Case study
Two young creatives are now running their own businesses thanks to a Creative Enterprise award. Nicole Lovett introduces them.
Feature
Some arts charities are unsurprisingly nervous about the new General Data Protection Regulation that comes into effect next year. Pamela Johnson offers trustees guidance on how to comply.
Cliff-top runs and communal meals – Matt Trueman experiences the unique rehearsal process at Kneehigh theatre company.
News
Leicester City Council is investing an extra £600k in the £3m refurbishment of the Haymarket Theatre so it can become the showcase venue for ESL UK, which hosts major online gaming...
News
Dance artists with a learning disability, autism or additional needs in the North East of England and Yorkshire will be supported to progress professionally by The Talent Hub, a three-year project...
News
Islington Assembly Hall has become the first venue in the UK to sell tickets exclusively through a mobile app, in a move it hopes will limit the number of tickets resold through secondary agents and...
News
The theatre’s 500-seat auditorium will be extended by around 50 seats, its front-of-house and backstage facilities overhauled and a new learning and participation centre will be created. The...
News
30.9 million tickets were sold for concerts and festivals in 2016, up from 27.7 million in 2015, according to a report by UK Music. It estimates the music industry grew by 6% with a 19% surge in...
News
The Museum for Urban Contemporary Art in Berlin’s Schöneberg district has been designed with a partially replaceable façade, so artwork can be displayed both inside and outside the building.
News
The exhibition, which took place simultaneously in Athens and Kassel, Germany, has been defended by its curatorial team following reports of a €7m deficit. Around 200 artists, researchers and...
News
An estimated £300m is available for the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to distribute this financial year – down from £385m in 2015/16, owing to falling National Lottery sales. HLF said...
News
The Government department claims the proposed build, which would see a theatre fit for 950 spectators open for three months in summer 2018, would “interrupt the smooth running” of the...
Libraries in Helsinki are well-attended and offer more than just books – board games, art, footballs and sewing machines are also on the table. Lizzie Palmer examines the lessons for the UK.
Cultural ‘hubs’, like London and New York, are beset by gentrification. For healthy creative sectors, arts funding must be pushed regionally and on a large scale, says Kenn Taylor.
News
Talent agency Simon and How has entered into a partnership with theatre company Access All Areas, which currently trains 15 learning-disabled actors a year at the Royal Central School of Speech and...
Creative city policies, such as the new London Borough of Culture Competition, do not make communities resilient and sustainable – they simply drive inequality and soften the edges of gentrification, argues Oli Mould.
Sanjana Varghese presents an entertaining and educational ‘Twitter war’ between the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum, which publicly showcases the two institutions’ vast collections.
News
Over 500 people, including artists Sonia Boyce and Conrad Atkinson, have added their names to a letter in support of arts organisation Locus+, which will lose its National Portfolio funding from 2018...
Opinion
Researcher Stephen Pritchard raises concerns that the latest evaluation of ACE’s Creative People and Places programme was based on fatally flawed methodology.
News
Plans are underway to establish a new Governance Alliance for the cultural sector, to address poor practices and a shortfall in expertise among board members.
News
At a Culture Summit this week, Councillor David McDonald outlined how the city’s new government would deliver the SNP’s manifesto commitments around arts and culture.
News
A provocation paper commissioned by Bluecoat arts centre is the focus of an attempt to create new entry points into artistic leadership.
News
Culture is critical to the satisfaction levels of London’s visitors, according to a new report that lays out plans for boosting tourism across the capital.
News
The Artistic Director Leadership Programme, aimed at developing future theatre leaders from diverse backgrounds, will provide residencies for trainee artistic directors with theatre companies across...
News
Redundancies have been announced at the theatre in Harlech, which will run a restricted programme of one-off events for the foreseeable future. The theatre “will definitely not be closing...