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Coronavirus: Stage Management Association creates buddy scheme to connect isolated theatre workers
The Stage Management Association has launched a buddy scheme for stage managers in isolation, to bring together people who are...
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Coronavirus: Hope Mill Theatre to stream free Rodgers and Hammerstein concert online
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre is to stream an online concert celebrating the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. When theatres across the UK
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Careers Clinic: How do I improve my self-tapes quickly?
As an actor who has mainly worked in theatre and live shows, I have only been asked for the occasional self-tape over
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Campaigners backing theatre plan for Reading Gaol disappointed after council fails to buy site
A former prison in Reading, which campaigners want to turn into a theatre space, has been sold to an unannounced bidder. Campaign
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Coronavirus: Original Mamma Mia! stars perform tribute to fellow cast member battling Covid-19
Original Mamma Mia! stars have reunited to make a video for a former cast member who is battling Covid-19 in hospital. Performers
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Coronavirus: Artrix arts centre becomes first to cease trading due to financial hit of pandemic
Artrix arts centre in Bromsgrove is to close permanently because of the financial impact of coronavirus. The Worcestershire...
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How drama schools have moved their teaching online during the lockdown
With non-essential workers now confined to their homes, how are schools adapting to the coronavirus pandemic? Staff and students from institutions across
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Coronavirus: BECTU reaches agreement with SOLT and UK Theatre over job retention scheme
BECTU has reached an agreement with UK Theatre and the Society of London Theatre over the use of the government’s job retention
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Coronavirus: National Theatre Wales plans digital programme to offer audiences live performance at home
National Theatre Wales is partnering with Welsh-language theatre company Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Cardiff’s Sherman...
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The Green Room: What do you think will change as a result of the pandemic?
Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…?????
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Coronavirus: Pitlochry Festival Theatre commissions 25 playwrights from across UK for online series
Timberlake Wertenbaker, Abi Zakarian and Chinonyerem Odimba are among the writers commissioned by Pitlochry Festival Theatre...
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Coronavirus: Concerns grow that audiences may be reluctant to return to gathering in theatres
Artistic directors have expressed fears that theatre audiences may be hesitant to return to public gatherings once lockdown rules...
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Coronavirus: Theatre leaders outline challenges as venues remain dark
As the UK grapples with life under lockdown, theatres across the country are being forced to ask how and what their operation
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Coronavirus: Chichester Festival Theatre to make shows available online for free
Chichester Festival Theatre is to stream productions from its archive online for the first time, beginning with the musical Flowers for Mrs
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Jo Stevens succeeds Tracy Brabin as shadow culture secretary
Tracy Brabin has been replaced as shadow culture secretary in the first reshuffle from new Labour leader Keir Starmer. Brabin, the MP
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Coronavirus: Pay deals reached for actors and stage management during closures
A series of pay agreements to support performers and stage managers during the period of theatre closures has been agreed with union
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Coronavirus: Online showcase initiative set up for drama school graduates
Drama school graduates missing out on final-year performances because of coronavirus will be able to showcase themselves online as part of a
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Coronavirus: West End theatres to remain closed until at least May 31
West End theatres will not reopen until June at the earliest due to the coronavirus crisis, it has been confirmed. The Society
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Coronavirus: Stephen Fry and Sheila Atim to star in radio play raising money for theatre charities
Stephen Fry, Sheila Atim, Sarah Hadland and Layton Williams have been cast in a new radio play, which is raising money for
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Coronavirus: Costume designer and producers of Sleepless musical join effort to make NHS scrubs
The producers and costume designer of the forthcoming Sleepless musical have joined forces to help make scrubs for NHS workers...
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How international dance festival Spring Forward is bucking the trend by hosting a virtual edition
While many festivals have already decided to cancel this year’s events in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, Aerowaves’...
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Kate Maltby: Theatre is a live art, but we can try to replicate the shared experience online
What a difference a month makes. In my last column I celebrated the gathering of (largely) old-time theatre critics to celebrate...
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Lyn Gardner: The Edinburgh Fringe should use its fallow year to renew its purpose
Make no mistake, the cancellation of this year’s Edinburgh festivals, in particular the fringe, is a major blow for independent artists. The
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