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The survey findings will guide the funder’s approach to improving diversity in its own workforce and be used to encourage arts organisations to do the same.
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During a period when the number of entries for arts GCSEs rose by 2%, entries for non-arts GCSEs rose by 15.7%.
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A strategic collaboration between One Dance UK and People Dancing will focus first on encouraging primary schools to spend more on high quality dance.
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Arts Council England funding for projects to tackle disadvantage is accused of being “window dressing” in the context of local authority cuts and library closures.
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An economic and social impact study has revealed how National Museums Liverpool contributes to the local economy, tourism, education and health and wellbeing.
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£3m will be invested over three years in a production and administrative space at the Birmingham Hippodrome, which will include office spaces, a large studio and meeting rooms. The remaining...
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Initial plans have been backed by National Museum Wales and the Arts Council of Wales. Although little has been decided about the building’s location or contents, it is expected to focus on...
Arts People
The former Artistic Director of English National Opera (ENO), JOHN BERRY, has launched a not-for-profit opera company called Opera Ventures.
He reunites with LORETTA TOMASI, the former Chief...
Arts People
KATHARINE STOUT is to become Deputy Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, after having served as Head of Programming at the organisation since 2013. She will be joined by RICHARD...
Arts People
Executive Producer of OperaUpClose and former Executive Director of the King's Head Theatre, DOMINIC HADDOCK, has been appointed Director of Development at Spitalfields Music.
Arts People
MARK BURCH, Managing Partner of private equity investment management firm ARCIS Group, has been named the new Chair of Stage One. He replaces LUKE JOHNSON, who steps down after seven years in the...
Case study
In a bid to listen more to its audiences, Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre launched a collaborative project that resulted in an ‘audience manifesto’. Amanda Dalton shares the surprising results.
Case study
Drama can boost the wellbeing of homeless people, but engaging them is not without challenges. Jon Randall shares his experiences producing and touring theatre with Lancaster’s homeless community.
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Case study
An outdoor performance project featuring blind and visually impaired dancers and musicians has pulled passers-by into a world of ‘sonic vision’. Isabel Jones shares the effects on performers and audiences.
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Reductions in funding are forcing producing theatres to become presenting theatres, which could lead to a “breakdown” in British theatre, Chairman of HQ Theatres Trust Stephen...
Arts People
The new Executive Director of Protein Dance, Franck Bordese, looks back on his career championing cross-artforms and engagement work.
Feature
How can we make sure that authors are paid fairly in times of technological change? Luke Alcott discusses the steps that are being taken to protect their rights.
Laura Purseglove talks to Pippa Koszerek about her work bringing contemporary art into churches and cathedrals.
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The move from its Clerkenwell home to a site in-between Tate Modern and the National Theatre will cost the Central School of Ballet £6m.
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North Devon Council plans to bring in a ‘caretaker operator’ to reopen the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple and the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe after the trust running them went into...
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The group of around 20 men and women who have taken over the building, which has been vacant since the cinema moved to the new HOME complex, plan to put on film screenings, workshops and music events...
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Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales has been forced to end a long-term loan agreement with London’s National Portrait Gallery after Denbighshire County Council cut its funding by 40%.
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A 63-year-old homeless man has been arreseted and charged after allegedly attacking ‘The Morning Walk’ with a drill bit on Saturday afternoon. He was detained by gallery assistants with...
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The knowledge-sharing Small Venues Network intends to take on an additional 20 members later this year.
Having a baby can leave even the most committed theatregoer feeling unwelcome. But a theatre culture that values families is one that is looking to the future, says Lyn Gardner.