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Two actors were successful in their legal claims that they were entitled to holiday pay because they were “employees working under contracts of employment” for a six-week period. It is believed the case will have ramifications for actors and other arts organisations across Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

The Theatres at Risk register for 2019 adds two new venues – Tottenham Palace theatres and Theatr Ardudwy – and calls for more collaboration between theatre owners, operators, local authorities and community groups to protect the threatened venues.

Arts figures, including Matthew Slotover, Co-Director of Frieze Art Fair, and Gary Waterston, Managing Director of Gagosian Gallery, are among 161 people who have signed a letter saying that another public vote on Brexit is the only way to stop the UK leaving the EU with no deal.

In a survey of 2,500 people for the Art Fund, those under thirty were twice as likely as the over-thirties to say they went to a gallery or museum at least once a month in order to “de-stress”. Although 63% of respondents said they had visited for this purpose at some point, only 6% (and 13% of under-30s) did so monthly, leading the report to conclude that the venues are “a significant untapped resource” for supporting wellbeing.

6,000 people have signed a petition to stop the space, which had been used for a Banksy mural, from being turned into flats. City Councillor and Deputy Mayor for finance Craig Cheney said there would be a meeting to discuss a possible business plan for buying the building.

St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth has been granted £27k by the local council and had its annual funding increased for a two-year period to clear debts accrued over the past six years. The venue’s director said the 300-capacity venue would likely have closed without the rescue package.