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Please note: the year in brackets refers to the year of the news story, not the year of the event itself.

St Just, Cornwall - - - Plen-an-Gwary may close (2004)

St Helens - - - Spring 2012 season (2012)

Sakoba Dance Company - - - National tour (2005)

Laura Sadler - - - Dies (2003)

Sadler's Wells - - - To stage Opera North's Sweeney Todd (2001)
Sadler's Wells - - - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe opens (2001)
Sadler's Wells - - - To present Little Women at Christmas (2002)
Sadler's Wells - - - The Snowman at Christmas (2003)
Sadler's Wells - - - To revive two Matthew Bourne smash hits (2003)
Sadler's Wells - - - CEO quits (2004)
Sadler's Wells - - - Bourne Swan Lake returns for Christmas (2004)
Sadler's Wells - - - New production of Anne of Green Gables (2004)
Sadler's Wells - - - News series of Lost Musicals (2005)
Sadler's Wells - - - The Snowman returns for Christmas (2005)
Sadler's Wells - - - Link up with New York Center (2006)
Sadler's Wells - - - Spring 2008 season (2007)
Sadler's Wells - - - New work from Robert Lepage, Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant (2008)
Sadler's Wells - - - Launches Global Dance Contest (2009)
Sadler's Wells - - - July - December 2009 programme (2009)
Sadler's Wells - - - January - August 2010 programme (2009)
Sadler's Wells - - - Global Dance Contest winner (2009)

Salisbury International Arts Festival - - - Highlights of the 2011 theatre programme (2011)

Sammy - - - Starts tour (2002)

Samuel French Ltd - - - Celebrates 175th anniversary (2005)

Diane Samuels - - - New Mata Hari play to premiere at Watford (2002)

Peter Sarah - - - An obituary (2005)

Susan Sarandon - - - To appear the the Edinburgh Fringe (2002)

Jean Paul Satre - - - Revival of Huis Clos (2003)

Saturday Night Fever - - - National tour in 2003 (2002)
Saturday Night Fever - - - Arrives in West End in July (2004)
Saturday Night Fever - - - Shaun Williamson and Rebecca Dent in new tour cast (2005)
Saturday Night Fever - - - To close (2005)

Sir Peter Saunders - - - Dies (2003)

Lily Savage - - - To join cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002)

Savage Sensuality - - - Culmination of the Globe's International Artistic Fellowship (2002)

Savoy Opera - - - "Unable to continue" (2004)

Savoy Theatre - - - To become an opera house (2003)
Savoy Theatre - - - Christmas programme (2003)
Savoy Theatre - - - Sold to ATG (2005)

Nadim Sawalha - - - One man satire at Soho (2004)

Greta Scacchi - - - To play Mata Hari (2002)

Prunella Scales - - - To appear in A Woman of No Importance (2003)

Scamp - - - Future plans (2004)

Scaramouche Jones - - - To tour (2002)
Scaramouche Jones - - - At the Riverside Studios (2002)
Scaramouche Jones - - - International tour (2003)

Scarborough - - - Pub theatre returns (2002)

Scary Little Girls - - - Revive Maria Stuart (2005)

Scene and Heard - - - Fundraising comedy gala (2004)

Paul Scofield - - - In Shakespeare celebration at the Globe (2003)
Paul Scofield - - - Obituary (2008)

Schools - - - Arts in schools hit hard (2003)
Schools - - - Draft drama and school production guidelines from the Qualifications and Curriculm Authority (2006)
Schools - - - £332 for primary school music (2007)

School Theatre - - - Stage lighting INSET (2001)

David Schwimmer - - - West End debut (2005)

Science and Theatre - - - New theatre company to deal with IVF and cloning (2003)

The Scoop - - - Third free open-air theatre festival (2005)
The Scoop - - - Fourth theatre season (2006)
The Scoop - - - The London Nativity (2006)
The Scoop - - - Fifth free theatre season (2007)
The Scoop - - - Season details (2008)
The Scoop - - - 2009 free theatre season (2009)
The Scoop - - - 2010 free theatre season (2010)
The Scoop - - - 2011 free theatre season (2011)

