Touring network’s expansion to ensure ‘dance access for all’
A membership organisation that aims to bring high-quality international dance to audiences across the UK and Ireland through a tou…
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Touring, parenthood and the art of making it work
Parents in the arts sector work in a system that fails to support them adequately. Here, producer and new mother Nora Laraki share…
How touring musicians can earn income on the go
What are the challenges of life as a touring musician? Is it possible to develop sustainable income streams on the road? Daniel Gr…
How easy is it for overseas creatives to work in the UK?
The Migration Advisory Committee has launched Stage 2 of its review into the UK’s Temporary Shortage List. Louise Haycock and Je…
ACE and ACW step in to protect ‘fragile’ Welsh circus company
A 39-year-old circus-theatre company has escaped threatened redundancies among its core team, thanks to a joint intervention by Ar…
Touring network to develop skills and audiences in East Anglia
Colchester’s Mercury Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are among seven organisations to sign up to a network aimed at tacklin…
How AI can help tackle the cost of touring
In the first of our series of articles exploring innovation in the arts, co-founder of StageSwift Dorothy Molloy shares how she de…
Theatre leader urges others to ‘fight for investment’ as company announces closure
Somerset-based touring producers, Wassail Theatre Company, are to close after a decade spent delivering and performing “shows in u…
RSC makes historic visit to Isles of Scilly with abridged King Lear
School children on the Isles of Scilly will be able to enjoy an in-situ performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) for the…
Recognise live comedy, culture committee tells DCMS
Dame Caroline Dinenage has called for live comedy to be recognised as a distinct and genuine artform, in a letter to Culture Minis…
National Rural Touring Forum names new chair
The National Rural Touring Forum (NRTF) has welcomed MATTHEW LINLEY as its new chair. Linley takes over from TOM SPEIGHT, who serv…
‘Don’t go it alone, don’t reinvent the wheel’
What gets Holly Payton-Lombardo out of bed in the morning is working with people who care – festival founders, village hall volunt…
Local theatres ‘playing safe’ as financial pressures increase, study finds
Local theatres are increasingly “playing safe” with their programming, resulting in more one-night events, fewer week-long runs an…
Paperwork issues causing payment delays for touring musicians, arts accountant warns
UK musicians are experiencing months-long delays in payments for international gigs due a paperwork hold up at HMRC, according to…
UK and EU pledge to support cultural exchange and touring artists
A wide-ranging new deal between the UK and the European Union includes pledges to support touring artists. The agreement, publishe…
Pressure mounts on government over ongoing EU touring issues
The government is facing pressure to push for a better deal for UK musicians and creatives touring to the EU at an upcoming summit…
ACE names recipients of £2m repayable grants for theatre touring
Dance and theatre producers have been awarded repayable grants from Arts Council England (ACE) as part of a £2m pilot scheme to i…
Oasis ticket scam costs estimated at over £2m
Fans that fell foul of scams linked to Oasis’ forthcoming UK tour collectively lost more than £2m, according to estimates from…
UK and Ireland commit to cultural collaboration deal
Leading cultural institutions in the UK and Ireland will work together on programming, research and policy as part of efforts to f…
Government confirms touring support for UK artists
The government’s Music Export Growth Scheme will support 58 UK artists to tour the world, it has been announced. A total of £1.6m…
Pulp pledges to donate £1 from all tickets to grassroots music drive
Pulp has become the first band to pledge support for the LIVE Trust, with £1 from every ticket sold at its UK arena tour this yea…
English Touring Theatre welcomes new board appointments
ETT (English Touring Theatre) has appointed AMY VAUGHAN as chair of its board, succeeding ROBERT DELAMERE who stepped down in Dece…
UK artist touring fund launches ahead of proposed ticket levy scheme
A new fund for grassroots artists has been established to distribute money raised from a proposed ticket levy on large-capacity ve…
Touring Europe post-Brexit ‘simply not viable’, says Bryant
Arts Minister Chris Bryant has admitted touring for musicians post-Brexit is “simply not economically viable”. Bryant’s comm…
