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Index
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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.
Hannah Waddingham - - - To star in space
musical (2002)
Laura Wade - - - Breathing Corpses
sells out (2005)
Laura Wade - - - New play at the Soho (2005)
Laura Wade - - - Returns to Soho Theatre (2006)
Waiting for Godot - - - Revival? (2003)
Wait Until Dark - - - West
End revival (2003)
Wait Until Dark - - - Posts early
closing notices (2003)
Wales - - - Welsh arts survey results (2003)
Wales - - - ACW to cut Lottery funding (2003)
Wales - - - Extra £2 for Welsh arts (2003)
Wales - - - ACW announces extra money for
accessibility (2003)
Wales - - - Conference on the future of English
language theatre in Wales (2003)
Wales - - - End of the line for ACW? (2004)
Wales - - - ACW responds to the Assembly (2004)
Wales - - - Boyden reports on English Language
Theatre in Wales (2004)
Wales - - - ACW announces Arts Outside
Cardiff consultation (2004)
Wales - - - Sub-committee proposes Powys arts cuts
(2004)
Wales - - - Powys arts cuts reversed (2004)
Wales - - - Theatre News 28th November, 2004
(2004)
Wales - - - ACW to lose planning function (2004)
Wales - - - Made in Wales to commission three new
plays (2005)
Wales - - - Theatre in Wales Awards 2005 winners
(2005)
Wales - - - An extra £2m for the arts,
WAG confirms (2005)
Wales - - - Sherman and Sgript Cymru to
merge? (2005)
Wales - - - ACW chair "sacked" (2006)
Wales - - - WAPA responds to Pugh (2006)
Wales - - - Latest developments in the
ACW controversy (2006)
Wales - - - Writers' Guild attacks Pugh (2006)
Wales - - - Theatre in Wales Awards winners
(2006)
Wales - - - Welsh Music Guild attacks
Pugh (2006)
Wales - - - ACW review gets underway (2006)
Wales - - - WAG to implement review of Dance
in full (2006)
Wales - - - "I won't tell you" says
Pugh (2006)
Wales - - - ACW review terms of reference
set (2006)
Wales - - - ACW interim chair appointed (2006)
Wales - - - Wales Arts Review begins (2006)
Wales - - - Extra half million for English
language theatre (2006)
Wales - - - Arts Review public meetings
(2006)
Wales - - - Dance Writing Workshop (2006)
Wales - - - The West End in Wales
(2006)
Wales - - - Wales Arts Review Panel major
public meeting (2006)
Wales - - - New culture centre for
Merthyr (2006)
Wales - - - Merged company appointments announced
(2006)
Wales - - - Report of the Wales Arts Review
(2006)
Wales - - - Smoking ban (2006)
Wales - - - New culture minister (2007)
Wales - - - English language National Theatre
(2007)
Wales - - - English language National Theatre
concept paper (2007)
Wales - - - English Language National Theatre
board announced (2008)
Wales - - - National Agency Of Wales For Theatre
For Young People launched (2008)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - To share in £20m
donation (2003)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Opens (2004)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - The grand
opening (2004)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Facing major
prolems (2005)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - WNO rehearsals
causing financial problems (2005)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - First birthday (2005)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Tesco to sponsor
Foyer theatre (2005)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Spring/summer 2006
programme (2005)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Takes Novello
production to San Francisco (2006)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Ice spectacular
at Christmas (2006)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Spring 2007 programme
(2006)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Second birthday
(2006)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - In danger of insolvency
(2007)
Wales Millennium Centre - - - Rescued by the
Wales Assembly Government (2007)
Wales Theatre Company - - - Planned productions
for 2004/5 (2004)
Wales Theatre Company - - - £50,000
grant (2004)
Wales Theatre Company - - - To produce new
musical for International Music Theatre Festival (2004)
Wales Theatre Company - - - To tour bi-lingual
Hamlet (2005)
Wales Theatre Company - - - Over 6,000 free tickets
(2005)
Wales Theatre Company - - - To Christmas and
beyond (2006)
National Theatre for Wales - - - To be
based in Llanelli (2003)
Rudolph Walker - - - Gets Trailblazer Award
at the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards (2003)
Walks - - - BTG reviewer Jackie Fletcher
and her guided walks around Shakespeare's London (2003)
Walk the Plank - - - Brings 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea to Salford Quays (2003)
Walk the Plank - - - Scottish tour (2006)
Harriet Walter - - - To tour in Rattigan play