Scotland - - - £1.75m for culture in Scottish schools (2002)
Scotland - - - New film studios (2002)
Scotland - - - Writers in Scotland to accept playwrights (2002)
Scotland - - - SAC announces 2003 project funding (2002)
Scotland - - - Useful documents for download from SAC (2003)
Scotland - - - Mixed funding news for Scottish theatre (2003)
Scotland - - - Election results may bring about the demise of the Scottish Arts Council (2003)
Scotland - - - Winners of the 2003 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (2003)
Scotland - - - New Scottish Touring Consortium (2003)
Scotland - - - Rapture Theatre to tour McNally Play (2003)
Scotland - - - Funding announced for a Scottish National Theatre (2003)
Scotland - - - SNT to be based on Glasgow housing estate (2003)
Scotland - - - Scottish Equity launches 1% for the arts campaign (2003)
Scotland - - - SAC to cut SCDA funding (2003)
Scotland - - - SNT chair announced (2003)
Scotland - - - National Theatre Newsletter for January 2004 (2004)
Scotland - - - TAG appoints new director (2004)
Scotland - - - Highlands and Islands Producers Fund 2004/5 information (2004)
Scotland - - - Spends more per person on the arts than the rest of the UK (2004)
Scotland - - - Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2003-04 shortlist announced (2004)
Scotland - - - Scotland's Theatre Gateway announced (2004)
Scotland - - - CATS winners (2004)
Scotland - - - NToS: Ireland applies (2004)
Scotland - - - Vicky Featherstone is first NToS director (2004)
Scotland - - - Details of applying for the Creative Scotland Awards 2005 announced (2004)
Scotland - - - McAveety sacked (2004)
Scotland - - - McAveety replacement announced (2004)
Scotland - - - Highland Quest: the search for a new Scottish musical (2005)
Scotland - - - Scottish plays database (2005)
Scotland - - - CATS 2005 nominees (2005)
Scotland - - - CATS 2005 winners (2005)
Scotland - - - Glasgow, Dundee and Young Genius (2005)
Scotland - - - Mapping out Scotland's cultural future (2006)
Scotland - - - SAC fills in the details (2006)
Scotland - - - Reinstate Borderline funding, letter demands (2006)
Scotland - - - New arts board chair appointed (2006)
Scotland - - - CATS 2007 nominees (2007)
Scotland - - - £6m for Edinburgh festivals (2008)
Scotland - - - The latest flexible funding round from SAC (2008)

Dougray Scott - - - To star in Becket revival (2004)

Scottish Arts Council - - - May move from Edinburgh (2003)
Scottish Arts Council - - - Major funding changes (2006)
Scottish Arts Council - - - Inspire, a new Lottery fund (2008)
Scottish Arts Council - - - £16m in grants announced (2010)
See Creative Scotland

Scottish Ballet - - - Proposes takeover of Glasgow's Tramway (2003)
Scottish Ballet - - - Sponsor a tutu! (2004)
Scottish Ballet - - - Tramway architects chosen (2005)
Scottish Ballet - - - World premiere of Page's Cinderella (2005)
Scottish Ballet - - - Returns to London (2006)
Scottish Ballet - - - £148,000 education grant (2007)
Scottish Ballet - - - New ballet to the music of Radiohead (2007)
Scottish Ballet - - - To tour new Sleeping Beauty production (2007)

Scottish Dance Theatre - - - Autumn 2006 tour (2006)
Scottish Dance Theatre - - - Three world premieres (2007)
Scottish Dance Theatre - - - At the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe (2007)

Scottish European Alternative Theatre Network - - - Launch (2005)

Scottish Opera - - - Should sell Theatre Royal, Equity says (2003)
Scottish Opera - - - 88 jobs to go in restructuring (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Chair should go, say unions (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Yet Again Second Best for Scotland, Accuses Ex-Minister (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Further developments (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Chorus told: it's official (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Vice president resigns (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Equity online petition (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - To go south of the border (2004)
Scottish Opera - - - Commissions Ian Rankin to write a libretto (2007)
Scottish Opera - - - Five:15, an experiment in creating new opera (2007)
Scottish Opera - - - 2010/2011 season (2010)

Screen Actors' Guild Awards - - - Zeta Jones and Day Lewis success (2003)
Screen Actors Guild Awards - - - 2007 nominees (2007)
Screen Actors Guild Awards - - - 2007 British winners (2007)

Screen Nation Film and Television Awards - - - Rudolph Walker gets Trailblazer Award (2003)

Script Yorkshire - - - October events (2005)

Scrooge the Musical - - - To tour with Tommy Steele (2003)
Scrooge the Musical - - - Barrymore to play lead in new tour (2006)

Secrets of Sherwood - - - To play at four Welsh castles (2003)

Graham Seed - - - Withdraws from My Sainted Aunt after three days (2003)

See How They Run - - - Revival to tour (2006)

See You Next Tuesday - - - Extends (2003)

Andy Serkis - - - To make debut as a director at Southwark (2003)

Seven Artspace, Leeds - - - November '08 to April '09 theatre season (2008)

Sevenoaks - - - Panto auditions (2011)

Sevenoaks Playhouse - - - Could close very soon (2006)

George Sewell - - - Dies (2007)

Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll - - - Cancelled (2002)

Sexual Perversity in Chicago - - - Breaks West End advanced booking record (2003)

Anthony Shaffer - - - Dies (2001)
Anthony Shaffer - - - Sleuth to be revived in West End (2002)
Anthony Shaffer - - - Sleuth closure announced (2002)

Shaftesbury Theatre - - - Forced to close show because of noise complaints (2002)
Shaftesbury Theatre - - - The end of the line? (2002)
Shaftesbury Theatre - - - Sound problem agreement reached (2002)

