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NATHAN POWELL has been appointed Creative Director for two of Merseyside’s most iconic venues - Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres.
He joins Finance Director ROS THOMAS and...
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With her experience of working across multiple projects, Sarah Fortescue explores how the sector can deliver what they do best, in the best way possible?
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GRAHAM MCKNIGHT will join Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre as Theatre Director.
He succeeds RHYS HOPKIN who, after two years in the role, will take up the position of Regional Director for the...
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Midlands Arts Centre has named ROS ROBINS as its new Chair, succeeding MARY MARTIN.
She joined the venue as Vice Chair in 2023 and will take up the role in autumn this year.
With over 40...
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RYAN MCBRYDE is to depart from his role as Creative Director of the Mercury Theatre at the end of May after five years in post.
As a freelance director, McBryde has worked internationally. He...
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Culture Secretary says the UK can 'support positive social change' in Saudi Arabia through engagement and relationship building as UK cultural organisations attend trade event in Riyadh.
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Think tank calls for Kirklees Council to abandon plans to demolish a former shopping centre that currently houses artists, community groups and new business startups.
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Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee says it wants big arena operators to establish voluntary ticket levy scheme by September.
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After a recent appearance before Wales’s Culture Committee, Charlotte Faucher has been rethinking our new relationship with Europe.
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College says its current junior school limits its ability to reach “young people from diverse backgrounds” and to “embrace the Welsh language”.
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LIZ SILLETT has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABBT). She will start the role later this month, succeeding ROBIN TOWNLEY who steps...
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An overdue report into ‘lessons learned’ during the costly refurbishment of Bristol Beacon concert hall will be published later this year, according to a council spokesperson. ...
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Concerns raised over 'decimation' of arts provision in schools and colleges across England.
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JOHN KNELL has been named as the new Chair of Crafts Council beginning this month for a term of four years, having first joined Crafts Council’s board as a trustee in November 2023.
He is an...
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Long-term Heart of Glass collaborator Chrissie Tiller reflects on working with the Merseyside-based NPO and how, by building deeper relationships with communities, the arts can create fairer futures.
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HM KING CHARLES and HM QUEEN CAMILLA have accepted patronages from several arts organisations following a review of charities supported by the Royal Household, including 492 patronages previously...
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Almost a quarter of secondary schools are not meeting a new government expectation for Key Stage 3 pupils to be taught an hour of classroom music a week, a survey has found.
Schools Week reports...
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JULIE KENNY will join Sheffield Theatres as its new Chair in July.
An entrepreneur based in South Yorkshire, Kenny founded Pyronix Limited, an alarm security business, in 1986, which she sold in...
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Leaders from the National Theatre, Southbank Centre and newly-named Royal Opera and Ballet among those taking part in UK government-backed trade delegation to Saudi Arabia.
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Royal Ballet School (RBS) has made three new appointments to its Board of Governors, welcoming SARAH DORFMAN, EDWARD WATSON and ALISTAIR SUMMERS.
An arts philanthropist, Dorfman has supported...
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The League of Independent Producers has announced that REBECCA GWYTHER and RAMIN SABI have been elected to its board, while HANNA OSMOLSKA has been co-opted.
Gwyther and Sabi will serve three-year...
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The trustees of a museum in Worcestershire are considering plans to register a local building as an 'Asset of Community Value' to secure new premises for its collection.
Tenbury Museum has...
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Evaluation reports in the cultural sector can be packed full of learning. Emma McDowell explores how we might unearth this existing knowledge.
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You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been one for ten years, explains how they work and why they can be helpful for your organisation.
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Annual accounts filed by the Manchester theatre show its reserves dwindled to less than a month of operating costs, while Arts Council England has raised its risk rating.