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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) has appointed opera soprano JANE IRWIN as its Head of Vocal Performance.
Irwin, who is currently Professor of Singing at the Royal Northern College of...
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Conductors MARK WIGGLESWORTH and CHLOÉ VAN SOETERSTÈDE become Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) new Chief Conductor and Principal Guest Conductor respectively from the start of the...
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Organisations interested in running 10 community libraries in Derby have been given a month to register their interest.
Following Derby City Council's approval of plans for the city’s...
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'Guerilla' festival of Palestinian art and culture staged by protesters inside London's Barbican Centre.
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Staffordshire University has teamed up with the Gatehouse Theatre in Stafford to give students a chance to get involved in productions on and off stage.
The BBC reports that under the scheme,...
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The money will go toward projects in the city centre, including an annual festival event and new signage to promote cultural venues.
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Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says forthcoming review will help 'ensure that Arts Council England is driving creative excellence in the arts by funding ambitious projects of the highest quality'.
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Nearly 100,000 tickets have been sold for forthcoming shows at the recently reopened venue, following a £132m renovation.
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Calls for sector focus to reduce high levels of poor mental health among performers following a 'destabilising and challenging' five years.
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Scores of community-led arts, culture and heritage initiatives in Bradford will get combined funding of £1m, it has been announced.
As part of a programme funded by Arts Council England and...
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Art Fund has announced that SANDY NAIRNE, former Director of the National Portrait Gallery, will become the organisation's Chair of Trustees.
He succeeds CHRIS SMITH (Lord Smith of...
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Labour leader sets out his plans for creative education, improving conditions for freelancers, and his hope to boost funding for arts and culture organisations across the country.
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Fuel theatre company has appointed INE VAN RIET as its new Executive Director.
She joins Fuel this week, following the departure of INES TERCIO, who stepped down from the role last December...
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Creative Scotland has withdrawn funding for a project featuring participants engaging in "non-simulated" sex and "hardcore" acts.
The funding body had previously agreed to...
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London's Vault Festival of theatre and performance has announced its closure after funding for its new venue fell through.
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ANNA TURZYNSKI is to become the new Arts Director at Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, succeeding JANE KAY, founder and co-owner of the Yorkshire arts venue.
Having worked in small organisations across...
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A charity providing affordable artist workshop space in Bath has been saved from closure thanks to a local council rent subsidy.
44AD, which is based in premises on the city’s Abbey Street,...
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What do cultural leaders really think about the problems they, and the arts and cultural sector, face? Steven Hadley is the Editor of a new book on the subject.
A night out at a gig in the UK costs a fortune. But, as John Harris writes, the venues where artists learn their craft are falling silent.
After an aggressive cyber attack on the British Library, its Chief Executive Sir Roly Keating has written a report to share his understanding of what happened.
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The institution says its reliance on legacy infrastructure has impacted its ability to restore services quickly in the wake of a major ransomware attack last October.
According to new research from Spectrix and Indigo Ltd, classical and opera audiences are the most engaged arts attenders. Jo Johnson has been digging into the data.
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A yoga centre in Shropshire has been awarded a £22,000 Arts Council England grant for a community project that will combine creativity and wellbeing.
Jenna Blair Yoga in Shrewsbury will...
The value and benefit of culture is not just economic. Here Dr Henry Kippin and Professor Katy Shaw discuss culture and devolution in the context of the North East.
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Tate Britain has unveiled a new video work made in response to a 1927 mural that has been closed to the public since 2020 due to its offensive imagery.
‘Vive Voce’, a two-screen 20-...