London venue with long history of offering training and networking has become Seven Dials Playhouse For more than 40 years it was a place where actors " from legendary stars to those struggl…
Actors' union says Covid exacerbated contributory factors such as job insecurity and low pay People working in entertainment and performing arts are twice as likely to experience depression …
Model of 10-year-old Syrian girl that has become symbol of compassion will visit border town of PrzemyÅ›l Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates After last year's 5,000-mile journey across Eu…
Royal Shakespeare Company's version of celebrated Studio Ghibli movie will be first opening 'of this scale' in nearly 40 years The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage an adaptation of the …
Parts to be staged in Stoke, Doncaster, Trowbridge and Sunderland in 2023 using local writers and amateur casts before finale in London A retelling of The Odyssey, Homer's epic story of endu…
Dispute at Actors' Benevolent Fund pitted Penelope Keith and other trustees against general secretary A charity that supports actors who are experiencing hardship due to old age, injury or i…
Playhouse to stage Beyond Belief in 2023 to 'say a proper goodbye' to late SDLP leader who helped persuade IRA to give up arms A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the main fo…
Ivan Putrov and Alina Cojocaru announce event featuring artists from Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet International ballet stars will take part in a charity gala …
Along with Life of Pi, the musical revivals are this year's biggest contenders, with all four of their respective leads vying to win best actor or actress on 10 April Cabaret, the revival of…
Use 'all possible means of communication' to directly contact Russian citizens, 17 signatories say Russia-Ukraine war: live news A group of eminent writers has appealed to Russian speakers a…
Veteran Ian McKellen, who raised more than £1m for theatre charities and arts groups, also honoured The West End musical Frozen, the story of an ice queen and her fearless sister that cap…
Cycle of short plays will celebrate roles often underappreciated by those in positions of power Key workers will be literally centre stage in a new cycle of nine short plays celebrating role…
Windsor and Maidenhead council ditches proposal after outcry from residents and objections from ex-PM Windsor and Maidenhead council has ditched a plan to abolish arts funding after an outcr…
Arthur Hughes says decision for 2022 production will allow lived experience to be 'shown properly' He is one of Shakespeare's most reviled characters, distinguished by his "deformed, unfinis…
The 47th by Mike Bartlett stars Bertie Carvel as the ex-president making attempt to regain the White House The author of an acclaimed play about the future of the monarchy has taken on the "…
Theatre company's outreach scheme casts newbies and hidden young talent for spring production of Henry VI Part 2 The Royal Shakespeare Company is taking the innovative step of casting the pe…
Royal Shakespeare Company signs three-year agreement for productions onboard Queen Mary 2 More than 400 years after Hamlet was performed by a ship's crew anchored off west Africa in the firs…
When George Devine's family discovered a Japanese battle flag among his belongings, it led to a three-year quest for answers "I am not a man for soldiering, although I do tolerably well at i…
Pravesh Kumar says more diverse voices are needed to bring about creative change Britain's leading theatre companies must appoint more people of colour and from working-class backgrounds at …
Soul singer posts tweet lambasting people she says disrupted The Drifters Girl show in London The soul singer Beverley Knight has lambasted raucous theatregoers who she said disrupted a perf…
Betty! starring Maxine Peake views parliamentarian's life through lens of drama group in Dewsbury village hall She was a working-class Yorkshire girl who first took to the stage in a high-ki…
Natalia Osipova hopes to 'broaden appeal' of ballet by selling unique digital copies of performances She is one of the world's most acclaimed dancers, dazzling audiences with performances at…
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Donna Air and Annie Lennox will perform in the one-off fundraising West End drama Women's experiences of domestic and sexual violence will be dramatised in a West End thea…
Yomi á¹¢ode's one-hander and Regent's Park production of Romeo and Juliet win four awards each A one-man play about grief and a contemporary version of a Shakespearean classic have domina…
Beneath the slapstick humour, venues remain anxious over fresh restrictions and lower ticket sales Coronavirus " latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage There were cheers and boos,…