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And... breathe: the Wuji Ensemble’s Law Wing-fai and Wong Chi-ching share their week of soul-cleansing silence and music-making in Hong Kong.
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Selected audience members at a Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Titus Andronicus will wear pulse-monitoring wristbands as part of a research project examining whether the bard’s work...
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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has launched a publicly-accessible and fully-searchable archive of photos, spanning 80 years of shows and featuring actors such as Judi Dench and Ian McKellen.
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU risks a generation of creative talent being defined by insularity and stunted by the delusion that native genius is enough to see off the opposition, writes Nicholas Hytner.
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The government culture department will now be called the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, acknowledging the “way the department’s remit has evolved”.
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When her circus arts company was invited to perform in a library, Camille Bensoussan feared there would be endless health and safety meetings.
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Most of the arts-focused higher education institutions assessed by the new Government ranking scheme have received a gold award.
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Although the new portfolio will contain seven more dance organisations, three regional dance development agencies have lost funding.
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Paignton’s Palace Theatre will be handed over to a community interest company after the local council turned down a proposal by the Mayor to sell the building.
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A career in the arts is rarely linear. But everything you do can help build confidence and skills, says Jeremy Spafford.
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Ten arts organisations accepted into the national portfolio for 2018-22 have a low diversity rating, which they must improve or provisional funding will not be finalised.
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32 boroughs will compete to be named ‘London Borough of Culture’, with one taking the title in 2019 and another in 2020.
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Arts attendance among people living in the most deprived areas has grown, but the gap between these areas and those of least deprivation has widened over the past decade.
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BEN WRIGHT and CHARLOTTE DARBYSHIRE are to take over as Artistic Co-Directors of Candoco Dance Company later this year. They will replace STINE NILSEN and PEDRO MACHADO, who announced their departure...
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Arts Council England’s Senior Manager for Engagement and Audiences HELEN FEATHERSTONE will take up the role of Director of Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust (SIMT) in July. The news follows...
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NIALL LOTHIAN, who joined the Board of Edinburgh International Festival in 2011 and was elected Deputy Chairman in 2014, has become the organisation’s new Chairman. He will serve for a four-...
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HUSSAM OTAIBI has been appointed Chair of Children & the Arts, succeeding NEIL MENDOZA, who steps down after a four-year tenure.
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Following six years as Director of Development & Communications at Modern Art Oxford, VERITY SLATER is joining St George’s Bristol as Head of Development.
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Currently a freelance Producer and Programmer, and a trustee of Boundless Theatre, JAKE ORR is to become Producer at Theatre503 from early July.
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The 19th century Bourse de commerce is to house tycoon François Pinault’s €1.25bn art collection, including pieces by Mark Rothko and Damien Hirst. It is expected to open next year.
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There is a “pandemic lack of inclusion” in film, women earn an average of £3k less than men and the industry must become more diverse to address a skills shortage, a report by the...
Arts Council England’s decision to cut three dance development agencies from its national portfolio is unacceptable – particularly when there’s no accompanying strategy or explanation, writes Chantal Guevara.
Mortal intelligence has been rendered redundant in Arts Council decision making, and the challenge for new Chair Sir Nicholas Serota is to overturn the anti-art revolution, writes Norman Lebrecht.
Dropping out of Arts Council England’s national portfolio can seem like the end of the world, but organisations like Red Ladder – which re-joins the portfolio after a three-year hiatus – show that losing core funding can help improve financial resilience.
The most common forms of cultural activity in Australia are listening to music, engaging online and reading books, but funding in the country doesn’t reflect this, argues Ben Eltham.