(2003)
Julie Walters - - - To be Actors' Centre
patron (2005)
Sam Walters - - - Attacks ACE cuts (2008)
Matthew Warchus - - - To be artistic
director of the Old Vic (2002)
Matthew Warchus - - - To direct revival of
Tell Me On A Sunday (2002)
Warcrime - - - To be performed in
new venue (2003)
Simon Ward - - - On tour in The Winslow
Boy (2002)
David Warner - - - Returns to the West
End stage (2002)
David Warner - - - Come-back show announces
early closure (2002)
David Warner - - - To tour in comedy revival
(2003)
Deborah Warner - - - Tony nomination (2003)
Marcia Warren - - - To star in Arsenic
and Old Lace revival (2002)
Marcia Warren - - - To co-star with Alan Davies
(2002)
Warwick Arts Centre - - - Coming soon (2003)
Watch This Space! - - - Programme for 2003 (2003)
Keith Waterhouse - - - Our Song
to tour (2003)
Watermans Arts Centre - - - ACE rejects appeal
(2008)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Spring 2002 season
(2002)
Watermill, Newbury - - - New writing initiative
(2002)
Watermill, Newbury - - - January - July season
2003 (2003)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Second new Alan Plater
play (2003)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Production of Sweeney
Todd to transfer to West End (2004)
Watermill, Newbury - - - For sale (2005)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Major contribution
to appeal (2005)
Watermill, Newbury - - - July 2005 to March
2006 season (2005)
Watermill, Newbury - - - To open two shows
in New York (2005)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Mack and Mabel
to tour prior to West End (2005)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Mack and Mabel
West End dates set (2006)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Saved from closure
(2007)
Watermill, Newbury - - - January to July
programme (2007)
Watermill, Newbury - - - Doyle to direct
Merrily (2007)
Watford - - - £7.3m refurbishment for
Palace (2002)
Watford - - - Palace to re-open in October
(2004)
Watford - - - Sitting Pretty
with Belinda Lang and Anna Carteret at Palace (2005)
Watford - - - Footballer's Wives
star in new play at Palace (2005)
Watford - - - Alfie
cast announced (2005)
Watford - - - Get Ken Barlow,
a new comedy at the Palace (2005)
Watford - - - Are you Ken Barlow? (2005)
Watford - - - Young people hold court at
the Palace (2005)
Watford - - - The Palace one year on (2005)
Watford - - - Winter 2005 programme (2005)
Watford - - - Last Card Trick at the Palace
(2006)
Watford - - - Palace programme from April
to June (2006)
Watford - - - Palace autumn 2006 season (2006)
Watford - - - New director at the Palace (2006)
Watford - - - Copenhagen
comes to Watford (2006)
Watford - - - Elton premiere postponed (2006)
Watford - - - New exec director at the Palace
(2007)
Watford - - - Palace autumn season (2007)
Watford - - - Palace announces its centenary spring
season (2008)
Emily Watson - - - To replace Kidman at
Donmar (2002)
Ian Watson - - - Dies (2007)
Ruby Wax - - - To join the cast of The
Witches in the West End (2004)
Weaver Hughes Ensemble - - - Writers'
Toolbox (2007)
Marti Webb - - - To take over from Powers
in King and I tour (2002)
Marti Webb - - - To job-share with Maureen
Lipman in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2003)
Marti Webb - - - To replace Denise Van Outen
in Tell Me On a Sunday (2003)
Marti Webb - - - To share lead in Tell Me
on a Sunday tour (2004)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Tops "The
Stage" Top 100 (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Sunset
tour extends (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Launches new investment
company (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - To revive Song and
Dance (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Cats
national tour dates announced (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Attacks London's
Mayor Ken Livingstone (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - New Woman in
White musical? (2002)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Woman in White
reading at Sydmonton (2003)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Woman in White
to open in September 2004 (2003)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - The West End
can't compete with the subsidised sector (2004)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Woman in White
stars announced (2004)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - To sell off four
theatres? (2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Hip-Hop buyer for
theatres? (2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Awarded Hungarian
honour (2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Theatre sale closer
(2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Hunting for a partner?
