Work on £2.5m creative hub for Loughborough begins
Building work to transform a former industrial building in Loughborough into a creative arts centre will begin this month. The BBC…
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Theatre added to council’s Levelling Up proposal
The Swan Theatre in Worcester has been added to a list of organisations set to benefit from a share of £5m of Levelling Up f…
Harlow Council’s plans for new arts quarter given green light
Plans for a new arts and cultural quarter in Essex have been give the green light by a council planning committee. Harlow Council…
Theatres Trust awards £57k to ‘theatres at risk’
Theatres Trust has announced the second round of grant recipients for its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.&nbs…
Worcester arts venue receives planning consent
A new multi-purpose arts venue in Worcester has been given the green light by council planners. The BBC reports that Worcester Cit…
Place isn’t just geography – it affects how we feel
Cara Pickering and Sarie Mairs Slee examine how place-based collaboration can support innovative, creative-led regeneration of our…
What would a regenerative cultural sector look like?
The sector’s resilience and creativity in navigating crises show how art and culture will sustain even in the toughest of ti…
An asset of community value
A car park in Peckham has been transformed into a cultural hub, setting the benchmark for regeneration without gentrification, wri…
A new kind of cultural destination
Sadler’s Wells is a world-leading creative organisation dedicated to dance. Eimear Hanratty explains how O’Donnell+Tuo…
Oldham Coliseum announces pop-up theatre plans
Details of an artistic programme to be staged at mobile venue from next month coincide with push by opposition politicians on Oldh…
Public art and the regeneration of Leeds
In the first in our series on regeneration, Sue Ball reflects on the role of city leaders in enabling Leeds to become ‘cultu…
(Re)Generation: A love language for culture?
The urban development sector is increasingly the first choice of partner for cultural regeneration projects. But how do you find y…
Emergency roof repairs at British Museum due to ‘endless leaks’
Emergency roof repairs were carried out across four galleries at the British Museum last week following an "endless series of…
Council votes to support museum’s overbudget renovations
Ipswich Borough Council (IBC) has voted to continue supporting the redevelopment of Ipswich Museum after a £2.7m overspend….
Reading Council submits £13.7m theatre revamp plans
Reading Borough Council has submitted plans for a £13.7m overhaul of The Hexagon theatre. The proposals include the demoliti…
Talent needs a place to flourish
The King’s Head Theatre in London opened its doors this week for a gala night in celebration of its new theatre building. Ju…
County Durham culture programme gets £1.25m funding boost
County Durham has received a £1.25m Place Partnership award from Arts Council England, funded by the National Lottery, for a…
Vision for £33.5m Harlow cultural quarter revealed
Development including new performance and exhibition spaces is part-funded with £20m of Levelling Up money.
Margate theatre in line for major restoration
Thanet Council has revealed plans to restore and modernise Theatre Royal Margate in a bid to transform the Grade II* listed venue…
Arts Council England invests £850k in Stoke
Funding will go toward a three-year scheme creating 'cultural action zones' across the city.
Worcester’s Swan Theatre saved from closure
Proposals to sell off a theatre in Worcester to help pay for a council regeneration project have been scrapped. Funds from the sal…
Culture gets £100m in final Levelling Up funding round
Government has distributed £4.8bn across three funding rounds, with an estimated £1.1bn designated to cultural project…
Scottish Opera reveals plans for new home
Scottish Opera's plans for its new location on a former industrial estate have been released. The regeneration project, curren…
Kilmarnock boosts culture with Levelling Up cash
Plans to regenerate cultural assets in Kilmarnock have been revealed using some of the £20m awarded to it from the governmen…
