In its long-overdue response to a public consultation on the implementation of the EBacc, the Government has ignored calls for a broader, more balanced curriculum and upped the pressure on mainstream schools to enter more pupils for the prescribed suite of GCSEs.
A 12,500-seat concert hall, conference centre and hotel is due to open in 2021, situated between the BALTIC arts centre and Sage Gateshead music venue. It will be operated by SMG, which will close its 11,500-seat arena in Newcastle.
Following a similar move by Sheffield Theatres last year, Bristol Old Vic theatre will no longer charge customers a transaction fee for bookings made on its website. The £1.50 fee will not be added wholesale to existing ticket prices to compensate, but absorbed into ticket prices across the board.
Creative subjects such as music, drama and art are being neglected while schools narrowly focus on drilling for new GCSEs, sometimes from year 7, Ofsted's Amanda Spielman said.
A new report notes that 47% of workers in the creative industries are freelance, compared to 15% of the workforce as a whole, and many feel they have never been consulted on the policies that affect them. It recommends protecting workspace and piloting ways of providing social security to improve the lives of self-employed people.
The theatre company has launched an alternative to relaxed performances, which will permit a more casual approach to noise and movement in the auditorium, but leave the performance unchanged.
Milan’s La Scala has begun advising tourists and locals wearing shorts and flip flops to go to nearby shops to buy long trousers and shoes before being allowed entry into the building.
By refusing to clarify why the £2.7m tender process for the Quality Metrics scheme has come to a sudden halt, Arts Council England faces speculation as to how it has breached EU rules.
Literature Wales was stunned by the review, which recommended stripping the body of its main responsibilities and handing them over to the government-sponsored Books Council.
48% of respondents to a YouGov poll think secondary sites should be banned, compared to 30% who think they should not. Over 30% of those who had used reselling sites said they had bought the tickets for more than face value.
Richard Findlay led the board of Scotland’s national funding agency from January 2015 until last week, having previously served as Chair of the National Theatre of Scotland. His family confirmed he died following a short illness on 8 July.
The Creative Practitioners Fund will be used to support research and development, and will be open to people working in the wider creative industries across England.
A joint campaign by a-n and the Incorporated Society of Musicians is lobbying for continued freedom of movement post-Brexit for anyone working in the creative industries.
Opening Night, scheduled to begin on 5 August, will be the first episode in a series that visits a different town or city each month to meet the creative teams working on local professional productions.
Arts organisations have a key role to play helping communities “come together, to learn, debate and celebrate” but they need more support, according to a new report from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