Shakespeare - - - Still relevant, one third of young people say (2002)
Shakespeare - - - Five modernised TV versions planned (2002)
Shakespeare - - - Major TV series about his life (2003)
Shakespeare - - - His will available online (2004)
Shakespeare - - - Birthday celebrations at the Globe (2004)
Shakespeare - - - Soap Box debate (2005)
Shakespeare - - - £2.8m for First Folio (2006)
Shakespeare - - - 400 years of Macbeth (2006)
Shakespeare - - - New portrait found (2009)
Shakespeare - - - Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday (2009)
Shakespeare - - - Double Falsehood authenticated by Arden (2010)

Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2004 spring programme (2004)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2005 programme (2004)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - Could be forced to close soon (2006)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - Financial situation update (2006)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - Spring 2008 season (2007)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2009 season (2008)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2010 season (2009)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2011 season (2010)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2012 season (2011)
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory - - - 2012 casting (2011)

Shakespeare 4 Kidz - - - Restructures (2002)
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - - - West End run (2005)
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - - - MD voted Producer of the Year (2005)
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - - - Gulf Hamlet a hit (2008)
Shakespeare 4 Kidz - - - Cuts back touring (2011)

Shakespeare Schools Festival - - - Details of the 2004 event (2004)

Shakespeare's Globe - - - New Season (2001) (See also the Globe)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - New season (2002)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Details of Savage Sensuality (2002)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Best ever season (2002)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2003 season casting (2003)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Richard II to be broadcast live (2003)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Twelfth Night returns (2003)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Summer 2004 season details (2003)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Extra production (2005)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2006 season (2006)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - First 2006 casting announced (2006)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Roofing the Globe for Titus (2006)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Mixed financial fortunes for 2004 - 2005 (2006)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2008 season (2007)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Casting news (2008)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2009 season (2008)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Young Hearts (2009)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - More details of the Young Hearts season (2009)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Announces 2010 season (2009)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - To host American Shakespeare conference (2009)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Full details of 2010 Kings and Rogues season (2010)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Read Not Dead (2010)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - New CEO (2010)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Wells wins Wananaker Award (2010)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2011 season announced (2010)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Indoor Jacobean theatre to be developed (2011)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Multilingual complete works for the Cultural Olympiad (2011)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - US philanhtropist donates £1m for Jacobean Theatre (2011)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - Dates and venues for 2011 tours (2011)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - More Globe to Globe 2012 productions announced (2011)
Shakespeare's Globe - - - 2012 season (2011)

Shakespeare's London - - - Guided walks by BTG reviewer Jackie Fletcher (2003)

John Patrick Shanley - - - Doubt to premiere at the Tricycle? (2007)

Shared Experience - - - Revives Edmundson play (2002)
Shared Experience - - - To tour A Passage to India (2002)
Shared Experience - - - To bring A Passage to India to Riverside (2002)
Shared Experience - - - To tour After Mrs Rochester (2003)
Shared Experience - - - To present Madame Bovary at the Lyric Hammersmith (2003)
Shared Experience - - - Gone to Earth tour (2004)
Shared Experience - - - Gone to Earth at the Lyric, Hammersmith (2004)
Shared Experience - - - Passage to India tour details (2004)
Shared Experience - - - To tour Brontë by Polly Teale (2005)
Shared Experience - - - To revive 1997 Jane Eyre (2006)
Shared Experience - - - Jane Eyre returns to London (2006)
Shared Experience - - - To be resident theatre company at Oxford Playhouse (2011)

Thea Sharrock - - - First season at the Gate (2004)

Fiona Shaw - - - Tony nomination (2003)
Fiona Shaw - - - Is Booker Prize judge (2006)

George Bernard Shaw - - - Hall's Mrs Warren's Profession to tour (2003)
George Bernard Shaw - - - John Bull's Other Island to be revived at Tricycle (2003)
George Bernard Shaw - - - Two new productions (2003)

Martin Shaw - - - To star in Man for All Seasons revival (2005)

Tracy Shaw - - - To tour in The Blue Room (2002)
Tracy Shaw - - - To appear in As You Like It (2003)
Tracy Shaw - - - Drops out of As You Like It (2003)

Shaw Theatre - - - To reopen with Wilde (2004)

Michael Sheard - - - Obituary (2005)

Moira Shearer - - - Obituary (2006)

Michael Sheen - - - To star in Caligula at the Donmar (2002)
Michael Sheen - - - To play Kenneth Williams on TV (2006)

Sheffield - - - Crucible mounts Gill retrospective (2002)
Sheffield - - - 2002-2003 Crucible season announced
Sheffield - - - Crucible spring 2003 season announced (2002)
Sheffield - - - September 2003 - June 2004 productions (2003)
Sheffield - - - Programme to spring 2005 (2004)
Sheffield - - - Churchill celebration (2004)
Sheffield - - - The Pyramid Project (2005)
Sheffield - - - To revive Brenton's The Romans in Britain (2005)
Sheffield - - - Gala raises £7,500 for theatres (2005)
Sheffield - - - October 2006 to March 2007 programme (2006)
Sheffield - - - West to leave (2006)
Sheffield - - - As You Like It casting (2007)
Sheffield - - - West gives his reasons for leaving (2007)
Sheffield - - - Autumn/winter season (2007)
Sheffield - - - Evans to be Sheffield Theatre's artistic director (2009)
Sheffield - - - New chief exec for Sheffield Theatres (2009)
Sheffield - - - Announces post-refurbishment season (2009)
Sheffield - - - Evans announces second season (2010)
Sheffield - - - Casting for David Hare season (2011)
Sheffield - - - New productions for spring/summer (2011)
Sheffield - - - 40th anniversary season (2011)
Sheffield - - - Programme from January to June 2012 (2011)

