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Thierry Dufay wonders whether it’s time for arts and cultural advocacy to be united world-wide against the sector’s growing challenges.
Despite strong opposition, Nottinghamshire County Council is set to remove its grant to Nottingham Playhouse in response to its £154m budget cut. Council Leader Alan Rhodes said it was “...
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News
The latest AP survey reveals overwhelming support for more cultural production outside the capital, but the sector is less united on how funding balance can be achieved across England.
Plans have been approved for a £12m revamp of the theatre’s front entrance, foyer, studio, café and bars areas. A total of £5m has been earmarked for the project by Arts Council...
A group of campaigners are on the verge of taking over the former St Stephen’s Church in Edinburgh with a £500k bid to turn it into a year-round 800-capacity cultural venue for live music...
The planned £378k cut in local authority funding to Newbury Corn Exchange will now be made over five years, rather than two. Feedback from the venue and the public persuaded the Council to give...
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DAN THOMPSON and TAMSIN COX have joined the board of a-n The Artist Information Company. Thompson is an artist and Cox is a cultural researcher and Head of Policy and Research at DHA Communications.
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RACHAEL EASTON has joined the Toptix team and will be working with KARL VOSPER, Toptix’s Managing Director, on a Global Marketing Strategy.
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CRAIG PIKE has been elected as the next Chair of Aberdeen Performing Arts. He will take over in November when the current Chairman DR GRAEME ROBERTS steps down.
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Stratford Rising has appointed SUE ROBERTSON as its new Chair. She takes over from KERRY MICHAEL who helped found Stratford Rising in 2007.
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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has appointed EMILY STUBBS as its new Director of Development. She joins from English National Opera where she was Head of Development for ten years.
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Feature
Brian Gambles explains how Birmingham’s new library is engaging with young people so that culture and creativity can become part of their lifetime journey.
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Rachael Steven explains how a new interactive donations box is hoping to engage the public and encourage them to give to Dundee Contemporary Arts.
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Opinion
In an era of cuts, what choices would you make? Three arts professionals make the case for their priorities.
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Arts People
Ruth Gould found her mojo on her journey through the arts into disability cultures and activism, to her current role at DaDaFest.
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Arts People
Purni Morell, Artistic Director of the Unicorn, a theatre for young people, names her most inspiring gurus.
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Feature
A year since receiving a Google Ad Grant, Liz Walker and Frances Richens reflect on the highs and lows of Watford Palace Theatre’s campaigns.
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Feature
Lucas Stewart reports on the difficulties involved in ‘Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds’, a British Council project in Burma seeking to develop ethnic minority language literature.
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Feature
Do commissions from funding bodies based on measurable outcomes really benefit arts organisations? Ross Harvie reflects on the issue.
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Feature
Eleanor Deem recommends a flexible approach when no single candidate appears to be the perfect fit for a job vacancy.
Nimax’s Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue will reopen on March 26 with a new tenant, having been closed since December after part of the ceiling collapsed. The upper gallery will remain...
A campaign group trying to save Theatre One in Coventry has failed to raise the necessary funds in time to purchase the site, so the building will be demolished to make way for a £2.2m retail...
Edinburgh Free Fringe Festival is in danger of reaching capacity as applications have risen by 60% for this summer’s event. Peter Buckley Hill, the biggest promoter at the festival, fears...
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News
Three-quarters of income at the self-financing venue came from ticket sales and admission charges in 2013, though almost a half of all tickets were priced at £5.
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Independent schools offer outstanding facilities that offer pupils a head-start in the ultra-competitive theatre industry and helps them justify their huge fees, says Boarding School Beak.