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Responding to a campaign by The ‘Save Our Fairfield’ group, asking for at least one of the site’s venues to stay open during a revamp, the Council has said that it “simply...
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Excerpts from plays including The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet will be shown on CBeebies, the BBC channel for pre-schoolers, before an interpretation of a Midsummer Night’s Dream is filmed at...
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Independent theatre producer Tara Finney takes us along as she zips through the final weeks of a tour.
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Whilst local and community participation are government priorities for sport, plans to increase participation in the arts are centred on investments in flagship projects.
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Tate faces falling visitor numbers despite overall growing attendance at cultural venues in both England and Scotland.
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Oil giant BP is to stop sponsoring art gallery Tate from 2017, blaming a “challenging business environment”, but will continue sponsoring the British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Opera House.
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The Scottish Government has been warned of “dangerous time ahead” if it continues to cut funding to its national performing companies.
Black Royal Ballet soloist Eric Underwood often has to spend half an hour adding ‘pancake’ to his ballet shoes to make them flesh coloured. Is the lack of properly designed ballet shoes holding the artform back, asks Kirstie Brewer.
In the wake of actor Laurence Fox’s decision to swear at an audience member for heckling, Ben West asks if theatre audiences have become rowdy and undisciplined.
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Labour candidate Sadiq Khan’s manifesto includes pledges to create a London Borough of Culture Scheme and to introduce a ‘Love London Pass’, offering discounts to shows and...
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In response to a letter to English National Opera’s (ENO’s) board signed by union Equity, the Musicians’ Union and BECTU, saying that the changes to the chorus’ working...
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Support for Glasgow Theatre Royal could end and funding for the King’s Theatre could be cut by 10%, as the council plans to adjust to a £130m loss in funding over the next two years.
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The new Head of Music at Creative Scotland will be ALAN MORRISON, the former Group Arts Editor for the Herald and Times Group. He replaces IAN SMITH, who is set to retire in July after 11 years with...
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LINDA JASPER, Founder Director of Youth Dance England, is to leave the organisation at the end of March following 12 years in the role.
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The Director and CEO of English Touring Theatre since 2008, RACHEL TACKLEY, will step down to take up post as Executive Director of Chichester Festival Theatre in September 2016.
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has appointed ROS KERSLAKE as its new Chief Executive, replacing CAROLE SOUTER who will step down at the end of April. Kerslake has been Chief Executive of the Prince’...
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WhatsOnStage’s SITA MCINTOSH has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees at Tonic Theatre.
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Birmingham’s cultural development agency Culture Central has appointed GARY TOPP, recently Development Director for the Bristol Green Capital Partnership, as its first Director.
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LOUISE JEFFREYS, Director of Arts at the Barbican Centre, has joined English National Opera’s (ENO’s) Board of Trustees.
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JEREMY HOLLOWAY and PAUL MULLIN have joined live arts centre Acorn Penzance as Administrator and Head of Trustees respectively.
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Fringe Director THOM SOUTHERLAND is to join Charing Cross Theatre as Artistic Director, as the venue prepares to become a full-time producing house.
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Trustee of The Poetry Can and board member of the Bristol Poetry Institute ASIF KHAN is to be the new Director of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Julian Lloyd Webber says no, London does not have a world-class concert hall, and yes, the Royal Festival Hall has questionable acoustics – but the city doesn’t need to change a thing.
What opportunities are there for arts organisations to get funding from the housing sector? And where should they look? Jill Richens offers some answers.
A novel approach to supporting artists long-term is seeing their work collected to be sold in the future with the profits pooled. Braden Phillips reports on the Artist Pension Trust’s initiative.