Jon Welch

Read the latest theatre news including West End, London, regional, fringe, UK-wide and Broadway theatre news, including casting and show announcements. Find theatre industry news, reports, statistics and interviews with leading figures in the performing arts.

Ten shows across two venue spaces in Islington features several debuts and world premieres

Forty years on the Blues’ Wembley win is still inspiring people in the town.

The battlefields of WW1 were once marked by thousands of wooden crosses - but what happened to them?

Sensitive information about 42 students was emailed to nearly 300 undergraduates.

Forty years ago the Sex Pistols were touring the country, hoping someone would let them play.

A mental health trust planning to close beds spends £1.2m sending patients to a senior consultant’s private hospital.

The Coen Brothers’ latest film Inside Llewyn Davis is reviving interest in a folk song about a long-gone traditional industry.

Health and safety documentation on the Queen’s Sandringham estate was out of date, a report into a near-fatal accident finds.

A campaign group claims a victory where others have failed in defeating supermarket chain Tesco’s plans for a store in their town.

In public Michael Souter was a respected BBC broadcaster, but in private he was a sexual abuser of young boys.

The world premiere of the new Alan Partridge movie is held in an unglamorous shopping centre in the DJ’s home city.

Funeral directors are often asked to arrange for healthy animals to be put down, but say there are alternatives.

Fans of TV show The Only Way Essex meet their idols on a tour of locations from the show.

An area of Norfolk is rated the most peaceful in the UK in a new study based on crime figures and police officer numbers.

BBC News - Nicholas Breakspear: The only English Pope  BBC News

Is there an element of truth to the claim that building snowmen may help to prevent flooding?

A Norfolk village is at the centre of speculation that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge could soon be moving there.

Scientists discover what gives blue cheeses such as Stilton their unique aroma.

The superhero battling the killer shrimp in our waters  BBC News