Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has said Camelot’s licence is not sufficiently protecting National Lottery Good Causes and criticised the lack of a break clause, after the Lottery operator’s profits rose by 122% while returns to good causes stagnated at 2%.
Correspondence revealed through Freedom of Information shows a British Council official warned the theatre that going ahead with ‘Pah-La’ – a play scheduled for a West End run last year but ‘censored’ and eventually rescheduled – would “jeopardise the Royal Court’s ability to do further work in China”.
The gender pay gap is smaller in the arts than other sectors, although some organisations are still trailing behind including ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’ the Southbank Centre.
A free support line for performing arts workers concerned about workplace harassment or bullying will be set up for a year, funded by UK Theatre, SOLT and the Theatre Development Trust.
Arts Council England plans to boost Bristol and the South West’s international reputation for the visual arts with a new collaborative commissioning programme.
Two people who complained about inappropriate behaviour by the company’s Artistic Director, Ramin Gray, have criticised the apparent lack of progress in the investigation, which was launched in November 2017.
The £4.5m Ty Pawb, which opened on the site of the former People’s Market in Wrexham this week, has performance areas, two galleries and market stalls.
Management firm Band Management Universal has come under fire for apparent fraud after charging up to £4k for services yet failing to deliver on marketing and production promises. The Musicians Union described it as the worst example of music fraud in the past two decades.
Welsh Assembly members have concluded that a fundraising skills deficit is holding back attempts to reduce arts organisations’ reliance on public funding.
A High Court judgement found that noise from brass instruments positioned directly behind a viola player in the orchestra pit had caused ‘acoustic shock’, and that the Royal Opera House was culpable under statutory regulations of control of noise at work. It had offered hearing protectors for players but did not make their use compulsory.
The Yorkshire-born arts manager and theatre producer widely credited for her work with 7:84 Theatre Company has died aged 73. She was a former Chair of the Federation of Scottish Theatre, a founder of Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, and her career also included work with the Royal Court Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse.
The Royal Academy of Dance is calling for clearer guidance on authorised absences for schoolchildren, as more schools are refusing permission for their pupils to attend dance, drama and music exams during school hours.
The £150m Creative Industries Sector Deal supports the development of creative clusters and the roll out of a creative careers programme but prioritises digital businesses over culture.
Following high-profile protests of deals between arts organisations and businesses with controversial track records, ArtsProfessional has launched its latest Pulse survey to examine policy and practice in the cultural sector.
Access to the city’s oldest theatre will be denied for two months due to safety concerns following a fire which gutted a nearby building. The extent of damage to the theatre will not be known until after the closure.
