Campaign for arts centre in historic pub
A group in Newmarket in Suffolk hopes to raise £650,000 to convert the Palomino Pub into a permanent arts space. C…
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Plans to revamp Fruitmarket Gallery submitted
Reiach and Hall Architects will renovate the existing Edinburgh gallery and convert a neighbouring warehouse into a two-storey&nbs…
LGBT play cancelled after actors attacked
Performances of 'Rotterdam' at the Nuffield Southampton Theatre have been called off after one of its cast was i…
Calls for National Portrait Gallery to reject BP
Letters from eight artists and a judge said a sponsorship deal with the oil and gas giant provided "a veneer of res…
UK must correct ‘very strong London bias’ in cultural provision, says report
Cultural leaders have expressed dismay that Lord Kerslake’s inquiry into the UK’s economic imbalances did not make mor…
Museum visitors ‘less likely to develop dementia’, claim researchers
Analysis of a decade's worth of data finds that regularly engaging with cultural activities is associated with slower rates of…
Watchdog questions trustworthiness of DfE statistics
The UK Statistics Authority has called for greater clarity in the way the Department presents statistics, after investigating conc…
Fears within ACE over ‘dumbing down’ art
Arts Council England’s Deputy Chief Executive has reassured those concerned about its new strategy that they should “b…
Festival locations cancelled after funding flop
Almost half the shows in a touring film and theatre festival have been cancelled at short notice following lacklustre ticket sales…
‘More exploration’ needed into whether DCMS investment hub can aid the arts
The Impact Investment Institute will help people ‘combine financial returns with a social purpose’, potentially boosti…
Preston Guild Hall calls in administrators
The sudden closure of the city’s Guild Hall, which contained two performance venues, has left large shows in the lurch. Owne…
Mural honours teen climate activist
The 15 metre high portrait of Greta Thunberg in Bristol was unveiled last week. Artist Jody Thomas said he was inspired by his sub…
Ann Widdecombe show cancelled over gay therapy remarks
A Devon theatre director called the Brexit Party MEP’s comment – that science might “produce an answer” to being…
Evening Standard cuts theatre critics
Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford have lost their contracts after 10 and 17 years’ service respectively. The newspaper pla…
Scottish politicians criticise Glasgow School of Art over fire inquiry
A Scottish committee investigating the destruction of the school’s Mackintosh building says it is “extremely disappoin…
Viagogo ‘naïve and immature’ for dodging DCMS Committee, boss says
The ticketing platform’s managing director has apologised to the Government for failing to attend a 2017 hearing into its bu…
Funding for art in schools research
A project led by Anglia Ruskin University has received a six-figure grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to investi…
Theatre apprenticeship scheme for refugees
Young refugees living in the UK can now apply for paid apprenticeships with Good Chance Theatre. The three-month scheme will give…
Pop-up Shakespeare theatre under construction
Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre in York is taking shape, with plans to perform Hamlet, Henry V, The Tempest and Twelfth Night thi…
Actors in North West England voice concern over lack of work opportunities
A motion passed at the annual conference of trade union Equity says reductions in funding and “theatre mismanagement”…
Director laments gender-swapping of Shakespeare characters
Former Director of the National Theatre Sir Richard Eyre has said swapping the genders of characters in the playwright’s cla…
Blackburn arts centre relocates temporarily after fire
The Bureau, which was left homeless after a blaze destroyed the Church of St John the Evangelist in April, has found a new base in…
Edinburgh festivals dubbed ‘money-making machine’
Richard Demarco, a prominent Scottish arts figure and co-founder of the Traverse Theatre, said while Edinburgh International Festi…
Support service challenges censorship in the arts
The Index on Censorship says that fear of a hostile reception may stop controversial work being commissioned.
