Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams He has built a reputation as one of Britain's most revered modern playwrights, but Jez Bu…
Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY! The British comedy composer Steve Brown, who collaborated with the likes of Harry Hill, Steve Coogan and Lenny …
Michelle Terry, who is also the Globe's artistic director, says she will not alter her physicality for role The artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe has pushed on with playing Richard II…
Sarah Grochala's Intelligence follows Lovelace's attempts to be taken seriously as a scientist in 1840s London A play about the reincarnation of the Victorian computing pioneer Ada Lovelace …
Actor who played Prince Charles in The Crown said non-London crowds 'have a real hunger for a good night at the theatre' The actor Dominic West has extolled the virtues of regional theatre a…
April De Angelis comedy, to be premiered in Hampstead, explores life of actor at a time when married women were 'legally dead' She was known as the Queen of Drury Lane and the first truly re…
The US author of Sex and the City will appear on stage in London in early 2024 before going on a UK-wide tour Candace Bushnell, the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, is bringing her one-woman show …
Many women working in industry say allegations only scratch the surface of its culture of misogyny "When I was 18 I had an incident with a powerful male comedian in his 30s," says Lucy (name…
National Theatre and Royal Ballet among 21 groups to receive grants from new fund Vogue World will donate £2m to London-based arts organisations through a newly established fund, Condé N…
Actor accuses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after 2015 incident The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central Scho…
Younger audiences may not recognise people comedians are impersonating but some performers say there's still plenty to work with "If I see somebody become famous, and they've got tremendous…
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union 'we are at thin end of horrible wedge' Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Wilson to enact single, seven-minute scene on loop with 100 men to explore gender roles Ruth Wilson has called a new stage role in which she will perform the same scene repeatedly for 24 hou…
The only Bafta award voted for by the British public, the five nominees are all actors from the UK and Ireland Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in a new feature film about the late sin…
Bridgerton actor, who will also direct the production, says she wants to talk about 'body pathologising' Was Richard III inherently evil? Or was he othered, excluded and pathologised because…
Artistic director of English National Ballet decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital One of the ballet world's biggest stars has accused Arts Council England of "simpl…
Producer says trial asked questions about boundaries between privacy and celebrity and what it is to be a Wag A play about the "Wagatha Christie" trial is to be staged in the West End by the…
The soul singer plays Emmeline Pankhurst in Sylvia, a hip-hop musical returning to the Old Vic The story of the suffragettes is a "metaphor for so many things going on right now" including g…
Karim Khan's play about two Muslim teenagers learning to swim wins £3,000 prize for best new writing A coming-of-age tale about two South Asian teenagers who learn to swim in order to imp…