Joyce McMillan goes behind the scenes at the Edinburgh Fringe to explore the logistics challenges facing some of the festival's non-traditional venues.
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Banksy’s Balloon Girl, Vettriano’s Singing Butler and Gormley's The Angel Of The North were found to be among the public's favourites in a poll marking the launch of a new Samsung...
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A ‘pay it forward’ pilot campaign aimed to help families most in need attend dance theatre performances, but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Rhona Matheson tells the story.
Computer science graduate Hassan Qadir is resentful of an education system that pushed him to prioritise subjects geared towards finding a good, stable job, and viewed the arts as a hobby.
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New data protection regulations come into force next May, and while some may see this as a burden, Live Music Now is seizing the opportunity to renew contact with its supporters. Evan Dawson and Emily Roberts explain how they are ensuring compliance.
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The founder of the charity Community Arts Workshop, which provides art workshops for people with learning disabilities in Leamington Spa, has been convicted of five counts of gross indecency with a...
From phishing to whaling, the digital security threats facing arts organisations are evergrowing. Mark Ward discovers how the National Theatre protects itself from cyber-attacks.
‘I have seen the arts get sidelined and squeezed’ – teacher Francis Short explains why he feels very scared for the arts.
David Edmunds tells Sarah Freeman how a Yorkshire town where ‘nothing good ever happens’ has welcomed a new arts festival with gusto.
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More than 6,000 signatories are calling on the Welsh government to rethink its plans to commission a £395k ‘Iron Ring’ landmark, because its associations with Edward I are “...
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A multimillion pound proposal to revitalise a derelict art deco cinema in Dalston, north London, has been approved by Hackney Council. The team behind East London’s Village Underground plan to...
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Plans to expand and redevelop the Royal Shakespeare Company’s costume workshop, which have received £2.1m from Arts Council England, will allow the theatre to offer guided tours to...
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Help Musicians UK’s service will go live later this year and offer listening, advice, medical and welfare support to anyone working in music.
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Following a halt in the procurement process, ACE now expects its new system for assessing the quality of artistic work to be up and running in 2019.
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Olivier Award-winning actor and Royal Shakespeare Company Associate Artist MICHELLE TERRY is to become Shakespeare’s Globe’s new Artistic Director from April 2018. She replaces EMMA RICE...
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House of Illustration puts on ten exhibitions and turns over £1m every year - all without public funding. Colin McKenzie explains how.
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Nearly 2,000 shows have benefitted from the scheme since its introduction in 2014, including 560 touring productions and 1,185 non-touring shows.
The motto for Documenta 14, which this year took place in Greece and Germany simultaneously, was ‘Learning from Athens’. But what did this mean, and what legacy has the event left behind in the city, asks Andrea Kasiske.
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The local council said plans to develop the Pavilion Theatre would not go ahead because of the “large costs” associated with transforming the venue, but other alternative locations will...
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People queued from 3.30am to get tickets for the first ballet performance at the newly refurbished Hull New Theatre, part of the ongoing City of Culture 2017 events.
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Ministers are considering making it a requirement for recipients of Government grants to disclose high earners’ salaries, which would encompass conductors and theatre directors.
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The actor and campaigner for equal representation on stage and screen has criticised broadcasting regulator Ofcom for promoting “fake diversity” by not setting targets for people who work...
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A creative district with “creative exchange, cultural collaboration and learning at its core” will be developed to link key cultural venues in the heart of the City of London.
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A cross-party parliamentary report says it is “time to recognise the powerful contribution the arts can make to health and wellbeing”.
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Félicie Kertudo tells how she visited the South London Gallery to find out more about how it involves the local community in a range of inclusive projects.