From issue 196
Theatre can fight back against the economic downturn if it sees the situation as a challenge to the imagination, as Charlotte Jones discovers in the fourth piece in our series on the recession.
From issue 196
New public benefit guidance for charities does not take into account how arts charities operate. Sean Egan warns readers of potential delays and problems.
From issue 196
James Hanks reveals the five websites he wouldn’t want to be without.
From issue 196
James Hanks reveals the five websites he wouldn’t want to be without.
From issue 196
How can the arts sector make use of revenue management? Tim Baker and Jenny Scudamore draw lessons for our sector from the air travel industry.
From issue 196
The value of the arts in healing old wounds, raising an international profile and regenerating communities cannot be underestimated, Roisín McDonough believes.
From issue 195
Ben Goldacre, who writes the excellent Bad Science column, sells T-shirts on his site with the slogan “I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that”. I’m...
From issue 195
Anne-Marie Crowther has been appointed as the new Director of the Performing Arts Network and Development Agency. She will replace Liz O’Neill, who left the organisation in May to become Chief...
From issue 195
Martin Bright and Pete Barrett argue that the way we think about working in a recession is unconstructive, and offer an alternative.
From issue 195
Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, sets out his view for the Government’s Future for Jobs scheme, and how it will work with the creative industries.
From issue 195
What will the Future for Jobs scheme need to look like in order to be workable for the arts sector? ArtsProfessional asked a few questions of those being expected to champion the scheme…Message to the minister
From issue 195
The voluntary arts sector not only reaches millions of people, but may hold the key to building a better and more sustainable future for all of us, says Ginny Brink.
From issue 195
Tony Gibbs sees the beginnings of a new way of thinking about amateur theatre which will make it more sustainable.
From issue 195
The world would be a much poorer place without amateur musicians, believes Robin Osterley.
From issue 195
It was interesting reading about the lessons to be learnt from Twenty20 cricket in what was a bad week for the sport. Had Paul Millman been Chief Executive of Durham, rather than Kent, hosting one...
From issue 195
Questions are being raised as more details of ACE’s recession fund emerge.
From issue 195
The first online dance archive in the UK will be unveiled this month, representing a history of choreographer Siobhan Davies’ work. The culmination of a two-year project involving Siobhan...
From issue 195
New guidance relating to planning legislation suggests that property developers can now be required to pay for public art in future projects as a condition of obtaining planning permission. A new...
From issue 195
Arts organisations in Scotland and North East England will move towards new operating structures and practices by working together, through a series of six pilot projects supported by Missions,...
From issue 195
The much-mourned ‘two in a bar’ licensing exemption, under which two musicians were permitted to perform without a public entertainment licence, could be reinstated if the Government...
From issue 195
Proposals for a radical rethink of current practices and attitudes to partnership working, commissioning, acquisition, disposal of works and risk, are among the issues raised for consultation in a...
From issue 195
Twelve Scotland-based dance and theatre companies will appear at Edinburgh’s 2009 Fringe Festival through a new £1m two-year programme which aims to showcase national talent, encourage...
The tenth anniversary of the ground-breaking Government report ‘All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education’, which put forward the case for developing a national strategy for...
From issue 195
Transparency is a variable quality – it could mean anything from an open window to a vague glow through unpolished glass. One example from Arts Council England (ACE) is its decision not to...
From issue 195
Continuing our series on the recession, Bill Bankes-Jones predicts that opera will remain popular as it diversifies in form.

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