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New evidence of the social benefits of engagement in culture boosts the economic case for the arts.
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Artistic Director of Jacksons Lane, Adrian Berry names those who have inspired him throughout his career.
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The Grand Opera House in Belfast has appointed MARY-CLARE DEANE as its new Chief Executive. She leaves her post as Partnership Director with Capita PLC to take over from GERRY MCGINN.
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The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance has appointed PROFESSOR DAN HOWARD as its Chairman. Howard spent 25 years working in academia before his retirement in 2012.
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PAULA SUSSEX is the new Chief Executive of the Charity Commission. Currently Senior Vice President, Public Sector at the consulting and outsourcing firm CGI, she succeeds SAM YOUNGER.
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Head of Arts and Culture at the University of Exeter, DOMINIC JINKS is the new Executive Director for Plymouth’s Culture Board. He was previously Head of Resource Development at Arts Council...
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Kent Music’s new Head of Programme Delivery is NANCY GILLIO-TERRY. She has previously worked for Sing Up Kent and Medway.
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PETER DAVISON is the new Programme Manager for Eastleigh’s newest creative hubs, The Sorting Office and Tec Hub. He joins the Recreate programme from Portsmouth University where he worked in...
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Why are we not critically engaging with learning disability arts? Bella Todd reports on the recent Creative Minds conference.
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Despite skyrocketing real estate costs, Hong Kong is creating a flourishing arts scene. Michelle Jana Chan examines how.
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Chief Executive Cindy Sughrue explains how Scottish Ballet faces the task of balancing the books.
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A music video by B-Classic in which five young women ‘twerk’ to Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 has received almost 2 million views.
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The new writing scene is awash with Americans. It’s not that the British can’t muster the goods, so what’s going on, asks Dominic Cavendish.
Hull Truck Theatre has received £300k from Arts Council England and a further £100k from Hull City Council. The level of intervention will require “a significant number of changes...
The District Council could hand over control of the So Festival, Embassy Theatre and Meridian Leisure Centre to a trust, in a bid to save money.
Greenwich Council has granted planning permission for a multi-million pound refurbishment of the venue without addressing “substantial concerns” raised by the Theatres Trust. The issues...
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Tim Roberts, the leading ticketing and CRM specialist in the Asia/Pacific region, died suddenly from a heart attack on 4 April 2014, aged 53. Gone too soon, with many projects under way, he leaves a big hole personally and professionally.
One in four pupils on free school meals have had to ditch subjects like art, music, photography and textiles because of the cost of equipment, a report has found.
A poster advertising a play which shows Prince Charles dressed for coronation with white tape over his mouth has been pixelated. Transport for London said the "over enthusiastic" decision...
St Andrews University is proposing to use the venue for lectures, drama lessons, music rehearsals and informal performances. Equity said: “This is not a rescue, it is a takeover by the...
The money will be used to “make the building safe” while a long-term plan for sustainable reuse is drawn up. The theatre has been disused since 2006 and was last year identified as one of...
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Moving artworks around the world is a complex and costly process. Michael Festenstein advises on how it can be done carefully and cost-effectively.
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Natalie Wade shares some tips on how she has been creating great art and culture for young people for whom disengagement had become a way of life.
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Creu Cymru is to lead on the development of a ‘National Disabled Visitors’ Card Scheme’ in Wales.
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The Department for Education is warning that there should be no money in local authority education budgets for extra-curricular music and arts.