Graham Sheffield - - - Attacks RSC (2002)
Graham Sheffield - - - To head City of London Arts Forum (2007)

Shell Connections - - - Details of the 2003 festival (2003)
Shell Connections - - - Details of the 2004 festival at the National (2004)

Jack Shepherd - - - New comedy on tour (2009)

Sam Shepard - - - UK premiere at the Almeida (2002)

Cybill Shepherd - - - At Soho Theatre (2004)

Antony Sher - - - In Swan "unknown" season at the Gielgud (2002)
Antony Sher - - - First play to premiere at the Almeida (2002)

Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2009 shortlist announced (2009)
Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2009 winner announced (2009)
Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2010 shortlist announced (2010)
Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2010 winner (2010)
Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2011 shortlist announced (2011)
Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography - - - 2011 winner (2011)

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff - - - Spring programme (2007)

Sherman Cymru - - - First season (autumn 2007) (2007)
Sherman Cymru - - - Refurbishment to begin (2010)

Ned Sherrin - - - Obituary (2007)

R.C. Sherriff - - - Journey's End to be revived on 75th anniversary (2003)

Brooke Shields - - - Extends Chicago run (2005)

Bijan Sheibani - - - To leave ATC (2010)

Shining City - - - Extends (2004)

Shirley Valentine - - - New production at Derby (2004)

Shock and Awe - - - The Royal Court's response to the Iraq War (2003)

Shockheaded Peter - - - Second West End outing (2001)
Shockheaded Peter - - - Revival at Hammersmith (2003)
Shockheaded Peter - - - "Final" London run (2004)

Shout! - - - In the West End (2009)

Show Boat - - - New production at the Royal Albert Hall (2005)
Show Boat - - - Casting announced (2006)

Showbusiness Awards - - - Theatre category winners (2002)

Showtime Challenge - - - 2008 challenge: Me and My Girl (2008)

Milton Shulman - - - Dies (2004)

Gerald Sibleyras - - - Two plays to tour (2006)

Side by Side by Sondheim - - - Charity gala at the Novello (2006)

Roxana Silbert - - - To be Paines Plough artistic director (2004)
Roxana Silbert - - - To leave Paines Plough (2009)
Roxana Silbert - - - To take over Birmingham REP (2011)

Silk Stockings - - - First UK production (2005)

Carmen Silvera - - - Dies (2002)

Simon Gray Award - - - Established (2011)

Jean Simmons - - - Obituary (2010)

Simply Heavenly - - - Extends (2003)

N F Simpson - - - Obituary (2011)

John Gordon Sinclair - - - To tour in The Real Thing (2002)

Marc Sinden - - - British Theatre Season in Monaco (2007)
Marc Sinden - - - Singificant court win (2007)

Sir Donald Sinden - - - To star in Hollow Crown revival (2002)
Sir Donald Sinden - - - An Evening with... (2005)

Singular Women - - - London premiere at King's Head (2003)

Singin' in the Rain - - - National tour (2001)

Single Spies - - - To tour (2002)
Single Spies - - - New London production rumoured (2002)

Sister Josephine Kicks the Habit - - - New show based on the songs of Jake Thackeray (2004)
Sister Josephine Kicks the Habit - - - Brewery sponsorship (2005)
Sister Josephine Kicks the Habit - - - Grows! (2005)
Sister Josephine Kicks the Habit - - - Plater joins development team (2006)

Six Dirty Directors - - - A new initiative from Dirty Protest (2008)

Skellig - - - National tour (2009)

Skipton - - - Auction mart converts to theatre (2002)

Sky TV - - - Live drama series announced (2009)
Sky TV - - - Sky Arts Playhouse - Live announced (2010)
Sky TV - - - Sky Arts Ignition: Futures Fund busaries for young artists (2011)

Julian Slade - - - Obituary (2006)

Elisabeth Sladen - - - Obituary (2011)

Frank Skinner - - - To star as Stan Laurel? (2003)

Christian Slater - - - Edinburgh appearance confirmed (2004)
Christian Slater - - - Has chicken pox (2004)
Christian Slater - - - To return to the West End (2005)

Wayne Sleep - - - To join Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cast (2003)
Wayne Sleep - - - School bullying harming british dance (2004)

Sleuth - - - West End revival (2002)
Sleuth - - - Extends (2002)
Sleuth - - - Closure announced (2002)

Sean Sloan - - - Returns to Stones cast (2002)

Chris Smith - - - Joins the board of the National Theatre (2001)

