The Royal Shakespeare Company News

Nigel Redden announced that in October 2021, he will step down as General Director of Spoleto Festival USA.

Following the huge success of the run in August at the Minack Open Air Theatre, the acclaimed 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA is coming back from Wednesday 28 October.

Tony Tanner, beloved US and UK actor, director, playwright and choreographer, died on September 8, 2020 at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 87.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that star of stage and screen Dame Diana Rigg has passed away, according to the BBC. She was 82 years old.

This afternoon John's anticipated sequel Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown, out later this month, arrived at his front door. 

A brand-new virtual puppet theatre has arrived on our screens, with acts announced for the first two shows on Friday 4th September and Friday 18th September at 8pm respectively.

Adapted to be a socially distanced duet for one day only at GDIF, Upswing's dance-circus hybrid uses dance and acrobatics to playfully challenge our expectations of an intergenerational relationship.

The Stage has today announced the award-winning & Juliet actress Miriam-Teak Lee will host this year's The Stage Debut Awards, in association with Access Entertainment.

Audible has announced  its latest Emerging Playwrights Fund class.

In Everybody In, Nobody Out: Inspiring Community at Michigan's University Musical Society, author Ken Fischer, with Robin Lea Pyle, reflects on his three-decade tenure leading UMS, and some of the most memorable events that together contributed to the organization being awarded the National Medal of Arts.

Tonight, Thursday 20th August, sees the very first Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds brand-new online series, At Home With... in partnership with Theatre Tokens and sponsored by Theatre Royal Autumn Season Sponsor, Churchgates. The event, hosted on Zoom, will see celebrity pairings in conversation with each other from their own homes.

The Royal Shakespeare Company is providing a series of free, live outdoor performances this summer. Alice Blundell about what it's like to return to a rehearsal room (well garden!) and perform once again.

Two-time OnComm award-winning The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed reading of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Suits), Robbie Williams (Take That), David Mitchell (Peep Show), Aimee Lou Wood (Netflix's Sex Education) and the stars of West End musical Dear Evan Hansen are among the nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2020, in association with Access Entertainment. 

Now the theatre is able to announce that an archive recording of this sell-out production is available on Digital Theatre until December 31, by special arrangement with the Beckett Foundation.

BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, today announced its hot new August lineup with popular comedy and musical titles to watch all month long! Leading the way this month is Summer Stock, the 1950's movie directed by Charles Walters, which stars Judy Garland, Gene Kelly and Eddie Bracken, on August 1st.

Today (July 29) in live streaming: Shoshana Bean visits Backstage Live, The Chaos Twins are back with Tommy Kail, and so much more!

Marquee TV a?" the global streaming platform for dance, opera and theatre on demand a?" will be celebrating the work of the Royal Shakespeare Company by showcasing a selection of performances from the Company's 2019/20 season.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced a new series of free outdoor performances, taking place in the Dell Gardens from this weekend.

A new theatre company has been founded by million-selling author turned Edinburgh Fringe performer Rohan Candappa to support, nurture and pay actors left struggling when the theatres closed.