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Seyi Omooba lost her starring role in a production of "The Colour Purple" after a 2014 Facebook post in which she said she did "not believe you can be born gay" resurfaced in March. Omooba said she plans to take Leicester's Curve Theatre and her former agency, Global Artists, to court for breach of contract and religious discrimination. She will be supported by the Christian Legal Centre.

A letter from the heads of the National Museum Directors' Council, the Museums Association and the Art Fund says £200 million is needed to improve crumbling museums' infrastructure. Regional museums are becoming unable to satisfy insurers about the safety of their buildings and ability to preserve collections, the letter said.

Doctor Who star Russell Tovey has curated Margate NOW, a trail of unusual art celebrating this year's Turner Prize. The trail will include an installation of 5,794 cans of baked beans - 2.6 million beans in total - and a giant inflatable Tina Turner head.

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions said it faced "unsustainable losses" from low audience figures, a situation it blamed on the economic uncertainty arising from Brexit. The company ran two pop-up Shakespearean theatres in York and Oxfordshire. Business leaders in York said it was "sad news for the city".

Samsung staged a gig on a nine-metre-high, three-storey structure at a recent smartphone launch event. The stage was designed for smartphone users to film the event after research indicated about four in five users find vertical videos more interesting.

A new £10 million fund to offer emotional and practical support to survivors of childhood abuse has opened for applications Scottish organisations, including arts and cultural groups. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said: "we know that individuals' needs vary considerably and so we expect to see a wide variety of creative and high quality applications, aiming to strengthen resilience and wellbeing, and connect our local communities."