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The theatre sector has a strong and committed advocate in Barbara Matthews. She tells Eleanor Turney why she’s prepared to fight for what she believes in.
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Ed Vaizey hopes to become the new Culture Minister after the next general election. Here, he lays out his plans for the arts.
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Samuel Jones summarises ‘Expressive Lives’, which looks at how to gain a commitment to facilitating the personal expression of culture and creativity.
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Ensuring diversity is about more than maintaining a liberal mindset – it starts with tackling underlying attitudes writes Julie Kaya.
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Di Robson introduces the people who have inspired her most during her career
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It’s tempting to wonder whether the Government’s statistics on engagement with the arts, revealed in the latest Taking Part survey (p2), can be in any way meaningful. They’re based...
From issue 205
The Puppet Centre Trust has appointed LINDA LEWIS as Director and EMMA LEISHMAN as Administrator. Lewis has been Director of the Visions festival (an international festival of visual theatre,...
From issue 205
As traditional patterns become increasingly difficult to maintain, ITC members are concerned about the challenges facing the touring sector. Charlotte Jones explains some of their fears.
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Touring can be an important part of a survival strategy. Phil Gibby lays out three important lessons that WNO has learned.
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Networking and new ideas are essential when trying to get the right balance of touring work in a venue, writes Simon Hollingworth.
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Rural touring is a well kept secret, but one that the National Rural Touring Forum doesn’t want to keep, writes Ralph Lister.
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Contemporary music does not enjoy the same accessibility as contemporary art. Hannah Bujic suggests some ways to change this.
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Siobhán Bourke, Jane Daly and Pádraig Ó Siadhail explain how a new catalogue of Irish plays will seek to bridge the gap between Irish-language theatre and English-language theatre in Ireland.
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This important book reveals the authors’ insider view on a unique and marginalised theatre practice over a 20-year-period. It is, to my knowledge, the only book that explores theatre involving...
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Paul Cutts reveals the route he has taken to reach his current role.
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Government injects cash into creative industries’ apprenticeship scheme.
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Arts organisations will be able to claim partial exemption from VAT on production costs, and reclaim past overpayment of VAT, following a ruling by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in response to an...
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More than 100 members of actor’s union Equity, together with the Musicians’ Union, have held a demonstration outside Parliament to urge the government to undo the damage to live...
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The Arts Council of Wales has published its biennial regional plans for North Wales, South Wales and Mid and West Wales, developing priorities revealed in its recent vision statement ‘Strive...
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A simplified structure and a commitment to “invest, take risks and make connections where other organisations cannot” has been proposed in Creative Scotland’s (CS) new business...
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Crocheted lions, a spinning column of cloud and light and a travelling wingless silver bird are among the 12 commissions which have won a share of the £5.4m Artists Taking the Lead fund. From...
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Arts centres could be subject to local referendums, and local people could be given more control over how central government funding is spent in their area, according to Shadow Culture Minister Ed...
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has decided to readvertise and rerun the recruitment process for the post of London Chair at Arts Council England (ACE), following Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw’s...
The York Theatre Royal’s site-specific production of The Railway Children at the National Rail Museum has been named ‘Best Tourism Experience of the Year’ at the 2009 White Rose...
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Louise de Winter suggests that the coherent lobbying that John Nicholls called for in the last issue of ArtsProfessional has already begun, and calls for the arts sector to organise itself to present a united front.

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