The cultural horizon: 2026
Anne Torreggiani and The Audience Agency team look to the year ahead and share their thoughts on the trends shaping the sector’s…
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British Youth Music Theatre refreshes board with ‘high calibre’ professionals
British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT)has appointed RACHEL COX, ELAINE GRANT, REBECCA NICE, SARAH SHARE and JACKSON USED to its eleven…
Pupil-led creativity: Researching the power of music in the lives of autistic children
Artist Alex Lupo, music in education leader Karen Irwin, and researcher Beth Pickard discuss the transformative importance of musi…
Early-career music professionals relying on ‘gut instinct’ for workplace security
Young people starting out in the music sector are facing “emotional work and exhaustion” and encounter a lack of systemic safe…
Creative education provides workplace ‘confidence shield’
Some 65% of performance and creative arts students feel well-prepared for work compared to 46% of other pupils, a report surveying…
Mountview names film producer and former trade union leader among ambassadors
Peckham-based drama school Mountview has named a raft of new ambassadors, including director MATTHEW DUNSTER, film producer PETER…
Does the curriculum review allow teachers to step off the policy pendulum?
The recently published curriculum review has elicited a range of reactions and reflections. But primary school teacher and educati…
Youth theatre charity appoints ambassadors as it unveils membership scheme
Intermission Youth, a charity that aims to transform the lives of young people through drama, theatre and Shakespeare, has welcome…
Kids take over the museum
This week, Kids in Museums stages its 15th annual Takeover Day. Across the UK and internationally, museums invite children and you…
Government expands Creative Futures careers scheme backed by Idris Elba and King’s Trust
Government has announced £500,000 of investment to expand Creative Futures, a programme delivered by the King’s Trust in partne…
Arts give young people well-being boost valued at £10,000
Young people who take part in arts and cultural activities experience a significant improvement in life satisfaction, equivalent t…
National Youth Theatre expands access scheme thanks to more than £2m funding injection
The chief executive and artistic director of the National Youth Theatre (NYT) has vowed to highlight the “many barriers to the ind…
RSC launches ‘revolutionary’ digital-based Shakespeare curriculum
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and independent trust the Foyle Foundation have launched a “revolutionary” way of studying Sha…
RSC and campaigners herald ‘historic moment’ for renewed arts emphasis in schools
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Independent Society of Musicians (ISM), and campaigners fighting for an arts-rich national cu…
EBacc reportedly set to be axed in move to broaden curriculum
The government is likely to junk the controversial English Baccalaureate (EBacc) in a move expected to benefit the study of arts a…
Gang violence play to reach hundreds more young people in expanded second year
A Lyric Hammersmith production educating young people on gang violence and exploitation will reach hundreds more young people in i…
Creative jobs require ‘exceptional talent’, young people tell DCMS study
Too few parents and young people know the breadth of jobs available within the creative industries, research commissioned by the D…
Arts leaders Arlene Phillips and Sir Mark Elder join voices urging the end of the EBacc
Choreographer Arlene Phillips, conductor Sir Mark Elder, and actor Bertie Carvel are among the signatories to an open letter deman…
Clutha Bar offers reward for return of stolen community artwork
A historic bar in Glasgow has called for those responsible for the disappearance of a community-created artwork to “do the right…
National Youth Orchestra welcomes new principal conductor and musical advisor
ALPESH CHAUHAN OBE has been named principal conductor and musical advisor at the National Youth Orchestra (NYO), building on…
Publisher ‘could not be prouder’ to join scheme for young writers
A development organisation committed to supporting young, aspiring writers in the north of England has welcomed publishing leader…
Antony Gormley: The government made promises on arts education but it is failing
British sculptor Antony Gormley has said the government “promised to put art back on the table and hasn’t done it yet”. Gormley, k…
Bristol Old Vic celebrates 260th birthday with school commissions
Bristol Old Vic is to create two plays about the complexities of British identity for local young people, in a project timed to ma…
Government axes teacher training bursaries for arts subjects
Teacher training grants worth £10,000 for creative subjects are to be scrapped by the Department for Education (DfE), fewer than…
