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The Pensions Regulator recognises that the arts and entertainment industry faces particular challenges with pensions auto-enrolment but urges the industry to act now.
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Simon Kelner defies anyone not to be entertained, entranced, illuminated or provoked by Grayson Perry’s first Reith lecture.
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When most communities suffer from an “oversaturation” of non-profit arts organisations trying to engage the same audience, Kelvin Dinkins Jr. asks if merging is the answer.
The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is to deal with a 7% reduction in funding, significantly cutting Culture Ireland - the agency responsible for promoting Irish arts abroad - by 20%,...
The Arts Council’s £34.1m grant will be reduced to £33.1m in 2014/15 as part of the Welsh Government’s draft budget for next year. ACW Chair Dai Smith said the organisation...
One third of technical or backstage roles in the entertainment industry taken by young people in the last 12 months were unpaid, according to a survey by BECTU. Over half of all paid jobs were with...
Campaigners trying to save the Derby Hippodrome have been denied financial help from the local authority, which previously spent £150k on restoring parts of the building. The council is blaming...
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Robert Ashton wonders what the public’s ‘basic’ needs and priorities are, and whether arts funding can be justified in an age of austerity.
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Live Music Now has announced the appointment of EVAN DAWSON as Executive Director. He was previously Head of Development at Making Music.
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JEFFREY SHARKEY, previously the Director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, will be the new Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. His will succeed JOHN...
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JONATHAN MANNERS has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Academy of Ancient Music, starting in January 2014. He is currently Head of Music Administration at English National Opera (ENO) and was...
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RACHEL O'RIORDAN has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Sherman Cymru. She is currently Artistic Director of Perth Theatre.
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ROBIN OSTERLEY is leaving his role as Chief Executive of Making Music after 16 years in post. Until a permanent replacement is found, BARBARA EIFLER has been appointed as Acting Director and...
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The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts has appointed NEIL MENDOZA as its new Chairman. A director of Soho Theatre and the Shakespeare Schools Festival, he succeeds RICK WILLS, who...
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Arts People
Jamie Eastman, Director of Live at LICA, tells us who has inspired him most throughout his career.
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Arts People
James Brining charts the career path that led him to the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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Jerry Saltz on what happens to artists when they sign with the mega-gallery businesses and the “potentially pernicious” effects.
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Jonathan Jones asks if Damien Hirst is an appropriate mentor for young artists, having helped to define a cultural landscape where “empty images mean more than words, and money means more than either”.
Guernsey’s musicians have raised concerns about suitable venues and support for touring. They can currently apply for a £75 grant to help with costs of touring in the UK or Jersey, of...
Eight short films presented by celebrities in the ‘Unlock Art’ series aim to bring art to a wider audience and explore big ideas that have shaped art history. Marc Sands, Tate’s...
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Newport’s Chartist mural has been destroyed, but the city council has one chance to seek redemption and avoid “another suicidal public relations disaster”, says David Mclean.
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News
Increased applications and an interest in participation and collaborative projects show the UK’s appetite to work in Europe and internationally.
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The Board of the National Theatre has announced that RUFUS NORRIS will succeed NICHOLAS HYTNER as Director, with effect from April 2015. Born in 1965, Norris trained at RADA and was an actor for...
The Scottish government is funding 19 events, including St Andrew’s Day, Burns Night and a series of winter festivals, to promote culture, heritage and creativity across the country. The events...
The actors’ union is seeking to establish if the £1.2m discovered in its accounts in 2005 can be used for general purposes and the benefit of members. Forensic accountants could not...