Maggie Smith - - - Oscar Nomination (2002)
Maggie Smith - - - To appear with Judi Dench in new David Hare play (2002)
Maggie Smith - - - Dates fixed for Hare play (2002)
Maggie Smith - - - To return to the West End? (2006)

Ryan J-W Smith - - - An offer to theatre companies (2005)
Ryan J-W Smith - - - Releases first music album (2005)

Smoking - - - Smoking as part of a play or film may be exempt from ban (2006)

Smoking with Lulu - - - To open at Soho Theatre (2002)

Snake in the Grass - - - Premieres at Stephen Joseph (2002)

Snoopy! The Musical - - - Limited run at Jermy Street (2003)
Snoopy! The Musical - - - West End production (2004)

The Snowman - - - At Sadler's Wells for Christmas (2003)

Snow! The Musical - - - Closes early (2005)

Soaps - - - Encourage bullying and aggression (2004)

Soccer - - - Plays for World Cup year (2002)

Society for Theatre Research - - - 2010 lecture programme (2010)

Society of Ticket Agencies and Retailers - - - Launches kitemark (2011)

Society of Authors - - - Invites entries for Richard Imison Award (2003)

Society of London Theatre - - - New pay deal agreed (2002)
Society of London Theatre - - - New pay offer to BECTU (2002)
Society of London Theatre - - - Announces Olivier Bursaries (2002)
Society of London Theatre - - - Concern over the state of the West End (2002)
Society of London Theatre - - - Get Into London Theatre! launched (2003)
Society of London Theatre - - - Kids' Week 2003 announced (2003)
Society of London Theatre - - - New tkts kiosk at Canary Wharf (2004)
Society of London Theatre - - - Box Office Data Report 2003 published (2004)
Society of London Theatre - - - See for Yourself! (2005)
Society of London Theatre - - - Box Office Date Report 2004 published (2005)
Society of London Theatre - - - New president (2005)
Society of London Theatre - - - 2005 a record year (2006)
Socety of London Theatre - - - Young audiences development grant (2007)
Socety of London Theatre - - - Equity rejects pay offer (2008)
Socety of London Theatre - - - Burns to succeed Squire (2008)
Socety of London Theatre - - - Close to deal with Equity (2008)
Socety of London Theatre - - - Celebrate the Play campaign (2009)
Socety of London Theatre - - - New CE appointed (2010)
Socety of London Theatre - - - London theatre bucks the economic gloom in 2010 (2011)
Socety of London Theatre - - - New president (2011)

Society for Theatre Research - - - New chairman (2005)
Society for Theatre Research - - - Report on 2008 Poel Event (2008)
Society for Theatre Research - - - Report on the 2010 Poel Event (2010)

Soho Theatre - - - Connect Five season (2002)
Soho Theatre - - - Autumn season (2002)
Soho Theatre - - - Details of the 2002 Writer's Festival (2002)
Soho Theatre - - - 2002 Verity Bathgate Award winners announced (2002)
Soho Theatre - - - Winter 2003 season (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - Typhoon II - East Asian Playreading Festival (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - To mount London premiere of Tape (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - Autumn season (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - First of Firsts to transfer in 2004 (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - Links up with Liverpool for Writers' Festival (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - Details of the 4th Soho Writers' Festival (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - To host two Edinburgh Fringe hits (2003)
Soho Theatre - - - Al Fayed satire opens (2004)
Soho Theatre - - - Cybill Disobedience (2004)
Soho Theatre - - - Morris leaves (2006)
Soho Theatre - - - 2006 spring and summer season (2006)
Soho Theatre - - - Goldman to be the new artistic director (2006)
Soho Theatre - - - Autumn 2007 season (2007)
Soho Theatre - - - Spring 2009 season (2008)
Soho Theatre - - - Goldman to leave (2009)
Soho Theatre - - - Marmion to be new AD (2010)
Soho Theatre - - - May to September 2011 (2011)
Soho Theatre - - - Autumn/winter season (2011)

The Soldier's Tale - - - British/Iraqi collaboration (2005)

Tom Solomon - - - Wins the Voice of Musical Theatre competition (2005)

Somerset County Council - - - To cut all arts funding (2010)

Song, Stage and Screen - - - International academic conference (2006)

Southbank Centre - - - Autumn 2009 season (2009)

South Pacific - - - New UK touring production (2007)

Southwark Playhouse - - - All new! (2007)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Spring 2011 season (2011)

Spamalot - - - National tour (2010)

Speaking English Classic Drama - - - A report (2007)

Stage Entertainment - - - Buys See Tickets from RUG (2008)

The Stage - - - First Stage 100 Awards announced (2011)
The Stage - - - The Top 100 (2011)

Stage Management Association- - - 2011 awards (2011)

Stage One - - - New Producers' Bursaries applications invited (2007)

Simon Stallworthy - - - Resigns as director of the Gala, Durham (2010)

Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - SoloSeason (2006)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn/winter 2007 season (2007)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Summer 2008 season (2008)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn/winter season (2008)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - April to August 2009 (2009)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - October 2010 to March 2011 (2010)

