Wednesday, 22 February 2017
A new project, Open Inheritance Art, is asking members of the public to track down and photograph 36,000 works – some of which are located in private homes – which should be publicly accessible under the Conditional Exemption Tax Incentive scheme.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The New Musical Development Collective, which aims to support British musicals and musical theatre artists by forming annual partnerships with theatre organisations, will open with a 12-month residence at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
A protest will be staged outside LD50 gallery in Dalston following accusations that it gave a platform to racist and Islamophobic figures.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
40 iconic musicians and venues will be honoured with Blue Plaques to mark BBC Music Day.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Northern Rep, set to launch as a pop-up in the city’s Great Northern Warehouse in March, will open permanently in the building from May. It will be able to seat up to 300 people in the flexible main house and up to 100 in a studio space.
New theatre to open inside Manchester's Great Northern Warehouse (Manchester Evening News)
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
After programming screened performances and virtual reality experiences in 2016, the Assembly Rooms’ founders have decided to stage traditional live shows again.
Monday, 20 February 2017
Worries that freedom of movement restrictions could make it harder for European orchestras to work with British musicians are prompting the Oxford-based European Union Baroque Orchestra to move to Antwerp.
Top orchestra quits Britain over Brexit migration clampdown (The Guardian)
Friday, 17 February 2017
A council contribution of £300k has given the green light to proposals to renovate the derelict site adjacent to the venue, creating conference facilities, rehearsal studios and a learning centre. Construction is expected to start in May and could be finished by the end of 2017.
New £900,000 cultural arts centre set for Wakefield (Wakefield Express)
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Director of Tate Modern Frances Morris is one of more than 200 artists, writers and curators to support ‘Hands off our Revolution’, a new campaign “confronting the rise of right-wing populism in the US and Europe”.
Art heavyweights back new campaign targeting rise of right-wing populism (The Art Newspaper)
Thursday, 16 February 2017
The north London venue is to introduce a 10% booking fee, capped at £2.50 per ticket, for bookings made over the phone, as part of plans to outsource its telephone sales team to ticketing agency Cambridge Live.
London’s Park Theatre introduces booking fees (The Stage)
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Westminster Council has approved plans for a 650-seat venue next to the monument. The news follows a previous attempt by the entertainment company to host a theatre in Victoria Embankment Gardens, which was abandoned after criticism from neighbours.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Conservative MP Neil Carmichael has backed proposals by former Secretary of State for Education Lord Kenneth Baker to expand the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) to include a creative GCSE option.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
A theatre in Rome is inviting audience members to buy an extra seat at a reduced price to leave at the box office for someone less well-off.
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Following in the footsteps of Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is allowing images of many public-domain works in its collection to be downloaded and used for free via Creative Commons.
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Plans to find new operators to run St David’s Hall and the New Theatre have been dropped. Instead the City of Cardiff Council will be cutting jobs, looking to secure new investment and considering setting up a not-for-profit body to manage the venues.