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Following the election of JEREMY CORBYN MP as Leader of the Labour Party, MICHAEL DUGHER, MP for Barnsley East, has been appointed Shadow Culture Secretary. Formerly Shadow Transport Secretary, he...
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The value of legacy gifts increased by 8% to £2.2bn in 2014, and the number of English and Welsh charities receiving legacy donations increased by 5%, according to legacy benchmarking...
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The future of Finborough Theatre has been secured after Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council rejected a planning application for three residential units which failed to demonstrate how noise...
Can a tightly curated festival of well-established acts really claim to be ‘fringe’, asks Naomi Elster.
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The first of a series of online forums has been opened by the Government as part of a consultation exercise in the run-up to the publication of a White Paper for the Arts. ‘The Places Challenge...
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Three-quarters of organisations eligible for match funding through the Catalyst Endowment scheme being run by the Heritage Lottery Fund are now behind schedule with their fundraising.
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The Sustainability in Production Alliance has outlined ten social, environmental and economic sustainability goals for the UK’s live production sector to achieve within the next ten years.
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The average local authority arts budget for 2015/16 is £847k, a 3.5% decrease on last year, according to Arts Development UK.
Matt Fenton says forget about outreach programmes – young actors and theatre companies are making astounding work and they’re finally getting mainstream attention.
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In the face of growing austerity, trade union Equity has launched a campaign against increased budget cuts that it says would be “catastrophic”.
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The theatre’s plans include the creation of a learning and skills centre, a 100-seat performance space, offices, rehearsal spaces and workshop rooms.
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Since Cornwall Council closed its schools music service, an independent service has emerged that is no longer at the mercy of politicians, writes Gareth Churcher.
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Partnerships with local authories are crucial to Orchestras Live’s work. Henry Little reveals how they’ve maintained relationships through challenging economic times.
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LAURA McMILLAN has been appointed as the bid co-ordinator for Coventry’s bid to become City of Culture in 2021, joining from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Scottish playwright DAVID GREIG will succeed MARK THOMSON as Artistic Director of The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh.
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Historian SIMON THURLEY, former CEO of English Heritage, has been appointed to the board of Trustees at the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.
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TRISH O’CONNOR, former Head of Press at the Southbank Centre, is joining communications company SUTTON as the new Managing Director of its London Office.
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Equity have re-elected CHRISTINE PAYNE as their General Secretary for a third term. First elected in 2005, she is expected to carry on in the role until 2020.
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JULIA TWOMLOW is set to join Rothesay Pavilion on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, leaving Leach Pottery after seven years as Director.
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Tony Witton reports on the changes Kent County Council’s arts and culture service has made since asked to find new ways to pay for itself.
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Has East Sussex County Council achieved the unachievable? Sally Staples reveals how, through a social capital study of De La Warr Pavilion, it unearthed a way to describe the intangible value culture.
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Dorset's local authority arts service has just made the complex transition to a public service mutual. Lindsay Harrod shares the issues they faced and the benefits they are now reaping.
Using Virtual Reality technology, the LA Philharmonic Orchestra is allowing listeners to not only see the musicians playing Beethoven – but stand in amongst them too.
Charitable giving – a backbone of the arts – may be under threat from a new trend towards ‘effective altruism’, demanding that any donations impact on the world’s biggest problems.
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The celebrated cabaret venue will be the first in the UK to be listed for its LGBT heritage, protecting the building from redesign.