Arts People
ALAN LANE, founder of Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low, has been appointed Creative Director of Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
He will take over the role from MICHAEL BRAITHWAITE ...
Arts People
LOUISA DAVIES has been appointed the new Head of Culture and Leisure Services for Gloucester City Council.
With over 20 years' experience in the arts and heritage sector, Davies was a Senior...
Arts People
HANNAH DONAT has been appointed Director of Artistic Planning for the BBC Proms. She will take up the role on 1 May.
A former Concerts Director of Britten Sinfonia, Donat has been Artistic...
Arts People
Malvern Theatres has established a new senior leadership structure to oversee its £20m Levelling Up investment, which will see new performance spaces.
Chief Executive NIC LLOYD moves to the...
Feature
As global politics become increasingly polarised, the right to freedom of expression is under threat in many countries, including the European Union, writes Johanna Bankston.
News
Calls for a Freelance Commissioner and Cultural Touring Agreement are among the proposals outlined in the manifesto, which covers skills and education, freelancing, investment, innovation, intellectual property and global power.
News
Arts leaders and politicians in Ireland have criticised Arts and Media Minister Catherine Martin for taking over four months to appoint a Chair to the Arts Council.
Her department recently...
News
Welsh Culture Secretary tells Senedd that crumbling infrastructure and a lack of funds will not force National Museum Cardiff to close.
News
Middlesborough Council has decided against selling artwork from its £32.5m collection to help avoid bankruptcy after research into the legalities of the process concluded it could result in the...
News
Arts Council England stands by decision to fund a show about a transgender artist’s search for a sperm donor with more than £60,000 of public money.
Feature
Responding to Arts Professional’s coverage of ACE’s political statements policy in February, Lauren James explains why defending free speech is so important to those working in the sector’s ‘engine rooms’.
News
Leaders of the Cheltenham Paint Festival have launched a fundraising appeal after Arts Council England (ACE) turned down their application for National Lottery Project Funding.
Writing on...
Feature
The future of the arts scene is 'terrifying', according to Ayvianna Snow, Chair of Equity's London North branch. Here, she makes the case for the UK to increase arts spending to 1% of government expenditure.
News
Council cuts to arts budgets have left charitable trusts and foundations 'overwhelmed' with applications for funding as arts and culture organisations attempt to source alternative income.
Arts People
Young People in the Arts (YPIA) has unveiled a new leadership team, welcoming NICOLE ELIZABETH DAVENPORT as Director of Finance and Strategy, MATTHEW KNIGHT as Director of Planning, THEA PARK-REEVE...
Arts People
Birmingham Rep has announced that its Artistic Director SEAN FOLEY will step down this summer, after five years in post.
During his tenure, The Rep has undergone a rebrand and celebrated...
Opinion
There has been a massive decline in arts for young people over the last 15 years. So much so that Joe Hallgarten thinks we need a dedicated national organisation to repair the damage. The current review of ACE might provide an opportunity.
Feature
In light of the huge challenges that so many arts and culture organisations have faced in recent years, Watershed’s Clare Reddington shares five ‘rules’ for turning your organisation round.
Arts People
LYNNE CHARLES has been appointed Artistic Director of the English National Ballet School (ENBS). She will take up the position in September 2024.
She succeeds VIVIANA DURANTE, who will...
News
MENA Arts UK, set up for UK-based professionals connected to the MENA+ region (Middle East, North Africa and the surrounding area), during the first Covid lockdown, is to close.
The volunteer...
Feature
A report from King’s College London looks at potential policy solutions to combat precarity in freelance cultural work. Sana Kim, one of the researchers, shares its key findings.
News
Senior figures from arts and culture organisations say government-ordered review of Arts Council England requires sector input to be meaningful.
News
Glasgow book festival Aye Write, which was cancelled last month after Creative Scotland turned down its funding application, has received an unexpected £65,000 donation that will enable it to...
News
Company says it has taken the 'difficult decision' to withdraw two weeks from its previously announced 2024/2025 season in the face of challenging economic times.
Arts People
ANNA EAVIS and ROISHA HUGHES have been appointed as trustees to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund by the Prime Minister. Their three-year terms began in...