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DR HARRY BRÜNJES, who has been acting Chairman of English National Opera (ENO) since its former chairman, MARTYN ROSE, stepped down earlier this year, has now been confirmed as ENO Chairman. CRESSIDA...
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Funding has been granted to a number of British cultural organisations, including £740k to Shakespeare’s Globe for a tour and education programme, £500k to the Royal Opera House for...
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Now Artistic Director of Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Elizabeth Newman reveals what advice she’d give to her younger self.
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A new guide has been published by arts website the Culture Diary advising arts organisations on how to take advantage of international touring.
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Conservative MP Nigel Adams is calling for the BBC to justify the millions of pounds it has invested, alongside Arts Council England, in the digital art initiative The Space. Responding, the BBC...
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Sheffield Theatres has launched a ‘Public Dress Rehearsal’ scheme to raise funds. Members of the public will be invited to watch the final dress rehearsal of a performance for a minimum...
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The funding body is “thinking hard” about how to better support small and voluntary organisations after MSPs heard the sector’s complaints.
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Development organisation Team London Bridge has cited the importance of cultural activity to a thriving development in its decision to find a new home for the Southwark Playhouse, which was evicted...
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A pilot project in rural North Yorkshire believes it’s landed on an effective and affordable model for delivering music tuition to children in isolated areas.
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A new tourism-based strategy aims to grow Scotland’s domestic and international reputation by investing in the development of the events industry.
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New research is aiming to build up a better picture of access for visually impaired people to UK theatres. VocalEyes, a charity that provides audio description service for theatres, hopes that its...
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CashBack for Creativity has been funded until 2017 with an increased budget after having success at encouraging arts engagement in Scotland’s disadvantaged communities.
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JULIA AMOUR is to join Festivals Edinburgh as its new Director, succeeding FAITH LIDDELL who will step down in November. Amour has previously held senior positions with the British Council, Scottish...
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Musical Theatre Network has chosen JAMES HADLEY, Relationship Manager in Arts Council England’s London Theatre team, to be its new Executive Director.
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ANTONIA BOSTRÖM, currently Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas, is to join the V&A in January 2016 as Keeper of the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass...
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Preston City Council has appointed JON FINCH to run the Harris Museum and Art Gallery. He previously worked for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
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Producer for Australia’s Performing Lines NOEL JORDAN is to join Imaginate as Festival Director in October.
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CAROLINE ANSDELL is to take over as Head of Press at Sadler’s Wells from ABIGAIL DESCH, whilst she is on maternity leave.
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HENRY LITTLE, currently Chief Executive of Orchestras Live, is to leave the organisation at the end of December to join Opera Rara in the same role.
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Gate Theatre’s Chris Haydon pays tribute to those who have mentored and inspired him throughout his career.
A wave of innovative approaches to digital storytelling are extending the life and reach of theatre shows, says Lyn Gardner – and Hedda Gabler’s diary tweets are the perfect example.
Community theatre should be valued and celebrated, not dismissed as the quaint training ground for drama students, warns Kate Bramley.
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The Theatres Trust’s annual register of the most at-risk theatres involves six in Manchester and nine others in the north of England.
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In the latest in a line of cost-saving exercises, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland is to leave its Victorian merchant’s villa home for purpose-built offices, where it will stay for at least...
Singer Sarah Connolly argues that the UK is held in such high regard because of the strength of its arts culture. Neglect would be a ‘national disaster’, she says.