Breaking down class barriers
Performing arts students from working class backgrounds face considerable barriers to entering the theatre profession. Andrew Muir…
Performing arts students from working class backgrounds face considerable barriers to entering the theatre profession. Andrew Muir…
Two touts who amassed millions reselling tickets have had appeals against their convictions dismissed. BBZ Limited’s Peter H…
Panto ticket sales through October are half of what they were this time in 2019, analysis from The Audience Agency (TAA) suggests….
West End theatres dimmed their lights for two minutes on Monday evening (29 November) in memory of theatre composer and lyric…
More than 4,200 people have signed a petition against proposals by Thurrock Council to close a local arts complex. A second protes…
In a milestone for the industry, London's Prince of Wales Theatre and Playhouse Theatre became the final West End th…
A new two-year training programme will offer a “genuine alternative pathway into theatre” for people from underre…
The Senedd has voted to make Covid vaccine passports a condition of entry to theatres and cinemas in Wales from Monday (Novem…
Building refurbishments must be prioritised for the sector to reach its net zero targets, but a lack of funding remains a major ob…
The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) is making its first round of acting auditions free. The school is also making al…
Reading’s first ever producing theatre has opened following a two-year campaign that raised over £1m. Reading Rep Thea…
There are ambitions for a new youth theatre in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire’s new Culture, Arts and Creative Industries Co…
As a new code of conduct is launched for the theatre industry, Sebastian Cheswright Cater makes the case for the journey the secto…
London’s Old Vic has decided not to stage a new production of Into The Woods, due to the involvement of co-director Terry Gi…
The council, which owns the building, says it was "not required to consult, nor did consult" on the removal.
UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT) have updated their ten principles for creating safe and inclusive working spaces i…
The Theatre Artists Fund has distributed grants of £500 to 1,003 theatre freelance workers in its latest wave of funding aim…
Vandals have graffitied Brighton Hippodrome the day after the front of the building was redecorated. Restoring the disus…
Principal Chris Hocking has resigned so the drama school can show "how serious we are about transforming our culture" th…
This week’s budget shows that there’s no easy path to high wages and low ticket prices in theatre. So what’s nex…
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory has announced it will stop producing plays after 21 years. Sited at Bristol's Tobacco…
A voice academy founded mid-pandemic has joined the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). Bristol Academy of Voice Actin…
Donmar Warehouse plans to recruit 13 paid trainees under a new career development programme. Catalyst trainees will work in either…
It is the first time a performing arts organisation has achieved the designation, opening opportunities to investigate issues of i…