Monday, 02 November 2015
Hartlepool Borough Council is working to reopen the Northern Lights Academy, which was built with a grant from the Big Lottery Fund’s Myplace programme but has been forced to close due to management problems.
Council could buy £4.5m performing arts centre in Hartlepool (Hartlepool Mail)
Equipment Vanishes After Chaotic Management Leads to Closure of Northern Lights Academy (The Hartlepool Post)
Monday, 02 November 2015
The Royal College of Music is set to acquire Markova House, English National Ballet‘s headquarters in south west London, as the company prepares to move to a new facility on City Island. Markova House will provide a new home for the conservatoire’s research department, as well as more practice rooms and two new orchestral and opera rehearsal spaces.
Royal College of Music to acquire English National Ballet headquarters (Classical Music Magazine)
Friday, 30 October 2015
Fans trying to buy tickets for the upcoming ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ theatre production were met by disappointment as the ticketing website proved unresponsive and unreliable. Some of those who did secure tickets quickly turned to resale sites where they were offered for up to £900. The news comes after the art sector was invited to give evidence on issues associated with the secondary... read more
Thursday, 29 October 2015
After the unexpected cost increases and delays of the £14.5m revamp of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, Scottish Opera has asked Glasgow City Council for a £1m loan to bridge a gap in its income, on top of a £3m loan already agreed with the Scottish Government.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
The Rockefeller Foundation has provided a $1.46m grant to allow 20,000 New York high school students to see Broadway success ‘Hamilton’ at $10 each.
Thursday, 29 October 2015
The Southbank Centre will receive a grant from the Nordic Council of Ministers to host a year-long festival of Nordic art and culture in 2017, showcasing the ‘hidden voices’ of Greenland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.
Southbank Centre to host year-long Nordic cultural festival in 2017 (Classical Music Magazine)
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
The new centre in Nottingham will house three fully accessible dance studios, changing rooms, offices and workspaces. Set to open in summer 2016, it has been funded by Nottingham City Council, Arts Council England and independent trusts and foundations.
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
When cleaning staff arrived at the Museion museum in Bolzano, Italy, they mistook an avant-garde installation for mess left over from a party the night before.
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Lego refused to sell the artist’s studio a bulk load of its plastic bricks to be used in a new artwork, as it “cannot approve the use of Legos for political works”. The move has sparked international cries of censorship and the artist has been inundated with offers of Lego from his supporters.
Monday, 26 October 2015
The union’s new dance committee’s priorities are: improving pay rates and conditions for dancers and choreographers; improving health and safety and dancers’ wellbeing; developing strategies for dancers’ career stability and progression; and developing a programme of education on rights.
Monday, 26 October 2015
The Grange Estate has not renewed Grange Park Opera’s lease, but will be launching a new annual opera season overseen by its owner. Grange Park Opera, which has been based at the estate since 1998, is in discussions over a lease at West Horsley Place in Surrey.
Plans announced for new opera festival at Grange Park (Classical Music Magazine)
Monday, 26 October 2015
A proposed £500k cut to the Herbert Art Gallery and Belgrade Theatre could force the gallery to close and the theatre to stop being a producing house – putting it at risk of losing Arts Council England funding – and potentially cost the city the 2021 UK City of Culture title, the council has been warned.
Monday, 26 October 2015
Concerns have been raised about the addition to the form, which will be introduced from April 2016, of a new line warning donors that if they pay less tax in a year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all of their donations then they have to pay the difference.
Monday, 26 October 2015
Plymouth City Council has approved theatre company Stiltskin’s £250k plan to transform a building in Devonport Park into an 80-seat theatre with an outdoor amphitheatre seating up to 500 people.
Friday, 23 October 2015
Sinn Fein Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Carál Ní Chuilín is to face a committee hearing over allegations that money was “poured” into the West Belfast Festival, which is managed by four senior members of Sinn Fein.