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HELEN LANGIWCK is leaving Leeds Museums and Galleries to take up the role of Regional Manager (Museums & Heritage) North for The Audience Agency.
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Insight from ‘big data’ reveals conclusively that arts attenders who book at multiple venues are more likely to be repeat attenders than those who book tickets at one venue only. But there’s a lot more besides, as Hannah Mitchell explains.
The 101-seat Mockingbird Theatre and Bar will host three resident theatre companies, programme and present theatre, film and comedy, and offer production facilities to film-makers and musicians. It...
The average top ticket price for shows in commercial West End theatres has risen to £89.72 this year, including fees, compared with £87.49 in 2013, reversing the trend of the subsidised...
Westminster City Council is investigating whether Nimax Theatres breached the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The inquiry could take another 18 months to complete.
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With Tech City dwindling in the rearview mirror, Toks Majek-Akisanya sets his SatNav for a 'Non Tech City' where the action is centred around the creative industries.
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Dany Louise reports on a Creative People and Places programme in Stoke that is proving that sometimes low arts participation has more to do with lack of provision than lack of interest.
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With several years as a charity chief executive under his belt, Martin Edwards traces the seven-stage journey of management, from the honeymoon period, through boredom to renewal.
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Chris Taylor charts her career from a drama youth worker to Director of New Writing South.
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Five arts organisations are joining forces with ISAN, the national membership organisation for the strategic development of outdoor arts, to campaign for the future of the UK’s outdoor arts...
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A European Commission inquiry finds that economic benefits will stem from cultural diplomacy, but current weaknesses need to be addressed.
A review by the Cabinet Office has concluded that the Big Lottery Fund must become more proactive in reducing its costs. It also recommends opening the funder's board meetings to the public,...
‘Art Happens’ will promote projects costing between £10k and £25k that it regards as “small-scale, achievable and highly creative”. The £150k platform, that...
The Scottish Government has given £5m towards the restoration and the UK Government has also pledged support, however, despite the building being fully insured, it is expected the school will...
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Fin Kennedy argues that we need to complement lobbying with long-term community theatre projects that are of demonstrable public value – the sort the free market could never come up with.
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The Co-Founder of ground-breaking theatre companies 7:84 and Wildcat, David MacLennan, has died at the age of 65. A driving force in Scottish theatre, he pioneered the hugely successful ‘A Play, A Pie and A Pint’ event that has since been copied around the world.
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Rupert Christiansen reacts to the revelations about the regional imbalance of arts funding and questions whether we should invest in areas where “high post-Renaissance culture” is of no relevance or interest.
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Ismene Brown finds a brisk and compelling appeal to both politicos and the arts world to focus on what matters, in the latest book by the former Managing Director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Arts Centre.
The former prime minister says it is doubtful that National Lottery revenues will be shared in the same way if Scotland gains independence. Scottish organisations and projects have benefitted from...
A new BBC-led campaign to introduce children to classical music has recruited 150 arts organisations and hopes to reach every UK primary school. Schools will receive visits from members of BBC...
Following a pilot project that struggled to get just 1.5 million views, a “fundamentally different” version of The Space website has been re-launched with the aim of attracting 10 million...
In the Queen’s birthday honours list CBEs have been awarded to Edinburgh Festival Fringe boss Kath Mainland, Joint Chief Executive of Creative and Cultural Skills Pauline Tambling, and Artistic...
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The Sing with Us network of choirs brings together cancer patients and their families from across Wales. Rosie Dow describes her role as manager of the choir leaders.
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Artists and scientists are to explore the subject of rest in a residency at The Hub at Wellcome Collection. James Wilkes explains the role of the arts in the investigation.
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Culture Minister pours scorn on fundraising challenges in the arts, but a Parliamentary inquiry concludes that structural factors are hindering a national culture of giving.