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Exclusive: Edinburgh Fringe calls open meeting to finalise constitution
A mass open meeting of Edinburgh Festival Fringe participants has been called for August 10 in Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall by the Fringe Society.
Ed Stoppard and Keeley Hawes join Upstairs Downstairs cast
Ed Stoppard and Keeley Hawes are to join Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh in the BBC’s revival of Upstairs Downstairs.
ACE publishes results of public consultation
The cultural sector has said that Arts Council England should continue to focus on talent and excellence as part of its long-term strategy, according to the findings of a public consultation published today.
Directors of London modelling agencies banned following investigations
The directors of two modelling agencies have been banned from running a recruitment company for a combined total of 12 years, after being found guilty of a string of offences, including charging up-front fees.
Donmar to screen King Lear as part of NT Live
The Donmar Warehouse’s forthcoming production of King Lear will be broadcast to cinemas across the world in a partnership between the venue and National Theatre Live.
Tom Stoppard to return to television drama with BBC Parade’s End adaptation
Tom Stoppard is to adapt Ford Maddox Ford’s novel Parade’s End for the BBC.
Amanda Holden and Richard Blackwood to star in Shrek
Amanda Holden and Richard Blackwood have been cast to play Fiona and Donkey in the forthcoming West End transfer of Shrek the Musical.
Exclusive: Arts & Business should be stripped of subsidy - Starr
National Theatre executive director Nick Starr has called for Arts & Business to have its £4 million of public funding removed to help mitigate cuts to front-line cultural organisations in the autumn spending round.
Scottish government asks national companies to prepare for cuts
Scottish arts organisations are bracing themselves for significant budget cuts over the next three years, although they are unlikely to be as deep as those inflicted in England.
Select Committee launches inquiry into arts funding
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has set up an inquiry into arts funding.
Radio 4 plans week-long drama of stand-alone episodes
Red Production Company, which made the dramas Queer as Folk and The Mark of Cain, is creating a six-part series for BBC Radio 4, which will be broadcast across a week.
TV commissioners must improve gay coverage, says Stonewall
Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill has called on broadcast chiefs to send a “positive signal” to commissioning editors to counteract the negative portrayal of gay men and lesbians in UK television programmes.
Sky unveils new British comedies
Catherine Tate, Ruth Jones, Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Kathy Burke are among the performers lined up to appear in a batch of new British comedies for Sky, ordered by the broadcaster’s recently appointed head of comedy Lucy Lumsden.
Dreamboats and Petticoats writers’ new show opens in September
Von Ribbentrop’s Watch, the new show by Dreamboats and Petticoats writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, is to premiere at Oxford Playhouse.
International show in four languages to premiere in London
A company including actors from China, the UK and Sweden will stage the world premiere of their new work, Re-Orientations, in London in September.
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