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.”
Tuesday, 02 June 2015
The Edouard VII theatre and the Mogador hope that English surtitles will help them to attract more tourists.
Monday, 01 June 2015
Emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the oil giant raised concerns about a climate science exhibition and symposium, saying: “we receive a great deal of interest around our art sponsorships so need to ensure we do not proactively open up a debate on the topic.” The museum’s Director said: “I can confirm that not a single change to an exhibition resulted from these email... read more
Monday, 01 June 2015
New owner, MBI Hotels, is working closely with the Llandudno Seaside Buildings Preservation Trust, which hopes to restore the derelict building as a “fringe, everyman theatre”.
Monday, 01 June 2015
A Broadway producer and investor claim their free phone app offering last-minute theatre tickets could help discover “a new generation of theatregoing audiences” in the West End.
‘Uber for theatre tickets’ extends to West End (The Stage)
Thursday, 28 May 2015
As many as 300 historic theatres face costs of up to £50k each under new guidelines issued following the partial collapse of the ceiling at London’s Apollo Theatre.