Protest group Reclaim Shakespeare Company is launching a petition against BP’s sponsorship of the RSC £5 ticket scheme, saying the energy company is “an immoral choice of sponsor...
Norfolk County Council had been planning to make a £49k cut to the arts budget in the coming financial year, but a last-minute u-turn is attributed to the positive economic impacts of the arts...
The Tolbooth, Artlink arts agency, MacRobert Arts Centre and small voluntary arts groups will also lose out as the Council pledges to protect “our most vulnerable citizens.”
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The team that will lead Aberdeen’s City of Culture 2017 bid include Bid Manager RITA STEPHEN, who has previously been Development Manager for Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Future. EKTOR...
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DAME JUDI DENCH has been presented with an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She graduated from Central in 1957 with a first class Degree in Acting, and four acting...
The Arts Council has said there is little it can do to save the Banksy piece stolen from a shop wall in Wood Green, which is to be sold at auction in Miami. The work is less than 50 years old and...
The British Film Institute has successfully argued that the VAT exemption applying to ‘cultural services’ such as art galleries and theatre performances should also cover admissions to...
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Poor trading in recent months was enough to push the ailing theatre over the edge.
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An eight-year history of unstable public funding has finally pushed the venue beyond its limits.
The National Gallery will now keep 25 pieces from Sir Denis Mahon’s collection. The Scottish National Gallery; the Ashmolean in Oxford; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; the Fitzwilliam...
The partnership renews the relationship between the two companies following BP’s support of the World Shakespeare Festival last year.
The company started a fundraising campaign fronted by Darcey Bussell, saying cuts had made finding alternative funding vital.
The City Council and creative organisations failed to find the funds required to cover the estimated £3.1m cost.
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Almost £1m will be shared by three music organisations as ACE responds to the final wishes of an arts benefactor.
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An investigation aims to uncover the most pressing needs of theatres outside the West End.
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New rules threaten to “decimate our orchestras and put our musicians out of work” says Lord Lipsey
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The Council will also employ a dedicated post to support the development of the creative industries in the town.
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Funds raised from donated paintings will be used to give curatorial support and profile to emerging artists.
A Lottery funded project to display art on lorries travelling between the East Midlands and Europe prompts local anger about spending priorities.
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Former Labour culture secretary JAMES PURNELL is returning to the BBC in a new role as Director of Strategy and Digital. He left politics in 2010 and is currently a senior producer at production...
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Chisenhale Gallery has appointed ANDREW HALE, founding member of band Sade, and KEIR MCGUINNESS, a management and art consultant, to its board of trustees.
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The Courtyard in Herefordshire is the first arts venue to sign up to the Dementia Action Alliance and Alice Saunders hopes it leads where others will follow in improving accessibility for affected families.
A new national organisation will help galleries to alert police and each other to criminal behaviour.
Historian says the arts can stimulate interest in the past, but shouldn’t act as a substitute for knowledge of actual events.
New visualisation software reveals the pathways of the brain in vivid colour, giving “a guided tour” of what happens inside the head.

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