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For the fifth year, a deal involving the Royal Opera House, The Sun newspaper and the Helen Hamlyn Trust will enable anyone who is not already registered on the Opera House’s ticketing system...
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Case study
Where would you see Juliet played by an English student and Romeo by a Polish cage fighter or ‘Much ado about nothing’ performed by serving sailors? In the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages initiative, says Ian Wainwright.
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The success of Harrow Arts Centre’s 100% programme of events and festivals is based on the many young people involved in both production and performance. Cate Gordon tells how it has evolved.
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What should a patron be able to offer an arts organisation? Louise Coles suggests that expectations need to be clear from the outset.
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Paul Richards recalls how a dedicated team of volunteers, including performers, created UpRise, London’s anti-racism festival, after the demise of its predecessor.
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Groups in the voluntary music sector are often privileged to premiere a new piece of music. Henry Bird looks at how composers and voluntary musicians can best work together.
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What are the issues facing community theatre today? The National Operatic and Dramatic Association can name quite a few of them...
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London 2012 revealed the dedication of the voluntary arts sector – and the artistic quality it produces – to a worldwide audience. Robin Simpson celebrates the achievements.
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New Inheritance Tax rules mean that everyone will be better off giving 10% to charity rather than a lower percentage. Peter Shand explains why.
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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.
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Ian Patel asks who benefits exactly from ‘outsider art’, the work of vulnerable groups such as offenders and psychiatric patients.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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Head count to fall and offices to shrink, but relationship management will remain a priority for the Arts Council
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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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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.