(2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Sells four theatres
(2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - First collaboration
with Tim Rice to be released on CD (2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Buys out Bridgepoint
(2005)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Drops to 3rd place
in The Stage 100 for 2005 (2006)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Slams "uninteresting"
new musicals (2006)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Threatens to sue
(2006)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Reality TV show for
Joseph (2006)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Unfairly promoted by
the BBC accusation (2007)
Andrew Lloyd Webber - - - Third TV casting
show (2007)
The Wedding Singer - - - Tour dates
(2007)
Molly Weir - - - Dies (2004)
Rachel Weisz - - - Golden Globes win (2006)
Welfare State International - - - New name,
new director (2006)
Welsh College of Music and Drama - - - Premieres
Michael Bogdanov's first musical (2003)
Welsh National Opera - - - Autumn season (2004)
Welsh National Opera - - - Summer 2005 season
(2005)
Welsh National Opera - - - 2005 autumn season
(2005)
Welsh National Opera - - - New general director
(2006)
Welsh National Opera - - - Autumn 2006 season
announced (2006)
Welsh National Opera - - - Autumn 2006 - spring
2007 season (2006)
Welsh National Opera - - - Talfan Davies to
be the new chair (2006)
Welsh Theatre - - - Welsh language plays
funding announced (2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - Welsh rock opera revived
(2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - ACW seeks Welsh Language Theatre
board members (2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - Theatre in Wales website
annual awards nominations invited (2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - £1.2m for theatre in
education (2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - Chair of Welsh Language
National Theatre announced (2002)
Welsh Theatre - - - First board members of Welsh
Langauge National Theatre announced (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - The Theatre in Wales website
announces its annual awards (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - Opening Doors/Agor Drysau:
international festival of theatre for young audiences
Welsh Theatre - - - Clwyd to move to Cardiff?
(2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - Bleak outlook for
professional training (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - Hands' proposals
for a Welsh "people's theatre" (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - Voting in the annual Theatre
in Wales awards (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - "If we don't get better
support, I'll resign," says Torch director (2003)
Welsh Theatre - - - Theatre in Wales Awards
winners (2004)
Welsh Theatre - - - Welsh language touring
version of Willy Russell's Stags and Hens (2004)
Welsh Theatre - - - Row over Clwyd Theatr
Cymru's mobile theatre (2004)
Welsh Theatre - - - CTC's first mobile theatre
production (2004)
Welsh Theatre - - - The top twelve people according
to the Western Mail (2005)
Welsh Theatre - - - Hijinx 25th anniverary (2006)
Arnold Wesker - - - At the Edinburgh Book Festival
(2006)
Samuel West - - - To direct Fry revival
at Chichester (2002)
Samuel West - - - Directing and performing
at Chichester 2004 (2004)
Samuel West - - - To take over from Grandage
at Sheffield (2004)
Samule West - - - To leave Sheffield (2006)
Samuel West - - - Gives his reasons for leaving
(2007)
Timothy West - - - Plays Lear on tour (2002)
Timothy West - - - To direct Pinafore
for Carl Rosa company (2003)
Timothy West - - - In Shakespeare celebration
at the Globe (2003)
Timothy West - - - Returns to the RSC (2006)
West End - - - "The Greatest Show
on Earth" launched (2001)
West End - - - On BBC Television (2002)
West End - - - New pay deal agreed (2002)
West End - - - BECTU strike off (2002)
West End - - - Hit by May Day protests (2002)
West End - - - Essential improvements will
cost £90m (2002)
West End - - - Anti-congestion charge court
case withdrawn (2003)
West End - - - Mackintosh plans new flexible
theatre (2003)
West End - - - Council clean-up plans (2003)
West End - - - Commerical theatres need £250m
over the next 15 years (2003)
West End - - - Cannot compete with the
subsidised sector, says Lloyd Webber (2004)
West End - - - The House of Lords debates
the condition of West End theatres (2004)
West End - - - "Appalling" curfew
plans (2004)
West End - - - Sunday opening closer (2004)
West End - - - 2004 a record year (2005)
West End - - - Theatregoers put themselves at
risk of identity theft (2005)
West End - - - Bounces back after 7/7 (2005)
West End - - - 2005 a record year (2006)
