Matthew Warchus' productions of Matilda and Ghost the Musical are neck and neck in the Whatsonstage 2012 Awards shortlist.

Musicians and actors have held a protest in the West End against Westminster City Council's plans to extend parking charges in the borough.

Channel 4 head of drama Camilla Campbell is stepping down to launch her own production company in association with ITV Studios.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has confirmed a grant of £867,000 to the Royal Court Liverpool Trust, meaning that the venue can start work on its £10.6 million refurbishment early next year.

The European premiere of Man in the Middle, which is about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, will be held in London next year.

BBC Radio 4 has commissioned comedy programmes based on four shows that were performed in Edinburgh this year.

Being Human creator Toby Whithouse has hit out at newspapers for portraying the BBC as "frightened of originality", claiming the creativity of young television writers could be stifled as a result of the criticism.

Jack Whitehall is to write and star in his own comedy for BBC3.

Paul Coxwell, the disgraced theatre producer and venue operator, has re-invented himself as an agent and is currently claiming to represent performer Michael Barrymore.

Ice Age is being turned into a live arena show by Twentieth Century Fox and Stage Entertainment.

Green Day's musical American Idiot is to hold its British premiere in autumn 2012.

Equity has claimed that proposals to reform live entertainment licensing could boost the economy by more than £43.2 million every year.

Theatre programme publisher John Good has been sold to a group of private investors after more than 20 years as a family business.

Sky Arts is to resurrect The South Bank Show three years after it was axed by ITV, with Melvyn Bragg once again on board to host the series.

The Society of London Theatre has teamed up with Transport for London to launch a travel guide for people heading to the West End during next year's Olympic Games in the capital.

Former Royal Ballet dancer Alexander Grant has died, aged 86.

Former Royal Ballet dancer Alexander Grant has died, aged 86.

Channel 4 controller of film and drama, Tessa Ross, has been appointed to the National Theatre board.

Channel 4 controller of film and drama, Tessa Ross, has been appointed to the National Theatre board.

Without the financial success of War Horse and One Man, Two Guvnors, the National Theatre would have struggled to stage shows including The Kitchen, Emperor and Galilean, London Road and cinema venture NT Live, the National's executive director Nick Starr has revealed.