Australian government announces new programme that will invest AU$100m over the next four years, challenging the Australia Council as the sole supporter of the arts.
300 arts leaders have supported ‘Arts Fight Back’, a rallying call by Pilot Theatre’s Artistic Director, Marcus Romer, to stress the importance of the arts after the Conservative...
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Cultural organisations and arts practitioners are calling on public and private sector funders and service providers to take action to support a series of ambitions for the city.
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Over the next three years, 100 paid internships and apprenticeships will be supported in Northern Ireland’s creative sector.
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The conversation about juggling a career in the arts with family life is too often focused on mothers, warns Natasha Tripney.
The major redevelopment will see Burlington House and the 6 Burlington Gardens building linked by a new bridge and corridor, as well as the addition of a lecture theatre, Clore learning centre, and...
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Following HARRIET HARMAN MP’s appointment as acting leader of the Labour Party, CHRIS BRYANT MP has replaced her as Shadow Culture Secretary. He has been Shadow Minister for the Arts since...
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The Guardian speaks to a collection of academics and industry experts about the challenges facing creative education, and what the Conservatives can do to better support it.
The fund that has distributed £5m in grants since 2003 is to close due to lack of revenue from phone-in voting on BBC shows.
Darren Henley, Chief Executive of Arts Council England, told The Stage that he is confident the new Conservative Government “understands the value that arts and culture can bring”.
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The new UK Culture Secretary is JOHN WHITTINGDALE, who has chaired the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee for the last decade and was Shadow Culture Secretary in 2004/5. He replaces SAJID JAVID...
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Following the recent attempt to keep critic Quentin Letts out of the The Audience, Mark Shenton explains why this PR tactic is rarely successful.
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Ellie Spanswick examines how arts projects in hospitals and care homes are helping to ease people’s stress and anxiety, as well as reducing their risk of developing memory problems.
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New research confirms that outdoor arts events draw wide support among local audiences from diverse economic and social backgrounds.
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A DCMS report reviewing the current evidence base on the social impacts of culture and sport affirms their value, but has found significant deficiencies and ‘evidence gaps’ in the research literature.
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Outstanding projects in communication, engagement, and learning and participation have been highlighted at the prestigious annual awards.
In response to news that it will lose its £400k annual council grant, Lincolnshire Music Service plans to secure charitable status and become “much more entrepreneurial by securing...
Internet users throughout the world will be able to watch simulcast and future live transmissions from 15 European opera companies for free, as part of a three-year, €4m programme run by the EU...
TreePress currently lists around 170 formerly unpublished plays from 90 playwrights, and allows teachers to search by genre, cast size, length and age range. It hopes to grow with texts from...
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Jonathan Jones predicts a Conservative government will be a disaster for the arts, with the trouble at the National Gallery an early warning sign.
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Currently Chief Executive of Leicester’s Curve Theatre, FIONA ALLAN will become the new Chief Executive of Birmingham Hippodrome when STUART GRIFFITHS moves to Ambassador Theatre Group in July...
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EMMA RICE, Joint Artistic Director of Cornwall-based Kneehigh theatre company, will take over from DOMINIC DROMGOOLE as Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe from April 2016.
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After eight years running the Contemporary Visual Arts Network South East, AMANDA KING is leaving to concentrate on her work as a freelance visual arts consultant.
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After 15 years at Southbank Centre, JANE BEESE, Head of Contemporary Music, will be leaving to join the Roundhouse as the new Head of Music.
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The new Artistic and Executive Director of Newbury’s Watermill Theatre will be PAUL HART, currently an associate of Propeller Theatre company. He replaces HEDDA BEEBY, who will be stepping down...