New partners for Leeds 2023
New partners have signed on to deliver creative projects for Leeds 2023. The British Library, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United, National…
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Official probe into music streaming market
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate the streaming market "from creator to consumer" following a…
Guildford theatre faces council funding cut
A Guildford theatre faces a "deeply demoralising" cut to its council grant. Guildford Borough Council plans to gradually…
Work on Welsh language arts strategy begins
Arts Council of Wales is set to begin work on a new strategy for Welsh and the arts. The funder says it will draw up the strategy…
£1.1m granted to museum and heritage projects
The Art Fund has announced recipients of the second and third wave of its Reimagine grants programme. More than £1.1m will b…
NPO applications: here’s what you need to know
Timelines, deadlines and what Arts Council England is looking for in its 2023 portfolio.
New music industry helpline to launch
A helpline for music industry workers facing bullying and harassment will go live in March. Service providers Help Musicians devel…
Three-year inquiry into GSA fire inconclusive
A three-year investigation into a fire at Glasgow School of Art has given no answers. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service&rs…
Call to scrap GCSEs amid paltry arts entries
The summer exams must go, former education secretaries say, as a new commission reports the need for students to develop creativit…
Quarter of live music events cancelled
More than a quarter (26%) of live music shows scheduled for the first three months of 2022 have been cancelled. New research from…
Council set to cut all arts funding
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council must reconsider plans to abolish all grant funding for local arts from April,…
Catford theatre starts £7m refurb
Catford’s Broadway Theatre is closing this month for a £7m renovation project. Funding for the work comes from Lewisha…
Summer events face ‘pronounced’ skills shortage
Two thirds say they need to delay or cancel work as skilled workers are slow to return to the industry.
UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum to open in spring
The UK's first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and people will soon open in King's Cross. Queer Britain aim to open a f…
BBC arts archive at risk, insiders say
BBC4, the channel for archived arts content, cannot survive another round of funding cuts, insiders say. The corporation is consid…
Glyndebourne invests £25 per tonne of emissions
Glyndebourne will invest £25 per tonne of its direct and energy use emissions into sustainability measures. The opera house…
ABSRM extends musical theatre grades
Musical theatre students can now take exams across eight ABRSM grades. Two new higher grades of Singing for Musical Theatre e…
Art Fund grants support curatorial talent
Four curators have been awarded a share of £150,000 through Art Fund's New Collecting Awards. Louis Platman (Museum of t…
Contribution to culture part of universities’ value
A new metric for measuring the merit of "low value" courses like creative arts aims to change perceptions of what a qual…
UK’s oldest cinema reopens with new management
The UK's oldest working cinema has reopened under new management. The Electric in Birmingham, closed for nearly two years due…
Kaunas begins year as European Capital of Culture
The Lithuanian city of Kaunas marks the start of its year as European Capital of Culture this weekend with an "awe-inspiring&…
UK’s first queer camping festival launches
The UK's first queer camping festival will take place near London this spring. Flesh features a house and techno line-up, 90%…
PM calls time on all Covid restrictions
England's Plan B measures "expire" next week, Johnson says. Is this finally a return to normal?
Key Theatre saved by Selladoor
Peterborough's Key Theatre has been saved by Selladoor, which operates the local New Theatre. The venue closed earlier this we…
