Feature
What will the next 12 months bring for the arts and cultural sector? The Audience Agency team share their predictions for what lies ahead.
News
Arts Council England has pledged £3.1m to help the Kilburn theatre upgrade its auditorium and backstage areas, making them more accessible. The theatre will launch a public fundraising campaign...
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Able to seat up to 200 people, the new space beneath the Southwark theatre is intended for musical theatre, but will also stage lesser-known and experimental work.
Case study
The local rugby league club proved to be the secret to getting a town with low arts engagement interested in a cultural programme, explains Patrick Fox.
Ashley Smith-Hammond looks at the four ‘big themes’ that influenced arts marketing campaigns launched by Edinburgh Festival, Harper Collins, Paris Opera Ballet and others in 2015.
A New York dance class for people with Parkinson’s has had such success – both medically and artistically – that it has attracted worldwide attention from medical professionals, says Ina Jaffe.
Having interesting objects is no longer enough – in the modern age, museums must fulfil a myriad of visitor needs and desires. Seph Rodney traces the development of the museum experience.
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A survey of 317  private contemporary art museums in 45 countries found that 53% were created between 2001 and 2010, and a further 18% were created since then.
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Ed Vaizey called on Arts Council England and the Association of British Orchestras to “stop making excuses” and impose clear targets on diversity in music.
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The multi-million pound development, which the Arts Council of Wales had pledged £3m to support, has been “reluctantly” shelved by local councillors due to insufficient funding.
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Higher education institutions will be working with artists and micro creative enterprises in an attempt to improve the flow of information and expertise between the two sectors.
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A two-year inquiry will result in the publication of policy proposals, with the hope of seeing the arts become more valued as contributors to health.
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Arts organisations are among those to receive a share of a new £20m fund, which is tackling a shortage of affordable creative workspaces in the capital.
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The causes of under-representation of disabled people in the arts and cultural sector workforce will be examined by a research project hoping to achieve greater access to opportunities.
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Culture must become an integral part of EU policy, says the European Parliament - and artists should be free to move and support inter-cultural dialogue.
What does Labour’s London mayoral candidate have in store for the arts? Sadiq Khan talks to Rashid Razaq and Joe Murphy about how, with the changes he’s proposing, he too could have been “another Adele”.
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In a letter to the Times, artist Michael Paraskos criticised the proposed merger between the two Tate bodies as “undemocratic and unethical”. In response, the Tate said the move would...
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Plans to transform Harrow Arts Centre into a modern complex with a cinema, galleries, cafes and a larger theatre were boosted yesterday by Harrow Council’s decision to move its arts and...
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Forty-one public artworks, including sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Anthony Gormley and Henry Moore, are to be commemorated by Historic England, to remind the public that they “bring art to...
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Welsh theatre company Theatr Clwyd is to perform ‘Scattered’ at Calais’ Good Chance Theatre, a temporary venue hosting workshops and masterclasses for people living in the camp.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb delivers a swingeing attack on “vocal figures in the media” who believe that requiring pupils to concentrate on EBacc subjects represents a backwards step in the cultural life of schools.
Arts People
Director of Dance UK since 2006, CAROLINE MILLER will stand down in March ahead of the organisation’s completed merger with three other dance bodies. A new director of the unified organisation...
Arts People
SUSAN GILCHRIST, Group Chief Executive of the international communications firm the Brunswick Group, will become the first female Chairman of the Southbank Centre when she replaces RICK...
Arts People
Formerly of the Whitworth in Manchester, BRYONY BOND is the Tetley’s new Creative Director. She will be joined by President of Leeds Chamber of Commerce, GERALD JENNINGS, who has been appointed...
Arts People
Composer, songwriter and actor DAVID CHABEAUX is to join the Derby City Cultural Campus as Producer of the project.

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