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Online sales of art may have grown significantly in the past year, but artists and galleries must work hard to attract a digital audience, warns Eric Sparre.
The Palace Theatre in Plymouth, derelict since 2006, is to be restored by charity Go! (Great Opportunities) Together, who plan to use the building to provide training opportunities and stage theatre...
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The issue of ‘heritage’ for contemporary dance has become relevant as the repertoire grows – but what work should and shouldn’t be included in the canon?
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Jocelyn Bailey highlights the remaining obstacles for the DCMS to address in order to properly value creativity and culture.
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Although ‘Home Sweet Home’ – last year’s toured production about ageing in Britain – has finished, the wellbeing impacts among the older population are ongoing.
From issue 284
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The debate about how to evaluate arts in health projects is being furthered by a new dance programme for people with Parkinson’s disease, says Sara Houston.
Mike Leigh’s The Pirates of Penzance took £600k at the UK box office from a single screening on 19 May, with over 400,000 viewers.
Director Danny Boyle was among those to open the new arts centre in Manchester, which includes two theatres, five cinemas screens and an art gallery, merging the Library Theatre Company and...
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A new strategy report advises Edinburgh’s festivals to improve their digital offering if the city is to avoid complacency and remain a cultural world-beater.
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New approaches to using culture to improve lives will be trialled in six deprived communities over the coming year.
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A new home in City Island, East London, will allow facilities to be shared between the ballet companies.
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Culture can help define a sense of place and attract new businesses, says the Commission for Underperforming Towns and Cities.
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ACE will be changing its branding guidelines following questions about the failure of The Space to acknowledge its primary funder on the homepage of its website.
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Craft development organisations are struggling under pressures to marry the two roles of sales agent for makers and leader in artform development.
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A sixth form student explains how important studying theatre has been in developing her creative potential, and makes the case for all arts subjects to remain integral to schools.
Five of Glasgow’s seven new MPs have written to the local council to ask for financial support for the Arches arts venue, after its late night club licence was revoked, threatening its primary...
From issue 284
ANTHONY SARGENT, founding General Director of Sage Gateshead, has been appointed CEO of Toronto’s Luminato Festival.
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Currently the joint Artistic Director of Fierce Festival, LAURA MCDERMOTT is to become the new Creative Director of the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts at the University of Sussex.
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Director of Norway’s Bergen Kunsthall, MARTIN CLARK will return to the city where he went to university, to take up the role of Artistic Director for Art Sheffield 2016.
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Director of Marketing & Communications at Scottish Opera, HELEN IRELAND, is leaving the organisation after eight years to join National Museums Scotland as Head of Marketing and Communications.
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MARK BALL, the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre), has been appointed as the Chair of artsdepot’s Board of Trustees.
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Made in Corby has appointed HELEN WILLMOTT as their new programme manager, who joins from the University of Northampton.
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Baker Richards have announced the appointment of a new Senior Consultant, RACHAEL EASTON, who will join the organisation from June.
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IAN MATHER has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust, succeeding BARONESS COHEN OF PIMLICO, who has held the position since 2007.
From issue 284
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Many agree that we are not doing enough to support working-class actors as they start out in their chosen career. But Anna Campbell has a controversial idea for a solution.