Nadia Fall calls for bold thinking as she announces new shows including anti-Trump version of Thelma & Louise Theatres facing financial difficulty can only prosper by "programming their …
Margaret Hodge, who led report into arts funder, tells DCMS committee that grant recipients have lost confidence in the body Arts Council England requires a "radical" overhaul so it can to r…
Lineup for 2026 includes a Molière adaptation and a mash-up of Sophocles and Ingmar Bergman Cate Blanchett, Sandra Oh and Letitia Wright will form part of the National Theatre's starry, fem…
Arts Council England must remain free from interference to ensure artistic freedom, says report by Labour peer Arts Council England needs to scrap its flagship strategy, ensure that arts fun…
London site's theatre, music venue and galleries to close in June 2028, in first stage of upgrades before 50th anniversary The Barbican will close its doors for 12 months from June 2028 as i…
Project will make the famously confusing London landmark easier to navigate and more accessible "Everything leaks," says Philippa Simpson, the director of buildings and renewal at the Barbic…
Arts institution will also merge costume departments to be 'match fit' after funding cuts and soaring material costs The Royal Shakespeare Company has defended plans to reduce its workforce …
Actor says 'people aren't aware of the facts' and the realities for people living in migrant hotels A compelling drama about refugees living in Britain could be one way to defuse the rising …
Danny Boyle will oversee youth culture event in May to mark 75th anniversary of postwar 'burst of colour' Danny Boyle will turn the Southbank Centre into a celebration of youth culture next …
Arts institution seeks to make 'urgent' savings as it is thought to be facing a shortfall of between £5m and £6m More than half of the Royal Shakespeare Company's staff are being encou…
When Inua Ellams, writer of Barber Shop Chronicles, went to Lagos, he became aware of how much fraud suffused the city " so he decided to tell the story of its cons Inua Ellams was walking t…
In 1992 letter, Mustapha Matura warned of risk to Ladbroke Grove, home to strong Caribbean creative community A groundbreaking Trinidadian-British playwright who paved the way for modern Bla…
Campaigners including Arlene Phillips and Matthew Bourne welcome funding for National Dance CATs they say keeps art form from being preserve of elite Campaigners from the world of dance incl…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
As artists call for better access to the arts, Sally Wainwright, Steven Knight, Larry Achiampong and others speak out Working-class creatives don't stand a chance in UK today, leading artis…
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…
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…
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 …