Gillian Slovo's play at National Theatre uses words of survivors of 2017 fire at west London tower block People must be jailed for what happened at Grenfell Tower, the award-winning author G…
Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe He was a big man with a bushy beard and a bowl of sweets on his desk for good boys an…
Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Pig will open during Hanukah in December at culture centre JW3 The corny gags, slapstick, cartoon baddies and singalongs beloved of traditional pantomime will…
'Epic and deeply personal' Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 new pr…
Director says past eight years 'most challenging time in history' for sector, but audience figures finally back at pre-pandemic levels Rufus Norris is to step down as director of the Nationa…
Former Coronation Street actor calls for more support, as survey finds lack of safety net for self-employed creatives More financial support should be available to artists in the periods whe…
Host becomes surprise star of song contest as viewers praise actor's 'willingness to join in the silliness' Hosting Ukraine's Eurovision party " podcast Forget who lifts the famous Eurovisio…
Minority-focused company the Upsetters says play Dismissed will challenge 'ethical absolutes' around problem In a cramped rehearsal room tucked among the City of London's gleaming towers las…
City gets ready for 'world's first heavy metal dance experience' celebrating the music of Ozzy and co "This is definitely the first time I've asked dancers to pirouette and headbang in the s…
New artistic director Nancy Medina picks works about the power of belonging such as a queer coming-of-age story from Tarell Alvin McCraney and a musical version of David Nicholls' Starter fo…
Writer and director Ben Elton tells story of woman who was 'most famous teenager in the world' in the 1960s She was a teenager from Neasden when a photograph of her newly cropped hair catapu…
Museum of Shakespeare in Shoreditch to open in 2024 on site of playhouse that staged earliest performances A London museum installation that uses the latest AI technology will allow theatre …
Production is at centre of collaboration with west London community affected by 2017 disaster The National Theatre is to stage a verbatim play based on accounts by survivors and those bereav…
The Time Traveler's Wife and Hamnet are among novels written, and largely read, by women coming to the British stage Female readers are the acknowledged force behind the market in published …
Venue that helped launch careers of many actors forced to close after losing £1.8m Arts Council England grant One of Britain's oldest theatres, the Oldham Coliseum, will close "on its own…
Loss of £1.8m grant ends run for 138-year-old theatre that helped launch careers of many northern English actors Arts bodies have decried the "devastating" news that one of Britain's olde…
Events planned in UK and Ireland, including a British Library exhibition, to mark 400 years since complete works first published Four hundred years ago, a small band of William Shakespeare's…
In episodes developed with communities around England, the production aims to tell 'a story of resilience and healing and hope' In his opening monologue for The Lotus Eaters, the first episo…
Trust responsible for overseeing legacy projects received £1m loan from city council in October The trust responsible for overseeing legacy projects from Coventry's year-long UK city of c…
Stage version of 1988 Japanese animation leads the pack while Standing at the Sky's Edge has eight nominations My Neighbour Totoro, the new stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's beloved 1988 a…
The Merchant of Venice 1936 among four plays to feature at RSC's reopened Swan theatre this summer A new take on Shakespeare's controversial play The Merchant of Venice, set in London's East…
Theatre says it will be forced to close after losing £1.8m Arts Council England subisdy Former Coronation Street stars have described the closure of one of Britain's oldest theatres, the …
Theatre operators and producers changing marketing strategy as rowdy behaviour escalates Popular musicals will be told to avoid phrases such as "best party in town" and "dancing in the aisle…
Theatre says it cannot survive without funding for next three years and will shut for good at the end of March One of Britain's oldest theatres, the Oldham Coliseum, has said it will be forc…
The Brits faced criticism for not nominating women in gender-neutral category but women reign in theatre awards chosen by public Women have dominated the gender-neutral performing categories…