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Covid has given us a chance to imagine a new kind of future for our theatres, but without big goals we will be hostages to fortune…
Covid has given us a chance to imagine a new kind of future for our theatres, but without big goals we will be hostages to fortune…
The costs of making and distributing music have both come down, but streaming income is very low. John Funge examines the financia…
Light on resources and heavy on challenges – even before Covid-19 – the cultural sector can nonetheless take small, re…
Until the arts sector defines its expectations of the learning needed by employees, even aspirational and potentially career-enhan…
In the current climate it’s time to adapt digital fundraising strategies and look at how your data can help boost online don…
Despite the blow the lockdown has dealt to its plans, dreams, ambitions and finances, Tomorrow’s Warriors are managing to th…
Delivering arts and health services digitally can extend access for some, but others are excluded. Nesta Lloyd-Jones looks at the…
A collective of Black and Asian artists, curators and educators explains how the impenetrable glass ceiling keeps them on the marg…
Given where we now find ourselves, we have few choices but to pool resources and develop new economic and business structures with…
Communicating re-opening will be much, much harder than closure, says Kate Fielding-Cox, who proposes four key principles that eve…
“Two pigeons in the foyer, a baby seagull falling off the roof and the lager kegs exploding in the heat”: Elspeth McBa…
“Radical, representative reinvention” is the only moral choice for the sector now, says Richard Watts, who examines wh…
As we emerge from the chaos of the pandemic let’s focus on where we want to go, but remember there’s no single way to…
Outdoor Arts producers and artists are experienced at turning the most unpromising setting into a performance space, and their bac…
Familiar voices may be muted this year, but some have found new ways to communicate with their audiences, and to reach new ones. M…
As we move from the immediate crisis towards new ones, we need atypical thinkers, agile doers and creative problem-solvers who thr…
With home-working more likely to become the norm, what can be done to sustain our mental health and support our colleagues and col…
Funders are putting BAME artists under increasing pressure to explore sensitive topics from their own lives or communities, but le…
Competition in the ‘experience economy’ combined with the circumstances of the pandemic mean it’s time for the c…
As live-to-digital capture, broadcast and live-streaming are embraced more widely in the rush to build up work online, emerging te…
What has been the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on those who are blind or have low levels of vision? And how can cultural ven…
Live Music Now serves audiences in the care and education sectors – but that didn’t stop musicians reaching them while…
Trusts and foundations are preparing to build stronger connections with a changed world and a changed public. Moira Sinclair refle…
As more and more freelancers refuse to accept unfair agreements and start calling out bad practice by employers, there’s a l…