Kevin Spacey hopes to raise £20m by the time he steps down in 2015 to make the theatre ‘fit for the 21st Century.’ The premiere for his latest film was a fundraiser for the theatre...
The Futures Company will recruit twenty 15-20 year olds from a variety of backgrounds. There are also plans to work with older actors through Age UK in an intergenerational production of Henry V.
Theatre leaders attending a Newcastle City Council meeting on planned cuts to the culture budget said the meeting was largely redundant as councillors did not turn up.
New head of Universal’s classical music business, Max Hole has said musicians need to change the way they dress, become more excited when they play and encourage the audience to applaud...
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Access to art will be widened as documentaries are screened to coincide with major gallery exhibitions
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Partnerships with theatres could be the lifelines that libraries need, says policy report. 
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Shadow Culture Minister Dan Jarvis is speaking out against the damage the Government is doing to the cultural sector today, as he addresses the Association of British Orchestras at its annual...
100 arts groups have signed a letter claiming that EBacc proposals will cause a two-tier education system. They are asking for a meeting with David Cameron and Nick Clegg to voice their concerns.
A new agreement will extend the BBC’s existing three-year relationship with Arts Council England. The current deal created the free-to-access platform Space, for which the BBC contributed...
The National Lottery operator has announced a doubling of ticket prices to £2 for its main Saturday draw. The proportion of ticket revenues going to charities will fall by 1.9%, though Camelot...
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PRS for Music Foundation (PRSF), the funding body for new music initiatives, has been chosen to deliver Arts Council England’s (ACE) music industry talent development fund. It will deliver...
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Yorkshire organisations have set up a project to capitalise on the county’s heritage of great sculptors.  The Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire...
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The winner of the award will create an interactive art project to enable the public to get text replies from inanimate objects.
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Creative Scotland is working to clarify funding guidance and other communications, and to update its corporate plan after a period of turbulence which led to the resignation of Chief Executive Andrew...
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Just a few weeks into Derry-Londonderry’s possession of the new title UK City of Culture, the DCMS has launched a competition to see who might take up the mantle in 2017. Minister for Culture...
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Council gives its backing to Oldham Coliseum Theatre's dreams of a new facility to accommodate its growing outreach programme.
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English National Ballet (ENB) has teamed up with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood to launch a new brand image for the company. As well as a new logo intended to represent both speech marks and...
The artist, who says she has been criticised by the art world for being supportive of the Conservatives, has written to the Prime Minister about her concerns over the EBacc.
Airline Etihad is sponsoring the Sydney Opera House in a three-year multi-million pound deal. George Souris, Australian Tourism Minister promised this didn’t mean a name change for the iconic...
Four shows will be in repertory at the theatre on the Southbank, while Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories will join the commercial sector alongside War Horse, One Man, Two Guvnors and The Curious...
Canolfan Cywain received £2m in public funding but closed after only five years. Arts Council of Wales spent £200k on art installations for the site and a legal agreement with...
The church was decommissioned in 1988 but has been transformed for use as a space for heritage, performance, education and learning.
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PORTIA SIMPSON is the new Leeds-based Project Manager for U.Dance 2013.
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MIRANDA BERTRAM is joining Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, as its Executive Director. She is returning to work in theatre after nine years as a Commercial Director at the BBC. 
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Eastbourne’s Towner Art Gallery has appointed EMMA MORRIS as its Executive Director.  She has been the been Director of Photoworks in Brighton since 2010.

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