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Producer PHIL HARGREAVES has joined Déda’s programming team as Associate Producer (Dance). He has previously worked with Dep Arts, Phoenix Dance Theatre, 2Faced Dance Company and Joss Arnott...
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After five years at Doncaster Council, MARY NASH takes on the role of Sales & Marketing Manager at The Civic in Barnsley. She will continue her role as Arts Development UK Regional Coordinator...
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Harrogate Theatres has appointed playwright AMANADA WHITTINGTON, director JOYCE BRANAGH and former senior manager at Arts Council England Yorkshire, MARK HOLLANDER, to its board of directors.
A £250k Exceptional Award from Arts Council England will enable Eclipse Theatre Company to present a series of Black British stories in regional theatres across England from 2015–2018....
Labour MP Tom Watson says Radio 3 has become a niche station, as its listener figures are eclipsed by 6 Music.
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Arts People
Director of Half Moon Theatre for children and young people, Chris Elwell names those who have inspired him throughout his career.
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News
British Council initiatives aim to strengthen UK cultural relationships with India and South Africa.
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Nick Curtis sings the praises of the National Theatre's refurbishment, including its new baby - the Dorfman Theatre.
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Jane Lillystone talks about the contribution of The Wilson gallery to a step-change in Cheltenham's cultural life - and demonstrates how to charm the local press.
Nottingham Playhouse will be charged only £469 interest on a £230,000 City Council loan to cover a cashflow shortfall following a £1m Arts Council building improvement grant.
Author David Peace has allowed Red Ladder to purchase the theatre rights to his critically-acclaimed novel, The Damned Utd, for the nominal sum of £3.68 - to represent the 368 pages in the book...
The director of Twickenham's new theatre was given only two days notice to vacate the premises, which are to be sold. The new landlords ‘do not figure theatre as part of their plans....
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Outgoing Chief Executive of Arts Council England, Alan Davey says devolution offers a great opportunity for arts and culture, but it needs to be seized now.
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In the age of internet downloads, when will musicians leave record labels behind, asks Joe Miller.
Funding cuts from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and a reduction in financial support from the BBC means the orchestra will need emergency funding within weeks.
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Only when we find better ways of bridging the divide between culture and the economy will we understand the many dimensions of culture that affect economic success, says Andrew Thompson.
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Feature
Tatiana Rais tells how she has brought back to life an abandoned theatre in the centre of Bogotá.
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Feature
Stan’s Cafe used to ‘blunder around’ doing workshops and videos, but now it has formed some partner relationships with a small number of schools, says James Yarker.
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Feature
As arts fundraisers continue to put heart and soul into securing their organisations' financial future, we share four fundraising experts' advice on the key challenges they are facing, from communications and digital fundraising to data analysis and entrepreneurship.
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Feature
A recent British Council report says that the arts and culture are vital in making a country attractive to foreign visitors. Sue Hoyle delves a little further.
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In Plymouth, artists, arts organsiations and the local pub are all working together to encourage arts students to stay in the city after graduation.
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News
A new report concludes that smaller organisations are being squeezed out as their share of Arts Council England’s regular funding awards has diminished.
Performances of the opera set in a tobacco factory have been withdrawn from the company’s 2015 schedule after it signed a £220k partnership with Healthway, the government health promotion...
A venue in Barcelona, that saw revenues fall after the government increased its tax on theatre tickets, has installed tablets on the back of seats that detect every time an audience member laughs....
The theatre is facing a substantial fine after a stagehand fell through an open and unmarked ‘Juliet’ door, leaving her paralysed for life.