West End - - - 2006 West End Live announced
(2006)
West End - - - Ticket touts successfully
prosecuted (2006)
West End - - - 2005 a good year (2006)
West End - - - Half price parking (2006)
West End - - - 2006 a record-breaking year
(2007)
West End - - - 2007 another record year (2008)
WEst End - - - New report on investment
in West End theatres (2008)
West End Summer School - - - Details (2006)
Westminster Prize - - - 2006 details
(2006)
Westminster Theatre - - - To be demolished
(2001)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Spring/summer
season 2002
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Artistic director
job advertised (2002)
West Yorkshire Playhouse- - - To produce Hamlet
(2002)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Brown to succeed
Kelly (2002)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Autumn/winter season
announced (2002)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Spring 2003
season (2003)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Summer 2003
season (2003)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Two co-productions
with Birmingham Rep (2003)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Orwell's Homage
to Catalonia and the autumn/winter season (2003)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - New productions
for spring (2004)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Spring and Summer
2005 programme (2004)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - New variant
CJD play (2005)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Autumn/winter
2005 season (2005)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Spring/summer
2006 season (2005)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - September 2006
to February 2007 season (2006)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Spring/summer 2007
season (2006)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - Brown stays on
and announces autumn season (2007)
West Yorkshire Playhouse - - - January to July
2008 (2007)
We Will Rock You - - - Opening date
announced (2001)
We Will Rock You - - - More casting
announced (2002)
We Will Rock You - - - Record ticket
price rumoured (2002)
We Will Rock You - - - Extends (2002)
We Will Rock You - - - Extends and increases
prices (2003)
We Will Rock You - - - Extends to September
2004 (2003)
We Will Rock You - - - Extends (2004)
We Will Rock You - - - Closure announced
(2006)
We Will Rock You - - - Will not close
after all (2006)
Wham! - - - Singer Michael hates the idea of a back-catalogue
musical (2004)
Kevin Whately - - - To star in a new Morse
drama (2004)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards winners
(2002)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards winners (2003)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards winners (2005)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards winners (2007)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards nominees (2007)
Whatsonstage.com - - - Awards winners (2008)
What the Butler Saw - - - To transfer
to the Criterion (2005)
What the Night Is For - - - Cancels
Wednesday matinees (2002)
What the Night Is For - - - To close
early (2003)
Peter Whelan - - - School of Night
revival (2005)
Peter Whelan - - - School of Night cancelled
(2006)
When Harry Met Barry - - - Preview
performances (2004)
When Harry Met Sally - - - Stage premiere
at Haymarket (2003)
When Harry Met Sally - - - Casting announced
(2003)
When Harry Met Sally - - - Ringwald
to replace Hannigan (2004)
When Harry Met Sally - - - Extension
and new cast (2004)
When Harry Met Sally - - - National
tour (2005)
Saskia Whickham - - - To star in Wait
Until Dark revival (2003)
White Bear Theatre - - - To premiere new
musical (2005)
Whitehall Theatre - - - To close indefnitely
(2003)
Whitehall Theatre - - - To become two? (2004)
Whitehall Theatre - - - RSC Othello
to be first production in new studio space (2004)
Whistling Psyche - - - To star Bloom
and Hunter (2004)
Whitehall Theatre - - - Becomes the
Trafalgar Studios (2004)
June Whitfield - - - Set for West End
return (2001)
John Whiting Award - - - Won by children's
play for the first time (2002)
Wicked - - - To open in London in 2006
(2005)
Wicked - - - Wickedly expensive! (2006)
Wicked - - - Wickedly big advance sales
(2006)
Wicked - - - Casting complete (2006)
Paula Wilcox - - - To star in Sondheim London
premiere (2002)
Jack Wild - - - Obituary (2006)
Brian Wilde - - - Dies at 80 (2008)
Oscar Wilde - - - New play about Wilde to
be the last at the Man in the Moon (2002)
Oscar Wilde - - - Noble to direct Wilde play
at Haymarket (2003)
Oscar Wilde - - - New Dorian Gray tour
(2003)
Thornton Wilder - - - The Skin of Our Teeth
to be revived at Young Vic (2003)
Toyah Willcox - - - To tour in Calamity
Jane (2002)
Dave Willets - - - To star in London premiere
