The House of Lords has called on the government to rule out an opt-out approach to AI licensing, which would allow big tech companies to mine creative works unchecked.
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★★★★ Review: Ballet Black at 25 – Old and new work celebrates the company’s quarter-century of disrupting ballet.
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★★★★ Review: Barnum – Pitch-perfect up-scaling of the Watermill’s glorious revival 👇
Into the Woods and Paddington the Musical jointly lead this year’s Olivier Awards nominations, racking up 11 nods each.
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Propmaker Min Gilby and designer Eve Wilson have been named winners of the inaugural Cardboard Adventures Designer/Maker Award.
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Newbury’s Watermill Theatre is to offer its first ever dementia-friendly show this summer, with specialised staff on hand to help audience members.
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A best practice guide that aims to soothe “unpredictable working conditions” for freelancers in Wales has been launched.
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The Old Vic has reached a settlement out of court with an actor who claims Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted him while working as the theatre’s artistic director.
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Newcastle’s Live Theatre will produce a stage adaptation of Peter Flannery’s Our Friends in the North, written by artistic director Jack McNamara, as part of its upcoming season of work.
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Francesca Moody’s fund supporting artists bringing work to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will rise to a total of £25,000 this year, supported by comedians Joe Lycett and Nish Kumar.
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★★★ Review: Broken Glass – Powerful performances hold together this discomforting revival of Arthur Miller’s tricky drama of identity, antisemitism and sexual frustration 👇
Matthew Hemley has been appointed editor of The Stage following an extensive recruitment process.
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★★★ Review: Blink – Phil Porter’s unusual play about the need to feel seen amid grief and loneliness has matured in relevance.
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★★★★ Review: Ukraine Unbroken – Sobering facts and intriguing moral dilemmas crackle in this collection of short plays about the war in Ukraine 👇
★★★ Review: Macbeth – Restrained, polite and somewhat miscast production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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Disney Cruise Line is recruiting Wigs and Costume Technicians!
You will provide costuming support, stage makeup assistance and styling, care and maintenance of performer wigs on the Broadway/West End style musical theatre productions.
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Plans for a £231m upgrade to the Barbican Centre have received the green light, with the organisation welcoming the move as progress towards "securing its future".
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★★★★ Review: Medea – Kathy McKean’s version is a furious and devastating reimaging of Euripides’ tragedy 👇
Nick Mohammed is to host the Olivier Awards in its 50th anniversary year next month.
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Playwrights including Moira Buffini and Rebecca Lenkiewicz are among the signatories of an open letter calling on the creative industries to make changes to its "rigid structures" to accommodate those navigating the menopause.
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Playwrights debbie tucker green and Eoin McAndrew are backing a scheme aimed at giving working-class actors the opportunity to earn their first professional credit.
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Reese Witherspoon is right – but talent doesn’t grow without opportunity 👇
Sadler’s Wells venue the Peacock Theatre has closed temporarily due to "essential building works", disrupting productions include the planned premiere of a Chaka Khan musical starring Alexandra Burke 👇
Venues and organisations are "silently boycotting" the work of some artists for fear of political backlash, a report by campaign group Freedom in the Arts claims 👇
Disabled artists have reported losing businesses due to cuts and delays to their financial support from the government, with some claiming they have been "pressured" into accepting less support than they need 👇
Playwrights David Edgar, Sonali Bhattacharyya and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm have urged artistic directors to take greater risks on original writing following Indhu Rubasingham’s Jennie Lee Lecture 👇
Freelancers, this one is for you!📣
Apply now for a free ticket to this year's #FutureOfTheatre conference, in association with Arts Council England ⭐
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ICYMI: Catherine Tate is to take over as first lady Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! in the West End, as the production announces a four-month extension into the summer.
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