From issue 231
News
A scheme which helps young people engage in arts projects in Scotland is able to continue running for another year thanks to an injection of money from the CashBack for Communities programme, which...
From issue 231
News
Shared Experience theatre company is to become the resident company at Oxford Playhouse. The company will move its base from London and open many of its shows at the Playhouse.The two organisations...
From issue 231
News
Birmingham Repertory Theatre is to begin its first ever offsite season, as it closes its building for a refurbishment. The Rep’s building has been home to the company since 1971 and the theatre...
From issue 231
News
A mysterious statement on ACE’s website announces non-existent partnership with News International
From issue 231
News
Trustees at the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) responded well to a fraud situation a Charity Commission investigation has found. The Commission opened an investigation in November 2009 after...
A new cross-disciplinary cultural centre dedicated to raising awareness of climate change is to open in Liverpool on 21 January with two photography exhibitions. The venue, EDGEspace (Experimental...
From issue 231
Feature
Q Although we are not currently having to make staff redundant, we are imposing a pay freeze this year. Would it be appropriate instead to introduce a more generous complimentary tickets scheme as a...
From issue 231
Feature
It’s now more crucial than ever for venues to be commercially astute, and managing conferences and events is a critical part of this. Tony Smith offers some advice
From issue 231
Feature
Recognised professional standards are the norm in medicine or law, but not in the arts… until now. Julie Aldridge on the new marketing standards for the arts
From issue 231
Feature
Sarah Perks argues that the value of education and engagement programmes cannot be overlooked when cuts are being made
From issue 231
Feature
Apprentice candidate Stuart Baggs did no favours for the concept of personal branding, but cut through the jargon and maybe it has some merit…
From issue 230
Opinion
This may well sound like a London-centric blog posting, but I think it affects all small, independently run music venues across the UK.
Last Wednesday, I started hearing news online that The...
From issue 230
Opinion
Judging from their new education white paper, the ConDems have discovered yet another front on which to continue their assault on the UK’s cultural sector. Having already mooted the end of...
From issue 230
Opinion
I've recently taken a job as a theatre technician and sound engineer for a run of panto down in the west country. I was quickly reminded of how just putting on a show faces many obstacles on a day-to...
From issue 230
Opinion
The holiday season can play strange tricks on one’s associative sensibilities. Examples abound: Pine trees + living rooms = bubbly cheer. Bad choral singing + overstuffed shopping malls =...
From issue 230
Opinion
Now I’m sure we’d all like an early Christmas present of a large gift from a donor or new sponsorship and I read with interest the article on BBC’s website on 8 December in which...
From issue 230
Opinion
Lecturer, curator and writer Ayla Lepine is an expert in Victorian art and architecture. In this first in my series of interviews with emerging women in the arts, we chatted about the challenges of working in the competitive world of art history
From issue 230
Opinion
In this blog I will look to innovative uses of music, whether it is genre-blending collaborations, music as therapy or, in the case of this particular entry, new ways of distributing music. A few...