Margaret Hodge

Theatre Royal Stratford East is pleased to announce that Eleanor Lang has been appointed Executive Director from 1st October. Eleanor joins Theatre Royal Stratford East from Cheek by Jowl, where she is currently Executive Director, at the start of new Artistic Director Nadia Fall's inaugural season and will be working closely with Nadia on the overall strategic leadership of the theatre.

The award-winning Holt Festival has rapidly established itself as one of the East of England's most anticipated events. Festival organisers have just announced the first fourteen highlights for the July 2017 arts extravaganza, giving an intriguing sample of the full festival programme that will be revealed in May.

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announce the appointment of Nadia Fall as their new Artistic Director. Fall takes up the role full time from 1 January 2018, taking over from Kerry Michael.

The award-winning Holt Festival has rapidly established itself as one of the East of England's most anticipated events. Festival organisers have just announced the first fourteen highlights for the July 2017 arts extravaganza, giving an intriguing sample of the full festival programme that will be revealed in May.

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announces that Kerry Michael will step down as Artistic Director after twelve years in post.  He will leave at the end of 2017 and will announce his future plans in due course.  

Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East Kerry Michael today announces the appointment of Deborah Sawyerr as its new Executive Director, taking over from Mary Caws. Sawyerr joins Stratford East from the Bush Theatre, where she served as General Manager and will take up her new position in October.

Universal Stage Productions, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions today (10 December 2015) announce that after 4,600 performances, due to the theatre's previously announced refurbishment programme, the multi award-winning West End production ofBilly Elliot the Musical will play its final performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April 2016 as the production celebrates its eleventh birthday. The show has been seen to date by over 5.25 million people in London and nearly 11 million people worldwide, has grossed over $800 million worldwide and is the winner of over 80 theatre awards internationally.

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced The Rt. Hon Dame Margaret Hodge DBE MP has been appointed as the theatre's Chair. Dame Margaret has been the Member of Parliament for Barking since 1994 and was the first woman and elected person to take on the role of Chair for the Public Accounts Committee.

The waiting is over, Holt Festival, North Norfolk's award winning international festival of music, drama, visual art, literary giants, talks, dance and comedy, has announced its full programme for 2015, its seventh year.

Two new shows and a change of date have been announced for this year's Holt Festival with more comedy, politics and a whole lotta soul!

Today, Monday 8 March, in a welcome break from rehearsals for Billy Elliot the Musical's fifth birthday celebrations, four Billy Elliots - Dean-Charles Chapman (12 years old from Essex), Tom Holland (13 years old from Kingston upon Thames), Ollie Gardner (12 years old from Bath) and Fox Jackson-Keen (14 years old from Hornsey, London) - accepted an invitation to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister.

A DAY AT THE RACISTS is written by Anders Lustgarten and directed by Ryan McBryde, designed by Mila Sanders. Lighting by Dan Hill. The show features sound by George Dennis and is produced by Charlie Payne, and produced by Rogue State Theatre Company in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre