National Theatre executive director Nick Starr, Edinburgh International Festival director Jonathan Mills and actor and former Equity vice president Tony Robinson were among those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours this year. Mills and Robinson…
Howard Panter, joint chief executive and co-founder of the Ambassador Theatre Group, has been knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to theatre. Panter, together with his wife and business partner Rosemary Squire, founded…
A new British musical due to begin performances at London’s Arts Theatre tonight has been postponed “due to investment money from China being tied up in international banking red tape”. The show, The Golden Voice…
Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that he will not be able to attend tonight’s Tony Awards in New York due to ill health. Lloyd Webber had been due to attend the ceremony, where the US…
Arts Council England chairman Peter Bazalgette has offered his support to the My Theatre Matters! campaign. The campaign, which is a joint venture by The Stage, the Theatrical Management Association and Equity, comes in response…
Dutch actress Willemijn Verkaik is to play Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked from November. Verkaik has previously played the role in the Netherlands, Germany and in the US and is the only…
A portrait of Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey as Richard III will be included in a new exhibition of work by artist Jonathan Yeo at the National Portrait Gallery this September. Spacey appeared as…
A new stage version of PG Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster will open in the West End this autumn. Starring Matthew MacFadyen and Stephen Mangan respectively as the titular pair, the new play, entitled Perfect Nonsense,…
Five actors have won an employment tribunal that ruled they should be paid the national minimum wage for a fringe theatre show, despite the engagement having been advertised as profit share. The action was supported…
BECTU is at loggerheads with the National Theatre over the venue’s proposals to “water down” its relationship with the backstage union. NT officials have written to BECTU saying they want to reduce the terms of…
How many professional theatres are there in London? You don’t know? Don’t worry, you are not alone. I am currently in the midst of writing a report commissioned by the Society of London Theatre and…
I’m writing a report on London’s theatres. The first stage is to compile a complete list of all professional theatres in Greater London. This is my draft list. If you spot any omissions – perhaps…
Equity general secretary Christine Payne has warned that actors will be “significantly worse off” if HM Revenue and Customs goes ahead with proposed changes to the tax and National Insurance classification of performers. She said…
Equity president Malcolm Sinclair has branded Maria Miller an “ass” in his keynote speech at the union’s conference, rounding on the culture secretary for her recent calls for the arts to make an economic case…
Ambassador Theatre Group’s increasing dominance of the UK industry can be a divisive subject in theatre circles, but news this week that the group has made its first big strides into the US market should be…
Ambassador Theatre Group joint chief executive Howard Panter has said that the company’s purchase of Broadway’s biggest theatre, the Foxwoods, will serve as a “springboard” for further expansion in North America. ATG this week made…
Equity’s annual subscription rate will increase to a minimum of £120, after representatives voted in favour of 3.45% hike to rates. The percentage increase, which comes into effect from January 2014, was passed by a…
Ambassador Theatre Group has bought its first theatre on Broadway – the Foxwoods, which is currently home to Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. The UK’s largest theatre operator, ATG has bought the 2,000-seat venue from…
Ticketmaster has appointed Christoph Homann as managing director of its secondary ticketing arm, Ticketmaster Resale. Homann joins Ticketmaster Resale from eBay, where he was director of the company’s UK B2C business. Mark Yovich, president of…
The National Youth Theatre has created a West End repertory company, which will perform three shows at the Ambassadors Theatre from this September. The West End season includes Tory Boyz by James Graham, directed by…
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