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The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Romeo and Juliet (2019) will be broadcast on BBC Four at 9pm on Sunday 7 June as part of Culture in Quarantine, it was announced today.

The Show Must Go Online will present an event on Monday 1 June from 7.

Park Theatre has been awarded £35k in emergency funding from Arts Council England.

We want to connect with writers nationally and hear what home means to them at this time.

BWW is reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial).

Legend has it that the distance between the front bench of the Government and that of Her Majesty's Opposition is the length of two swords tip to tip.

The next lockdown treat courtesy of English National Ballet comes in the form of Derek Deane's Swan Lake.

Deadline has reported that to address the mass resignation of its Race Equality Committee after an incident involving actor Laurence Fox, Equity has created an Independent Commission for Race Equality (ICRE).

In this week's episode of BBC Three's Glow Up the aspiring make-up artists are challenged by THE LION KING's Associate Hair & Make-Up Designer, Ashley Hughes, to recreate four iconic designs from the landmark musical.

Actor and writer Lee Campion has released a touching tribute to the West End, titled 'Remember Us, Love the West End.

125 years on from its creation, the Proms will once again provide a remarkable summer of music, fulfilling founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood's vision to 'bring the greatest classical music to the widest possible audience'.

An Open Letter has been written to Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture, from black, Asian, and ethnically diverse theatre artistic directors and cultural leaders.

The Coronavirus outbreak has, of course, had a major impact on drama schools.

The Painkiller Project Presents A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

Choreographer Corey Baker will present a unique new dance piece, 'Swan Lake Bath Ballet', as part fo the BBC Culture in Quarantine program.

Aimie Atkinson, star of 'Six the Musical' and 'Pretty Woman - West End', and Tom Gribby, Agent and Producer of the UK Premiere of 'The Pirate Queen', will be a holding a 24hr Musical-a-thon on Saturday 30th May from 6pm BST (UK Time) till Sunday 31st May 6pm BST (UK Time) to raise funds for the Save

BWW will be reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial).

The Barn held its next virtual concert, The Barn Presents: The Music of Finn Anderson, on May 23.

Director and producer Mark Dooley has just released Repeat Attenders, a direct look into the lives of musical theatre superfans in the form of a documentary.

Prince Charles shared with Classic FM the concerns he has over the future of the arts.

Yorkshire Post has reported that BBC Radio York is collaborating with York Theatre Royal to put The York Mystery Plays on air.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn recently told the Observer that he doesn't have much hope for people returning to the theaters once their doors are open due to the large virtual audiences that Netflix has drawn in.

Darren Reeves, the piano player in the West End productions of MOVIN' OUT and WE WILL ROCK YOU has shared a video of himself and his band doing an isolation jam of Billy Joel's My Life.

Brian May, and a full rock band have come together to perform an 'isolation jam' of We Are the Champions! 

Selladoor Worldwide has announced that it will suspend its 2020 touring productions - shifting the majority of shows to start in 2021.