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The Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre have started giving body cameras to front-of-house staff as a way to desescalate an increasing number of confrontations with aggressive patrons. A trial programme is under way at several unnamed West End venues.

The organisers of Livewire Festival say they pulled the plug because of "investor issues", commenting: "This hasn't been a decision we have taken lightly and have explored every avenue we possibly could to keep the event on." Musician Lauryn Hill was due to headline the event near Blackpool tower in late August.

Co-presidents of the biennale's vetting committee Frédéric Castaing and Michel Maket have quit their posts over the inclusion of two exhibitors who are under criminal investigation for alleged antiques trafficking and forgery. The Biennale Paris is due to open in two months' time.

The grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will help the theatre collect and conserve costumes, photographs, posters and scripts amassed over the past 80 years. The collection will be housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum's collections and research centre in east London when it opens in 2023.

Several hundred staff could strike at six Science Museum Group (SMG) sites this summer over a pay dispute. SMG says it is "disappointed" by the vote, noting it has already increased employees' pay by 1.5%. A Prospect Union spokesman said some of SMG's lowest paid staff still don't earn the Real Living Wage.