Ellen Leslie

The State of California has filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard after a two-year investigation alleged that female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and unequal pay as part of a “frat boy cul […]

Gaming chair and accessory maker Vertagear has apologised after the company tweeted a sexist meme on their official account.

The image, which was tweeted on 18 July, showed a male streamer whose screen was […]

Capital Theatres and Pitlochry Festival Theatre have announced the finalists from the first round of applications to their new Musical Commissioning Hub.

The first production to be chosen is Niloo-Far Khan’s T […]

As coronavirus restrictions begin to ease, theatres are reopening with a host of fun productions suitable for the whole family. Here is our roundup of family theatre shows to watch in summer.

What The Ladybird […]

The Menier Chocolate Factory will return to live performances in September.

Their programme will open with Paula Vogel’s play Indecent. It is directed by Rebecca Taichman and explores the origins of Sholem A […]

Scottish Dance Theatre is premiering a new show entitled The Life and Times next week.

The company describes the show as “a visual meditation on human fragility” that “explores how our relationship with time […]

Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that he will fully reopen his theatres at the end of June “come hell or high water” in an interview with The Telegraph.

Lloyd Webber claims that he has “seen the science from the t […]

A digital performance and multiple films will be streamed online as part of Border Crossings’ ORIGINS Festival this summer.

The programme will feature a reworked digital adaptation of Madeline Sayet’s Whe […]

A new production of NHS the Musical will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth in September as part of the venue’s creative programme for 2021.

The show is a comedy that celebrates the NHS, which is 73 years old. It […]

Burn Bright, a recently established group that helps to make theatre fairer for women writers, are launching a fundraising appeal.

The company are planning to pause their digital events over the upcoming […]

Award-winning choreographer Matthew Bourne is releasing a new work entitled The Midnight Bell in September.

The show is set in 1930s London and will explore the lives of ordinary people who visit bars and pubs […]

The Bolton Octagon has unveiled its “warm-up” season that will begin from the end of this month, following its recently completed refurbishment.

The theatre is set to open on 26 May with a new play ent […]

A new study from Ebuyer, the UK’s largest independent retailer, has shown that gamers have better reaction times and hand-eye coordination than non-gamers.

Ebuyer devised two games in order to compare how well […]

Sergei Polunin’s twice-postponed London debut as Romeo in a new rendition of Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Albert Hall has been scheduled for this winter.

The performance will be held at the historic London […]

The original 1980 production of Pippin begins with a dark stage, where the audience can see nothing but multiple pairs of hands. As an upbeat ostinato plays, the hands begin to wave, and the cast launch into the […]

The full casting for Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at Leeds Playhouse has been announced.

The show will feature Stephanie Corley and Quirijn de Lang in the leading roles of Desiree Armfeldt and F […]

The Bristol Old Vic has announced full programme details for their upcoming summer season.

The season will begin with a revival of Touching the Void from 26-29 May, which premiered at the theatre in 2018. […]

Curve Leicester have revealed their plans for a new socially distanced season.

The venue will open with a Members Event on 20 May, which will also be live-streamed.

On 21 and 22 May, associate artists and […]

Grégory Montel, star of the hit French drama series Call My Agent!, has joined sit-in protests across France campaigning against benefit reforms and for the reopening of theatres.

The movement is lead by […]

The mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, announced plans to reopen New York’s world-famous Broadway theatre industry in a press conference held last Thursday.

The city will open COVID-19 vaccination sites o […]