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Kenn Taylor looks at Liverpool to argue that city cultural programmes are at their best when they put local participation at the top of the agenda.
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Michelle Lefevre suggests how to battle myths about arts funding… and when to admit defeat.
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RICHARD WAKELY has been appointed as Director of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s University, Belfast. He has previously been Managing Director of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. SUSAN...
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SUSAN COFFER has been appointed as Executive Director of Northern Stage. She joined the company in 2006 as Administrative Director and currently is Acting Executive Director.
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The Ambassador Theatre Group has added CONRAD LYNCH to its producing team. Currently Artistic Director of Wales Millennium Centre, he will work with ATG’s Howard Panter, Adam Speers and...
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The new Venue Manager at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton is NEIL READING. He succeeds KEVIN O’SULLIVAN, who had worked at the theatre for 27 years.
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DAWN AUSTWICK is to step down as Chief Executive of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation to lead The Big Lottery Fund. She has previously been Deputy Director of the British Museum and Project Director at...
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JANTHI MILLS has been appointed as the new Executive Director at Hull Truck Theatre. She is currently the General Manager of Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.
The organisation is recovering from financial difficulties resulting from an overspend on the theatre’s recent £5.4m capital project and the challenge of reviving audiences...
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Arts attenders who join membership schemes want to feel part of a club with distinct privileges, says David Lister.
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Big business partnerships with the arts can lead to innovative projects that help grow and diversify audiences, says Tina Mermiri.
Touts cash in as demand for tickets to the Dr Who Proms leaves thousands queuing and crashes the box office.
The Global Repertoire Database (GRD) will open its London HQ later this year, providing for the first time a single, comprehensive source of information about the global ownership and control of...
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Feature
Eleanor Deem advises that spending time on writing a detailed person specification can avoid problems later.
Emporium, a 250-seat theatre and-130 seat studio space, will start off as a receiving venue but will begin to produce its own shows, starting with a pantomime.
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Feature
Linda Weston tells how the William Morris Gallery has recorded increased shop sales since its recent refurbishment.
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Photographer SARAH AMY FISHLOCK and composer and cellist GREG SINCLAIR have been appointed as Artists in Residence at the Citizens Theatre by a panel of Citizens Theatre audience members and...
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PHIL THOMAS will be leaving his role as Artistic Director of the Gwanwyn Festival of arts for older people at the end of June. He is leaving to set up the Readers Theatre of Wales.
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The Royal West of England Academy has appointed ALISON BEVAN as Director. She has been managing art establishments for over 15 years, and joins from her role as Director of the Penlee House Gallery...
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South East Dance has appointed CATH JAMES to the new role of Programme Director from her job as Co-Director of Dance at Take Art in Somerset. Artist and Creative Producer ELIZABETH MISCHLER will...
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Economist John Kay says the economic value of the arts is diminished, not increased, by the resources that are diverted from other purposes.
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Tate's financial security is founded on the success of the shops and cafes, not the minimal percentage of income it gets from corporate sponsors, says Mel Evans.
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Tom Morton on how a degree show differs from other art shows and why no artist forgets their final mark.
Sandwell Council is considering using 80% of the arts centre as part of a sixth-form college to secure the venue’s long-term future.
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News
Network Rail has abandoned its plans to turn the Southwark theatre into a restaurant.