Monday, 15 February 2010
The new £7.6m Theatre at the Mill has opened in Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland. The new theatre comprises a 400-seat auditorium, foyer cafe, offices, dressing rooms, green room and the latest technical equipment.
http://www.theatreatthemill.com
BALTIC and NHS North East/Change4Life have launched a region-wide initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle by encouraging movement through art. The... read more
Monday, 01 February 2010
Creative Scotland has announced a further three groups to provide expert advice on the issues and opportunities facing Scotland’s creative community. They will focus on: performing arts, to look at developing the economic aspects of the performing arts; design services including digital design, advertising and architecture; and product design including designer fashion, textile design and... read more
Monday, 18 January 2010
A Drama and Theatre Manifesto is being developed by the National Campaign for the Arts and a number of other stakeholders. It aims to increase the opportunities for children and young people to engage with drama and the theatre, and to ‘catch up’ with other artforms. A feasibility study has been produced and circulated across the drama and theatre sector, and a steering group is currently being... read more
Monday, 14 December 2009
Performance Matters, a three-year creative research project investigating contemporary performance and cultural value, has launched its new website. The site will carry information about collaborators and events, news stories and updates on activities, as well as being a space for expanded writings, ideas and images.
http://www.thisisperformancematters.co.uk
Youth Dance England has launched ‘... read more
Monday, 30 November 2009
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland is working with the newly established Charity Commission for Northern Ireland to provide information about the changes to Public Benefit status for arts organisations. The information covers an overview of the changes, the implications for arts organisations and details of the Commission’s Public Benefit Test.
http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk
Museums... read more
Monday, 16 November 2009
Arts Council Wales (ACW) has published ‘Identifying the Potential’, research into drama audiences in Wales, carried out by Audiences Wales. It is the most comprehensive analysis of the sector to date, with information on ticket sales, focus groups, and interviews with theatres, production companies, and more than 120 members of the public. Twenty to twenty-five per cent of the population... read more
Monday, 02 November 2009
The York Theatre Royal’s site-specific production of The Railway Children at the National Rail Museum has been named ‘Best Tourism Experience of the Year’ at the 2009 White Rose Awards for Tourism. The production won ‘Best Visitor Experience’ at the York Tourism Awards for Excellence earlier this year, and sold over 26,000 tickets in 2008/09.
Arts About Manchester and the Audience Alliance are... read more
Monday, 19 October 2009
A new resource, ‘Bolder and Wiser’, will be available to download from Audiences London to support cultural organisations wishing to engage more with older people. It covers facts about an ageing population, looks at how age affects cultural participation and attendance, and offers resources supporting older people’s access to culture. It also contains a talk by David Cutler, Director of the... read more
Monday, 05 October 2009
A programme offering free professional development training to disabled people and advice for employers in the creative industries has been announced by the disability-led arts organisation, Shape. ‘Next Step’, which is funded through the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities programme, will begin in January 2010 and run for three years. As well as increasing confidence and skills for disabled... read more
Monday, 21 September 2009
A new online resource for artists and performers in Powys is gearing up for its public launch in the autumn. ‘Arts Engine’ is a new, searchable online directory of Powys artists, creatives, performers, musicians and writers. The ultimate aim is to include every professional or semi-professional practitioner, across all arts disciplines, in the county.
{www.arts-engine.org.uk}
This year’s BBC... read more
Monday, 07 September 2009
An online survey being conducted by The Art Fund is aiming to build an authoritative picture of the status of the UK’s museums and the impact of the recession on their income, visitor numbers and collection policies. The survey findings will be published in October to provide an overview of current challenges facing the sector.
w: {www.artfund.org}; e: lbloom@... read more
Monday, 24 August 2009
Organisations including the British Council, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Big Lottery Fund, the DCMS and Arts Council England are taking part in an evaluation of performance on disability, organised by the Employers’ Forum on Disability (EFD). Participating organisations receive diagnostic reports on their performance, and material gathered from this analysis is used to produce the EFD... read more
Monday, 27 July 2009
A Midlands-based consortium is researching case studies of arts companies that have sustained themselves successfully without dependence on regular grant income, or who have learnt to adapt successfully to its withdrawal. A feature of the research, entitled ‘Who Calls the Tune?’, will be to examine the viability of nearly 200 companies whose RFO status was withdrawn last year. The project has... read more
Monday, 13 July 2009
‘Critical Conditions’, a new research report by the Directory of Social Change (DSC), provides an analysis of the extent to which funders’ terms and conditions are transparent and negotiable. The report reveals a number of differences between government departments, trusts and foundations and companies, and DSC is campaigning for all funders to make their funding terms and conditions publicly... read more
Monday, 29 June 2009
Resources available for funding theatre in the Republic of Ireland are not sufficient to meet the needs of currently funded organisations, nor to provide for potential new artists and practitioners, according to a new discussion document, ‘Examining New Ways to Fund the Production and Presentation of Theatre’, published by The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. The document aims to... read more