From issue 240
Opinion
Vinod Desai responds to our front page story, detailing Art Asia’s issues with how it has been treated
From issue 240
Feature
A renaissance is happening in the regions’ theatres, says Liz Wilson, as people realise that ensemble companies can increase camaraderie and reduce costs
From issue 240
Feature
Lindsay Endean shares some tips on how to make every room in your building a ‘green’ room
From issue 240
Feature
A round-up of environmental sustainability projects, both large and small, being undertaken by arts organisations from across the UK
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Feature
Writing courses are helping new writers to forge connections and networks that live on after graduation, writes Sam Kinchin-Smith
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Feature
Sue Isherwood on the need for cultural leaders to understand their political culture and context
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ArtsProfessional is sad to report that John Matthews has died at the age of 57. John’s long and pioneering career in the arts is marked in particular by the creation in 1983 of Cardiff Arts...
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I first met John when I was running Theatr Clwyd and we toured to the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff where he was Press Officer and House Manager, full of energy. I kept in touch when he was working in...
From issue 239
Opinion
“Where do I start?” is a question that we hear weekly from the 42,000 members of our online youth arts community IdeasTap and one that I’ve also worked through with my kids.
With...
From issue 239
Opinion
This year’s degree shows have astounded and entertained me in equal measure and I can say with surety that the class of 2011 has produced some of the best art I have seen at graduate shows for...
From issue 239
Opinion
Why does it matter where we get our money from? I’m not talking about the morality of accepting money from a company whose ethical practices are non-existent, or a foundation whose ethos might...
From issue 239
Opinion
In his recent blog post ‘Funding the future – a risky business?’ Peter De Haan quotes the question “where do I start?” as springing from the lips of 42,000 members of...
From issue 239
Opinion
I originally agreed to write a blog a couple of weeks ago on The Big Society, and what it might mean for arts organisations. Having been to a conference on it, and what it might mean for local...
From issue 239
Opinion
The Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy – on the Taganka – became the most radical, exciting theatre company in Russia in the 1970s. It was led by Yuri Lyubimov with a dedicated company...
From issue 239
Opinion
After years of chronic underfunding by the previous Conservative administration, New Labour’s election victory in 1997 saw a massive increase in funding for arts and culture, and there was a...
From issue 239
Book review
‘The Sponsorship Handbook’ flags at the start that sponsorship is a “relatively young marketing discipline” and that the industry may not yet have enough published examples of...
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The Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) has appointed SIMON PALETHORPE as its Executive Director. He has previously worked for Avis, John Lewis, Pepsico and EMI, and he joins from Terra Firma Capital...
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Feature
Lynn Blackadder considers what success feels like for volunteer management programmes