Matthew Hemley

Lloyd joins as chief marketing officer, a new role that assumes some duties held by former chief customer officer Christopher Edgington, who left this year

Ewan McGregor is to return to the London stage for the first time in 17 years to star in My Master Builder, a new play by American playwright Lila Raicek. 

Elton John has revealed that sight loss means he has not been able to watch his own musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada

Rupert Goold has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Old Vic in London.

Frothy, camp jukebox musical that delivers just what its audience wants, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with Rebecca Lock, Hiba Elchikhe, Sharlene Hector, Blake Patrick Anderson, Finty Williams, Dan Partridge, Helen Colby, Gary Milner, River Medway, Edward Baker Duly and John Stacey

Producer Jamie Wilson has revealed ambitions to operate a theatre regionally, which he would use as a testbed for new musicals before transferring them to London

They will be the first patrons since the organisation was funded in 1882, and they come as part of the charity implementing a new strategy called Acting for Impact

The Turbine Theatre in south west London is to close after five years, with its artistic director Paul Taylor-Mills blaming the difficult economics of making a 92-seat venue work.

Playwrights Zoe Cooper and Stewart Pringle have been named writers in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company

The centre, which would aim to "grow skills and training to help fill the national industry skills gap", is being planned for the West Midlands