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MK ULTRA from Rosie Kay Dance Company is now available to watch for free online for a limited time!

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craig's List is as wonderfully original and outlandish as its title suggests.

The theatre landscape has changed dramatically since the 1977 premier of Abigail's Party but Leigh remains as real, raw and relevant as ever before.

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Like everyone, we at BroadwayWorld are hugely disappointed that this year's Edinburgh Festivals won't be going ahead - while, of course, understanding why the measures are necessary.

Crazy Coqs, Soho's unique live entertainment venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex, announces a new online initiative: Stay at Home with Crazy Coqs.

The producers of Hairspray the Musical have announced new performances dates for the multi award-winning smash hit musical at the London Coliseum.

As the theatre industry and wider society reels from the unprecedented shock of the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic, many producers and artists are taking the initiative to share work and support each other during these difficult times.

Wouldn't it be ironic that the time that the whole of the UK (and indeed the world) really fell in love with theatre was when no-one could actually go there? Millions of people who already love the performing arts are desperately missing their fixes.

During this unprecedented time which has seen the closure of theatres, cinemas and schools, Half Moon Theatre in Limehose, East London, has launched Half Moon Theatre at Home, offering families around the world free access to children's theatre online.

According to BritishTheatre, Philip Ridley will present a series of online monologues, presented as The Beast Will Rise.

Sadly, the 2020 Olivier Awards won't be going ahead as planned due to the coronavirus shutdown, although ITV will broadcast a highlights show.

Kiln Theatre has cancelled A Museum in Baghdad.

Further to the announcement by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and the Edinburgh Festivals, Summerhall will not be presenting its usual Fringe programme in August 2020.

Today (1 April), the Barbican Centre has announced that it will extend the closure the building until 30 June.

Chloé Nelkin is the founder of Chloé Nelkin Consulting (CNC), a PR and marketing firm specialising in the arts.

Connecting creativity in the Coronavirus Crisis, #OperaHarmony looks to assemble teams from across the globe for all new homemade micro-operitas to be shared online.

In response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, Chinese Arts Now (CAN) and Yellow Earth Theatre today announce that they are accepting applications from artists who identify as having Chinese cultural heritage and/or who make work that incorporates contemporary Chinese perspectives for support to

Theatre Royal Stratford East today announced No Masks, a virtual play based on the experience and testimonies of East London key workers in the face of COVID-19.

At a time when the show must go onLINE and the hunger for live theatre is ever increasing, Curve has followed suit (along with other arts organisations) and dipped into their archives to stream the world premiere recording of 2018 production, Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, for one week only.

Arts Council England has announced that they have published an applicant guide for two of their Emergency Response Package funds.

Theatre Together, a new collective of over 60 artists and professionals, today announce the  an online event featuring a variety of live performances.

The Old Vic has teamed up with Digital Theatre to screen its production of Endgame starring Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming to ticket-holders of cancelled performances.

We're all finding new displacement activities during the shutdown, whether it's making sourdough bread to brag about on Twitter or succumbing to a mammoth rewatch of The Simpsons on Disney+.

On Sunday 5th April at 7pm, Jordan Li-Smith (Musical Director and Composer) will be hosting a live-stream musical theatre quiz night via Facebook Live, to raise money for theatrical charities.