Stephen Sondheim - - - New production of Follies at Festival Hall (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Sweeney Todd revival (2001)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Sweeney Todd opens (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Donmar to revive Pacific Overtures (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - National gives up rights to musical (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - First London production of Anyone Can Whistle (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Cast of Whistle announced (2002)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Sweeney Todd at the RoH (2003)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Pacific Overtures revival at Donmar (2003)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Passion to be revived at Bridewell (2004)
Stephen Sondheim - - - To appear in RNT Platform in July (2004)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Theatre is dumbing down (2004)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Menier to revive Sunday in the Park with George (2005)
Stephen Sondheim - - - 75th birthday gala (2005)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Follies in Concert casting (2007)
Stephen Sondheim - - - Special Promenade Concert (2010)

Stephen Sondheim Society - - - New student performer award (2007)

Sondheim Theatre - - - Plans announced (2003)

Song and Dance - - - To be revived (2002)

David Soul - - - To replace Brandon in Jerry Springer - The Opera (2004)
David Soul - - - Becomes a British citizen (2004)
David Soul - - - To appear in Mack and Mabel (2005)

Sound Theatre - - - A new West End theatre (2005)
Sound Theatre - - - KIT pulls out (2005)
Sound Theatre - - - Four week run of Sophie Tucker's One Night Stand (2006)
Sound Theatre - - - To close (2006)

The Sound of Music - - - Revival confirmed (2002)
The Sound of Music - - - Webber wants Johansson as Maria (2005)
The Sound of Music - - - Reality TV casting (2005)
The Sound of Music - - - TV hunt for Maria confirmed (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Dates confirmed (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Garrett and Head to star (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Johansson's demands excessive, says Lloyd Webber (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Maria will play six shows a week (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Williams pulls out (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - More casting (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Shepherd leaves cast (2006)
The Sound of Music - - - Cast recording released (2007)
The Sound of Music - - - Fisher reduces performances (2007)

Southbank Centre - - - Kelly to be new artistic director (2005)
Southbank Centre - - - Additional £16.5m funding (2008)
Southbank Centre - - - Wizard of Oz casting (2008)

South Bank Show - - - Award to Sam Mendes (2003)
South Bank Show - - - Awards nominees announced (2004)
South Bank Show - - - Awards winners 2005 (2005)
South Bank Show - - - Awards winners 2006 (2006)
South Bank Show - - - Breakthrough Award nominees (2006)
South Bank Show - - - Awards nominees (2007)
South Bank Show - - - Awards winners (2007)
South Bank Show - - - Awards nominees (2010)
South Bank Show - - - Charles blasts ITV as winners announced (2010)

South Bank Show Awards - - - Winners announced (2002)
South Bank Show Awards - - - Nominations (2005)
South Bank Sky Arts Awards - - - Nominees 2011 (2010)

Southwark Playhouse - - - Tenth anniversary season (2003)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Spring 2004 season announced (2004)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Autumn 2005 season (2005)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Promenade Canterbury Tales (2005)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Must move (2005)
Southwark Playhouse - - - News and summer season (2006)
Southwark Playhouse - - - New venue, new season (2007)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Refugee drama premieres before tour (2008)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Presents Terror 2009 (2009)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Terror 2010: Death and Resurrection (2010)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Under threat (2011)
Southwark Playhouse - - - Theatres Trust to oppose redevelopment (2011)

Southwest Scriptwriters - - - New writing competition winners (2002)
Southwest Scriptwriters - - - A week of drama at the Tobacco Factory (2003)
Southwest Scriptwriters - - - Annual new writing festival the the Tobacco Factory, Bristol (2005)

The Space - - - Seeks performers for summer 2005 (2005)

The Space Family Robinson - - - To open at London's Pleasance (2002)

Kevin Spacey - - - To star in the West End? (2002)
Kevin Spacey - - - To sing in Old Vic charity concert (2003)
Kevin Spacey - - - To be director of new Old Vic Theatre Company (2003)
Kevin Spacey - - - Philadelphia Story to be part of first Old Vic season? (2004)
Kevin Spacey - - - Announces first season at the Old Vic (2004)
Kevin Spacey - - - Appeals for ACE help (2004)
Kevin Spacey - - - Attacks behaviour of some audience memebrs (2004)
Kevin Spacey - - - Co-stars for first Old Vic production announced (2004)
Kevin Spacey - - - To play Richard II at Old Vic (2005)
Kevin Spacey - - - Short run in Philadelphia (2005)
Kevin Spacey - - - Wins 2006 Will Award (2006)
Kevin Spacey - - - Defends himself against attacks on his time at the Old Vic (2006)
Kevin Spacey - - - Attacks BBC over reality music theatre shows (2008)
Kevin Spacey - - - "Too much box ticking" (2008)

Spamalot - - - Breaks box office record (2005)
Spamalot - - - To replace The Woman in White at the Palace (2006)
Spamalot - - - Peter Davison to replace Simon Russell Beale (2007)

Muriel Spark - - - Dies (2006)

Britney Spears - - - To star in new Carry On film? (2003)

Spark Festival - - - Details of the 2004 event (2004)

