Chris Dercon, a former director of Tate Modern, stood down as head of Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre earlier this year following protests against his appointment, which was seen by some as an example of how outsiders are changing the city’s character. Alex Marshall notes that his new role in Paris will be more familiar territory.
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Venues across the UK will be using live captioning for performances this week as part of a national campaign, but charity Stagetext says that more work needs to be done to make the arts accessible to...
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The news that Oldham Council has decided to drop its support for a new Oldham Coliseum Theatre comes as the theatre’s long-serving Artistic Director announces he is leaving this month to go freelance.
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Tate, the British Museum and Imperial War Museums have all recently completed drives to gain support for large-scale capital work, but economic changes also played a part in the decline.
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The lack of a marketing strategy in the first few years of the programme and the diminishing dominance of YouTube led to underwhelming take up of the multi-channel Canvas network.
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A new report calls for £200m investment and a national reading movement to improve the UK’s mental health, wellbeing and social mobility.
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Lotte Wakeham has set out her vision for the theatre, which includes “tonnes of participatory work” as the venue undergoes a major capital redevelopment.
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Changes to block out noise, alongside rocketing design and construction costs, have added millions to the project’s budget, the council admits.
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Chief Executive & Artistic Director of Oldham Coliseum Theatre KEVIN SHAW will leave the organisation this month after 17 years in the role to pursue a freelance directing career. He personally...
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After four and half years and five festivals, ANU GIRI will be stepping down as Executive Director of Dance Umbrella in Spring 2019 to pursue new opportunities.
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MUNIRA MIRZA, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Education in London from 2008 – 2016, will join King’s College London as Executive Director for Culture in January 2019.
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After a decade as Artistic Director and Chief Executive, RUTH BORTHWICK has announced she will step down in April 2019. Borthwick was appointed an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature...
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Following a £1.3m redevelopment, Leith Walk Studios will open as a flexible workspace for businesses, entrepreneurs and artists in a former tram depot that has not been used for 60 years.
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Brand and communications strategist SUSIE STUBBS, who is Managing Director of Modern Designers, has been appointed Chair of the Castlefield Gallery Board of Trustees.
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The current owner of the Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End has withdrawn from plans to sell the venue to Cameron Mackintosh after receiving higher offers. Mackintosh had been planning to...
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The Board of NN Contemporary Art has announced that its new Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director will be EMER GRANT. She is a curator, producer, and researcher who has curated exhibitions at...
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Cheltenham Festivals has appointed six new trustees: SARAH COOKSLEY; BETH GRIFFIN; BEVERLEY GRIMSTER; SHAMIL MAKHECHA; MARK PHILIP-SORENSEN and DR DEBORAH COGAN THACKER. The current Chair, DOMINIC...
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Michael Buffong, Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre Company, said he was always aware of Lennon’s ‘unique and complicated story’ and that he had sought legal advice before deciding...
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NICK SWALES, Regional Director of Rathbones wealth managers, has been selected as Newcastle Theatre Royal’s new Chairman.
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Director of Liverpool Biennial SALLY TALLANT has been appointed Executive Director of Queens Museum in New York, replacing LAURA RAICOVICH, who resigned earlier this year.
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Following the departure of LORD DAVIES OF ABERSOCH, who has served his six-year tenure as Chair of the Royal Academy Development Trust, LADY ALISON MYNERS will take over as the new Chair.
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Previously Associate Producer for the Oscar Wilde Season at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End, ROSIE TOWNSHEND is to become Royal & Derngate’s new Senior Producer. TESS DOWDESWELL...
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Intergenerational arts charity Magic Me has appointed four new trustees to its board: PHIL CAVE, consultant and former Director at Arts Council England; HAZEL GOULD, librettist, director and...
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CATHERINE HEARNE, Chief Executive of Helix Arts, has been appointed Chair of Culture Bridge North East’s Advisory Board. She is joined by GEMMA DYER, Prince’s Trust Public Sector...
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The institution will champion non-drug treatments and create a body of knowledge to support healthcare workers.