Thursday, 07 June 2018
New figures from UK Theatre reveal ticket sales were down £1.9m across its member theatres in 2017. The number of tickets sold fell by almost 2%, despite a 3% increase in the number of performances.
Wednesday, 06 June 2018
A motion formally supporting the Arts Matter NI campaign – which has routinely stood against funding cuts and recently coordinated a statement of no confidence in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Chair – was passed unanimously by the council this week.
Wednesday, 06 June 2018
Months after being dropped from Creative Scotland’s regularly funded portfolio, public art organisation NVA has announced it will close in September. It has abandoned £11m plans to restore the derelict St Peter’s Seminary as a cultural and performance space, despite having already spent £2.3m on the site since 2013.
Wednesday, 06 June 2018
Formerly known as Olympicopolis, the revamped ‘East Bank’ project has been backed with £385m from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and £151m from the Government. It will house a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum, a mid-scale venue for Sadler’s Wells and a campus for University of the Arts London.
Wednesday, 06 June 2018
Poetry Can, which was dropped from Arts Council England’s national portfolio for 2018-22, has announced it will cease operations by the end of the month after an unsuccessful Grants for the Arts funding bid has left it with no guaranteed income.
Monday, 04 June 2018
Speaking in an interview with Greek newspaper Ta Nea, the Labour leader said the marbles, currently located in the British Museum, “belong” in Greece and discussions should begin between the respective governments to ensure their return.
Friday, 01 June 2018
The Advertising Standards Authority has referred the secondary ticketing website to Trading Standards because it is failing to make delivery and booking charges clear from the outset of the purchasing process.
Friday, 01 June 2018
Artist Phyllida Barlow is among 1,300 people to have signed a petition calling for the University of Chichester to abandon plans to replace the Otter Gallery with a “distributed gallery” spread across the university’s two campuses.
Protest against closure of Otter Gallery at Chichester University (Museums Association)
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Siobhan Davies Dance and Gateshead’s BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art have committed to a four-year partnership. They will develop new dance works and touring opportunities, and support skills development in curating, producing and audience engagement within their organisations and in the wider visual arts and dance fields.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
New guidelines, drawn up by the city council, call for all workers at Edinburgh’s festivals to be paid a living wage. The council will enshrine the new guidelines, which also ban unpaid trial shifts and the use of ‘tips’ to replace wages, in an Edinburgh Festivals Workers’ Welfare Commitment.
Edinburgh festivals ‘must ensure fair pay for workers’ (The Scotsman)
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Protests at the museum’s decision to display a section of the condemned Robin Hood Gardens social housing estate at the Venice Biennale have been dismissed by Director Tristram Hunt. Writing in The Art Newspaper, he said the museum had been active in London since 1872, and will still be there “long after the keyboard warriors and ‘art-wash’ agitators have moved onto their next bout of indignation... read more
The Londoner: Hunt fights back over 'artwashing' (London Evening Standard)
Friday, 25 May 2018
The £2 billion 988-acre site, 60 miles from Beijing, will include performance venues, a museum, exhibition space for artist residencies and offices. It is the latest of a number of “so-called cultural towns” to be built by private developers who can obtain ample bank loans to fund construction.
China to build huge arts city near Beijing that could open as early as next year (South China Morning Post)
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
The Troubadour Wembley Park will open in autumn 2018 as a flexible 1000- to 2000-seat venue, able to be configured for in-the-round, immersive and proscenium arch shows.
Troubadour to open new theatre in Wembley Park (What's On Stage)
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Theatres may be exempted from proposed European Union energy regulations, which are predicted to cost UK venues up to £1bn. Save Stage Lighting campaigners met with the European Commission and secured the right to submit a draft exemption for entertainment lighting.
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
First year students on acting and design for performance courses at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama are no longer given academic grades, as part of the school’s bid to help students transition into higher education and improve mental health. The College plans to roll the practice out to more courses later this year.