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theatre producer Nica Burns has praised chancellor Rishi Sunak’s extension of the furlough scheme until March, calling it a “major step forward” for England’s theatres.

Philip Ridley’s new play The Poltergeist will no longer be performed in front of a live audience at Southwark Playhouse due to England entering a second national lockdown today.

In response to the Chancellor's announcement today that the furlough scheme will be extended until March, with a review in January, Equity General Secretary Paul W Fleming has released a statement.

There are only two days left to join Amy Hart and Paul Taylor-Mills and a splattering of the West End's most terrifying stars for a spooky spectacular.

The Fosse Forest Ballet team has revealed Darren Day as The Narrator for the pilot episode, which hopes to raise funds for the theatre community.

A cast of 14, including Stephen Fry and James Norton, will celebrate the re-opening of the West End in an exclusive semi-staged rehearsed reading of The Understudy which was presented as an animated online play in May to raise funds for the theatre industry.

Janie Dee has had to withdraw from the production of The Haunting of Alice Bowles for personal reasons, but the producers, Original Theatre Company, have announced that Tamzin Outhwaite will now be playing the titular character in this new supernatural thriller by Philip Franks, adapted for the firs

ETT (English Touring Theatre) today announces Phoenix, an audio drama written by Mike Bartlett and read by Bertie Carvel, Olivier Award winners, who previously collaborated on the BBC's Doctor Foster.

The Original Studio Cast Recording of Guy Fawkes the Musical with Adam Pearce (Prince of Egypt, Evita, Sunset Boulevard), Francesca Leyland (LES MISERABLES, The Light Princess), Sandy Grigelis (Sister Act, Now That's What I Call The 80's) and Waylon Jacobs (Hamilton) Available Today, 5 November 2020

Get a first look at Rent at Hope Mill Theatre, running to socially distanced audiences with the 12-strong cast forming a 'bubble' for the duration of the show's run in Manchester.

It has been announced at today's Society of London Theatre (SOLT) Annual General Meeting that Eleanor Lloyd will be the new President of SOLT.

Following the Government's announcement on 31 October 2020 of new national restrictions from 5 November 2020, the new spine-chilling ghost story, WHEN DARKNESS FALLS, which was due to play a limited season from 25 November to 12 December 2020 at The Union Theatre in London, will now be postponed.

The Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone – the only custom-built theatre in the round in Central London, which has been open to socially distanced audiences since July - is pleased to announce its Christmas season for 2020, with festive cabaret show A PERFECT CHRISTMAS, playing alongside a show for child

Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, today announces Silas Parry as the winner of the inaugural Phil Fox Playwriting Award, with his magic realist script Lessons For Diving.

Five of Six The Musical's Catherine Parrs have covered Survivor by Destiny's Child! Cast members featured include Vidya Makan, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Athena Collins, Danielle Steers and Amelia Walker.

For one year only, pantomime comes to the National Theatre, and the full company of Dick Whittington have begun rehearsals this week.

After a rise in complaints, Westminster City Council is planning to ban all street performing and busking across the West End.

What I Love is a brand new podcast series from Storyglass.

You can now watch a rehearsal performance from Lucie Jones ahead of her appearance in Lambert Jackson’s [title of show] which will stream on 12, 13 & 14 November.

Due to England entering lockdown beginning Thursday, November 5, the world première of Paul Harvard's debut play GHBoy at the Charing Cross Theatre will open tomorrow, with two sold out performances running on 4 November as scheduled.

As the theatre industry continues to face huge challenges and the National Theatre closes again under new coronavirus restrictions, the NT is prioritising its work with young people across the UK to provide opportunities for them to take part in creative activities and find new ways to explore theat

Six the Musical has announced the postponement of its return to the West End, as well as its UK tour, due to the new lockdown in the UK.

Due to the new lockdown in the UK, shows across the country have been postponed yet again.

The Actors Centre has today announced a season of on demand theatre, running from 13 November - 13 December.

It was recently announced that England will be entering its second national lockdown on Thursday, November 5th to prevent the spread of coronavirus.