Imagine for a moment you are the manager of a theatre with an annual Arts Council subsidy of £300,000. As a result of a year-long Government review you are told that 85% of your subsidy is being withdrawn. Instead of subsidising your theatre, the Government has decided to pay your subsidy through your audience. So instead of paying an average of £20 a ticket, the audience will now have to pay nearly £60 a ticket. But it’s ok, the Government is going to loan them the ticket money. Your... more
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Issue 230: Cultural Olympiad
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Cultural Olympiad
13 Dec 2010Paul Kelly unpicks the Browne Review of higher education, and looks at what its recommendations might mean for arts students and graduates
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13 Dec 2010
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13 Dec 2010
Mark Robinson examines the differences between the arm’s length principle in political South Africa and England – and looks at what needs to change
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13 Dec 2010
Looking for advice? AP finds the answers to your questions
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13 Dec 2010
Categorising and pitching interdisciplinary work is not easy, but can be hugely productive, says Tim Jones
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13 Dec 2010
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13 Dec 2010
Michelle McMahon reveals the sites she can’t do without
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13 Dec 2010
Martin Vogel argues that times of financial austerity should encourage arts organisations to re-evaluate how they approach and present work
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13 Dec 2010
In the first of our brand new series on strategies for financial sustainability, Gwilym Gibbons explains how his organisation is exploiting its intellectual property
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13 Dec 2010
Universities are getting involved in the Cultural Olympiad too, says Cara Courage
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13 Dec 2010
Charlotte Brennan explains how a Cultural Olympiad dance project will leave a lasting legacy
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13 Dec 2010
Alexandra Bennett and Miranda Stearn describe the challenges of planning for the Cultural Olympiad in an Outer London borough on the ‘wrong’ side of the city
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13 Dec 2010
Marge Ainsley advocates putting young people at the heart of the curatorial process
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13 Dec 2010
The Unlimited fund has opened up new avenues for Deaf and disabled artists. Ben Rothera profiles the work of Jez Colborne, recipient of one of the first commissions
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13 Dec 2010
Helen Thomas suggests that the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad offers a huge opportunity for voluntary arts practitioners