Case study
Why do we talk about organisational change as if there are right and wrong answers? David Jubb discusses how the Scratch collaborative process for theatre production is also a powerful tool for organisational development.
Arts People
MONIQUE DELETANT, currently Director (job share) at Stratford Circus Arts Centre and previously Interim Chief Executive/Chief Operating Officer at Rich Mix, has become Dance Hub Birmingham’s...
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Artistic Director and Founder of Northern Broadsides, BARRIE RUTTER, has announced that he will step down in April 2018 after 25 years at the helm of the organisation.
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Following 36 years as Chief Executive of Southampton’s Art Asia, VINOD DESAI is to leave the organisation to explore his own musical interests and spend more time with his grandchildren.
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Wiltshire Music Centre has appointed MAUD SAINT-SARDOS as its new Chief Executive. This follows the departure of CLARE JACK, who spent six years as Executive Director of the organisation.
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Co-Artistic Director CLARE NORBURN is to step down from Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) in November, though will continue her involvement with Early Music Live!, the Festival’s young...
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BECCI SCOTCHER has become Communications and Partnerships Manager at the Help Musicians UK London office. In addition, DAVID CULBERT is the organisation’s first Development Officer in Scotland...
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Manager of Tewksebury’s The Roses Theatre since March 2017, SHARON CASEY is to leave the organisation at the end of the month.
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MARTIN GREEN, Chief Executive and Director of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, is to become Executive Producer on Underbelly’s Hogmanay celebrations.
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PAUL BURNS is to join Dance4 as Associate Director for 12 months from 2017, following the organisation’s entry into Arts Council England’s national portfolio.
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Horniman Museum Chief Executive JANET VITMAYER, who has held the post since 1998, is to retire in March 2018. She will retain her Trusteeships at the Hunterian Collection and the Florence Nightingale...
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Northern Ireland’s Void has selected MARY CREMIN, Artistic Director of The Treeline Project and part of the Visual Arts Programme for Galway 2020, as its next Director.
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MAGDALENA MORENO MUJICA, Deputy Director of IFACCA since July 2014, and previously Head of International Affairs at the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CNCA) in Chile, has become IFACCA...
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Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has appointed COLIN MARR in the role of Theatre Director at the Edinburgh Playhouse. He will join from his current role as Chief Executive at Eden Court in October.
Feature
Tim Baker explains how SMART objectives can make challenging aims – such as engaging more young people – achievable, by breaking them down into manageable chunks.
It’s heartening that the Scottish Government’s language around culture has moved on from bare economics, but only by considering the personal finances of artists can we achieve equity, says Alison Reeves.
Tate Modern’s evolution provides a blueprint for how London, or any city, can encourage its inhabitants to be collectively present, argues Reif Larsen.
Arts People
As she leaves York Theatre Royal, Liz Wilson reflects on a career in theatre that has taken her around the country.
News
In its long-overdue response to a public consultation on the implementation of the EBacc, the Government has ignored calls for a broader, more balanced curriculum and upped the pressure on mainstream schools to enter more pupils for the prescribed suite of GCSEs.
Feature
While the EBacc may be causing concern for the status of the arts in UK schools, there are opportunities to ensure creativity is at the heart of education in lower-income countries around the world. Joe Hallgarten makes the case.
Case study
Every child in the last year of primary school in the London borough of Newham has the opportunity to see world-class theatre for free. Becky Lees explains how the scheme has established itself.
Feature
Many professionals have reservations about online learning courses, but new developments are making them an appealing alternative for time- and cash-strapped arts workers, argue Michelle Wright and Ben Walmsley.
Feature
The growth of the cultural and creative industries may be strong, but there are still questions regarding productivity and performance among smaller organisations. Nick Henry is optimistic that things will soon change.
The financial foundations of the Edinburgh Fringe are fragile. Lyn Gardner reviews the price of putting on a show and what rising costs mean for the festival.
Beverley Whitrick and Jeff Horton review the challenges facing grassroots music, following Arts Council England’s decision not to fund the Music Venue Trust.