News
Guildford live music pub the Star Inn has sucessfully appealed an abatement notice issued last October following a complaint from the developer of nearby flats. The presiding judge described the...
Arts People
Music at Paxton General Manager Elizabeth Macdonald looks back on the teachers and mentors who have inspired her and continue to influence her work.
Opinion
ArtsProfessional is refreshing and renewing its style - but the integrity at its heart will remain, writes the publication's new Editor Amanda Parker.
A museum programme that pays diverse audiences to act as guest critics addresses real - and sometimes surprising - barriers to access and engagement, writes Laura Raicovich
News
The price tag for moving the institution to Farringdon, originally £250m, has grown to £332m after studies found "desperate" need for repairs to the 19th century...
News
Co-Opera, a British opera and training company, is ending after 10 years in operation "due to one thing or another", founder Paul Need has announced. The company was established to fill a...
News
Two organisers of Vestiville are being detained in a jail in Lommel, Belgium on suspicion of fraud after the event's last minute cancellation. Lommel Mayor Bob Nijs refused to let the the...
Place-based schemes being piloted around the UK offer a way to invest in communities and artists. Lyn Gardner considers the "untapped potential" in building from the ground up.
News
Shakespeare North Playhouse, which is now under construction, is already attracting new businesses and development to Prescot, Knowsley Council Leader Graham Morgan said. A new £4m...
News
The company has agreed to pay C$4m (£2.4m) after an investigation by the Canadian Competition Bureau found its advertised prices were being inflated with mandatory fees. The 'drip pricing...
News
The 2019/20 season of the London classical concert series Borough New Music has been cancelled. Trustees said the current model needed to be rethought to make the programme sustainable, but since the...
Arts People
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has announced LENA ZELISZEWSKA and EMILY DAVIS as joint Associate Leaders. Zeliszewska moves from her role as RSNO’s Associate Principal Violin, which she...
Arts People
Chief Executive Officer of Henley Festival CHARLOTTE GEEVES is joining Bristol Old Vic as its new Executive Director in September. She takes over from EMMA STENNING, who left to become Executive...
Arts People
EMMA POWER, current Head of Strategic Marketing at the National Theatre, is joining Farnham Maltings as its new Deputy Director (Management). Working alongside Director GAVIN STRIDE and Deputy...
News
Arts Council England’s draft 10 year strategy says “we do not consider that certain types or scales of artistic activity are inherently of higher quality or value than others”.
A love of literature does little for the bank balance. But for those who choose creative careers, judging merit on money alone misses the point, writes Madeline Grant.
News
Paul Whittaker will become the first person to sign Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in concert at London's Royal Festival Hall on Friday. The Halifax man said the performance is challenging but...
News
The planned 20,000-seat entertainment venue would have a "devastating impact" on local business and could place 2,200 jobs at risk, an independent report has concluded. Manchester City...
There will always be a "random and arbitrary element" to succeeding in the arts, writes Kenn Taylor. With opportunities for access under threat, what can the sector do to cultivate talent?
News
State theatre companies in Germany are reluctantly fulfilling a request from the right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to disclose the nationalities of their artists. The party's...
News
Damian Hinds has said that "the creative arts are happening at a large scale in our schools" in response to Labour MP Thelma Walker's claim that a "culture of targets and testing...
Feature
Artistic excellence and effective governance are key to the success of major public cultural programmes, writes Nigel Hinds.
Feature
Are we serious enough about how we’re feeling and coping at work – from our life–work balance to our ability to maximise our creativity? Carol Jones addresses some common issues.
Feature
An analysis of motivations helped a contemporary music ensemble upend received wisdom about its audiences. Celia Duffy and Charlotte Gilmore explain how.
News
The V&A Director is unconvinced by arguments for a dedicated prayer room in V&A East.

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