Speakeasy! - - - Welsh College premieres new Bogdanov musical (2003)

Spectacle Theatre - - - Touring double bill (2003)

Elizabeth Spriggs - - - Obituary (2008)

Spring Awakening - - - Musical version at Hammersmith in 2009 (2008)
Spring Awakening - - - To close (2009)

Springboard - - - The Circus Space announces its new Springboard season (2003)

Stage Combat - - - Details of a British National Stage Combat Workshop (2005)
Stage Combat - - - British Academy of Dramatic Combat Stage School 2003

Kathy Staff - - - Obituary (2008)

Max Stafford-Clark - - - Suffers stroke (2006)

Stafford Shakespeare Festival - - - First details of 2004 event released (2003)

The Stage - - - Cameron Mackintosh tops Stage 100 list (2007)

Stage Entertainment - - - To expand in UK (2006)

STAGE Script Competition - - - Details (2005)

Simon Stallworthy - - - To manage Durham's Gala Theatre (2005)

Stamford Shakespeare Festival - - - Programme details (2003)

Stand Up Drama - - - Auditions (2007)

State of Emergency - - - Mission: Reposition - the National Black Choreographic Showcase Tour (2007)

Imelda Staunton - - - Triple glory? (2004)

Alison Steadman - - - At Hampstead Theatre (2004)

Steam Industry - - - Presents third free open-air theatre festival at The Scoop (2005)

Stage 2 - - - Two productions at MAC (2002)

Sorrows and Rejoicings - - - At the Tricycle (2001)

David Soul - - - To tour in Deathtrap (2002)

Britney Spears - - - To appear in film of Chicago? (2001)

SPILL - - - Festival of performance, live art and experimental theatre in London (2007)

Sprint 2004 - - - Camden People's Theatre annual festival of new work (2004)

"The Stage" - - - Top 100 for 2001 announced (2002)
"The Stage" - - - Revamp (2006)
"The Stage" - - - Poll on theatre comfort (2007)
"The Stage" - - - 2009 Top 20 announced (2010)
"The Stage" - - - Readers' 2009 Top 20 (2010)
"The Stage" - - - Stage 100 Awards for 2011 announced (2012)
"The Stage" - - - Top 20 "most infuential" in 2011 announced (2012)

Stagecoach Theatre Arts - - - Attacks child licensing chaos (2007)

Stage One (see also Theatre Investment Fund) - - - 2005 New Producer Bursaries (2005)

Stagetec - - - To hold northern "Academy day" (2001)

Stand Up Drama - - - Workshops with casting directors (2008)

Starlight Express - - - National tour (2004)

Star Quality - - - Extends to March 2002 (2001)
Star Quality - - - To close (2002)

Nick Starr - - - To become RNT Executive Director (2002)

Alison Steadman - - - To star in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (2002)

The Steam Industry - - - Free open-air productions in London (2004)

Tommy Steele - - - To tour in Scrooge (2003)

Stellar Quines - - - To tour new Torben Betts play (2007)

Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Spring/summer programme (2002)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Presents Ayckbourn's 61st play (2002)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Season of plays by new playwrights (2002)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Spring/summer 2003 season (2003)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - To premiere Ayckbourn's 64th and 65th plays (2003)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn season (2003)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Revival and premiere (2003)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn/winter 2004 season (2004)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Spring 2005 season (2005)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - May to September season (2005)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - September 2005 to January 2006 season (2005)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - To revive Intimate Exchanges (2006)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Summer 2006 season (2006)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Summer 2007 season (2007)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn 2009 season (2009)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Summer 2010 season (2010)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Summer 2011 season (2011)
Stephen Joseph Theatre - - - Autumn 2011 to spring 2012 (2011)

Shelagh Stephenson - - - Mappa Mundi opening delayed (2002)

Patrick Stewart - - - To return to the West End in Ibsen (2003)
Patrick Stewart - - - West End venue and dates confirmed (2003)
Patrick Stewart - - - To take Masterclass at Theatre Royal Haymarket (2003)
Patrick Stewart - - - Condemns Hollywood's "culture of violence" (2004)
Patrick Stewart - - - Health scare (2005)
Patrick Stewart - - - To perform Christmas Carol at the Albery (2005)
Patrick Stewart - - - To appear in Waiting for Godot (2008)
Patrick Stewart - - - To play God in Mystery Plays (2009)

Rod Stewart - - - Musical based on his music (2003)

Stiles and Drewe - - - 25th anniversary gala performance (2008)

Julia Stiles - - - To star in West End Oleanna (2004)

Stitching - - - Audience walk-out of first performance (2002)

Stoke-on-Trent - - - Regent panto cast announced (2003)

Stomp - - - Coming to the West End (2002)
Stomp - - - Extends (2002)
Stomp - - - Extends (2003)
Stomp - - - Extends again (2003)
Stomp - - - Opening twice on Sundays (2008)

Stone Crabs - - - London transfer (2002)
Stone Crabs - - - Bring two Mishima plays to Greenwich (2004)

