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Plans submitted to Westminster City Council could see the Society of London Theatre’s TKTS ticket booth in Leicester Square revamped as a two-storey structure featuring a café and a roof-top performance space.

The audiobook platform will work with drama schools and theatre professionals to support new and existing theatre talent. A $5m (£3.89m) transatlantic theatre grant will fund live and in-studio production of new plays.

Deep-sea divers, scientists and instrument makers have been involved in Danish company Between Music’s production, which will see musicians play custom-designed instruments while submerged in tanks of water at Glasgow’s Tramway arts centre this October.

Visitors are invited to suggest alternative uses for Gallery 1 at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow during Dutch artist Marlie Mul’s five-month show, which aims to question the relevance of exhibitions. GoMA expects a variety of events to take place in the space, including life drawing classes, film screenings and yoga.

A memorandum of understanding will formalise a long-standing relationship between the University of Cumbria and the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust. It aims to facilitate research and scholarly exchange, and be a catalyst for enhancing the cultural landscape of the city.

The Museums Taskforce Wales sub-committee has published a series of recommendations calling for a strategic approach to funding, the development of a case for cultural giving, and more freedom for museums to operate independently of local authorities.

The reasons why the Switch House extension finished four years late and more than £45m over initial cost estimates remain under wraps, as Freedom of Information requests by the Architects’ Journal are returned heavily redacted.