Automated captioning

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30 Jun 2014

Captioning live theatre performances for the deaf is often seen as costly and inflexible, says Laura Arends. But new automated technology promises to be "truly transformative".

Listening and learning

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30 Jun 2014

The RSC’s Open Stages project has brought professional theatre companies and amateur theatre-makers together. Kelly Donaldson reports on the exchange of skills.

Tax benefits to be widened

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27 Jun 2014

A government consultation has resulted in revised proposals that will see more art forms and smaller companies eligible for tax relief.

Letter: ACE scandal

26 Jun 2014

Alan Cleaver responds to ArtsProfessional's revelation that Arts Council England used more than £10m of spare capital funds to pay off the debts of five London-based organisations.

Job Ladder

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18 Jun 2014

Chris Taylor charts her career from a drama youth worker to Director of New Writing South.

Going seriously green

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09 Jun 2014

As the first arts venue to be awarded a 3* Industry Green rating, the Lyric Hammersmith is a model of best practice. Kim M Grant describes the work of its green team.

An energy makeover

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09 Jun 2014

Tim Atkinson reminds us why we need to reduce our energy use and reports on the energy-saving improvements made at the Palace Theatre in Redditch.

Creating arts managers

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26 May 2014

Bethany McDonald Shepherd believes that students must develop their business knowledge and practice, and the Commercial Education Trust Entrepreneurs’ Award is helping them to do just that.

Book review: Journal of the Plague Year

22 May 2014

Are you up to the challenge? Vicky Prior says there’s much to learn from Max Stafford-Clark’s journal from the years following the cuts.

Painful progress?

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12 May 2014

Louisa Davies asks if England’s funding structures are hampering the development of our emerging artists.

Talent, tenacity and something else

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12 May 2014

How do you start out as a theatre director? Lisa Spirling describes a regional programme which nurtures visionary, young directors.

International travel

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06 May 2014

Part of the Brighton Festival, 'caravan showcase' presents contemporary English theatre to international programmers. Catherine Love explains how English theatre companies can benefit from the showcase and other year-round activities.

Theatre tax relief for all

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28 Apr 2014

Sean Egan takes a long-term view of the proposed theatre tax relief, suggesting how it could benefit subsidised and commercial theatre companies.

A journey to somewhere

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10 Apr 2014

A three-year theatre residency at a secure clinic for forensic psychiatry patients is benefiting not just patients but carers and staff too, say Fiona Miller and Karen Richard.

Job Ladder

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03 Apr 2014

Writer, consultant and director Maria Oshodi shares the steps of her career path.

On the wilder side of Europe

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03 Apr 2014

On an arts programme secondment with the British Council in Ukraine, Liz Pugh has been witness to the turbulent geopolitics of the past six months.

The community rights challenge

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31 Mar 2014

Can our theatres be considered as ‘community theatres’ and be listed as Assets of Community Value? Mhora Samuel discusses the significance of this question.

A well grounded community

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26 Mar 2014

How does a tiny Georgian theatre survive in a working class town? Esther Harris talks to Richard Stride, owner of the Groundlings Theatre in Old Portsmouth.

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