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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 11:19 by Thom Dibdin

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 16:54 by Matthew Hemley

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 15:36 by Natalie Woolman

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 15:31 by Matthew Hemley

Donmar to screen King Lear as part of NT Live

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 10:46 by Natalie Woolman

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 10:41 by Matthew Hemley

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.

Published on Friday 30 July 2010 at 10:36 by Alistair Smith

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 11:01 by Alistair Smith

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 16:25 by Thom Dibdin

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 10:53 by Natalie Woolman

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 13:45 by Matthew Hemley

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 13:43 by Matthew Hemley

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 12:37 by Matthew Hemley

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 12:34 by Natalie Woolman

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.

Published on Thursday 29 July 2010 at 12:32 by Natalie Woolman

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