Festive productions at Bristol Hippodrome, Manchester Opera House and Milton Keynes Theatre are able to go ahead thanks to the support of The National Lottery, which will give thousands of theatregoers across the country the chance to enjoy socially distanced pantomime.
David Byrne's American Utopia will return to the live stage on Broadway in the fall of 2021 at a theatre to be announced. Performances will begin on Friday, September 17, 2021.
An anti-racism conference for the UK's theatre and dance sectors is taking place in November 2020, presented by Inc Arts UK in partnership with Society of London Theatre (SOLT) & UK Theatre. 'Speak - Listen - Reset - Heal' will be a fully accessible online series, taking place on Tuesday 3rd, 10th and 24th November.
Due to the ongoing impact of Covid-19, Ambassador Theatre Group has made the decision to suspend all Pantomimes at ATG venues until Christmas 2021.
As a result of ongoing social distancing restrictions, Ambassador Theatre Group has now suspended all performances at its UK venues until Friday 27 November 2020.
Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced the female playwrights chosen via an Open Call to take part in Sphinx 30, the company's 30th anniversary programme.
According to The Guardian, Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) will lay off over 1200 employees in September- a change that will occur following the conclusion of the UK government's furlough scheme at the end of August.
Ambassador Theatre Group recently approached London's Old Vic Theatre with an offer of acquisition, which was a?oedeclined immediately and definitively.'
When the lockdown started in mid March, theatres all over the country were forced to shut down in a hurry. Nina Dunn, video designer with credits spread all over the West End and Europe, has been documenting the struggle of the industry through chilling photographs of empty theatres where silence dominates. A fundraiser has accompanied her online photo essays, which are now being turned into a book whose proceeds will go straight to charity. We had a chat to discuss her project, the effects of the closures, and dark theatres.
As much of the UK entertainment and hospitality industries open to customers from 4 July, theatres remain closed, unable to stage live performances.
American Buffalo, written by David Mamet and directed by Neil Pepe, will officially open at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W 50th Street) on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, exactly one year after its originally scheduled opening date.
Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced full details of Sphinx 30, its 30th anniversary programme. This includes providing £30,000 funding to support 30 female playwrights over the course of the next year, supported by Arts Council England funding and 15 leading theatres.
The Majestic Theatre was scheduled to present RENT, as part of their Broadway in San Antonio series, on May 1-3. The show was canceled and recently rescheduled for June 4-6, 2021.
Sky News has reported that Providence Equity Partners will inject £50m in new equity into Ambassador Theatre Group in order to help it survive the shutdown of its venues due to the health crisis. AGT venues include London's Lyceum Theatre, Savoy Theatre and more.
Ambassador Theatre Group has announced via Twitter that all performances at Ambassador Theatre Group venues across the UK have been suspended until Sunday, August 2nd.
The Stage has reported that English National Ballet's Tamara Rojo, the Arts Council's chair Nicholas Serota and Mark Cornell, chief executive of Ambassador Theatre Group, will be sitting on a new government-led taskforce aimed at rebuilding the arts and culture in the wake of the health crisis.
Robert Icke's Almeida Theatre production, The Doctor, will now be postponed until 2021. Juliet Stevenson will reprise her role as Professor Ruth Wolff as previously announced, with further casting to be confirmed in due course.
Sphinx Theatre, the UK's longest established women's theatre company, has announced the first group of partnerships with leading theatres as part of Sphinx 30, a major new writing programme for female playwrights to mark the company's 30th anniversary.
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, today announced its plans for honoring the 2019-2020 season of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
The highly anticipated West End season of Sunday in the Park with George, starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford has postponed its season in the West End until further notice, following the temporary closure of theatreland this spring.
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