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NATHALIE BOOBIS joined contemporary art festival Deptford X last month from SPACE, London, where she worked as Assistant Exhibitions Curator and Artist Commissions Manager. She also runs an...
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An enquiry backed by the UK’s four arts councils recommends that creative industry tax reliefs should be extended, that more cultural organisations adopt contactless giving, and that cities across the UK introduce fiscal measures such as a tourist tax to fund culture.
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Former BBC Arts Correspondent, ROSIE MILLARD OBE has been appointed as Chair of Firstsite’s Board of Trustees. She is the current Chair of BBC Children in Need and served as the Chair of Hull...
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New members have been added to the Board of Trustees at Kids in Museums. ANNE BRISBIN, a Director in Capital Markets at PwC, RACHEL KUHN, Senior Consultant with BOP Consulting, and VICTORIA...
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The former Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Chairman of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, LUKE SYSON, has taken on the role of Director and Marlay Curator...
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ARIKE OKE will become Managing Director of Black Cultural Archives next month. She has extensive experience in the heritage and cultural sector and is a standing board member of the National Archives...
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DAVID EYRE has been appointed as Gaelic Arts Officer at Creative Scotland, and KIRSTY MACDONALD has joined the organisation as Traditional Arts Officer. Both posts will work to identify opportunities...
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Three independent directors are joining the Board at Dance Consortium: ROSIE KAY, Artistic Director at Rosie Kay Dance Company; SEBASTIAN CHESWRIGHT CATER, Marketing Communications Consultant; and...
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After 10 years with Four Culture, CHRIS BAKER has been promoted to Associate Director. He has previously directed campaigns for Sky Arts; BBC Your Paintings; Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of...
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MPs from Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England spoke in favour of setting up a new award to rival the City of Culture award, which has been credited with rejuvenating areas of the UK.
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500 artists will be commissioned through New Creatives, a joint scheme launched by Arts Council England and BBC Arts, which will provide opportunities for artists aged 16-30 from underrepresented...
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Performers Lizzie Wort and Ruth Calkin will share a role in Twirlywoos Live!, a show based on a CBeebies programme, which begins a three-month tour this month. Campaign group Parents and Carers in...
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AEG Facilities and SMG will now be known as ASM Global, and will collectively operate more than three hundred venues across the world, including venues in London, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle.
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The City Council has given the green light for proposals for a Transient Visitor Levy, which is expected to charge tourists £2 per room per night for a maximum of seven nights. The funding will...
The Government’s Cultural Development Fund has not only emerged at a fraction of the mooted £500m size, but has essentially ignored museums and galleries. More targeted investment is needed through the scheme in the future, argues Alistair Brown.
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Festival Fringe Chief Executive Shona McCarthy – under fire since claiming a campaign to ensure the living wage is paid in all venues put the entire festival at risk – has refused to ban...
Queer artists must appropriate Shakespeare, classical texts, kitchen sink dramas, musicals, the avant garde – only then will queer theatre culture enter the mainstream, writes Ezra Brain.
Frances Ryan says we need to rethink the austerity-driven financial environment that is forcing local authorities to cut funding from the arts and direct it towards health and social care. “There are the services that keep us alive,” she writes. “And then there are those that make life worth living.”
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When Ron Evans started thinking about how to make post-show talks more appealing and accessible, he found audiences hungry for new ways of engaging with the arts.
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Theatrical productions typically give priority either to the playwright’s text or the director's interpretation. Eve Leigh challenges theatre to move on from these hierarchical models and open up new space for more trusting and collaborative work.
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Once forced to migrate through lack of opportunities, artists in the Scottish Highlands are now coming together to experiment and collaborate in the region's first creative hub, writes Audrey Carlin.
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A project bringing together theatre-makers from Hull Truck Theatre and Freetown in Sierra Leone has overcome logistical and cultural barriers to develop new insight. Alina Cretu talks to Amanda Huxtable and Adam Pownall.
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Who is Feargus Woods Dunlop's hostess with the mostest - and who does he think oozes theatricality? The writer and producer shares his five career gurus.
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68-year-old Gary Crofts is suing the venue for £200k in compensation after a section of the stage curtain, weighing half a tonne, nearly crashed down on him in November 2016 during a ballet...
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£1.4m will be withdrawn from a fund open to volunteer groups and charities, Greenwich Council confirmed in a recent meeting, as a result of cuts in direct Government funding.