Front-of-house staff at the Royal Exchange in Manchester are donating their own tickets to emergency service workers following last month's attack at the Manchester...

The Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme has launched two new projects this year, including a craft and career development programme of workshops and masterclasses. RTYDS,...

'Emma Rice kicks off' was a phrase heard in plenty of corners of the theatre world last week, but only in our critics' picks...

Back in January, I wrote a love letter to the Barbican’s doors and the swish that seals the space shut. Turns out quite a...

Julie Hesmondhalgh, Daniel Rigby and Rufus Hound are among the performers who have picked up prizes at this year's Manchester Theatre Awards. The awards, which...

A new audience manifesto published by Manchester’s Royal Exchange calls for theatre to “demonstrate more ethnic diversity” and “connect more with ordinary people”. Believed to...

A consortium of theatres-in-the-round, which is being billed as the first of its kind, has been launched, with participating venues co-commissioning and collaborating on...

Manchester’s Royal Exchange is to publish a manifesto outlining what audiences want from theatres. The manifesto will be presented on February 20 at a symposium...

Adaptation and revival are two of theatre’s mainstays. The staging of old stories for new audiences is something at which theatre-makers are adept. Recently,...