Medway throws its hat into the City of Culture ring
A new website and branding have been unveiled at the launch of Medway's bid to become UK City of Culture 2025. The Medway town…
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Train company commissions art in suicide prevention drive
Train operating company Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), the UK’s biggest rail franchise which operates the Southern, Thamesl…
Lights to go on in the West End
The six West End venues owned by Nimax Theatres will reopen from October with socially distanced shows and reduced capacities. 20,…
Mass testing key to fully reopening the arts sector, MPs told
Arts events could incentivise testing and restart the sector safely. But without a confirmed reopening date, there is little hope…
Scottish recovery fund ‘aims to protect jobs’
Arts organisations facing insolvency or redundancies can apply for up to £150,000 as Scotland delays the return of live even…
Freelancers call for a fairer future
The Wales Freelance Taskforce, launched during the Covid-19 lockdown to strengthen the influence of the self-employed theatre and…
Russia commits to its creative economy
Russia is preparing to develop the economic potential of its creative industries in alignmnent with the UN’s International Y…
SAGE modelling illustrates risk of non-distanced shows
A single infectious performer could cause a deadly outbreak, SAGE says, as the Culture Secretary hints at full capacity event…
Pay for creative graduates is linked to non-financial motivations, research finds
Using earnings as a measure of the value of higher education disadvantages creative graduates who often have motivations other tha…
UK venues display solidarity with Belarus
UK cultural organisations are joining Belarus Free Theatre’s (BFT) global artistic campaign in solidarity with the people of…
Arts at the heart of ‘Festival of Brexit’, boss says
Teams applying for a share of £3m research and development funding must include STEM sectors, marking a shift in emphasis fo…
Campaign group says ‘This is no pantomime’
A poster campaign has been launched by Scene Change in response to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden's 'Operation Sleeping B…
Scotland sees the launch of a ‘Gumtree for the arts’
A dedicated platform that will help Scotland's artists and craft makers eliminate waste and re-use resources is aiming to help…
DCMS Committee Chair pleads for furlough extension
DCMS Committee Chair Julian Knight has written to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden pleading for an extension to furlough for the cr…
Let Councils lead on arts funding, says new report
Efforts to redistribute arts funding away from London have fallen short, as Arts Council England “fails to treat places equa…
Tate ends links with D’Offay following controversy over Black Lives Matter
Tate and art collector Anthony d’Offay "have agreed to end their relationship" and the trustees of the National Ga…
Redundancies will make the arts sector whiter, unions warn
Major organisations' silence on claims that job cuts are falling disproportionately on BAME staff stands in stark contrast to…
City supports artists in bid to revive the High Street
A new not-for-profit Community Interest Company, Place for the Arts in Chester, is collaborating with local landlords in the…
Millennials make up more of post-Covid audiences, survey indicates
An apparent growth in younger audiences could be a "silver lining" for the sector as fewer older people patronise the ar…
Museum no-shows an ‘unintended consequence’ of reopening success
Some museums are nearly running at their post-Covid capacity. But "reopening doesn't mean recovery" as up to 40% of…
NPOs join forces to deliver city-wide cultural funding
By setting up a Cultural Investment Fund, Plymouth’s arts organisations are aiming to ‘innovate’ their way out o…
Public art scheme dropped following MP’s objections
Aberdeen City Council has scrapped a £100,000 grant earmarked for three new artwork installations to make the city centre mo…
Covid-19 spawns ‘digital only’ audiences
Survey data that suggests a third of digital arts audiences only engage online raises new possibilities for the post-Covid cu…
Worcester Arts Workshop calls time after 40 years
Worcester Arts Workshop will close for good at the end of September, having fallen victim to the impact of Covid-19 which has made…
