festival 2020 will open with the world premiere of new work by Hofesh Shechter's, it has been confirmed. Double Murder, a two
Phoebe Eclair-Powell has been named the overall winner of the 2019 Bruntwood Prize for playwriting. Her script Shed: Exploded View spans 30
The National Theatre is to phase out pre-recorded announcements that use gender-specific terms. It comes as Equity urges venues to "consider adopting
Now touring the revival of her one-woman show Fallen Fruit, written in 2010, Katherina Radeva tells Ruth Comerford how the piece was
Sara Bareilles will make her West End debut in Waitress. She will star alongside Gavin Creel, who appeared in the show with
Television and radio host Debbie McGee is to make her stage debut in The House on Cold Hill. The thriller, which is
Enda Walsh is to judge a new playwriting competition aimed at finding new work related to addiction and substance misuse. The Phil
This week's production news round-up includes the announcement that Beverley Knight is to star in a new musical about vocal group the
Kander and Ebb musical Curtains will have its London premiere at Wyndham's Theatre, it has been confirmed. The murder mystery comedy, currently
Kinky Boots the Musical is to be screened in more than 600 cinemas across the UK and Ireland. Cinema company More2screen announced
Jodie McNee and Danny Lee Wynter have been cast in Faustus: That Damned Woman at the Lyric Hammersmith. The gender-swapped production will
Welsh National Opera has appointed Yvette Vaughan Jones as its new chair, alongside five new board members. She is the first woman
The WhatsOnStage Awards will add two new categories when its returns for its 20th year in 2020. Best musical direction and best
The Royal Ballet's principal character artist Alastair Marriott has announced his resignation after 30 years. He said he was leaving to develop
This week's production news round-up includes an announcement that Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Saunders will star in West End musical Sister Act,
Audible has announced a new collection of recordings from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 includes
