Tuesday, 02 January 2024
A new skills training programme to support creatives looking to break into behind-the-camera roles on scripted film and high-end TV productions made in the West of England will launch later this month.
Bristol City Council’s Film Services will run the initiative after it secured almost £300,000 from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, led by Metro Mayor Dan Norris.
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Friday, 22 December 2023
Equity has announced plans to ballot its members in the English National Opera (ENO) chorus on industrial action in the new year after objecting to plans put forward by management to reduce the number of singers and cut the salaries of remaining members.
The union says that the changes result from plans to limit ENO's opera season in London as it establishes a new part-time base in Manchester... read more
Thursday, 21 December 2023
A report published by admissions service UCAS says UK universities should take advantage of rising interest in creative arts degrees among Chinese students.
In the last 10 years, Chinese students’ interest in creative arts and design subjects has more than doubled, going from 4% of UCAS acceptances in 2013 to 11% this year - making it the fourth most popular undergraduate subject for Chinese... read more
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Professional artists will work in classrooms at 11 schools in Northern Ireland as part of two-year programme serving urban areas in Belfast and Londonderry.
Under the scheme, backed with £15,000 of funding from Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Executive Office’s Urban Villages Initiative, each school will devise its own individual project, working with professional artists to help... read more
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
A cultural programme covering Bath, Bristol, North and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire is set to go ahead after securing investment.
Bath Spa University partnered with the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (WECA) to secure funding through Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Lottery Place Partnerships Fund for Culture West, a two-year, region-wide programme aiming to... read more
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
The Theatre Green Book has announced a partnership with the UK’s three national theatres.
Together, the coalition will form an association to drive change and push for net zero across the sector.
Part of the work includes the formation of a steering group featuring the national theatres, the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Society of London Theatre, UK Theatre and the Theatres... read more
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
A private box at the Royal Albert Hall (RAH) has been listed for purchase at £3m.
Marketed by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, box 14 in the hall’s grand tier has been in the same family for several generations and has 843 years remaining on its lease.
When the hall opened in 1871, it was part-funded by people who were allocated seats in return for their initial investment. Today, 319 people own... read more
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Seven music projects will receive funding for collaborative commissions that will tour the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
The support comes from the PRS Foundation’s Beyond Borders programme, run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Arts Council of Ireland.
Established in 2010, Beyond Borders aims to support co-commissions and tours... read more
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
A third of UK primary schools are not teaching dance, despite it being part of the National Curriculum, a report has found.
Ofsted’s latest subject report on PE also found that in two-thirds of the schools, dance is not taught to all pupils or that the dance content is “not well organised”.
In its recommendations, the regulator advised schools to include “carefully sequenced and taught” dance... read more
Monday, 18 December 2023
Three towns in North Yorkshire have been awarded £350,000 in funding from Arts Council England (ACE) to stage cultural events over two years.
The BBC reports that the Now Then! project will see arts events and activities staged in Selby, Tadcaster and Sherburn-in-Elmet between April 2024 and March 2026.
North Yorkshire Council's Executive Member for Culture and Leisure Simon Myers said it was an... read more
Monday, 18 December 2023
Almost half of local authorities have made cuts to culture, events and tourism since 2010, according to data gathered by the New Statesman.
Polling of councillors in English local authorities found 45% had made cuts to culture, events and tourism over the period.
That's in addition to the four in 10 that said their council had made cuts to library services in the same period.
The survey also... read more
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Worcester Council has extended the lease of a historic museum in the city to 999 years to help secure its long-term future.
Officials hope that the “unusual” extension will allow staff at the Tudor House Museum to make long-term plans.
A report for the authority’s policy and resources committee warns that the extension can not be used to set a precedent for other council leases.
Paul Griffith,... read more
Future of Tudor House Museum secured in 999-year lease (Worcester News)
Thursday, 14 December 2023
The main cinema in Bradford's National Science and Media Museum will remain closed for "at least six months” because of structural safety concerns.
The presence of reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) was discovered in the museum's main auditorium, Pictureville, in September, with a subsequent survey leading to its closure the following month.
RAAC was used extensively in the... read more
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Stalled plans to remodel the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil could be funded by selling off one of Somerset County Council’s commercial investments, the council's former Leader has suggested.
In October Somerset County Council put the £30m project on hold due to rising costs, saying that the current business case for the theatre's regeneration could "no longer be met" and "a revised business case would... read more
Battery storage site sale could fund Octagon Theatre project (Somerset County Gazette)
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
The Jewish Museum London has received more than £200,000 to work in the community ahead of a move to a new building.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund will provide £231,000 for the "Jewish Museum London on the Move" project which involves the development of learning and collections programmes around the UK to new and existing audiences after it left its premises in Camden in June this year.... read more