To aid in the fight against ticket touts the Barbican will require attenders to bring ID, confirmation orders and credit cards in order to see the heavily-subscribed show.
As part of £10m development plans for Live Theatre, Newcastle City Council has approved a premises licence for a public park to host a new outdoor performance space.
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Professor / art adviser Magnus Resch’s recently released book of business solutions for art galleries goes a long way in explaining why so many of them are failing, says James Tarmy.
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Crowdfunding is fun, innovative, and encourages donations and emotional investment from people who may never see its finished products. Jenny Kidd advises museums in the UK to engage with it.
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Theatre makers wanting to be successful should consider the conundrum: if only 8% of the population regularly attend the theatre, what are the other 92% interested in, asks Gavin Stride.
Research by Google and London & Partners finds that art galleries, performing arts and innovative design in London generate more searches than their counterparts in other cities.
The Lyric Theatre, NI Opera and the MAC are among the 32 of the biggest arts organisations in Northern Ireland told to plan for cuts of 8 – 10% by Arts Council Northern Ireland.
A £16.7m fall in donations and legacies contributed to revenues shrinking by nearly £26m last year at the UK's most visited museum.
Theresa May has stepped in to overturn the refusal of a six-month visa application by the dissident Chinese artist, who had applied to come to London for a major exhibition of his work at the Royal...
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Eli Van Sickel is troubled by those who see able-bodied actors playing disabled characters convincingly as beacons of acting talent.
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British politicians wouldn’t be seen dead at the opera – but they need to embrace the arts if they want to stop seeming distanced and removed, says Martin Kettle.
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A significant drop in the number of young people participating in dance is being masked in government statistics by an increase in those making films and going to the cinema.
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Plans for The Factory Manchester get the go ahead, but current costings leave the council with £25m to raise before 2019.
Following the dismissal of Directors Alasdair McCrone and Gordon McLean, the actors’ union is calling for the board of the Isle of Mull arts body to resign “en masse”.
Buildings at the Royal William Yard have been transformed into artists’ studios and an exhibition space by two graduates from Plymouth College of Art with funding from the European Regional...
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Tanya Meyers talks to Rachel Ward about the challenges of turning 60,000 words of research into a compelling and accessible show about dementia.
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Mark Lawson compares the set design of a number of high-profile theatre shows in the UK, finding that the boards of the British stage are dissolving under a wave of innovation.
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If we continue to expect orchestras to survive indefinitely, they’ll have to play the funding game and move into the mainstream, says Peter Phillips.
A report by the Directory of Social Change has found that grants from trusts and foundations, worth around £3bn a year, are heavily focused on London and the South East of England.
The striking fringe venue, styled as an upturned cow, is to host a two-month festival in Hong Kong, its first trip abroad after three years of planning.
A 15-year vision for the arts across the North East was unveiled at the launch of 'Case for Culture', a plan produced in collaboration by the North East Culture Partnership (NECP), the...
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Nottingham Contemporary's founding Director ALEX FARQUHARSON is to replace PENELOPE CURTIS, who left in March, as the new Director of Tate Britain.
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SARA LOCK, currently the Marketing and Development Manager at Salisbury Arts Centre, and LARAINE PENSON, Director of Communications at Northern Ballet, are to join the Arts Marketing Association (AMA...
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Othermother, established by director ANNA POOLE, producer OLIVIA HARRIS and playwright KELLY JONES will be based in Cardiff and perform its first production at the Other Room.
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Former Media and Communications Officer at Manchester Cornerhouse and The University of Manchester JO NIGHTINGALE has been appointed as the Press and PR Officer for the Royal Pavilion & Museums,...