City of Culture programme to nurture next generation leaders
15 up-and-coming leaders will be joining the City of Culture Leadership Programme that will run across the next two years as part…
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£9m needed to plug Off West End income gap
OffWestEnd, the group that supports, promotes and celebrates the work of over 100 independent, alternative and fringe theatres in…
Designers join forces to influence post-Covid planning
A group of leading theatre designers have joined forces to form #scenechange, a community that brings designers together to tackle…
New contracts will make artists share financial risk when live events return
Global entertainment company Live Nation is planning changes to its contracts, aiming to transfer some of the risks associated wit…
£32m funding shortfall as demand for ACE funds outstrips supply
Two-thirds of organisations and almost three quarters of individuals who applied to Arts Council England for emergency funds were…
Council to take over cultural services as Trust backs out
The charity operating leisure and cultural services for Peterborough is handing its contract back to the Council. Since 2010 a cha…
Delay to planned Grantium upgrade
Arts Council England is preparing to “make changes to Grantium where we can”, including an improved user interface, bu…
Creative industries are on the brink of disaster, economists predict
Economic modelling by global forecasting firm Oxford Economics predicts the turnover of the UK’s creative industries will co…
Theatres Trust garners pro bono support for small vulnerable theatres
A Skills Bank that will match theatres with experts willing to offer pro bono advice on preparing to reopen is being created by th…
Positive outcomes are emerging from online music teaching, survey finds
Lockdown is transforming the way music teachers deliver instrument tuition now and in the future, with 87% currently adapting thei…
Musicians warn the choral landscape is under threat
An open letter is aiming to "give voice to the millions of people who sing in choirs in this country", calling for churc…
New student accommodation in Leeds to include artist studios
Plans submitted for the construction of a seven-storey residence for 411 students in Leeds include a gallery and artist studio spa…
Marlborough’s pub home ‘no longer fit for purpose’
Brighton-based Marlborough Productions, the company behind the Marlborough Pub & Theatre’s cultural programme, have left…
Cultural recovery should be “fair, just and green”, says climate action group
The revival of the sector should include targeted public investment, clear policy signals and the implementation of Climate Change…
Scottish Government announces financial life raft for Edinburgh Fringe
Scotland appears to be the first country in the UK to make a direct Government loan to ensure a cultural organisation can survive…
Authors call on publishers to address their own lack of diversity
In an open letter to the 'big five' UK publishing houses, high profile authors – including some who have recently shared t…
Keep reading … the Way Forward
Interested in new ideas and opportunities to lead you out of lockdown and beyond? AP's new feature – The Way Forward – is bein…
Drama School head falls on his sword
Professor Gavin Henderson has apologised for “the lived experiences of students of colour” and his racist comments dur…
Director steps down to accelerate diversity plans
Lois Keidan is leaving the Live Art Development Agency – which has an exclusively white workforce – to help address &l…
Petitions call for the renaming of Hertfordshire arts complex
The trustees of The Rhodes Arts Complex are preparing to rename the venue. Three petitions have called for the organisation to dis…
‘New normal’ emerges in GCSE and A level arts uptake
The proportion of school pupils taking music and drama at GCSE looks set to stabilise around 20% lower than in 2015, when a dramat…
BA to dispose of art works to raise emergency cash
Auction house Sotheby’s has been asked by British Airways to value works of art that have been displayed for decades in its…
Recovery of the cultural sector must be ‘fully inclusive’ of disabled artists
Progress made towards the inclusion of Disability Arts in the UK "must not falter in this moment of crisis", says Disabi…
Dig unearths remains of England’s first purpose-built playhouse
An archaeological dig, ordered by Tower Hamlets council before giving the go-ahead for a development of new flats, has uncovered t…
