Playwright urges theatre to cut ties with bank, which has been criticised for providing financial services to defence firms supplying Israel The playwright Caryl Churchill has pulled out of …
Exclusive: Demand the Impossible interrogates police injustice and infiltration of 1,000 political groups There's one moment from the public inquiry into undercover police officers " known a…
National Theatre and RSC directors among signatories to letter decrying proposed changes to Access to Work scheme UK politics live " latest updates More than 2,500 figures from the arts incl…
Joint artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey say 2025/26 programme is celebration of 'a 21st-century RSC' Adrian Lester transforming into Cyrano de Bergerac, Alfred Enoch taking o…
Show re-enacting ancient and unashamedly sexual rituals is most ambitious to date, says artist Marina Abramović is an art world superstar well known for challenging visitors' awkwardness…
Nick Harkaway sees parallels with postwar period as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold comes to the West End Russia's war in Ukraine has reignited "cold war strategies", according to the son…
Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital The chief executive of Arts Council England has launched an impassioned defence of the or…
Officers attended theatre in Southend after reports of altercation at end of Paul Chowdhry's show Police were called to a comedy show in Essex after a fight broke out in the audience, which …
Dmitry Krymov, who fled Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans Dickens hybrid with UK and Russian actors The acclaimed Russian stage director Dmitry Krymov the winner of many of Moscow's t…
Lynette Linton, outgoing creative director of Bush Theatre, hopes production will lead to people getting more support Part of the creative team behind a new play about the impact of dementia…
A modern retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream was pulled last September in a dispute over one of the play's songs A review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night's Drea…
Adaptation of Brecht's Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles His plays have been buzzy, hot-ticket openings in the West End and at the…
Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics say Leading cultural figures have expressed doubts about the government's commitme…
Concerns also raised that practice prevents young working-class people from finding paid work in creative industries Arts employers could be breaking the law by relying on unpaid interns to …
Nottingham's Television Workshop, which boasts alumni such as Vicky McClure, is facing a funding crisis It is an institution that has turned out some of the UK's most well-known actors. Star…
Alterations, by Michael Abbensetts, follows a Guyanese tailor as he tries to establish himself on Carnaby Street The National Theatre's decision to stage a work by a "pioneering" and "forgot…
Ellen Elphick, 31, accused the elite institution in London of breaching its duty of care The Royal Ballet school has reached a financial settlement with a former student who said the body sh…
Producers say it is 'impossible to continue' with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April A stage version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline has been cancelled after allegatio…
Oscar-nominated actor says she has had to compromise because of dearth of complex roles in UK and Hollywood Hard Truths star Marianne Jean-Baptiste has said there is still "a dearth of grea…
Succession star will play ghost of Adam Smith in James Graham's 'operatic' drama about the 2008 financial crash The Dundee-born actor Brian Cox will return to the Scottish stage for the firs…
Culture secretary announces investment in arts at Gateshead summit and accuses Tories of stifling creative industries Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government…
From a spectacular theatrical opening to Afrobeat brass bands via David Hockney and Wallace and Gromit, the city has big plans Bradford city of culture: five events to look out for in 2025 B…
Anti-corruption champion to examine Arts Council England projects and lack of facilities in some areas of country Margaret Hodge will oversee a review into regional inequality in the arts af…
Goold says he is seeking new challenge after more than decade in charge at the Almeida theatre Rupert Goold is leaving the Almeida theatre after more than a decade in charge to take over at …
Outgoing artistic director of Young Vic calls for urgent government action to redress arts funding in schools Kwame Kwei-Armah, the outgoing artistic director of the Young Vic, has warned th…