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The new Artistic Director of Oundle International Festival is KENNETH RICHARDSON. He has previously been Director of Covent Garden Festival, Arts Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival and...
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Artistic Director of Bath International Music Festival ALASDAIR NICOLSON is stepping down after two years in post. The festival is implementing structural changes following funding cuts.
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Executive Director of VocalEyes JUDY DIXEY will retire at the end of July after ten years with the organisation.
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PAULA OWEN will be Environmental Sustainability Director for Julie’s Bicycle while CLAIRE BUCKLEY is on maternity leave. RACHEL STRANGE also joins the company, taking up the newly created role...
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Derby Theatre has appointed NATALIE IBU as its new Creative Producer. She was recently Programme Manager at the Roundhouse.
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Cultural sponsorship and communications agency Showcase has appointed SUSANNAH SIMONS as Director of Strategy. Simons has held positions with Channel 4, Classic FM and BBC Radio Music.
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KAREN CAIRNEY and GORDON JACK have joined the Board of Directors for Festival and King’s theatres in Edinburgh. Cairney is currently Director of International, Development & External...
Suffolk Coastal District Council has confirmed it is working with a bidder to finalise a business case for the theatre, which has been facing demolition since its closure in January 2013.
The Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd and the Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery will close, while Aberdare’s Coliseum Theatre and Treorchy’s Park and Dare Theatre face reduced programmes. The...
The actors’ union has appointed a representative specifically charged with enforcing the national minimum wage in fringe shows and non-commercial films.
Ticket scams cost unsuspecting consumers £3.7m last year. Ticket resale websites will now have to publish seat numbers and, in some cases, the face value of the ticket. Politicians have warned...
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Following the announcement of its new season, Kate Molleson is concerned Scottish Opera believes its audience can’t handle risky, creative work – the kind that is truly exciting.
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Rupert Christiansen argues Birmingham has cultivated a thriving high-brow arts scene, but what it really needs is an underbelly.
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With so many women in key positions in Reading arts community, local paper getreading felt it was time to share their stories.
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As Rothko’s vandalised Black on Maroon goes back on display at Tate Modern, Jonathan Jones questions if the gallery’s less than conventional atmosphere encourages a lack of reverence for its art.
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A new trade union for visual and applied artists has been launched, “to challenge the economic inequalities in the art world by working together to negotiate fair pay and better working...
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A UK-wide event-planning and anti-clash website will help government bodies and agencies to support a drive for tourism and cultural exports.
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University of the Arts London’s new professor, Fred Deakin, on helping students to learn the skills they’ll need to build a business from scratch.
The theatre has obtained the rights to distribute London Road – the film version of its 2011 production – to UK cinemas. It plans to utilise relationships formed through NT Live.
Protesters interrupted the performance by London Symphony Orchestra to make a stand against conductor Valery Gergiev's support of Russia’s policies in Ukraine.
There were local protests at the opening of Bury Sculpture Centre, an expansion of Bury Art Museum. Managers say alternatives were closing part of the library, or renting the space to a supermarket...
Following a £350k overspend, Cornwall Council’s service will no longer employ music teachers directly. Self-employed teachers will have to pay the council an annual fee of £95 to be...
A multi-million-pound proposal hopes to turn the Perthshire theatre into one of Scotland's top venues. Funds will be raised through “national agencies, trusts and foundations and PFT`s...
Axiom Arts is hunting for a new venue after its bid for the disused Axiom building – the group’s namesake – fell through.
The Borghese Gallery’s air conditioning system broke down two months ago. A lack of resources left the gallery unable to pay for maintenance and it has had to resort to opening its windows.