Steven McIntosh profiles dancer Catherine Wreford, who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in 2013 and told she had between two and six years to live. She’s continued to dance despite the condition and is now playing Lady Capulet in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
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The Birley, set up by University of Central Lancashire graduates in 2014, is to take over the first floor of its Preston city centre premises and triple the available studio and project space.
Public funding cuts are increasing the reliance of the arts on sponsors, but this can lead to pressure to be less critical or political. Ultimately, culture, education and journalism should not have to rely solely on corporate generosity, writes Anabel Roque Rodriguez.
By treating Harvey Weinstein as a farcical subject, David Mamet has missed the opportunity to sincerely interrogate important issues in entertainment, and is arguably perpetuating Weinstein’s silencing of female voices, writes Saeed Taji Farouky.
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A collective including representatives of the music and broadcasting industries has written an open letter arguing that the EU’s copyright directive should be halted, as it would risk leaving...
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Major producer C Venues has lost the right to use Adam House, its base at the festival for almost 20 years, following accusations that it exploits its staff. The University of Edinburgh has handed...
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Conservative Robert Halfon, Chair of the Education Select Committee, says the exams have become “pointless”, and should be replaced with a baccalaureate that will include technical and...
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Annually Funded Organisations are suffering “damage to long-term sustainability”, having slashed marketing budgets in the face of core funding cuts of almost 40% over three years.
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The Creative Land Trust, backed by seed funding of £4m from City Hall and £2m from Arts Council England, will seek additional finance from property developers and ask London councils to safeguard affordable workspaces.
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An analysis of the Department for Education’s own figures finds that since 2014, the proportion of students taking music GCSE has fallen by 17%, and the proportion taking at least one arts GCSE has fallen by almost 18%.
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Working practices that “wouldn't be tolerated in any other industry” have become the norm across the sector, with employees and freelances expected to work for nothing to enable their artistic output to be delivered.
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KAREN MACKINNON is to step down as Director and Curator at Artes Mundi to become Curator of Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in April. Since taking on the post in 2013, she has overseen three...
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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.