How can the arts respond to the UK’s changing demographic? Tony Haynes calls for greater recognition for the work created fo…

With so many festivals in the UK what makes for a successful and sustainable festival? Holly Lombardo discusses some vital buildin…

How can the arts, and ballet in particular, show that they represent value for money? David Jays compares a trip to the theatre or…

Roberta Comunian argues that traditional views on the benefits of arts sponsorship to business have been far too limited, as demon…

What will happen when we only like what we already know? Ed McKeon questions the filtering systems used online which limit the ran…

Which is more influential over repeat attendance – performance or venue? Hannah Mitchell reveals some of the surprising find…

Mahmood Reza recommends two performance management models that offer arts organisations a means of measuring areas that are of gen…

There have been very few progression routes in the performing arts for young, disabled people who want to make a career in the art…

Applying for Creative Europe funding for a Cooperation Project requires real commitment and many hours devoted to completing the a…

Moving her artist management company to Berlin has allowed Natalie Richardson to work among like-minded experimental artists.

Good performance management can improve effectiveness and efficiency, but Mahmood Reza says that is dependent on the right perform…

‘Family-friendly’ might not be a term that David Brownlee likes very much, but he knows that venues and events have th…

Andrew Miller speaks out on discrimination in the arts, asking why “disabled people are nearly invisible with embarrassingly…

Creating a level playing field for visual artists is the aim of online gallery Outside In. Kate Davey tells how its surgery days s…

Lauren Holden explains Spectraitors, her idea for a DISloyalty app which encourages regular arts-goers to be disloyal to their fav…

Digital may be the first word to spring to mind when you think of Watershed, but it doesn’t come close to describing all tha…

Ali Hossaini believes that arts venues need to prepare for ‘digital placemaking’ by extending their use of in-house Wi…

Having worked in children’s arts and health in a London hospital, Victoria Jones, now in Melbourne in Australia, compares th…

A funding system that protects the status quo is preventing arts organisations from developing innovative new business models that…

The height of summer is the best time for venues offering a Christmas show to start gearing up for success. Hannah Mitchell explai…

Matthew Boswell reports on a symposium organised by Opera North and the University of Leeds and the beginning of a timely new conv…

Mountview Academy of Arts is making a step-change in its recruitment of drama students to attract talent from a wider social and r…

Universities and the cultural sector can work in partnership to drive innovation, widen participation and engage a broader public,…

For readers in the rest of the UK, Christine Hamilton reflects on how the Scottish arts world has responded to the independence re…