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Jonathan Church?s first season as Artistic Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre has seen attendances rise by 92% in comparison with the autumn/winter 2000 season.
92,000 people came to see a...
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Every issue of ArtsProfessional is crammed with news of people changing their jobs ? moving on, moving up, or this week, in the case of Tamara Malcolm (see below), moving into retirement.
How...
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After 14 years as Artistic Director, Vicky Ireland (pictured) is to leave Polka Theatre at the end of the summer to devote more time to freelance writing, directing and international work.
Tamara...
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TAG Theatre Company, Scotland?s national theatre company for young people, is to be assisted by the Education Service of the Scottish Parliament on its next project, ?Making Changes?, which will...
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The Film Council has issued a consultation document setting out its proposals for the distribution of specialised films, and support for cinema education and cinema exhibition.
Under the proposals, £...
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A new symphony orchestra is to be formed as part of Bristol?s bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2008.The West of England Philharmonic, to be run by members on a self-governing basis, will...
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?Blacking Up?, a one-day event by Scotland?s Theatre Workshop featuring a dynamic piece of forum theatre in which the audience will explore issues of employment and disability, is to tour throughout...
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Britain?s largest display space for contemporary craft is to be developed in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, with European funding of £1.14m. The new centre, to be known as The Hub, will develop the...
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Responsibility for High Peak, currently in the North West Arts Board region, is to transfer to East Midlands Arts (EMA) at the beginning of April.
The move means that EMA?s boundaries will reflect...
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The first International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff is to be staged from October 14 ? November 3, and will be the world?s first ever major international event for this artform.
Festival...
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An information line is to be launched to help those working in the arts sector find out about training opportunities. Metier, the national training organisation for arts and entertainment which has...
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Pundits speculate that as many as 80% of tickets will be sold online by 2005. But Roger Tomlinson holds to his belief that even if the ticket sales operation changes beyond recognition, the Box...
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Ensuring an Excellent Night Out for English National Opera?s customers is what our Box Office is all about, writes Lynne Sinnamon.
By making that all important ticket purchase easy and hassle free,...
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I?ve been fortunate to work with some fantastic people who work on the front line, writes Adrian Phillips.
Whilst training Box Office staff, I?ve got to discuss the job that they do and what they...
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This week sees the publication of the Arts Council of England?s strategy and report on street arts. Will this document help to bring a marginalised sector into the funding system, asks Maggie Clark....
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Street arts activities of all types are a vibrant part of the UK arts ecology and have in the past thirty years engaged, questioned and entertained many millions of people, notes Bill Gee
In this...
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We describe what we do as aerial theatre, and as it suggests, this means theatre in the air, writes Becky Truman.
Using our circus skills, we tell a story above the ground just as a theatre company...
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I often hate going to the theatre and suffering all the ritualised packaging of the creative moment in a confined space. The experience can make even bad street art appear to have more power and...
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Morecambe?s award-winning Tern Regeneration programme of public art works has already achieved one of its key aims: to animate the seafront and entertain the public during the day, explains Brian...
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Review by Lew Hodges, Director of Finance and Planning, Arts...
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Review by Hugh Adams
(Comedia / the Department of Canadian Heritage / UNESCO with support from the World Bank, Stroud, 2001. ISBN 1 813667 03 5 £10.00 [£13.09 incl. p&p*])
Title...
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Title: Box Office Manager
Name of Organisation: The Anvil
Phone: 01256 819797
Fax: 01256 366900
Email: [email protected]
How long in present post?
Nearly 3 years
What does your...
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ARTS SERVICES
St Helens Creative Industries Initiative: http://www.creative-insthelens.org Database of artists and creative industries; Commercial and domestic commissions; Arts in education;...
From issue 18
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has released its funding plans for the future arts infrastructure in Northern Ireland, with £9m of the £12m available from the ACNI Lottery funds over the...
From issue 18
A tenuous thread runs through this issue. In the Management Development feature (pp 5-7), Bill Lucas of the Campaign for Learning emphasises the importance of training our minds to break out of their...