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A review of the impact of the Family Arts Campaign finds growing commitment by arts organisations to serving family audiences.
Arts People
KIKI GALE, former Chief Executive of East London Dance, has been appointed Director of Dance for Parkinson’s Network UK - based within People Dancing’s national team - for three years on...
Arts People
Director of Opera at The Royal Opera KASPER HOLTEN is to leave and return to Copenhagen at the end of March 2017.
Arts People
DR CINDY SUGHRUE, currently Director of the Charles Dickens Museum and former Chief Executive and Executive Producer of Scottish Ballet, is to join the board of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra.
Arts People
Scottish Youth Theatre’s Chief Executive MARY McCLUSKEY has stepped down, but will remain working at the organisation as Artistic Director part-time from February 2016.
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A new organisation will combine the expertise and resources of four former dance organisations to offer a more comprehensive package of support to the dance sector.
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The Earl of Clancarty called for the government to stop London Metropolitan University’s plan to move the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design from Aldgate to its main campus...
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The trust is to close its Halesworth office and cut all jobs at the end of the year, but is “absolutely intent” on finding additional funding or resetting “the nature and scope...
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Museums and galleries in Lancashire and Cumbria were closed as a result of recent flooding, with Wordsworth House and Garden in Cockermouth and Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal suffering extensive...
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The head of the Royal Opera House has co-signed a letter with opera leaders calling for ENO to reassess decisions to limit itself to eight productions a season and reduce chorus members’...
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As part of a £25m cut to Wales’ Department for the Economy, Science and Transport, which includes the arts and heritage, Arts Council of Wales’ funding will fall from £31.8m...
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Analysis by Purple Seven found that the proportion of women writing and directing plays has increased by at least four percentage points since 2012, although there has not been a similar improvement...
From issue 290
Case study
David Curtis reveals how the Orchestra of the Swan has secured funding from trusts based as far afield as New York.
From issue 290
Feature
Do trusts and foundations really favour some organisations over others? Sarah Miller explains what can move the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation to offer repeat funding.
From issue 290
Feature
With a fundraising target of £18m for Hull 2017, James Trowsdale knows how to present a project application that stands out from the competition. He shares his tips.
From issue 290
Case study
The National Theatre isn’t shy about re-approaching a foundation that has previously turned it down. Emily Horn and Bryony Mills explain why.
From issue 290
Case study
Deborah Larwood reveals how Sheffield Theatres secured foundation funding for an access project and shares her top fundraising tips.
David Brownlee explains why reduced public funding has not shackled theatre, with contributed income, earned income and overall income up from 2009/10.
Is refusing to have any artistic association with a foreign government justified, or does boycotting just create unnecessary divisions between creatives? Brian Eno and Tiffany Jenkins weigh in on the debate.
Being forced to perform in new or shared spaces may be a frustrating financial necessity for many theatres, says Lyn Gardner, but it’ll do wonders for their artistic output.
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Following arts funding cuts of 17% in 2010 and 20% in 2013, Birmingham City Council has announced a further 25% cut, hitting Ikon Gallery, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and REP theatre.
Arts People
Ever wondered what a Literary Manager actually does? Steve Harper, of Theatre503, gives us a visual tour of his working week.
The recent failure to programme gender-balanced work at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre is not the only problem for women in Irish theatre, says Emer O'Toole – the whole nation’s canon is dominated by white male voices.
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Le Comedia theatre has teamed up with Theatre in Paris to offer Google Glass-style specs for audience members, allowing them to see English translations of spoken French before their eyes.
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An anti-Israel hacker attacked and closed down the website for St. George’s, Bristol’s concert hall, temporarily stopping the sale of tickets and gift-cards. The venue reported no data...