Government ‘stands ready’ to insure festivals if commercial market won’t
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden says the Government will consider insuring festivals if it is the "final barrier" t…
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Coventry City of Culture kicks off
The 2021 UK City of Culture showcase is off to an unplanned but successful start, with a launch video drawing 55,000 viewers….
Rival campaigns fight over Derby Assembly Rooms demolition
The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has refused to intervene in a planning application by Derby C…
The Tron loses confidence in 2021 panto
Glasgow’s Tron Theatre Company has called preparations for its annual panto to a halt, rescheduling the production for…
Revamped North Kesteven arts centre to open following merger
Sleaford’s National Centre for Craft & Design has merged with arts development agency artsNK. The North Kesteven centre…
Visual arts lobby defends arts education against 50% cut
Arts universities have joined the sector in protesting the Government's "counterproductive and contradictory" fundin…
PRS sets 10% interim livestream tariff against objections
The royalties society says the rate, already more than double that levied on in-person shows, is "discounted" from a per…
Eid to act as first test event for Wales
Wales has announced nine pilot events to trial the safe reopening of the cultural sector. Following England's lead, attendees…
Former principal dancer guilty of assaulting students
Yat-Sen Chang, a former English National Ballet dancer, sexually assaulted students at the school, a court has found. The 49…
New London theatre to be city’s biggest in 45 years
A five-storey, 1,575-seat theatre will be London's biggest since the National Theatre opened in 1976. Trafalgar Entertainment…
‘Creators Council’ mooted to help workforce and assist recovery
A parliamentary report into writers' experience of Covid-19 says "a clear line of communication between the Government an…
West Midlands Police appoints artist in residence
Poet and playwright Kay Rufai will interview young people about their experiences with police and spend time with local officers f…
Cultural organisations faced ‘challenging behaviour’ during lockdown
A survey of 500 decision makers at UK museums, galleries, theatres, stately homes and castles indicates a third of visit…
‘Very good news’: Huge optimism as partial venue reopening confirmed
London launches a massive domestic tourism campaign as England progresses to the next stage of the reopening roadmap.
5G Festival planned for UK in 2022
A hybrid fesitval experience will use ultra-fast bandwidth to "produce immersive live collaborative performances across multi…
Cinema Museum faces closure amid developer’s silence
The organisation has received repeated assurances but no answers about what happens when the lease on its home of 22 years expires…
Mendoza to host corporate-cultural sector talks
Roundtables featuring senior cultural and corporate sector leaders will "consider innvoative models for sustainable cultural…
Creative clusters could act as national pilot, UKRI says
A programme bringing together academics and creative businesses could act as a pilot for a national research and development…
Fringe venues seek up to £14m bailout
Edinburgh Fringe venues are asking for up to £14m to fund outdoor spaces so shows can go ahead this summer. The four bi…
Former Shadow Culture Secretary wins mayoral election
Labour's Tracy Brabin has been elected the first ever Mayor of West Yorkshire and first female mayor of a metropolitan ar…
Reprieve for Lincoln’s Drill Hall
Lincoln College Group is taking over the historic Drill Hall from the Lincoln Arts Trust and has pledged to maintain the venue&rsq…
Alarm at plans to cut higher education arts funding in half
A consultation on plans to cut arts education funding by £17m says the subjects are not a "strategic priority"…
Sturgeon: Culture will be at the ‘very heart’ of Scotland’s recovery
Following upset over a two-metre social distancing rule for venues, Scotland's First Minister has asserted the country's c…
UK-born actor faces deportation
Ace Ruele Aristotles faces deportation to Jamaica despite having only ever visited the country twice. The 33-year-old actor, who h…
