Thursday, 11 January 2018
More than 40 events and festivals will take place across the city over four ‘seasons’ to mark ten years since Liverpool spent a year as European Capital of Culture.
Liverpool Unveils 2018 Culture Celebrations (Heart FM)
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Almost 4,000 individual incidents involving fake tickets were recorded by the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers for the six months leading to October 2017.
Rising ticket fraud cost audiences £1.6m in 2017 (The Stage)
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Eden International Productions has gone into administration following the collapse of its show Heaven on Earth, which was scheduled to tour arenas around the UK for five months. A combined £2.6m is owed to cast members, venues and suppliers.
Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities has agreed to grant £350k to the Orchestra and £275k to the MAC following emergency funding pleas made in December.
The financially struggling Ulster Orchestra and MAC theatre get £625k lifeline (Belfast Telegraph)
Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Almost £20m collected from bank accounts that have been dormant for 15 years is available for charitable causes in Northern Ireland – including the arts – but the lack of an executive has prevented the creation of a distribution mechanism.
Monday, 08 January 2018
An independent charitable trust has been given the go-ahead to run the Canterbury theatre, which will be chaired by former Artistic Director of Chichester Theatre Jonathan Church. The move is expected to save the council £238k over the first two years.
Monday, 08 January 2018
Shadow Arts Minister Kevin Brennan has called for a change in policy after research by Labour found almost three-quarters of the artworks acquired by the Government in recent years were by men.
Monday, 08 January 2018
The Zabludowicz Collection will open a room in mid-January dedicated to video, film and virtual reality, encouraging artists to create new work in the medium.
Friday, 05 January 2018
Travellers using Croydon trams and buses have been treated to Handel, Mendelssohn and Mozart at some stops, as part of Transport for London plans to improve the customer experience.
This is why classical music is being played at Croydon tram and bus stops (Croydon Advertiser)
Thursday, 04 January 2018
The ticket re-seller has been banned from saying it offers ‘best available’ tickets through its most expensive packages, after the Advertising Standards Agency found “no discernible difference” between general tickets and platinum tickets.
Thursday, 04 January 2018
The city’s largest art gallery will be created in a £21m transformation of a 13-storey block of flats on Duke Street, along with a permanent home for charity S1 Artspace, a research institute and live-work flats for artists.
Arup to transform council block into £21m heritage venue (The Yorkshire Post)
Thursday, 04 January 2018
The £130m project, intended as a hub for filmmakers and a national home for film on London’s South Bank, has been ditched after the organisation failed to complete the planning process in time due to the “turbulent economic environment”.
Wednesday, 03 January 2018
Bingley Grammar’s plan to charge pupils £5 a week to study music as an extracurricular activity has been labelled “shocking” by the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
Wednesday, 03 January 2018
Creative Arts Academy will host 420 pupils and teach all subjects in the curriculum “in a creative way”. Ebor Academy Trust has received funding from central Government to open the school, and has been backed by Actress Dame Judi Dench and Arts Council Chair Sir Nicholas Serota.
Dame Judi Dench backs bid for York arts academy (The York Press)
Tuesday, 02 January 2018
The Guildford theatre has paid tribute to its “loved and respected” Chief Executive, James Barber, who first joined the theatre as Assistant Stage Manager in 1978.