of Ragtime (2003)
Clifford Williams - - - Obituary (2005)
David Williams - - - New play to be performed
in new venue (2003)
Roy Williams - - - To be writer-in-residence
at the Almeida (2005)
R.J. Williamson Company - - - Production of
As You Like It to star Tracy Shaw (2003)
R.J. Williamson Company - - - 2004 tour programme
(2004)
R.J. Williamson Company - - - Details
of the 2004 Holland Park Open Air Festival (2004)
Gary Wilmot - - - To replace Ball in Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang (2003)
Wilmslow (Cheshire) - - - To lose Evans
Theatre? (2005)
August Wilson - - - Latest play to premiere
at Tricycle (2002)
August Wilson - - - Dies, aged 60 (2005)
Edward Wilson - - - Announces his final season at
the NYT (2003)
Edward Wilson - - - Dies at 60 (2008)
Sandy Wilson - - - The Boyfriend
to go on 50th anniversary tour (2003)
Penelope Wilton - - - To star in Brian
Friel transfer from Dublin to the West End (2002)
Penelope Wilton - - - Wins Variety Club award
(2003)
Penelope Wilton - - - To star in Bernarda
Alba at the National (2005)
Wilton's Music Hall - - - Announces Shakespeare
at Wilton's (2007)
Wimbledon Theatre - - - To be taken over
by ATG (2003)
Wimbledon Theatre - - - Re-opening date announced
(2003)
Wimbledon Theatre - - - Re-opens as the New
Wimbledon Theatre (2004)
Mary Wimbush - - - Dies (2005)
The Wind in the Willows - - - Danced
version at Royal Opera House (2002)
Kate Winslet - - - In cartoon Shakespeare
(2003)
Kate Winslet - - - To appear in Woody Allen's
first British film (2004)
The Winslow Boy - - - On tour (2002)
Norman Wisdom - - - To retire (2004)
Norman Wisdom - - - Celebrates 90th birthday
(2005)
Withnail and I - - - Stage version planned
(2006)
Alicia Witt - - - To star in LaBute West End
premiere (2004)
Wizard of Oz - - - At West Yorkshire
Playhouse (2002)
Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich - - - First Eclipse
Theatre co-production (2003)
Wolverhampton - - - Arena's autumn programme
(2003)
Wolverhampton - - - Coming to the Arena (2003)
The Woman in Black - - - Celebrates
13th birthday (2002)
The Woman in Black - - - Extends (2002)
The Woman in Black - - - Extends again
(2002)
The Woman in Black - - - Further extension
(2003)
The Woman in Black - - - Extends to
2005 (2004)
The Woman in Black - - - Further extension
(2004)
The Woman in Black - - - Performances
in Japanese (2008)
The Woman in White - - - To open at
Palace in September 2004 (2003)
The Woman in White - - - Stars and director
announced (2004)
The Woman in White - - - Box office
"strong" (2004)
The Woman in White - - - Cast album
to be released in November (2004)
The Woman in White - - - Crawford
leaving temporarily (2005)
The Woman in White - - - Ball joins
cast early (2005)
The Woman in White - - - Crawford
will not return (2005)
The Woman in White - - - 500 performances
(2005)
The Woman in White - - - To close (2006)
The Woman in White - - - Broadway production
to close (2006)
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband - - - West
End revival (2002)
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband - - - To
close early (2002)
Jonathan Woodgate - - - Trial to become
a TV play? (2001)
John Woodward - - - Returns to the stage
(2002)
Wooster Group - - - At the Riverside Studios
(2002)
Worcester - - - Council cuts will close Swan Theatre
(2002)
The Works - - - Showcases five new musicals
(2003)
Workshops - - - A constantly updated listing
of available workshops
The World Cup - - - Plays about soccer for World
Cup Year (2002)
World Summit and Arts and Culture - - - 2006
event to be held in NE (2004)
Stephen Wrentmore - - - To be artistic director
at the Byre, St Andrews (2003)
The Wrestling School - - - To tour 13 Objects
(2003)
The Wrestling School - - - To premier new Barker
play (2008)
Wrexham - - - No new theatre (2004)
Nicholas Wright - - - Joins NT board (2003)
Writer's Block - - - New writing
at the London Actors Centre (2005)
Writer's Block - - - Details of
the 2007 event (2007)
Writers' Guild - - - 2006 new theatre writing
awards (2006)
Writers' Guild - - - David Edgar is new president
(2007)
Writers' Guild - - - Awards nominees (2007)
Writers' Guild - - - Awards winners (2007)
Write Side of the Brain - - - Call for submissions
(2006)
Write Side of the Brain - - - New venue: new
work (2008)
Writing Out Awards - - - 2002 competition
entries invited (2002)
Wyndham's Theatre - - - Manager quits because
of Madonna (2002)
Wyndham's Theatre - - - To host West End premiere
of Jessie Matthews musical (2003)
Wyndham's Theatre - - - To host West End
transfer of National's Dinner (2003)
Wyndham's Theatre - - - As You Like It
full casting (2005)
Michael Wynne - - - New play opens at Royal
Court (2002)
WYSIWYG - - - 2006 call for proposals (2006)
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