High calibre training for dancers, acrobats, aerialists and gymnasts will be provided at the academy, which is opened by Sarah Durrant and Elaine Bailie with funding from Ulster Bank.
An estimated 18.7m people will visit London in 2014, spending around £11bn and making it the most popular city in the world, according to the Global Destinations Cities Index. Mayor Boris...
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The British Film Institute goes one step further and introduces quotas for Lottery-funded films.
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Alexander Wright asks whether there is a model for unpaid labour that isn’t exploitative or exclusive.
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On Paul Miller’s first morning as Artistic Director of the Orange Tree Theatre, the theatre lost its NPO status. He talks to the Evening Standard about mixed messages from the Arts Council, fundraising and resisting ‘going dark’.
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The Prison Arts Foundation employs artists-in-residence in prisons in Northern Ireland. Alison Smyth explains their approach and achievements.
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The Prisoners Education Trust is celebrating 25 years of working with offenders and contributing to reduced reoffending rates, says Susannah Henty.
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Finding out what young offenders are good at and drawing it out of them can change their lives. Jane Bryant discusses Artswork’s programmes based around the Arts Award.
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Offence-focused group work has been used to reduce re-offending. Louise Heywood explains two key techniques that help offenders to understand and ultimately change their behaviour.
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Louise Ridley looks at the research indicating that arts projects can encourage prisoners to take part in formal rehabilitation programmes.
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Naomi Joseph talks to Lucy Perman about how Clean Break works with female ex-offenders not just in theatre-making but also offering pastoral care.
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Hannah Hull believes in the importance of critical thinking for socially engaged arts practitioners, now the subject of one of the modules on Cred-ability’s training programme.
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A training programme for artists working in prisons has just gained international accreditation, announces Alan Clarke.
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The failure to share data is hindering audience development and must be addressed as a condition of funding, says ACE.
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Projects aim to develop the careers of people from all backgrounds, as it is revealed that the arts employ a below average proportion of people from BAME backgrounds.
David Anderson told the BBC that the large amount of public money and sponsorship invested in London's cultural institutions has "starved" museums and galleries in the rest of the UK.
The PCS union is preparing to strike after the gallery revealed its intentions to hire a private firm to manage services including ticketing, security and information. The services currently provide...
The local council has approved plans for a £10m redevelopment that will include an outdoor performance space, a public park, a children and young people’s creative writing centre, and a...
The Labour administration is proposing to reduce its arts, sports and community activities grants from £1.2m to £900k annually, following a 40% cut to the authority’s funding.
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The new Chief Executive of Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre is SIMON GLINN. He steps down as Executive Director of Liverpool Philharmonic Hall & Events after 11 years with the...
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Clean Break has appointed ROISIN MCBRINN as its new Head of Artistic Programming. She was previously Associate Director at Sherman Cymru and succeeds LUCY MORRISON, who leaves after eight years to...
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Music education hub Bristol Plays Music has appointed PHIL CASTANG as its new Music Leader. He joins from the London borough of Newham’s music hub where he has been Hub Leader for a year....
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SARA PEPPER has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Creative Economy at Cardiff University. Currently Marketing and Communications Manager at Leadership and Management Wales, she...
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JUDITH WEIR will become the first female Master of the Queen’s Music when she succeeds PETER MAXWELL-DAVIES. The Scottish-born composer has been Resident Composer with the City of Birmingham...
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Inequality not only exists between London and the regions, it exists within regions and within art forms. Leila Jancovich argues that if change is ever going to be achieved a wider range of voices needs to be heard.