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Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents an exciting line up of drama performances this  spring, broadcast online for free.

Stephen Lightbown will become Chair in March 2021, taking over from Fern Potter who has been Chair since 2018.

The Alliance of Associations and Professionals in Theatre & Live Events (AAPTLE), which represents theatre workers across all disciplines in the UK, advocating for a better, more sustainable and fairer future for them and the improvement of the industry as a whole, today announce the campaign Not He

The National Youth Theatre have announced an open call to young people, specialist schools and colleges (known as SEND*), and cultural community partners initially in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire to work with the company on a new national Inclusive Practice Collective.

Exeter Northcott has commissioned three South West artists to create digital projects that reflect on what the last year has taught us about ourselves, our society and the changes that are needed when we finally emerge from this crisis.

Audiences will be treated to the greatest hits, including her hilarious routines directed at useless partners (well, men in general) to her journey through the onset of middle age, with some brand new material filled with Crissy's non-stop blasts of comedy brilliance that hit the right note every t

Oldham Coliseum Theatre today announced seven artists selected for Micro Commissions to create new work designed for audiences and participants to experience online.

Ros is looking for romance.

The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, a program within the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University will present “Unveiling the Mask” as a virtual streaming event.

Stand-up Comedy for Beginners, led by Paddy Young, takes place from 7pm to 8pm each Monday from 8 March to 5 April.

Leading actors of the stage and screen Rachael Stirling and Alec Newman are set to star in a new topical online play with music, due to be released in nine episodes on YouTube next month from 4 March to 23 May 2021.

The cast has been announced for Talking Gods, a digital season of five reimagined Greek myths by Arrows & Traps.

On Volpone's opening night anniversary, Tangle is launching the playtext of Volpone as adapted by Artistic Director Anna Coombs; and Amina Kadeya EP, a special adaptation of the score originally created for Tangle's 2020 staging of Volpone, by the show's Composer and Musical Director John Pfumojen

Casting has today been announced for The Kindling Hour, the third and final part in a trilogy of online productions from multi-award winning theatre and experience makers, Swamp Motel.

Who Cares Campaign launches Digi Fund to tackle digital poverty among some of the UK's most vulnerable young carers.

Following an acclaimed, sold-out run of live streamed performances, a recording of Hymn will be available to stream on-demand for a limited time from Wednesday 3 – Tuesday 9 March.

Today, The Old Vic announces two new commissions for International Women's Day to be screened as part of the Your Old Vic programme.

Jason Donovan has announced that he will be pulling out of Dancing On Ice due to an ongoing back injury.

Offering a £10,000 commission, the Arch 468 Hope Prize is now open for submissions for a new play that offers a vision of hope.

Jabala and the Jinn tells the story of schoolgirl Jabala.

Contact Theatre's beloved celebration of queer culture returns for 2021.

POPArt brings a new interactive piece of Protest in progress to the My Body My Space 2021 festival on your phone.

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts has today announced the appointment of Dame Rosemary Squire, the Joint Chief Executive of Trafalgar Entertainment, to be the next Chairman of Mountview when the current Chairman, Dame Vikki Heywood completes her eight-year term in October of this year.

Cultural Leicester powerhouses Curve and De Montfort University have announced plans to continue their strategic partnership throughout 2021 with a host of new projects.

In this ‘special circumstances’ year, the Offies 2021 Awards Ceremony celebrated the creativity and resilience of our artists in fringe, alternative and independent theatre in a time of crisis who have found new ways to produce fresh and inventive work for thousands of stay-at-home audiences.