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Measures for improving governance, social investment and services commissioning by public bodies have been put forward in a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities.
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Political deadlock has forced the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to withhold 50% of all grants for its annually funded organisations.
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New Government requirements will see organisations that employ more than 250 people, on either a permanent or contractual basis, disclose their gender pay gaps online.
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Plans for a £22m art gallery and museum - the centrepiece of proposals for a new cultural quarter in the town - look increasingly uncertain as a petition by opponents of the scheme gains...
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The team behind the Village Underground venue in London’s Shoreditch are submitting proposals to Hackney Council to reopen Hackney Arts Centre, after decades of neglect have seen it fall into...
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A survey of teachers has found that school funding cuts are having a disproportional impact on the arts and other subjects that fall outside of the English Baccalaureate.
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(IN SPANISH) Congress of Deputies is asking Spain’s Ministry of Culture to draw up an inventory of under-utilised and abandoned public spaces that could be transformed for cultural use.
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Case study
Fed up with venues adding unjustifiable fees on to tickets for its shows, Birmingham Stage Company is taking drastic action. Neal Foster explains why producers should follow suit.
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Feature
Dynamic pricing is all the rage, but is just one tactic amongst many. David Reece explains how organisations can benefit by placing dynamic pricing in a wider context.
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Case study
Inspired by theatres, Bristol’s museums and galleries decided to try out a ‘pay what you think’ model for exhibitions. Philip Walker tells the story.
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Case study
Interest in a Swedish theatre’s subscription scheme was plummeting until it reworked it to reward frequent and early bookings. Jenny Bång outlines the changes it made.
Arts People
LAURIE MILLER-ZUTSHI, who has been Creative Producer of regional arts development organisation SeaChange Arts since 2008, will be the new Executive Director of theatre company Tara Arts, working...
Arts People
Founder and Artistic Director of The Other Room in Cardiff, KATE WASSERBERG will join MAX STAFFORD-CLARK and Producer MARTIN DERBYSHIRE to lead theatre company Out of Joint. She has previously held...
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Feature
Does dynamic pricing actually benefit theatre producers or audiences? Steve Rich isn’t convinced.
Arts People
DR CHRIS STEPHENS, currently Head of Displays and Lead Curator, Modern British Art at Tate Britain, will be the new Director of Holburne Museum, succeeding JENNIFER SCOTT, who is now Sackler Director...
Arts People
TC PEPPERCORN has left her role as Engagement and Exhibitions Co-Ordinator at Artrix Arts Centre to become Director of arts consultancy Make/Do Creative.
Arts People
ROWENA SOMMERVILLE will be stepping down as CEO of Tees Valley Arts this summer to engage with new creative projects. She has worked for the organisation since 1999, when it was Cleveland Arts.
Arts People
JOHN FULLJAMES, Associate Director of Opera for the Royal Opera in London since 2011, has been named as the next Head of Opera for the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
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Plans will see the library building sold to fund new facilities and improvements at the North London arts venue.
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The cultural discussion programme is being cut as a cost-saving measure. In its place, Radio 4 will broadcast a Saturday highlights edition of Front Row.
Dedicated venues presenting short plays to small audiences had their roots in Madrid, but the concept is being adopted across the Spanish-speaking world. Felicity Hughes tells the story.
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(IN ITALIAN) With public funding of culture in decline, seat prices at Milan’s La Scala opera house have increased by 47% over the past ten years – three times the rate of inflation.
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A 26% increase in business rates has put 21 of London’s 94 grassroots music venues at risk of closure, according to new research.
Feature
Eleni Duke found galleries intimidating, silent and unwelcoming, so she decided to open her own where everyone was welcome. She shares what she’s learned.
Visitors don’t use them, so is it worth the effort of trying to make apps for cultural organisations? Dilen Schneider looks at the evidence.