Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Northern Ireland arts advocacy body ArtsMatterNI has backed newspaper BelfastLive’s #WeDeserveBetter movement, with campaigners expressing concern at “ongoing cuts” from a government department “that continues to have no ministerial or electoral accountability”.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Julian Lloyd Webber, Simon Rattle and Alison Balsom are among the 90 music leaders to pen a letter in The Times outlining their concerns about the continued decline in the number of students sitting GCSE music exams.
90 music leaders express concern over GCSE music decline (Classical Music Magazine)
Friday, 24 August 2018
A new 600-seat theatre in King’s Cross has been granted planning permission by Camden Council. It is understood the venue will be run by London Theatre Company, which also runs the Bridge Theatre at London Bridge.
Friday, 24 August 2018
The restored Savoy Cinema, which is to reopen as a cultural venue next month, will now be known as Earth, short for Evolutionary Arts Hackney.
Friday, 24 August 2018
David Wicks of Westergate, Chichester, who previously worked as a Production Manager at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, pleaded guilty to nine counts of historic indecent assault on girls then aged 14 and 15.
Thursday, 23 August 2018
The decision by the country’s national train operator was opposed by the representative body for passengers, which said the initiative would only worsen noise in stations.
Will Jarring Music Drive Drug Users From a German Train Station? (The New York Times)
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
25 Directors and CEOs of UK festivals have penned a letter in The Guardian urging the Government to change visa processes to ensure the “free flow of arts and ideas into the country”.
Visa refusals starve UK’s arts festivals of world talent (The Guardian)
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Four hundred young people across the country are trialling an app that promotes local arts events and provides €500 in ‘culture credit’ to 18-year-olds.
French teenagers swipe up for arts on Macron’s app (The Guardian)
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
A poll of 1,745 Berlin-based artists finds just 24% of men and 19% of women can survive on their art alone. It also uncovers a gender pay gap of 28%, with women artists earning an average of €8,390 a year, compared to €11,662 for their male counterparts.
Monday, 20 August 2018
Deutsche Entertainment AG, which does about half its work in Britain, expects continuing demand for live entertainment, but is worried about arrangements for tours travelling between mainland Europe and the UK.
Friday, 17 August 2018
In a letter to The Guardian, 14 arts leaders, including National Theatre Director Rufus Norris and playwright Caryl Churchill, described last week’s bombing of the Said al-Mishal Culture Centre by Israeli air forces as a “devastating loss for the already isolated community”.
UK playwrights condemn bombing of Gaza theatre (The Guardian)
Friday, 17 August 2018
£3m from Conwy Council, the European Union and the Welsh Government will be used to revamp Venue Cymru, including the addition of a new dance studio, conference rooms, and a reworked entrance foyer.
Thursday, 16 August 2018
Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, Head of Higher Education and Research at the organisation, said that commonly-used lighting and stage design techniques can put actors of colour at a disadvantage, and risk making them “merge into the background”. The comments have been criticised as “almost uneducated” by the Association of Lighting Designers, who said the Globe stage is simply illuminated to recreate... read more
Thursday, 16 August 2018
Roisin McDonough is suing the Department for Communities, Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) and John Edmund, ACNI’s controversial Chair, on the basis of age discrimination.
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
George Ferguson has described proposals to build a new arena north of the city as “lunatic” and “impossible for any self-respecting city planner to recommend”.
Ex-Bristol mayor blasts plans to build Populous arena outside centre (Architects Journal)