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Arts practitioners are being asked to contribute to the development of a new pan-European project leading to the first internationally accredited training courses for delivering arts activity in...
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Following their successful campaign to stop the implementation of EBacc subject requirements at GCSE level, the Bacc for the Future lobby is continuing to campaign against planned changes, this time...
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Designers and makers with new ideas for instruments for disabled musicians are being encouraged to join a ‘hackathon’ being hosted by Drake music on 21 April as part of its research and...
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ebay has announced plans to integrate its ticket reselling services with StubHub, a ticket reselling service the auction site has owned since 2007. From May, customers wishing to resell tickets on...
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A small Liverpool based dance charity has triumphed as Social Enterprise of the Year at Liverpool’s Women in Business awards. The all female Merseyside Dance Initiative, which promotes dance as...
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Vaizey's rejects any notion of 'the arts in crisis' but local authority survey findings tell a different story.
The modernisation of the Alexandra Theatre, which is part of a £40m regeneration project, would include 100 more seats, a rehearsal studio and a bigger foyer. The public had opposed Council...
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Cultural artefacts gifted to the nation in a person’s lifetime will now result in a reduction in the donor’s tax liability, as a UK-wide scheme announced by the Chancellor in the 2011...
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RACHAEL GRIFFIN will be the new Executive Director of Pentabus Theatre. She takes up the post following a six year career in various roles at Arts Council England, most recently as Relationship...
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STEPHEN UNWIN will step down as Artistic Director at the Rose Theatre in Kingston in January 2014. He has been in the role since 2008 and was also Chief Executive at the theatre until 2012.
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LAMDA has announced that SHAUN WOODWARD MP will chair its Campaign Committee, established to complete the college’s £18m redevelopment project. He also becomes a Trustee and Vice-Chairman...
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Bow Arts has appointed urban planning and regeneration consultant MICHAEL OWENS as Commercial Director, to develop the studios and creative workspace provision.
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DESPINA TSATSAS has been appointed as the new Executive Producer of Frantic Assembly. She joins the company from her role as Associate Producer at Mark Rubinstein Ltd.
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Glyndebourne has revealed that 89% of its energy is being provided by the 67-metre-tall wind turbine it installed in January 2012. The figure is in line with its target of 90%, with the slight...
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Credible evidence together with a strong local narrative are most likely to persuade decision-makers of the arts sector’s importance to economic growth, according to a new report by the Local...
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Cultural placemaking projects, designed to connect people with places, are being planned in Cambridge and the surrounding areas by consultants Future City. Working with eight clients, ten design...
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Opinion
In an edited extract from the provocation essay ‘Ditching The Renaissance’, Dan Eastmond says it’ s time for the arts to stop hiding behind the notion of benevolent failure.
The theatre went into administration last May after losing Arts Council and local council funding and it is now expected to be demolished.
All of the Council’s £350k arts funding will go by 2014/15. The money is currently spent on commissioned community arts projects, including English National Ballet’s older people...
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Some of the £7m cash injection will be used to develop and market cultural skills abroad.
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Financial sustainability can be achieved by creating a permanent home for a vocational arts college.
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Feature
The Scottish Brass Band Association has recently devoted resources to developing a successful youth programme. Clair Tomalin describes how it has been achieved.
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Book review
Joan Lazarus's invitation to "eavesdrop on voices from the field" of arts education has much to offer UK readers, says Roger Lang.