UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 596

With the news of the Government financial package to safeguard the future of the arts, culture and heritage industries, #scenechange continue to wrap theatres across the UK and Ireland in a message of hope.

The Theatre Support Fund + has designed face masks, t-shirts and more featuring the logos of iconic West End musicals to raise funds for Acting for Others, The Fleabag Support Fund and the NHS Covid-19 Urgent Appeal.

Pantomime producer Michael Harrison has given the government a deadline of August 3 to confirm 'no earlier than' dates for the reopening of theatres.

The Barn Theatre has announced an all-star West End line up for their fifth virtual concert, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Annabel Mutale Reed, which will celebrate the work of musical theatre playwright, lyricist and director Annabel Mutale Reed.

Birmingham Stage Company today announces new tour dates for Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain in association with Car Park Party, Troubadour and Live Nation.

Worcester-based Vamos Theatre, the UK's leading full mask theatre company, announce the transmission dates for How Hard is Waving? a brand-new series of specially commissioned short films.

After tremendous success with 'The Show Must Go On' t-shirt, The Theatre Support Fund + have designed a face mask of the same design which is now available to purchase from their website.

Cadogan Hall will become one of the first venues in the UK to reopen its doors to live performance since the COVID-19 lockdown, as it welcomes musicians back for a series of carefully planned live-streamed concerts and recording sessions over the coming weeks, all adhering to strict government guide

On the 13 April, 2014, the Richard Rodgers Award-winning musical theatre duo Carner & Gregor brought a concert version of their new musical ISLAND SONG to the studio space at The Other Palace.

Sander Blommaert, a multi-award-winning ballet teacher from Elmhurst Ballet School, and former Royal Ballet First Artist, has completed a run of 100 free online ballet classes throughout lockdown.

After three long months, Charing Cross Theatre will become the first West End venue to re-open, but only partially.

The Stage has reported that restaurant owners are warning that central London is a 'ghost town' without theatres open in the UK, and that businesses are at risk of closing.

Due to the ongoing crisis with the global pandemic, the Theatre Royal Plymouth has closed its doors for the first time in 37 years.

MTPRIDE is collaborating with ALP Musicals to present SIGNAL x MTPRIDE, a concert of queer artist driven new musical theatre.

Leading producer Sonia Friedman has commented on the UK Government's rescue package for the arts (announced last night) in an article for the Evening Standard - read the full piece here.

As we previously reported, the UK Government has finally announced a rescue package for the arts.

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The UK Government has announced a £1.

Film and theatre director Sam Mendes has established an emergency fund for theatre artists affected by the health crisis.

Joe Allen, lovingly referred to as 'the West End's canteena??, streamed a virtual, live evening of star-studded entertainment.

It took until 2018 for Glyndebourne to stage Puccini's Madama Butterfly after touring with it in 2016.

'The arts are not a luxury - they are a necessity,' says Dame Judi Dench in a video released today on her daughter Finty Williams' Twitter account.

In the year that the Proms turns 125 years old, the 2020 season brings the spirit of the Proms to music-lovers at home.

We will return to theatres very different from those we left - and we are different too.