Deafinitely Theatre receives funding for youth theatre programme
Deafinitely Theatre has been awarded £274,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to help fund its youth theatre programme o…
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Civic role of universities improves access to the arts
As the first Associate Director of Arts and Culture at the University of Southampton, and the Director of Turner Sims concert hall…
Scottish theatre secures funds for captioning equipment
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been awarded grants for new captioning equipment. The grants come from the Theatre Trust’s sm…
Project to explore accessibility of immersive arts
Researchers at Coventry University will work with a theatre company on a project aiming to make immersive arts experiences more ac…
Walthamstow museum to undergo £4.5m redesign
The Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow, north-east London, is to undergo a £4.5m redesign that will add creative workspaces,…
Venues urged to adopt ‘theatre bus’ scheme to tackle emissions
With audience travel a major source of carbon emissions for theatres, a recent report suggests venues can use their position as a…
North West’s first neurodiversity arts festival to launch
Liverpool's major arts organisations will take part in North West England's first festival celebrating neurodivergent tale…
Arts manifesto says ‘accessible on paper’ is not good enough
A new guide designed to help arts organisations make meaningful changes to improve accessibility says venues need to 'look fur…
Best practice in digital accessibility
The Space has convened an Accessibility Working Group to support the sector to work in more inclusive and accessible ways. One of…
Peace Museum moves to new location
Bradford's Peace museum will reopen in a new location in August, it has been announced. The Telegraph and Argus reports that t…
English Touring Opera to relocate to Sheffield
Organisation becomes sixth taking part in Arts Council England's Transfer Programme to announce plans to relocate with 18 yet…
Theatre accessibility for hearing aid users
The National’s Head of Access David Bellwood explains how the theatre prioritises accessibility, working with manufacturers…
Theatres Trust awards small grants to 24 venues
More than £100,000 in grants will be split between 24 theatres across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales through…
Drama school hopes to ‘shift the dial’ by axing audition fees
Central School of Speech and Drama is scrapping a £40 audition fee for its undergraduate acting degree.
English Heritage to offer food bank users free days out
English Heritage and the Trussell Trust have announced a new initiative to provide free days out for people who access food banks….
Frazer speaks out against theatre trigger warnings
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says theatre audiences should be 'treated in an adult way' despite campaigners insisting tha…
West Yorkshire launches access scheme for cultural venues
The initiative is the first of a raft of measures that form a £2.3m support package for West Yorkshire’s creative sect…
Meet the childhood friends transforming access to creative careers
Sam Hornsby and her best friend Mae Yip were sick of seeing young people experience the same lack of access to the creative indust…
Royal Court creates ‘democratic’ digital archive
Spearheaded by Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone, the Living Archive contains information on every Royal Court production.
Taking up the fight for regional opera
After Glyndebourne Opera cancelled its schedule of regional touring for 2023, Norwich Theatre’s Stephen Crocker was inundate…
Buying a ticket shouldn’t be a performance
Andrew Miller recently spent hours trying to book a ticket but, with the rollout of a new access scheme, he hopes his travails and…
ACE outlines plans for disability access scheme
Access scheme for disabled audiences will launch next year, based on the existing Hynt access card initiative already up and runni…
British Museum digitises collection to prevent thefts
The British Museum has announced plans to digitise its collection in response to the stolen artefacts scandal that has embroiled t…
Disabled and starting out?
Unlimited provides roles for disabled people in the arts, starting at entry level. Jo Verrent reflects on her first job in the cul…
