RSC to screen Queen’s funeral
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced that it will screen the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September. The…
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Call for BBC to give music higher television profile
The BBC should give new music more prominent exposure on television, the man in charge of the Mercury Prize has said. Geoff Taylor…
Audiences will pay for ‘live digital’ events, survey suggests
70% of audiences say they are willing to pay for digital events as full capacity shows remain on ice. But the shift towards user-p…
Union speaks out on recompense for artists whose work is streamed
As ad hoc agreements are hastily put in place to enable performances to be streamed to audiences at home, AP has discovered an eco…
‘Live to digital’ screenings aren’t diversifying audiences, research finds
Screened versions of live performances are mostly made by large organisations and consumed by those that would attend the arts any…
The hills are alive… with event cinema
A new model of digital distribution is giving rural communities the chance to see filmed performances of dance, opera and theatre…
The screening effect
Live-to-screen may offer plenty of opportunities for engagement on multiple channels and platforms, but we need more and better an…
Breaking barriers
Live screenings and event cinema are diversifying audiences by making art accessible and available to everyone, argues Daniel Foun…
Digital initiative to drive community screenings
A new digital distribution platform is piloting an initiative that will see filmed performances by leading cultural institutions s…
Live cinema a gateway to the arts, report claims
New industry-wide research finds the majority of live cinema audiences are regular cultural attenders, but a significant proportio…
Screenings are cannibalising live audiences, says ETO
The sector needs to start from scratch and develop a national strategy for screening or audiences will continue to lose out, warns…
Survey to examine fallout from live to digital streaming
The impact of streamed, screened and on-demand broadcasts on live theatre and touring is to be assessed by a new study.
Live to digital
When Pilot Theatre first livestreamed a theatre production eight years ago, it did not foresee this leading to a significant new i…
Sector split on need for national screening strategy
Some performing arts producers and venues report that screenings are negatively affecting their organisations, but the big players…
Progress promised on rebalancing England’s arts funding
The Government gives its backing to the geographic re-distribution of arts funding but remains silent on key Select Committee reco…
Opera and ballet review exposes venue/company friction
The failure to share data is hindering audience development and must be addressed as a condition of funding, says ACE.
Cinema screenings fail to create a new audience for opera
Live broadcasts are attracting a dedicated older audience who value affordability and accessibility, a new survey has found.
London Film School to move to Barbican Centre
The London Film School is to find a new home at the Barbican Centre and become part of an emerging cultural hub in the City of Lon…
Sharing audiences
Kate Rolfe explains how RADA and Curzon Cinemas are working together to encourage their respective audiences to broaden their cult…
Marketing with customer insight
When it opened in 2009 the cinema screen at the Grove Theatre in Dunstable saw average audiences of about 40 people, but data-led…
Into the light
Lesley Anne Rose describes Stellar Quines’s journey from analogue to digital – and the bright light at the end of the tunnel
Looking to the future
Deborah Herring describes how the ICA Student Forum is helping aspiring arts practitioners to develop their skills; to the benefit…
Wales gets Womex
Following a year-long campaign to bring the event to the Welsh capital, Womex, the leading world music expo, is to be hosted in Ca…
ATG&T
Theatregoers at a number of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) theatres in London and across the UK are to be treated to a 90-second a…
