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

The Hollow Crown continues with power slithering away from Richard to the reluctant usurper, Bolingbroke.

The Show Must Go Online today announce the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Composers Daniel and Laura Curtis hosted a special live concert last night to introduce emerging artists who each sang a song from the composers back catalogue of work.

Kiln Theatre today announces their Creative Engagement programme for Summer 2020, with all the theatre's outreach programmes and initiatives now being provided online.

The Barn Theatre have announced a special week of episodes, beginning 25th May, that celebrates the female characters of William Shakespeare's work as part of their ongoing series Bard From The Barn.

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 Southbank Centre today announces it is at risk of closure until at least April 2021, as a result of the economic impact of COVID-19, disclosing details of crippling financial pressure as its reserves run dry.

For the first time ever, cast members from all over the world who have all starred in Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical have come together in lockdown to celebrate gay pride.

Why not use the lockdown period to catch up on your musical theatre history? From the making of iconic shows to fascinating backstage tales and industry insight, these documentaries help to fill the stagey void.

Before COVID-19, Adam Lenson was producing SIGNAL, a quarterly concert series in association with H Club London that showcased the best new artist-driven musical theatre.

West End LIVE have announced two specially commissioned highlights programmes to be streamed on 20 and 21 June in place of the popular live event held at Trafalgar Square.

Adam Blanshay Productions are launching the initiative Newfound Hope Songs, uniting some of theatreland's musical theatre performers and commissioning them to write and collaborate on new songs that move us, uplift us, inspire us, and entertain.

Nick Hern Books have announced they are now accepting applications for amateur online productions, with dozens of plays by leading contemporary writers available for amateur companies, schools, colleges, youth theatres and others to perform online via platforms such as Zoom, YouTube and Vimeo.

A Streetcar Named Desire was the hottest ticket in town back in the summer of 2014.

Olivier Award winner Jamie Parker has reunited with pianist and entertainer Joe Stilgoe, his co-star in Maria Friedman's 2015 Old Vic production of Cole Porter's High Society.

WATSON: The Final Problem is an audio interpretation of the classic story, prior to a solo stage adaptation, when allowed! 

A group of UK theatres have sent an open letter to their networks of freelancers.

The Donmar's online production of 'Midnight Your Time' directed by Artistic Director Michael Longhurst and starring Diana Quick will now be extended for another week.

The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre welcome the latest announcement from DCMS to set up a new Entertainment and Events Working Group.

School of Rock a?" The Musical is launching an online search for talented young musicians.

It's not quite a radio play a?' not quite a film - but I think we've created something in The Understudy that will engage our audience as much as we can from the safety of our own homes.

The Winter's Tale at The Globe is a reminder of how things once were - and how we all hope they will be again, very soon.

During this unsettling time, here at BroadwayWorld we've been buoyed by witnessing the outpouring of support, encouragement and collaboration that members of the arts community have been offering each other as the weeks have passed.

The Stage has reported that English National Ballet's Tamara Rojo, the Arts Council's chair Nicholas Serota and Mark Cornell, chief executive of Ambassador Theatre Group, will be sitting on a new government-led taskforce aimed at rebuilding the arts and culture in the wake of the health crisis.