The ‘live at home’ streaming service, launched by the Vienna State Opera, received more than 9,000 customers in its first season, with 200 signing up for an annual subscription.
The venue and BECTU, the media and entertainment union, have reached an agreement over pay for staff, preventing a possible strike.
Stafford Magistrates Court heard that there had not been a suitable risk assessment on the tallescope at Stafford Gatehouse theatre, leading to liability when a man fell and broke his back.
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The role of key public bodies and the outcomes they deliver are to be examined by a Committee reporting to the Scottish Government.
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The expressive arts will be one of six areas of learning and experience that will take the place of traditional subjects as Wales approves a radical overhaul of its curriculum for primary and secondary schools.
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Jobs in the arts are growing at a higher rate than in any other area of the creative industries, but new figures from the DCMS lay bare the scale of the diversity problem.
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An online National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) will be created following a successful £1m funding bid. The project will be delivered by Shape Arts, the disability-led arts...
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Arts professionals may be unanimous about the value of the arts in the curriculum, but what do schools think? Christy Romer spoke to four headteachers who gave a range of verdicts on controversial proposals to introduce a compulsory suite of qualifications for GCSE students that excludes arts subjects.
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Scottish Ballet’s Artistic Director CHRISTOPHER HAMPSON is to also take the role of the company’s Chief Executive, following on from CINDY SUGHRUE, who recently stepped down.
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LESLEY JACKSON is to leave her current role as Executive Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre in Leeds to join Jazz North as Executive Director.
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Current Chief Operating Officer at the Serpentine Gallery IAN DIXON is to join Shakespeare’s Globe as Chief Finance and Operations Officer. JOANNA MACKLE and DANIEL HEAF are to join the board...
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The director and writer GBOLAHAN OBISESAN will replace NATALIE ABRAHAMI as the Young Vic’s Genesis Fellow.
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London Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, SIR SIMON RATTLE, is to be the Artist-in-Association with the Barbican Centre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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LADY SUSAN RICE is to step down as Chair of Edinburgh International Book Festival in October. Former Special Correspondent at the BBC, ALAN LITTLE, will take over from her.
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LORD SUMPTION, Deputy Chair of the Royal Academy of Music, and NICK ADDYMAN, founder member of the Parabis Group, are to join the ENO board with immediate effect.
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ADAM SMYTHE is to join Bluecoat as the new curator, from Lombard Method gallery in Birmingham, of which he was a co-founder.
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Following the departure of CHRIS SUDWORTH to the Old Rep theatre, NICK WALKER has been appointed as Director of the Core at Corby Cube.
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MARK SMITH is to end his six year stint as chair of the Birmingham Hippodrome Development Trust, to be succeeded by MARTIN GUEST.
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Jo Wright tells us about his career, from long-haired rocker to Executive Director of FACT.
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A free guide to public and private funding opportunities for the arts and culture in Europe has been released by IETM, the international network for the performing arts. Fund-finder aims to empower...
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Michael J Lewis fears for the art world given the broadmindedness – indistinguishable from indifference – of students and the public alike.
George Brandis, Australia’s Attorney General and Arts Minister, will be the given the final call on where to allocate arts grants, according to recently published draft guidelines.
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What better place to learn about using the arts to help older people and those with dementia than in Japan, where a quarter of people are over 65. Nick Ponsillo reports on his recent trip.
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Is it possible for small, regional arts organisations to secure significant income through sponsorship? Heather Stewart shares the secrets of two festivals that have done just that.
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Kelly-Anne Collins shares the story of how one dance support network diversified – creating a platform to showcase new work – and may just have triggered a revolution for dance in Northern Ireland in the process.