Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Five orchestras from around the world are partnering with Google’s music streaming service to make recent live recordings available to the public.
Classical Live Offers Orchestras Another Internet Stage (New York Times)
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
An inquiry will look at whether artists can expect to maintain freedom from political influence following the government’s decision to divert AU$105m from the Australia Council to a new fund administered by the federal Arts Ministry.
Senate committee to look at arts funding (The Australian)
Monday, 15 June 2015
The Directors Charitable Foundation, which will provide training and financial assistance to directors working in theatre, film and TV, has been created with support from the Directors Guild Trust, Directors UK and the recently formed Stage Directors UK.
Directors to gain financial support from charity (The Stage)
Monday, 15 June 2015
Protesting Tate’s sponsorship by oil company BP, 75 demonstrators camped out in the Turbine Hall overnight on Saturday.
Monday, 15 June 2015
A former cinema in Hastings that has been closed for almost 40 years is to be revived as an “experimental, edgy” 100-seat theatre, cinema and live music venue.
St Leonards cinema to reopen as fringe theatre (The Stage)
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Three years after opening, a crumbling façade could force Belfast’s new arts venue to close if it does not find £1m in emergency funding.
Belfast MAC seeks £1m emergency funding (The Stage)
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Glasgow’s arts venue the Arches has been forced into administration, after its operating hours were restricted by the council last month.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Damian Green is amongst the five Tory MPs seeking to fill the role previously held by John Whittingdale, now Culture Secretary.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Chief Executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, Deborah Annetts, has denounced Apple’s new streaming platform for paying artists “virtually nothing”.
Apple’s music streaming service will pay musicians ‘virtually nothing’ (Classical Music Magazine)
Monday, 08 June 2015
Chancellor George Osborne announced a £30m cut for the DCMS as part of his £4.5bn savings plan for 2015-16. Arts Council England has been asked to make savings of 0.3% this year, which Chair Sir Peter Bazalgette says will be made internally. Government departments expect further cuts of £30bn over the next two years to be announced in the emergency budget on 8 July.
Friday, 05 June 2015
A survey looking at actors employed at 18 theatres over the course of a month found that disabled people, women and minority ethnic groups are significantly under-represented.
Friday, 05 June 2015
The Jubilee Amphitheatre in Oadby’s Brocks Hill Country Park will be used by professional, amateur and community theatre groups. It was funded by the borough council, which manages the park.
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
Four theatres, including Bristol Old Vic, join the Writers' Centre Norwich in a new Creative England programme aimed at helping emerging writers develop film writing skills. Bristol Old Vic Chief Executive Emma Stenning said: “This exchange of ideas can only make our creative industry ecology even more robust, vital and internationally acclaimed.”
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
Since reopening in mid-February the gallery has welcomed more than 180,000 visitors, a figure which has previously never been reached over an entire year.
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
After realising that only 35% of the plays it produced in the past seven years were written by women, Headlong has committed to commissioning an equal number of plays from men and women. Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin said: “Those of us who believe in equality need to make ourselves accountable.”