Blackpool festival cancelled over funding
The organisers of Livewire Festival say they pulled the plug because of "investor issues", commenting: "This hasn&#…
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Scottish art company in liquidation
Steven Brown Art Limited's gallery and warehouse in Ayr have been closed and its assets, artworks included, will soon be sold….
Biennale Paris chairmen step down
Co-presidents of the biennale's vetting committee Frédéric Castaing and Michel Maket have quit their posts over the inc…
Dutch minister wants fewer festivals
Dutch Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus said a reduction in festivals would help police tackle illegal drug use. The Netherla…
£100k to catalogue Cambridge Theatre archives
The grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will help the theatre collect and conserve costumes, photographs, posters and sc…
Ministers urged to scrap EBacc
Education think tank EDSK says it is time for "a new approach to school performance measures that goes beyond fighting the ba…
Decline in local authority culture spend slows
Culture and heritage budgets across England are starting to settle as unitary authorities spend more.
£15.8m Leeds Playhouse redevelopment under way
A major transformation of the theatre is "taking shape", Artistic Director James Brining said. Leeds City Council has gi…
Science Museum Group staff vote to strike
Several hundred staff could strike at six Science Museum Group (SMG) sites this summer over a pay dispute. SMG says it is &qu…
Mayor steps in to plug V&A East funding gap
The GLA has agreed to underwrite a budget shortfall of up to £12m, which is expected despite a £9m a year boost in fun…
Austerity is undermining children’s access to culture, finds research
An LSE researcher said children’s development is being thwarted by Government policy, but argued the situation could be impr…
€3.1m Creative Europe funding hangs on Brexit deal
“Our carefully laid plans…would be wasted” if the UK leaves without a deal, says an organisation awarded €…
British orchestras express concern over no-deal Brexit
The Association of British Orchestras has called on the next Prime Minister to make systems and processes for a no-deal Brexit sit…
Petition against parking restrictions near children’s theatre
Stiltskin's Soapbox Children's Theatre in Plymouth fear the council traffic orders will force its closure after similar re…
Liverpool tourism worth £3.3bn in 2018
The city's Deputy Mayor and Cabinet member for culture, Wendy Simon, attributed continued growth in the value of tourism – a 1…
Festival abandons ethnicity-based pricing
US music festival AfroFuture Fest dropped plans to sell half-priced tickets to people of colour after its ticketing partner, Event…
£19m for Southend arts centre
Plans for the teaching and performing arts building have been lodged by South Essex College and Southend Council, which are c…
Creative industries jobs growing
DCMS estimates there were more than two million jobs in the creative industries in 2018 – 1.6% more than in 2017 – accounting for…
Call for orchestras to act on disability
A report says “radical, bold action and a sense of collective responsibility” are needed to transform inclusion practi…
Ticket sales slump after Brexiteers’ boycott threat
Three Choirs Festival Chief Executive Dr Alexis Paterson said sales for a performance of Beethoven's 9th were "below the…
New London theatre to open next month
The 200-seat Turbine Theatre will open next month beside Battersea Power Station, enabling "world class artists to tell stori…
Chair resigned from National Gallery amid employment dispute, say insiders
Hannah Rothschild, who recently stood down as Chair of the National Gallery, had received letters from politicians about the dismi…
National Theatre rejects LGBT discrimination claim
A group who were turned away from the venue's bar have rejected allegations from its management that they were upsetting…
Viagogo faces legal action
The Competition and Markets Authority says it will pursue a contempt of court charge against the ticket seller, claiming it h…
