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Feature
Are you vaguely aware of pensions auto-enrolment but not sure who it affects, what employers need to do, and by when? Eleanor Deem outlines the steps employers need to take.
From issue 259
Feature
Ian Patel asks who benefits exactly from ‘outsider art’, the work of vulnerable groups such as offenders and psychiatric patients.
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Feature
Town and city centres after dark have long been perceived as places of contention, places to control and regulate, but more recently they are being viewed as drivers of positive change, says Martin Blackwell.
From issue 259
Opinion
The Mayor’s Education Inquiry arrived last month, following extensive consultation with stakeholders across London. But what does it mean for music education and the wider community arts sector? Lawrence Becko makes some suggestions.
From issue 259
Feature
What is the value of the arts exactly and theatre-going in particular? Ben Walmsley asks why we engage in this mysterious pursuit and looks at the ‘evidence’...
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Feature
Andrew Lock describes two architectural projects at the Southbank Centre that reveal the benefits of participation by users in the development of public spaces.
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Feature
Why do we see the world’s finest contemporary dance companies in our theatres across the UK? Because Dance Consortium has made it possible and viable, says Heather Knight.
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News
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) is celebrating its corporate links with an Arts and Business Scotland award. The First in a Lifetime Award, is made for “a partnership that...
From issue 259
News
The Theatre Management Association has handed out this year’s prizes, including those recognising work in marketing, hospitality and diversity.
The Most Welcoming Theatre award went to the...
From issue 259
News
Head count to fall and offices to shrink, but relationship management will remain a priority for the Arts Council
From issue 259
News
19.8m people attended events at the London 2012 festival, but the majority of people choose those were to free to enter, such as All The Bells, BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend and BT River of Music. 85...
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News
Ambassadors’ Theatre Group will pilot a ‘relaxed’ theatre scheme over this year’s Panto season, designed to cater for families with children with an Autistic Spectrum...
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BABA ISRAEL is resigning as Artistic Director of Contact Manchester after 3 years in the role. He is returning to New York where he will be working as an Independent artist.
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JENNIFER BARTLE has rejoined the team at Cogency as Associate Director, having previously worked there as Marketing Manager, a role recently taken over by ALEX ROBINSON.
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NATHAN GULLIVER is covering the role of Finance and Administration Manager at Writers’ Centre North while CATHERINE ROBSON takes maternity leave.
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MICHELLE JORDAN has left her role as Media and Communications Manager at Creative Scotland to take up a role at the National Trust. WENDY GRANNON will replace her.
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Glyndebourne has appointed CORI ELLISON as its first-ever Dramaturg. She has previously worked with the New York City Opera and will take up the role part-time as she continues to work with American...
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SUSAN FOSTER is leaving Tate, where she is Head of Major Gifts, to become Fundraising Director at the National Trust.
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News
Local Authority arts services are being increasingly asked to justify their economic impact and are actively seeking out external funding sources, according to survey results published in the Arts...
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News
The Touring Consortium Theatre Company has received a grant of over £1m for a three year, large scale touring programme, the biggest of all Arts Council England’s grants from its...
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News
Following the Society of London Theatre’s (SOLT) dramatic increase in sales for this year’s Kids Week scheme, the scheme has been awarded a London Lifestyle Award for Best Cultural...
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News
The Scottish Ten Project, made up from a team from Glasgow School of Art’s Digital Design Studio and digital heritage organisation CyArk, is to digitally scan the Sydney Opera House. Using...
The strip club now owes $124,000 as judges decided it did not qualify for arts tax breaks.
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News
Rose Bruford College and Leicester’s Curve theatre are to collaborate in support of emerging talent, benefitting both students at the college and those involved in the theatre’s learning and...