Six Picturehouse cinemas in London will present live performance combined with moving image for children and families, in an attempt by Ga Ga Theatre company to encourage families to attend children...
Relationships between local authorities and the regional offices of Arts Council England and the Arts Council of Wales have improved, but ever more small district authorities are finding it difficult...
Films of performances from the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet will be available to watch online as part of Digital Theatre’s new Royal Opera House Collection, aiming to widen access to ballet and...
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News
Changes being implemented in the wake of the Norgrove review will place more emphasis on the role of the National Council.
Carlisle City Council has approved plans to transform the old fire station into a cultural centre for the city. The building will include gallery space, workshops and meeting rooms, and will become a...
According to UCAS, applications for degrees in drama have seen a 7.3% increase in comparison to last year, after a fall in applications of around 14% in 2012 - the first academic year with fees of up...
French police are investigating the increasing number of quality counterfeit tickets being presented at the world’s most visited museum. Authorities are trying to determine if a network of...
Barbican’s Head of Theatre, Toni Racklin, and the Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran, have unveiled a three-year partnership providing the RSC with a London base...
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As Richard Demarco’s art and document collection archive is to be moved from Craigcrook Castle in Edinburgh, Tiffany Jenkins says we do not value the past enough and should take more care of it.
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Lyn Gardner wonders what exists between performers and audiences to create those “glorious nights”.
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Co-founder Jonathan Harvey explores the history of Acme, from charitable housing initiative providing affordable spaces for artists, to gallery, to a celebratory exhibition of the work they supported in the early years.
Although the Council needs to save £110m, Council leader Nick Ruston believes the potential cultural and economic returns from gaining the title will justify using reserve funds to help...
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Case study
Rach Flowers describes how Warwickshire County Council has used the arts as a consultation tool for developing its all-age autism strategy.
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Case study
To replace events previously run by Lincoln City Council, former member of the arts team Sara Bullimore founded the Lincoln Inspired festival. She tells the story so far.
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Case study
Oxford City Council has launched CREATE, a peer-to-peer, cultural micro-funding and collaboration event, which is offering new opportunities for artists to pitch for some cash.
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Case study
Kent County Council turned to Ladder to the Moon to deliver workforce development training for dementia care, and to create a classic movie. Emma Hanson is delighted with the outcomes.
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Case study
The running of the Hazlitt Arts Centre is being contracted out by Maidstone City Council. Mandy Hare explains the rationale for the decision.
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Wendy Earle says a good arts education should give young people enough knowledge to enter into intelligent debate about what is good and what is not.
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Joe Turnbull says the subtle intricacies of the 'Art Everywhere' images were no match for the attention-seeking catchy slogans, bold text and in-your-face images of commercial adverts.
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Mark Lawson considers whether audiences who buy discounted tickets are a special case, and if there’s a correlation between entry price and receptivity.
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Feature
Arts Development UK’s latest survey on arts spending in local authorities in England and Wales reveals a "dramatic and changing picture". Pete Bryan and Judy Hughes set out their findings.
The earning power of school subjects is to be published in an attempt to help young people better plan their career paths. Uptake of creative arts and design could see further decline as the low...
Lost Arts, a campaign affiliated with eight trade unions, has organised the protest because “government continues to make cuts to arts and culture and ignore its true value”. A ...
Doncaster’s new theatre, Cast, opens as part of a £300m scheme to regenerate the town centre. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council approved the building of the theatre, to which it...
Dumfries and Galloway Council has stepped in and taken over the converted Stove Building, a £2m arts-based regeneration project in Dumfries town centre, and will invest £32.5k to complete...