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London Mayor claims his Conservative rival for the forthcoming election, Susan Hall, plans to cut culture spending, while she says cultural industries 'will collapse' unless action on crime is taken.
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Seven trustees will join the Wallace Collection board following their appointment by the Prime Minister.
MARCUS AGIUS, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN and DAVINDER TOOR each began four-year terms on 22 January...
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A group of 250 community volunteers has taken over a Worcestershire theatre after its operator collapsed in 2020.
In the intervening years, the Artrix in Bromsgrove became a Covid vaccination...
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New Art Exchange says it is the first cultural institution in the world to integrate a permanent citizen assembly into its leadership structure.
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An initiative which financially supports UK-based artists and companies taking work to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been extended by two years as a result of £1m capital funding to the...
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The Scottish Government will review its international cultural funding and look into developing a support service for cultural export and exchange as part of a new International Cultural Strategy.
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The Irish Arts Council and Arts Council Northern Ireland have announced a one-off €400,000 (£342,500) award for “an exceptional theatre production” in the Irish language, the...
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Theatres Trust has announced the second round of grant recipients for its Resilient Theatres: Resilient Communities programme.
The grants, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the...
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Corporate sponsorship deal sees amount raised by Bradford City of Culture 2025 reach 90% of predicted costs of year-long programme.
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Watershed in Bristol has appointed STEPHEN GATFIELD as its new Chair following the departure of JAMES TOUZEL, who steps down from the board after 11 years.
Gatfield is Global Chairman of...
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A Reading theatre will benefit from a £13.7m upgrade after the project's plans were given the green light.
The Hexagon Theatre will get a new 300-capacity studio auditorium and rehearsal...
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Theatre company Told by an Idiot has announced JENNIFER HOLTON as Executive Director following the departure of JENNI GRAINGER.
Having initially joined the organisation as Assistant Producer...
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Evaluation of carer support programme funded by Creative Scotland finds that despite a strong positive response from participants and organisations there are questions concerning sustainability.
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Museums across Liverpool are expected to stay closed after the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) rejected a pay offer from National Museums Liverpool (NML).
In a post, Laura Pye, Director...
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For every £1 earned by men employed in the cultural sector women are paid 85 pence, government statistics show.
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The Director of London’s Vagina Museum, FLORENCE SCHECHTER, will be stepping down in May.
She will be replaced in the short term by the museum's Head of Communications and Fundraising,...
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York Museums Trust (YMT) has revealed it lost £400,000 in revenue because one of its sites was closed for three months following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved concrete (RAAC).
The...
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UK artists will earn new royalties when their work is resold in Australia as part of a free trade agreement between the UK and Australia, the government has said.
The Department for Trade and...
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Review into impact of arts programmes aimed at preventing youth offending finds insufficient evidence to calculate their effectiveness, but anecdotal evidence points towards positive outcomes.
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MOIRA SINCLAIR OBE is to stand down as Chief Executive of Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) in February 2025 after ten years leading the organisation.
Over the last decade, Sinclair has led...
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Sunderland Music Arts and Culture Trust has received more than £300,000 for a music initiative designed to provide people from diverse backgrounds with full access to educational and cultural...
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Proposed cuts would see performers paid less as a result of reduced working hours, with Musicians’ Union saying the situation is a 'direct result of underfunding and defunding of opera'.
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Two literary festivals in Glasgow have been cancelled after a funding application to Creative Scotland was unsuccessful.
Glasgow Life, the charity that runs the Aye Write and Wee Write festivals,...
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The classical music venue’s new fund has been set up to allow it to run without funds from the public purse if ever necessary, amid “an uncertain public funding environment for classical music”.
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CLARISSA WIDYA and KIM PEARCE are stepping down as co-Artistic Directors of Papergang Theatre after leading the British East and South East Asian-focused (BESEA) company for the last decade.
Widya...