Emily Withers

The hit musical Hamilton is set to reopen in London’s West End this summer.

The show will resume performances at Victoria Palace Theatre from 19 August 2021. No new cast had yet been announced.

Producer C […]

Shakespeare’s Globe have this week announced plans for the reopening of the Globe Theatre this summer, over a year since they originally closed their doors due to COVID-19.

The theatre are making preparations […]

The Bristol Old Vic yesterday released the original premiere of Owen Sheers’ Pink Mist for a four-week online run.

The release marks the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan by the UK and allied na […]

The producers of the hit production Priscilla, Queen of the Desert have announced plans for its UK tour to restart in June.

Mark Goucher and Jason Donovan first staged the show in September 2019, but had to […]

A new two-part adaptation of The Three Musketeers is expected to begin production in the summer.

The two films will star Eva Green, Vincent Cassel and François Civil as the trio D’Artagnan, Milady and Athos […]

A second Culture Recovery Fund is needed to keep the UK arts sector alive, the Government has been told.

The fund was created last year to alleviate some of the financial strain being felt by theatres, […]

The Arcola Theatre in East London will work with Imperial College London to understand how viral transmission may occur in theatres across the UK.

The project will help to build long-term guidance for the […]

A shortage of new gaming consoles has increased the demand for a ban on console scalping– the practice of using bots to buy stock and resell for profit.

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles are still q […]

Venues across Buxton, Derbyshire have told organisers of the Buxton Fringe that they are still happy to welcome performers this summer.

The Fringe is set to go ahead from 7-25 July, and performers are […]

The Barn Theatre has this week announced that they will be streaming their 2019 production of Daddy Long Legs over the Valentines and Half Term weekend.

It is based on the classic novel by Jean Webster, which […]

Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson has died aged 96, according to a statement released by her manager, Larry Thompson.

“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and […]

The National Eisteddfod, the biggest cultural event in Wales, has been postponed for another successive year due to COVID-19.

The original date of the Ceredigion was originally meant to take place in summer […]

Organisers of the Edinburgh festivals hope the events will go ahead this year, despite COVID-19 restrictions casting doubts over whether this will be allowed to happen.

The 2020 festivals featured a purely […]

A new cultural project is set to launch this year to honour the women persecuted as witches in Scotland.

Heal & Harrow will play tribute to the victims of witch trails in the 16th and 17th centuries. The p […]

A new pandemic-set film is released by HBO Max this week.

Locked Down, starring Anne Hathaway (Linda) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Paxton), follows a couple who decide to break up just days before a UK lockdown […]

Customers in the UK will see an increase on their monthly subscription month from February, the streaming giant has said.

The Standard Plan, which is the most popular, will rise from £8.99 to £9.99 monthly. T […]

The latest update to the Celluloid Ceiling Report, which tracks women’s employment in cinema, shows that women are represented in more behind-the-scenes roles than ever before

The report, by Dr Martha Lauzen […]

The God of Mischief is to return to our screens in May 2021, according to an announcement made by Kevin Fiege at Disney’s 2020 Investor Day presentation. The series, simply titled Loki, will be released in six p […]

Dame Barbara Windsor, who enjoyed a stellar career across theatre, film and television, has died at the age of 83 following a battle with Alzheimer’s.

In a statement, her husband Scott Mitchell said “it is w […]

New Coronavirus regulations in England mean that London theatres will be allowed to reopen, while many other areas must keep their doors closed. The capital has been categorised a Tier 2 area, meaning indoor […]