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The RSC has appointed a new Finance Director, STEPHEN EAMES, following the departure of ANDREW PARKER, who has become Treasurer at Somerville College, Oxford. Eames is currently Deputy Finance...
From issue 261
VIKKI HEYWOOD is the new Chairman at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She is also Chair of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
Director of Cardiff-based Chapter Arts says organisations should be measured against attendance, community reach, economic impact, jobs and reputation to ensure public funds are spent wisely.
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Five meetings across Scotland will inform decisions on the balance between the arts, screen and creative industries.
Community and Council joined forces to halt the sale, though auction house remains tight-lipped on reasons for the eleventh hour u-turn.
Plans are unveiled for the former ice house in the fish docks to become an arts and business centre.
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Seven of those taking sabbaticals through until June will then be made redundant and will not be returning to the Arts Council.
The ‘Count Me In’ campaign has been set up by the Taunton Association of Performing Arts who are looking for volunteers to keep the venue running.
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