British artists oppose BP sponsorship of National Portrait Gallery
Seventy-eight British artists have written to the National Portrait Gallery's Director Nicholas Cullinan asking the insitution…
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Funding cuts for Birmingham arts organisations softened
Birmingham City Council decided a proposed 30% cut would have been too “damaging”, but says there is still an urgent n…
Toolkit tackles ‘class crisis’ in arts sector
A new report warns organisations that “everyone you let in though the back door will disadvantage someone without those conn…
Dance Manchester closes after 27 years
The company says its operating model was too “old school” to remain sustainable after the loss of NPO funding in 2018.
Three comments that reveal Tristram Hunt’s approach to cultural inclusion
The V&A Director warned against getting “too romantic about what Stratford was like before the Olympics”.
MPs form parliamentary group for theatre
Conservative MP Giles Watling and Labour MP Tracy Brabin, both former actors, founded the all-party initiative to support "th…
Wright backs creative industries diversity charter
The Culture Secretary has voiced his support for new diversity standards set out by the Creative Industries Council. Council membe…
Government should fund young creatives to build diversity, says report
Many BAME young people interviewed felt that “drama and acting was more for white people and that music was more for Black p…
Culture recognised in new Scottish planning bill
Grassroots music campaigners are celebrating amendments that place responsibility for managing noise issues on developers rather t…
Billionaire to pay damages to French playwright
Sir David Barclay has been order to pay €6,000 in moral damages to Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonnerre, whose work…
Festival space for pregnant women
NOS Alive Festival in Portugal is offering pregnant women a safe viewing space facing the main stage this year. It claims the…
Writers claim they were ‘pushed off’ Young Vic show
Sarah Henley and Tori Allen-Martin allege they were removed from the production of 'Tree' when the theatre's art…
No guaranteed seat for disabled concert-goer
A woman with a serious back condition has been told she is not assured a seat at Janelle Monae's concert in Manchester on Thur…
Construction of £1bn east London culture hub begins
Work on the £1.1bn East Bank project in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park began on Tuesday, with London Mayor Sadiq Khan urgi…
Surrey venue fends off noise notice
Guildford live music pub the Star Inn has sucessfully appealed an abatement notice issued last October following a complaint…
Museum of London costs escalate
The price tag for moving the institution to Farringdon, originally £250m, has grown to £332m after studies f…
Opera charity closes
Co-Opera, a British opera and training company, is ending after 10 years in operation "due to one thing or another", fou…
Festival organisers arrested
Two organisers of Vestiville are being detained in a jail in Lommel, Belgium on suspicion of fraud after the event's last minu…
Merseyside playhouse secures £10.5m
Shakespeare North Playhouse, which is now under construction, is already attracting new businesses and development to Prescot, Kno…
Ticketmaster Canada fined over pricing
The company has agreed to pay C$4m (£2.4m) after an investigation by the Canadian Competition Bureau found its advertised pr…
Classical concert series canned
The 2019/20 season of the London classical concert series Borough New Music has been cancelled. Trustees said the current model ne…
ACE proposes ‘relevance’ in new 10 year strategy
Arts Council England’s draft 10 year strategy says “we do not consider that certain types or scales of artistic activi…
Deaf musician to sign major concert
Paul Whittaker will become the first person to sign Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in concert at London's Royal Festival Hall…
Manchester arena would be ‘devastating’, says report
The planned 20,000-seat entertainment venue would have a "devastating impact" on local business and could place 2,200 jo…