Stones in His Pockets - - - New cast (2002)
Stones in His Pockets - - - Extends again (2002)
Stones in His Pockets - - - To tour (2002)
Stones in His Pockets - - - 1000th performance (2002)
Stones in His Pockets - - - Extends again (2003)
Stones in His Pockets - - - To transfer to New Ambassadors (2003)
Stones in His Pockets - - - Final extension before closing (2003)
Stones in His Pockets - - - To remain open till May (2004)
Stones in His Pockets - - - High Court ruling on copyright (2004)
Stones in His Pockets - - - Revival press night cancelled (2006)
Stones in His Pockets - - - To close (2006)

Tom Stoppard - - - New trilogy to ropen at the National (2002)
Tom Stoppard - - - The Real Thing to tour (2002)
Tom Stoppard - - - RNT production of Jumpers to tour (2003)
Tom Stoppard - - - NT Jumpers to transfer to Broadway (2004)
Tom Stoppard - - - New play at Wyndham's (2005)
Tom Stoppard - - - New play for the Royal Court (2005)
Tom Stoppard - - - Casting etc. for Royal Court play (2006)
Tom Stoppard - - - Rock 'n' Roll West End transfer (2006)
Tom Stoppard - - - Coast of Utopia wins NY best play award (2007)
Tom Stoppard - - - Coast of Utopia wins seven Tony Awards (2007)
Tom Stoppard - - - BBC Radio season of Stoppard's plays (2007)
Tom Stoppard - - - Honoured by Critics' Circle (2008)

Strand Lighting - - - Collapse and sale of US and Asian arms (2006)

Strange Roads Theatre - - - S&M and poster theft (2006)

Stratford Circus - - - Goes into voluntary liquidation (2003)

Stratford-upon-Avon - - - Noble defends "theatrical village" plans (2002)

Street Arts - - - A User's Guide published (2003)

August Strindberg - - - Play and exhibition on the South Bank (2005)

Elaine Stritch - - - To bring one-woman show to the Old Vic (2002)

Imogen Stubbs - - - Playwright (2004)
Imogen Stubbs - - - All-star cast for new play (2004)
Imogen Stubbs - - - We Happy Few to close early (2004)

Studio Salford - - - April/May programme (2009)
Studio Salford - - - Spring 2010 season (2010)
Studio Salford - - - Autumn 2010 season (2010)

Stuff Happens - - - Guardian breaks preview convention (2004)

subVERSE - - - March show at Theatre 503 (2006)

David Suchet - - - Knighthood (2002)
David Suchet - - - In Rattigan tour (2004)

Suddenly Last Summer - - - To transfer to the West End (2004)

Mollie Sugden - - - Obituary (2009)

The Sultan's Elephant - - - Details (2006)

Summer and Smoke - - - To close early (2006)

Summer in the City - - - Launched by ATG (2003)

Summer Holiday - - - Stage version for Plymouth (2002)
Summer Holiday - - - National tour (2003)
Summer Holiday - - - Day joins extended tour (2003)

Sunderland - - - Council wants to expand Empire stage (2002)
Sunderland - - - Empire refurbishment agreed (2003)
Sunderland - - - Empire launches autumn-winter programme (2003)
Sunderland - - - Miss Saigon for Empire (2003)
Sunderland - - - New ticketing system for Empire (2004)
Sunderland - - - Empire autumn 2005 season (2005)
Sunderland - - - Empire centenary celebrations (2007)
Sunderland - - - Mickey Rooney to make panto debut at the Empire (2007)
Sunderland - - - Empire 2009 programme (2009)
Sunderland - - - Empire replaces panto with White Christmas (2010)
Sunderland - - - New manager and new season at the Empire (2011)

Sunset Boulevard - - - Tour extends (2002)
Sunset Boulvard - - - Close to play Norma in film version (2005)

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize - - - Chloe Moss wins 2009 award (2009)

Suspense - - - First London Puppetry Festival (2009)
Suspense - - - 2011 London Puppetry Festival (2011)

Suspect Culture - - - New production (Lament) (2002)
Suspect Culture - - - Biggest production ever: 8000m (2004)
Suspect Culture - - - Details of Strange Behaviour 2004 (2004)
Suspect Culture - - - Collaboration with Graeae (2008)

Joan Sutherland - - - Obituary (2010)

Swansea - - - Lunchtime theatre at the Grand (2009)

Swan Theatre, Worcester - - - Council cuts will close theatre (2002)
Swan Theatre, Worcester - - - Closure date set (2002)

Patrick Swayze - - - West End debut postponed (2006)

Claire Sweeney - - - International tour with Fosse (2003)

Sweeney Todd - - - Back next year (2001)
Sweeney Todd - - - Opens at Sadler's Wells (2002)
Sweeney Todd - - - To be produced at the Royal Opera House (2003)
Sweeney Todd - - - ROH casting announced (2003)

Meera Syal - - - Bombay Dreams opening date set (2002)
Meera Syal - - - Joins Bombay Dreams cast for one week (2004)

Eric Szmanda - - - Cancels Fringe debut (2005)

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