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Teaching resources to make Shakespeare more accessible for deaf students are being sent to all deaf schools in the UK.
The British Theatre Guide reports that the teaching packs are part of the...
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A decade on from its reopening, the Dorfman Theatre is due to close for “urgent” renovations and infrastructure upgrades partly funded by government investment.
Arts People
The Stables in Milton Keynes has named DAVID MEADOWCROFT as its new Chair.
He takes over at the live music venue from JIM RICE who has served as Chair for the past nine years.
A Global Alliance...
Arts People
Chris Cuming is the newly appointed Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). With a background in dance and production, he reveals the people and places who have inspired his career.
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A scheme to renovate an Isles of Scilly building and turn it into a museum has secured an additional £3.4m in funding.
The project, led by the Council of the Isles of Scilly and the Isles of...
Feature
Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Berry explains the thinking behind it.
Arts People
REBECCA BALL has been selected as Arts Council England's new Area Director, North, succeeding SARAH MAXFIELD who will step down at the end of this month.
Maxfield has served with Arts Council...
Arts People
Former Lord Mayor of London, Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL has been elected to lead Barbican Centre's board of trustees.
Sir William has been a member of the board since 2019 and succeeds TOM...
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A theatre in Wales has said it hopes to become a destination for food, drink, and culture after announcing that an award-winning chef will open a restaurant at the venue.
Theatr Clwyd said Bryn...
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ACE is one of at least 30 public bodies, including Tate, V&A and the Museum of London, to withdraw from Stonewall's workplace Diversity Champions programme in recent years.
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Two areas of England are yet to have an organisation appointed to run their music education hub later this year after bids by prospective candidates were rejected for being too weak.
Arts People
GORDON SEABRIGHT has been appointed Chief Executive of London's Horniman Museum and Gardens.
Currently Chief Executive of Creative Land Trust, a charity tackling the loss of...
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Cuts to a wide range of services across Birmingham including arts and culture are based on "imagined data", it has been claimed.
According to The Guardian, sources inside the Labour-led...
Arts People
The Heritage Alliance has announced CAROLE SOUTER CBE as its new Chair, succeeding Acting Chair Dr INGRID SAMUEL OBE.
Souter will take up the post on July 1st 2024, with Samuel staying on to serve...
Arts People
Mercury Theatre Colchester has appointed MARK HOULT-ALLEN, RODNEY APPLEYARD, MATT BRINDLEY, HELENA OXLEY, JULIA STEPHEN and PETER TORRES FREMLIN to its Board of Trustees.
Joining the Board as...
From issue 376
Feature
In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation argues that the financial plight of our cultural institutions is undermining their huge impact.
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Leading museum figures push the idea of a tourist tax as a way to help fund museums and galleries in the face of ongoing economic challenges.
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London drama school ArtsEd has revealed it will delay publishing a public statement and summary of conclusions from an investigation into alleged misconduct by its senior leadership team.
The...
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Research highlights extent of universities reducing their provision of creative courses and cutting staff.
From issue 376
Opinion
The decimation of arts education has hit the music sector particularly hard. Deborah Annetts of the Independent Society of Musicians calls on government departments to work together to stop the decline.
Arts People
Theatre503 has named five new trustees and an associate trustee who will be joining its board.
New members include PIPPA HILL, Head of New Work at the Royal Shakespeare Company, KANDY ROHMAN...
Polly Toynbee looks ahead to the challenges in the arts sector that will greet a possible new Labour government.
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A campaign group has written an open letter to the Charity Commission expressing “deep anxiety” over the financial management of Seven Dials Playhouse after the charity failed to submit...
Having contributed to a recent House of Commons report - Misogyny In Music - researcher and former A&R manager Sally Anne Gross isn't surprised the government rejected its findings.
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Chief Executive of Arts Council England says that while data collection from funded organisations is a necessity, he hears the sector's concerns and wants to act.