BECTU has urged producers of The Hunger Games: On Stage to tackle ‘unacceptably long’ working hours for backstage workers on the show

Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota has set out five priorities for cultural funding as he prepares to depart his role

Jeevan Braich and Bella Brown are among the actors joining Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo in the upcoming West End revival of Rent

Performing arts and creative higher education courses will no longer receive a significant source of government funding

Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry will conclude their star turns in The Devil Wears Prada in the West End this autumn

The Actors’ Trust is lending its support to a campaign aiming to shed light on ‘the impact and frequency’ of injuries in theatre and film

Theatre503 is launching a new strand of work dedicated to reviving "seminal debuts" with its staging of Michaela Coel’s first play Chewing Gum Dreams later this year

Playwrights Jessica Swale, David Eldridge and Abi Morgan have urged the University of Exeter to halt planned redundancies in its creative subjects, labelling the proposals ‘savage’

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy and her department will no longer use Elon Musk’s social media platform X, claiming it ‘now favours abuse and misinformation’

Todrick Hall, who directed and wrote original songs for the West End production of Burlesque the Musical last year, has spoken out about his ‘rollercoaster’ experience working on the show

Michelle Dockery and Laura Aikman are to star in the world premiere of Ava Pickett’s newest play, a re-telling of the story of Helen of Troy

ATG Entertainment has hired a new director of London programming in a bid to strengthen its theatre team and ‘secure outstanding shows for the company’s venues in the West End’

The Oldham Coliseum theatre has been hit by claims about shows with ‘single-figure audiences’ and delayed payments while trustees have spent considerably more than usual

Sophie Okonedo will star in Brian Friel’s reworking of A Month in the Country at the Donmar Warehouse this year

The Royal Shakespeare Company has hired Mamma Mia! musical director Martin Lowe in the newly created role of music associate