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Today is World Intellectual Property Day (26 April), and it’s time the UK caught up with paying its artists fairly, writes Adele Morse.
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Attendees at the Northern Music Awards in Manchester have criticised a lack of support for young musicians.
Speaking to The Guardian at the event, singer and songwriter Lisa Stansfield said:...
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Business acumen within arts organisations is necessary in the face of local authority funding cuts, survey findings suggest.
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The Swan Theatre in Worcester has been added to a list of organisations set to benefit from a share of £5m of Levelling Up funding after Worcester City Council (WCC) was given an extension on...
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Shadow Culture Secretary says Arts Council England would be 'central to a decade of national renewal' under a Labour government.
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Ballet Cymru is offering support to children and young people living with juvenile arthritis as part of a creative collaboration launched with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, funded by Arts...
Arts People
JON MORGAN will leave his role as Director of Theatres Trust in December after nearly eight years.
Prior to joining Theatres Trust, Morgan was Director of the Federation of Scottish Theatre for...
Arts People
Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has announced SELINA CARTMELL as its Creative Director. She will take up the newly-created role in August.
The theatre adopted a new leadership...
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Clore Leadership has announced SUZANN MCLEAN, JONATHAN REEKIE and KATE VARAH as new trustees.
McLean is the Artistic Director of Theatre Peckham and the Founder and Director of the theatre school...
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Fewer than half of visual artists in the South West have been commissioned to create new work in the past year survey finds.
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Co-Founder of Freedom in the Arts, Rosie Kay, thinks the arts in the UK have strayed into a culture of intolerance, which has led to cancellation and a climate of self-censorship that has to be addressed.
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The UK’s largest indoor arena has postponed launch events with Peter Kay, due to be held this week, after work on its power supply fell “a few days behind schedule”.
"It is...
Adam Behr asks why arts education is under fire when the UK’s creative industries generate more revenue than cars, oil and gas.
As France prepares to slash its budget for culture, Jonny Walfisz compares how the cuts line up with arts spending across continental Europe and the UK.
In his profile of Southbank Centre's Chief Executive Elaine Bedell, Alex Lawson uncovers the depth and inequality in the current funding crisis and lays bare the soaring costs facing the flagship arts complex.
Cash-strapped councils are cutting cultural spending to help plug budget shortfalls, but could desperate local authorities sell off artworks to raise funds? James Goodwin looks at the legalities.
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First meeting of group tasked with achieving cross-industry consensus on how much musicians make from streaming begins with call for action to 'ensure the UK remains a competitive marketplace for music-making'.
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Voters across England go to the polls next week (2 May) to elect many thousands of new councillors and 10 metro mayors – one of them being the Mayor of London. Phoebe Gardiner outlines what mayoral hopefuls need to understand about the capital’s culture.
In the financially cut-throat musical theatre market, producers demand “a sure thing” from their creative teams. Katie Birenboim asks musical director Amanda Morton how she ensures that mentorship can flourish when the stakes are high.
The Cathedral Music Trust has appointed JONATHAN MAYES as Chief Executive Officer. He will take up the post in July. Alongside Mayes, renowned choral and orchestral conductor, DAVID HILL MBE...
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ANNA WILLIAMS is joining Aesop Arts & Society as its Interim CEO.
Her appointment to the charity best known for its Dance to Health programme follows the death of Aesop founder and Chief...
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An MP has spoken in Parliament about concerns over a shortage of "essential" studio and exhibition spaces for artists in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable.
Andrew Selous, South West...
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MPs and music industry bodies criticise government's rejection of recommendations aimed at making the music industry safer for women.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has appointed GEOFF BARTON as a trustee.
Most recently Barton was General Secretary of The Association of School & College Leaders. A former teacher...
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An Edinburgh-based writing showcase and networking event says it is closing for the foreseeable future after missing out on Creative Scotland project funding.
Page2Stage had previously received...